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Article: China's other cultural revolution: history and Chinese art.(includes related material on expatriate Chinese artists in New York)
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- Art in America
- Article date:
- September 1, 1998
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The modern portion of the Guggenheim Museum's massive historical survey of Chinese art, now on view in its entirety in Bilbao, recounts a complex 150-year struggle by artists attempting to reconcile traditional Chinese styles with Western concepts and forms.
As part of "China, 5000 Years" [see A.i.A., Aft June '98], the Guggenheim SoHo recently mounted a groundbreaking exhibition of modernism in Chinese art -- a relatively unknown subject. The term "modernity" in this context encompasses the intellectual impact of Western arts and technology and, from within the culture, the effects of successive revolutions on China's government. A momentous series of events have ...