American art in Asia: artistic praxis and theoretical divergence

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Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
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Contributors
Acknowledgments
1. American Art as Cultural Hegemony: 1945-1989
	Introduction
	American Art in the Practice of Artists from Asia
	Abstract Expressionism in Asia: Cold War Hegemony
	Learning about Asia in American Art: Refugees and Immigration
	Artists from the United States, ca. 1989: Cultural Hegemony in Asia
	Conclusion
	Notes
Part I: Post-War American Art in Postcolonial Asia
2. Leaving Yourself Behind: Bourke-White, Zarina, and the Partition of British India
	Fusing Histories
	Margaret Bourke-White
	Zarina
	Conclusion
	Notes
3. What Can Ad Reinhardt Teach Us About Asian Art?
	Notes
4. Painting as Information: The Reception of Abstract Expressionism in Japan
	Introduction
	Reproductions and Translations, 1945-1950
	Takiguchi Shūzō and the First Show of Abstract Expressionist Paintings, 1951
	Avant-Garde Calligraphers' Interest, the 1950s
	Post-Occupation Era
	Informel Whirlwind
	Impact of the New American Painting Show
	Two Decades of American Painting
	Conclusion
	Notes
5. Minimalism: A View from Singapore
	Introduction
	Decentering Minimalism
	Minimalism in Asia
	Asian Artists Abroad: New York and London
	Buddhist Influence
	Conclusion
	Notes
Part II: American Artists in Asia Today
6. The (im)Possibilities of Cultural Collectivity: American Artist in Setouchi
	Introduction: Intercultural Encounters
	Hope Shattered
	Collective Dreams
	im/Possibility
	Conclusion: Durational Dancing
	Notes
7. Rare Earth Image Bank: Extraction Geology and Stock Photos, from Wyoming to Inner Mongolia
	Baotou, Rare Earth Capital of the World
	Stock Photography and Image Banks
	Rare Earth Stock Photography
	Notes
8. Interstates and Inner States: Howard Henry Chen
	Third Time Is the Charm: Journey to the West
	Inter-States: Celine, Behind the Sun Wah Building
	Codex: Mise-en-Scene | Mise-en-Place
	What To Do With Rage and Rapture?
	Notes
Part III: Locating Asia in American Art
9. Mapping Lee Mingwei's Transnational Art Practice
	Situating Lee Mingwei
	Sonic Blossom in Washington, DC
	Screen Space: Invitation for Dawn
	From Burma to New York: Our Labyrinth
	Conclusion
	Notes
10. American War in Việt Nam: We Are Besides Ourselves
	Notes
11. America in China: Cross-cultural Confluences in Contemporary American Art
	New Dialogues
	Second Wave
	Notes
Part IV: Connecting Asia and the Americas in the Global South
12. Buying and Selling American Taste: Pop Art and the Inscription of Violence as Artistic Strategy in Colombia
	1960s-1970s: Mass Media as Consumption of Taste
	1980s-Present: Desacralized Images and Commodified Landscapes
	Conclusion
	Notes
13. Considering Dhaka Art Summit from a CHamoru Perspective: A Walk Through its Institutional History
	Language
	Climate Change
	Guam: Considering a Context Through a Different Lens
	Conclusion
	Notes
14. The Artpologists: Rethinking Food Justice in Central Asia
	"A Challenging Location"
	"A Perfect Place"
	Restaurant as an Installation
	Querying Slow Food
	Notes
15. Points of Intersection: Realigning Future Art Histories
	Exhibiting American Art Overseas
	American Artists in Asia
	Asian Artists in America
	Realigning Future Narratives between America and Asia
	Notes
Index