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Meanwhile in China...Miao Ying and the rise of Chinternet Ugly

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This article examines a series of internet artworks by the artist Miao Ying (b. 1985). Contextualizing her digital collages in relation to China's online culture and media spheres, it situates the contemporary art world's engagement with internet art in relation to anti-aesthetics and the rise of what has been termed Internet ugly. Interrogating the assumption that internet art emerging from China can only belatedly repeat works of Euro-American precedent, it argues that Miao's work presents ...

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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1162/ARTM_a_00199

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Department:
College Only
Oxford college:
Christ Church
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Author
Publisher:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press Publisher's website
Journal:
ARTMargins Journal website
Volume:
7
Issue:
1
Pages:
31-57
Publication date:
2018-02-22
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EISSN:
2162-2582
ISSN:
2162-2572
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pubs:830234
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uuid:cad90b96-7894-4b5a-98fb-b588b70d43bb
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pubs:830234
Source identifiers:
830234
Deposit date:
2018-03-26

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