The ethnographic approaches to experiencing, analysing and representing space offer a critical tool to explore a different version of realism invisible in the nominal art and art history paradigms.
Isaac Leung is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is also a practicing artist, curator, and scholar in art and culture.
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Rockbund Art Museum—A museum’s history of the present.- Chapter 3: Long Museum and Yuz Museum—A heterotopic vision mediated by billionaires.- Chapter 4: Art districts—A reflection on the fate of Chinese cities.- Chapter 5: Commercial gallery—A reinvention of self in the ‘charismatic-networked game’.- Chapter 6: In-between spaces—A global adventure for collectors and curators.- Chapter 7: Conclusion.