Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art (Journal)

ISSN 20517041 , ONLINE ISSN 2051705X

The Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art seeks to explore the relationship between contemporary art and Chinese cultural identity in its broadest sense. This peer-reviewed journal provides a forum for critical debate into Zhongguo dangdai yishu, the ‘avant-garde', experimental and museum-based visual art produced as part of the liberalization of culture that has taken place within mainland China since 1978. It also explores works produced by artists of non-Chinese ethnicity who live and work within Chinese contexts or whose work has a strong relationship to Chinese culture, society and history.

This journal was established in 2014 by Founding Editor Paul Gladston.

The journal operates on the basis of thematic CFPs only, please consult the current CFPs before submission.

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Category: Visual Arts


Principal Editor

JIANG Jiehong
Birmingham City University, UK
joshua.jiang@bcu.ac.uk

Assistant Editors

Lauren WALDEN
Birmingham City University, UK
Lauren.Walden@bcu.ac.uk

Federica MIRRA
Birmingham City University, UK
Federica.Mirra@bcu.ac.uk

Notes for Contributors Download


Aims & Scope

The Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art (JCCA) is a scholarly forum for the presentation of new research into and critical debate on or concerned with the subject of contemporary Chinese art.  The term 'contemporary Chinese art' is now used widely in Anglophone contexts to denote various forms of 'avant-garde', experimental and museum-based visual art produced as part of the liberalization of culture that has taken place within mainland China since the confirmation of Deng Xiaoping's programme of economic and social reforms in December 1978. The comparable term in mainland China and other mandarin Chinese speaking contexts is Zhongguo dangdai yishu, which can be translated literally into English as 'Chinese contemporary art'.  Contemporary Chinese art, in all its differently located forms, is invariably characterized by a combination of images, attitudes and techniques appropriated from Western(ized) modernist and international postmodernist art with aspects of localized Chinese cultural thought and practice. It can therefore be understood to act as a locus for the translation of Westernized/international cultural thought and practice in relation to Chinese cultural contexts as well as Chinese cultural thought and practice in relation to international settings. This complex, multi-directional field of cultural translations comprises strongly contrasting visions of the significance of contemporary Chinese art. The JCCA seeks to uphold open and respectful critical debate by welcoming intellectually rigorous contributions extending across the widest possible interpretative spectrum.  The JCCA is conceived as a platform for the publication of high-quality writing in accordance with the established conventions of academic discourse. However, it does not limit itself solely to contributions from academic researchers. It is recognized that others working outside the Academy, including artists, curators and critics, have important insights into the nature and significance of contemporary Chinese art. Consequently, contributions to the JCCA from cultural practitioners and professionals working outside the Academy are strongly welcomed. There is also an understanding that while the JCCA seeks to uphold the highest academic standards in terms of editorial and peer-review, it should be open to innovative forms of presentation in support of differing interpretative perspectives. The JCCA's engagement with cultural institutions and cultural practitioners outside the Academy is intended not only as a means of supporting knowledge exchange but also the development of collaborative relationships between academics, artists and curators.

Archive

10.1&2: Bodies in Action: Performance Art in China
9.3: Transcultural Curation and the Post-COVID World
9.1&2: The New Generation: Contemporary Chinese Art in the Diaspora
8.2&3: The World, Two Metres Away: Arts and Culture during the Pandemic
8.1: Bordering Hong Kong: Aesthetics and Politics
7.2&3: Urban Transformations and Contemporary Art in China
7.1: Biennials, Triennials in China
6.2&3: Everyday Legend: Reinventing Tradition in Chinese Contemporary Art
6.1: Gender in Contemporary Chinese Art
5.2 &3: Chinese Art outside the Art Space
5.1: Contemporary Chinese Artists in the Globalized Art World
4.2&3: Making the New World: The Arts of China's Cultural Revolution
4.1: The World of Art Museums in China

Submissions

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Peer Review Policy

All articles undergo initial editorial screening either by the journal's Editorial Team and/or incumbent Guest Editors. Articles then undergo a rigorous, anonymous, external peer review by two referees, following the guidance in Intellect's 'Peer review instructions'. Based on this feedback, the Editors will communicate a decision and revision suggestions to authors. To appeal an editorial decision, please contact the main Editor who will consider your case.

Ethical Guidelines

The journal follows the principles set out by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Read our Ethical Guidelines for more on the journal's standards.

