{"id":26132,"date":"2023-12-22T12:44:44","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T10:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/?p=26132"},"modified":"2026-01-15T10:57:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:57:51","slug":"book-launch-contemporary-queer-chinese-art-by-dr-hongwei-bao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/book-launch-contemporary-queer-chinese-art-by-dr-hongwei-bao\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Launch: Contemporary Queer Chinese Art by Dr Hongwei Bao"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wr7TJXj7o1k?si=0ZaIZl7nHj-5flDK\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Video (1:20:58): Dr Hongwei Bao talks about his latest publication <em>Contemporary Queer Chinese Art<\/em> (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023). He is joined by Burong Zeng, artist contributor to discuss the publication. <a href=\"https:\/\/burongz.wixsite.com\/burong\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Burong Zeng<\/a> talks about her chapter and her &#8216;neuroqueer&#8217; (feminist) art practice. <\/p>\n<p><em>Contemporary Queer Chinese Art<\/em><br \/>\nFormat: Hardback<br \/>\nEdition: 1st<br \/>\nExtent: 248<br \/>\nISBN 9781350333512<br \/>\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic<br \/>\nIllustrations: 50 colour<br \/>\nDimensions: 234 x 156 mm<br \/>\nSeries\tQueering China: Transnational Genders and Sexualities<br \/>\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing<br \/>\nPublished: 13 Jul 2023<\/p>\n<p>The publisher writes about the book: &#8216;Contemporary Queer Chinese Art is the first English-language academic book that explores the intersections of queer culture and contemporary Chinese art from the mid-1980s to the present. This book brings together 15 internationally renowned artists, activists, curators and scholars to explore heterogeneous expressions of Chineseness and queerness in contemporary art from China and Chinese diasporas in Asia, Europe and North America. Examining contemporary visual art, performance and activism, this book offers a rich archive of queer Chinese artistic expressions.&#8217; <\/p>\n<p>The artists\/activists contributing to the book are: Xiyadie, Bohan Gandalf Li, Wei Yimu, Ma Yanhong, <a href=\"https:\/\/konstepidemin.se\/en\/guestartist\/shi-tou-mingming\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shi Tou<\/a>, Li Xinmo, Wei Tingting, Jiete Li and Claire Ping, Si Han, Brian Curtin, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khist.uzh.ch\/de\/chairs\/moderne\/abschlussarbeiten\/Mergenthaler.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Diyi Mergenthaler<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/burongz.wixsite.com\/burong\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Burong Zeng<\/a>, Popo Fan and Hongwei Bao.<\/p>\n<p><em>[The copyright of the video above remains with the original holder and it is used here for the purpose of education, comparison and criticism only.]<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Related Link<\/h2>\n<p>Book Review: <a href=\"https:\/\/artreview.com\/contemporary-queer-chinese-art-edited-by-hongwei-bao-diyi-mergenthaler-and-jamie-j-zhao-bloomsbury-academic-review\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Contemporary Queer Chinese Art: A Buried Voice by Yuwen Jiang<\/a> \/ ArtReview.com<\/p>\n<p>Book Review: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theartnewspaper.com\/2023\/11\/07\/the-bumpy-road-to-acceptance-chinas-lgbtq+-artists-is-explored-in-a-new-anthology\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The bumpy road to acceptance of China&#8217;s LGBTQ+ artists is explored in a new anthology by Lisa Movius<\/a> \/ theartnewspaper.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video (1:20:58): Dr Hongwei Bao talks about his latest publication &#8216;Contemporary Queer Chinese Art&#8217; (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023). 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