China Avant-garde

Download or read book China Avant-garde written by Jochen Noth and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1994 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the mid-1980s, China has seen a flowering of artistic activity that has paralleled and often commented on the explosion in material culture brought about by economic reform. China Avant-garde provides an overview of recent cultural developments and presents examples of works by 60 ofthe most prominent and influential Chinese artists active today . Articles by prominent Chinese art historians detail recent history in the arts, as well as presenting discussions of developments in cinema, literature (including theatre and poetry), Chinese classical and popular music, and photography.