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Article: Ai Weiwei, Oscar Wilde, and the Art of Posing
Title | Ai Weiwei, Oscar Wilde, and the Art of Posing |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Ai Weiwei China Oscar Wilde Political persecution Pornography |
Issue Date | 2013 |
Publisher | Sage Publications Ltd. |
Citation | Law, Culture & the Humanities, 2013, v. 9 n. 1, p. 7-12 How to Cite? |
Abstract | In April 2011, the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was arrested at the airport in Beijing. To mark the first-year anniversary of his arrest, the artist decided to turn his own life into a form of performance art by installing cameras in his studio; in doing so he both reassures his supporters of his safety and allows the Chinese authorities to monitor his movements. This article examines Ai’s encounters with the government and the law by juxtaposing his experience with that of another controversial figure in art history, Oscar Wilde. It demonstrates the parallels between the two figures, in particular their use of the act of posing as a mode of subversion and resistance. It asks whether Wilde’s experience in the late-Victorian period can shed any light on Ai’s controversies in our own time. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/185918 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 0.4 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.157 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Wan, MMH | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-08-20T11:46:36Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2013-08-20T11:46:36Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Law, Culture & the Humanities, 2013, v. 9 n. 1, p. 7-12 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1743-8721 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/185918 | - |
dc.description.abstract | In April 2011, the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was arrested at the airport in Beijing. To mark the first-year anniversary of his arrest, the artist decided to turn his own life into a form of performance art by installing cameras in his studio; in doing so he both reassures his supporters of his safety and allows the Chinese authorities to monitor his movements. This article examines Ai’s encounters with the government and the law by juxtaposing his experience with that of another controversial figure in art history, Oscar Wilde. It demonstrates the parallels between the two figures, in particular their use of the act of posing as a mode of subversion and resistance. It asks whether Wilde’s experience in the late-Victorian period can shed any light on Ai’s controversies in our own time. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Sage Publications Ltd. | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Law, Culture & the Humanities | - |
dc.rights | Law, Culture & the Humanities. Copyright © Sage Publications Ltd. | - |
dc.subject | Ai Weiwei | - |
dc.subject | China | - |
dc.subject | Oscar Wilde | - |
dc.subject | Political persecution | - |
dc.subject | Pornography | - |
dc.title | Ai Weiwei, Oscar Wilde, and the Art of Posing | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Wan, MMH: mwan@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Wan, MMH=rp01272 | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/1743872112449794 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84872974132 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 217149 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 217155 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 9 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 7 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 12 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000211677700002 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1743-8721 | - |