Presented in this book is a collection of over 40 articles, essays and text materials on the various aspects of contemporary Chinese art, which have appeared in the online web journal Chinese-art.com during 1998-1999.

Issues such as Chinese modernity, Chinese feminist values and art, evolution of ink and wash painting, photography and video art, and regional artistic development are discussed by renowned art critics and art historians in the field of contemporary Chinese art and culture.

This book serves as an informative document of the shifting pulses of China’s creative scene in the 90s, as well as points to an exciting future for the development of contemporary Chinese art.

(Abstract source: http://www.aaa.org/hk, with revisions)

Artists:
Weiwei AI (艾未未), Guoqiang CAI (蔡國強 b.1957), Shaoxiong CHEN (陳劭雄 b.1962), Ping CHEN (陳平 b.1960), Zhen CHEN (陳箴 b.1955), Wenbo CHEN (陳文波 b.1969), Shu DENG (鄧澍 b.1929), Fang DING (丁方 b.1956), Yi DING (丁乙 b.1962), Lijun FANG (方力鈞 b.1963), Zhengjie FENG (俸正杰 b.1968), Qianyu FENG (馮倩鈺 b.1974), Wenda GU (谷文達 b.1956), Hao HONG (洪浩 b.1965), Lei HONG (洪磊 b.1960), Jieming HU (胡介鳴 b.1957), Xiangdong HU (胡向東 b.1961), Yongping HUANG (黃永砯 b.1954), Yihan HUANG (黃一瀚 b.1958), Jie JIANG (姜杰 b.1963), Xuebo LANG (郎雪波 b.1973), Xiaoxuan LI (李孝萱 b.1959), Shan LI (李山 b.1944), Hong LI (李虹 b.1965), Tianmiao LIN (林天苗 b.1961), Yilin LIN (林一林 b.1964), Zijian LIU (劉子建 b.1956), Wei LIU (劉煒 b.1965), Dahong LIU (劉大鴻 b.1962), Jianhua LIU (劉建華 b.1964), Yan LIU (劉彥 b.1965), Hao LU (盧浩 b.1969), Yongjin LUO (羅永進 b.1960), Baozhong MA (馬保中 b.1965), Liuming MA (馬六明 b.1969), Yuliang PAN (潘玉良 b.1895), Zhilong QI (祁志龍 b.1962), Yifeng QIN (秦一峰 b.1961), Ti QIU (丘堤 b.1906), Zhijie QIU (邱志傑 b.1969), Rong RONG (榮榮 b.1968), Yang SHANG (尚揚 b.1942), Liang SHI (石良), Hui SHI (施慧 b.1955), Ruo SHI (師若), Yong SHI (施勇 b.1963), Dong SONG (宋冬 b.1966), Jianguo SUI (隋建國 b.1956), Yuan SUN (孫原 b.1972), Liming TIAN (田黎明 b.1955), Qiang WANG (王強 b.1963), Guangyi WANG (王廣義 b.1956), Qingsong WANG (王慶松 b.1966), Luyan WANG (王魯炎 b.1956), Du WANG (王度 b.1956), Xingwei WANG (王興偉 b.1969), Yanru WANG (王衍茹), Jin WANG (王晉 b.1962), Junjieh WANG (王俊傑 b.1963), Shanzhuan WU (吳山專 b.1960), Yi WU (武藝 b.1966), Xiaojun WU (吳小軍 b.1960), Nanxing XIE (謝南星 b.1970), Haizhou XIN (忻海洲 b.1966), Cheng XU (徐成), Bing XU (徐冰 b.1955), Tan XU (徐坦 b.1957), Yihui XU (徐一暉 b.1964), Bo YAN (閻博), Lei YAN (顏磊 b.1965), Shaobin YANG (楊少斌 b.1963), Yong YANG (楊勇 b.1975), Mian YANG (楊冕 b.1970), Jiechang YANG (楊詰蒼 b.1956), Yongqing YE (葉永青 b.1958), Xiuzhen YIN (尹秀珍 b.1963), Hong YU (喻紅 b.1966), Youhan YU (余友涵 b.1943), Minjun YUE (岳敏君 b.1962), Fanzhi ZENG (曾梵志 b.1964), Hao ZENG (曾浩 b.1963), Wang ZHAN (展望 b.1962), Dali ZHANG (張大力 b.1963), Lei ZHANG (張蕾 b.1968), Xiaogang ZHANG (張曉剛 b.1958), Peili ZHANG (張培力 b.1957), Yu ZHANG (張羽 b.1959), Bandi ZHAO (趙半狄 b.1966), Sicong ZHOU (周思聰 b.1939), Chunya ZHOU (周春芽 b.1955), Tiehai ZHOU (周鐵海 b.1966), Ming ZHU (朱冥 b.1972), Yu ZHU (朱昱 b.1970), Hui ZHUANG (莊輝 b.1963)