ThisuniquebookshowswhymanybelieveChinaisthenext'tidalwave'ofopportuntyforartcollector.s:thesheercreativeoutput,theartisticvarietyanddiversitynowbloomingfromwithinacountrywhere,onlyafewdecadesago,suchexpressionwouldberepressed.IntheWest,contemporaryChinesearthasbecomethesubjectofintensefascinationandspeculation.Inthisbook,writerandphotographerJonBurrisprofilestwentyfivetopcontemporaryChinesepainters,sculptors,photographers,andconceptualartists,takingthereaderintotheirstudiosandpresentingintimateglimpsesintotheirlifeandwork.Asaresult,heoffersalingeringportraitofthecontemporaryChineseartscene.Fromthesymbolis
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