An Analysis Of "Politics" Art In Global Art Landscape By Chen

Taking Taiwanese artist Chen Chieh-jen’s art practices as the research subjects, this thesis examines how the needs and mechanisms of production and showcasing of "global art" push forward the transition about the discourse of art, which especially generates a growing attention about "political art." It first begins with an analysis of how the postcolonial theory propel the discussions about artist like Chen Chieh-jen and how the critique of neoliberalism plays an important role in the understanding of Chen’s art. Furthermore, through discussing about Chen’s artworks related to the heated questions of aesthetic of politics in the domain of participatory art, the thesis questions the methodologies of the artist practices under the contradictory context of artistic systems, and inquiries whether and how his practices affects the original social relationship and the forms of spectatorship.