Abstract
This chapter investigates the transformation of the traditional ‘artistic’ position within tertiary visual arts program in China through a study of the longest established visual arts college in metropolitan Shanghai. Based on interviews with graduates and staff working at the college, this chapter critically analyses the tensions between commercial success and artistic validation casted on tertiary visual arts programs in China. It tries to make sense of the relationship between the changing experience of arts education and the artist self-building process under two major contextual changes in China: the expansion, and the privatisation, of arts education.
In addition, this paper surveys research on curriculum design for visual arts degree at the tertiary level in the west and in China, identifying key transformations of visual pedagogy.
In addition, this paper surveys research on curriculum design for visual arts degree at the tertiary level in the west and in China, identifying key transformations of visual pedagogy.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Investigating the visual as a transformative pedagogy in the Asia Region |
| Editors | Ian MacArthur, Rod Bamford, Fang Xu, Brad Miller |
| Place of Publication | Champaign Ill |
| Publisher | Common Ground Publishing |
| Chapter | 2 of 7 |
| Pages | 23 |
| Number of pages | 47 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781863350273, 9781863350259 |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Publication series
| Name | Transformative Pedagogies in the Visual Domain |
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| Publisher | Common Ground Publishing |