Article review Intro for Peer-Feedback. Visual & Performing Arts Essay

Article Review: The Contemporary Art Of China
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The Contemporary Art of China
Berghuis, T. J. (2012), Experimental Art, Performance and ‘Publicness’: Repositioning the critical Mass of Contemporary Chinese Art Journal of Visual Art Practice Volume 11, pp.135-155.
Thomas J. Berghaus was born on 2nd April 1973. He was a researcher, curator of Chinese art, art historian and former museum director. He discusses how the development of contemporary art in China took place from ‘publicness’ and ‘criticality.’ His article evaluated the role of two factors in changing exemplary art politically, socially, and through influence in the 1990s and what changed the success in 2010. That explains the importance and roles of publicity to contemporary art in China. The author examines the role of performance art in China and the trend in the twenty-first century, showing the use of criticality. Why does performing art remain ‘dead’ i...