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Article: Contemporary Chinese art finds a place in art history: rapid political and socioeconomic changes have engendered a burgeoning worldwide market for work from Chinese artists.
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- Art Business News
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- November 1, 2003
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Ming vases, delicate ancient scrolls, ink-brush nature paintings--all are commonly associated with Chinese art. But what about propaganda-poster-style soldiers juxtaposed with a Western perfume company logo, the black-and-white figure of a half-naked woman set against a technicolor cityscape or giant hanging scrolls crammed with distorted Chinese characters?
These are the images that have been turning heads in the international art market--avant-garde art from an ancient culture where recent political, economic and social changes have inspired a creative re-awakening.
"Chinese artists are discovering things we in the West take for granted," said Julia ...