How Chinese export art goods circulated globally, shaping tastes across social classes in both the West and Asia Pacific.

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1. How Chinese export art commodities shaped overseas tastes, not just for wealthy people, in the West and the Asia Pacific region.

2. Exploring Chinese art being copied overseas for domestic markets, rich and poor.

3. How foreign tastes influenced export art being traded overseas in terms of art, design, subjects depicted.

4. How was this facilitated and by whom?

Scope: The economics and networks behind export art, past and present.

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1. Looking at networks of production, trade and patronage in China and overseas and how the export art market worked.

2. Look at how it was promoted as desirable in the West, and promoted as a significant trade within Chinese economies.

3. Comparison of modern China Export Art market with the past.

China’s export goods in the Asian context, compared with other Asian producers (e.g. Singapore, Thailand, India & others).
 

1. How did export art from other Asian countries compare to China’s export markets in terms of quality, quantity, material types, responding to Western tastes? What were these objects?

2. How did this shape regional trade networks?

3. What role did the Greater Bay area of Guangzhou, Macau and Hong Kong play?

Scope: to give new researchers experience and support in their research on Chinese export art.
 

1.  We encourage new researchers to submit short papers relating to their research around Chinese Export Art. These papers do not need to link to the three main themes of the Symposium, although that is encouraged.

2. This is an opportunity to support new researchers' work within a big conference and to encourage dialogue between new researchers and established academics.​