This book draws on extensive first-hand material to provide a fresh and detailed analysis of a decade that was highly significant in shaping the new perceptions of Chinese contemporary art at home and abroad. Written in a language that is both poetic and philosophically insightful, it offers a meaningful exploration of a language of criticism indigenous to the Chinese art community, which won Zhu Zhu, the author, the 2011 CCAA Art Critic Award.

Provides extensive first-hand material from an important decade in Chinese art Discusses new perceptions of Chinese contemporary art at home and abroad Features independent Chinese writing that is both poetic and philosophically insightful

Inhalt
Prologue.- Hostages to Ideology.- The Reemergence of Form.- Trans-experience.- Dual Otherness.- Conclusion.