The Real Thing

Contemporary Art from China

• Author(s): Simon Groom, Karen Smith, Xu Zhen,
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Pages: 208
• ISBN_10: 1854377132
  ISBN_13: 9781854377135
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Art / General , Art / Asian / General ,

Description:... For many in the West, Chinese contemporary art is synonymous with the political realist painters of the 1980s and 90s, who recycled the styles of communist social realism with pop cynicism. This book examines the different modes of production, artist groups, market systems and infrastructure that shape artistic production in China.