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Article: Painting by numbers; China's art business.
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- June 10, 2006
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Classics with Chinese characteristics
China is commercialising its art, both high and low
BUSINESS has long been considered an art in China. Now art is turning into a business--at both ends of the scale. At one extreme is the rising popularity of contemporary Chinese painting. The explosion of creativity that followed China's opening to the world has produced a generation of edgy, expressive and increasingly collectible artists. Prices are soaring for Wang Guangyi's pop-art revolution paintings featuring Western consumer brands, Fang Lijun's bald-headed figures or Yue Minjun's grinning men. Art schools and auction houses are springing up on the mainland ...