Principal Editor

JIANG Jiehong
Birmingham City University, UK
joshua.jiang@bcu.ac.uk

Assistant Editors

Lauren WALDEN
Birmingham City University, UK
Lauren.Walden@bcu.ac.uk

Federica MIRRA
Birmingham City University, UK
Federica.Mirra@bcu.ac.uk

Principal Editor

JIANG Jiehong
Birmingham City University, UK
joshua.jiang@bcu.ac.uk

Assistant Editors

Lauren WALDEN
Birmingham City University, UK
Lauren.Walden@bcu.ac.uk

Federica MIRRA
Birmingham City University, UK
Federica.Mirra@bcu.ac.uk

Principal Editor

JIANG Jiehong
Birmingham City University, UK
joshua.jiang@bcu.ac.uk

Assistant Editors

Lauren WALDEN
Birmingham City University, UK
Lauren.Walden@bcu.ac.uk

Federica MIRRA
Birmingham City University, UK
Federica.Mirra@bcu.ac.uk

Notes for Contributors: Glossary Guidance Download


Call for Papers

All articles submitted should be original work and must not be under consideration by other publications.

The journal operates on the basis of thematic CFPs only, please consult the current CFPs below before submission.

Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art is an associate journal of the Centre for Chinese Visual Arts at Birmingham City University. Please visit Intellect’s website https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-editors-and-contributors to follow its house referencing guidelines. 

The Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art is a scholarly forum for new research into and critical debate on the subject of contemporary Chinese art. The journal welcomes contributions that address contemporary art produced in mainland China, Hong Kong-Macau and Taiwan as well as in relation to diasporic and trans-national Chinese cultural communities world-wide. The journal also welcomes contributions that address the relationship between Chinese cultural thought and practice and contemporary art of non-Chinese origin. The journal is open to non-standard contributions such as photographic essays and conversations for publication alongside its more usual peer-reviewed content.

Areas of research and debate that the journal will explore include, but are by no means limited to:
· Contemporary art with a relationship to Chinese society, culture and history
· Art-historical and critical writing related to the reception of contemporary Chinese art
· Curatorial theory and practice related to the exhibition/display of contemporary Chinese art
· Contemporary Chinese aesthetics (as seen from Chinese and non-Chinese cultural perspectives)
· The contemporary Chinese art market
· Issues of historical importance to the development of contemporary Chinese art (e.g. cultural interaction and exchange between China and the West prior to the emergence of contemporary Chinese art)

Journal contributors will receive a free PDF copy of their final work upon publication. 

Principal Editor

JIANG Jiehong
Birmingham City University, UK
joshua.jiang@bcu.ac.uk

Assistant Editors

Lauren WALDEN
Birmingham City University, UK
Lauren.Walden@bcu.ac.uk

Federica MIRRA
Birmingham City University, UK
Federica.Mirra@bcu.ac.uk

Editorial Board

Hongwei BAO
The University of Nottingham

Thomas BERGHUIS
Independent Scholar, the Netherlands

Jenifer CHAO
De Montfort University, UK

Katie HILL
Sotheby’s Institute of Art, UK

Birgit HOPFENER
Carleton University, Canada

Beccy KENNEDY
Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

Franziska KOCH
University of Heidelberg, Germany

Monica MERLIN
VCUarts Qatar

Juliane NOTH 
Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

PAN Lu
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

PI Li
Sigg Senior Curator of M+, Hong Kong

Nuria QUEROL
Goldsmiths, University of London, UK

SHAO Yiyang
Central Academy of Fine Arts, China

TAN Chang
The Pennsylvania State University, USA

Frank VIGNERON
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

WANG Chunchen
Central Academy of Fine Arts, China

WANG Meiqin
California State University, USA

Peggy WANG
Bowdoin College, USA

Wei Hsiu TUNG
National University of Tainan, Taiwan

Wenny TEO
The Courtauld Institute of Art, UK

Chia-Ling YANG
University of Edinburgh, UK

ZHENG Bo
City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

International Advisory Board

Julia F. ANDREWS
The Ohio State University, USA

Chris BERRY
King’s College London, UK

James ELKINS 
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA

Harriet EVANS
University of Westminster, UK

GAO Minglu 
University of Pittsburgh, USA

GAO Shiming
China Academy of Art, China

Paul GLADSTON
University of New South Wales, Australia

Jonathan HARRIS
Birmingham City University, UK

HOU Hanru
MAXXI, Italy

Jason KUO
University of Maryland, USA

LU Xinghua
Tongji University, China

SHEN Kuiyi
University of California, San Diego, USA

Karen SMITH
OCAT Xi’an, China

WU Hung
University of Chicago, USA

Principal Editor

JIANG Jiehong
Birmingham City University, UK
joshua.jiang@bcu.ac.uk

Assistant Editors

Lauren WALDEN
Birmingham City University, UK
Lauren.Walden@bcu.ac.uk

Federica MIRRA
Birmingham City University, UK
Federica.Mirra@bcu.ac.uk

 
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Principal Editor

JIANG Jiehong
Birmingham City University, UK
joshua.jiang@bcu.ac.uk

Assistant Editors

Lauren WALDEN
Birmingham City University, UK
Lauren.Walden@bcu.ac.uk

Federica MIRRA
Birmingham City University, UK
Federica.Mirra@bcu.ac.uk

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