The "China Gold" exhibition brought together the works of 37 contemporary Chinese artists.
This book offers a panorama of art in China, revealing the richness of trends and the wide variety of styles offered by younger generations of contemporary artists.
Trained in the various Fine Arts academies located in major Chinese cities—whose rigorous teaching is no longer matched in the United States or Europe—these young artists use a wide variety of media: painting, sculpture, photography, video, and performance.
Their works reflect the metamorphosis of the former Middle Kingdom, which, after several decades of authoritarian Maoism, is experiencing extraordinary economic prosperity.
Indeed, innovative pictorial experiments have emerged despite government censorship. Far from encouraging any hostile ideas, the "China Gold" exhibition aime to reveal to the public the interest aroused by contemporary art in China and the personalities of their creators.
