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Acknowledgments .................................................................... 7

Foreword...................................................................................... 8

Introduction ................................................................................ 9

 

1.   A Hundred Years of Chinese Art ................................. 10

From 18th century to 1949:

 

Western Art Disseminated into China .............................................. 11

  World War II: Mao Ze Dong¡¯s Art for the Masses ............................. 12

  After the 1949 Communist Takeover:

  The Domination of Soviet Social Realism ..............¡­...................... 12

  The 1960s and 1970s: The Art of the Cultural Revolution ................. 15

  The Transformation of Traditional Chinese Ink Painting .................... 17

 

2. After the Cultural Revolution:

 

The Birth of China¡¯s New Art ...............................................................20

  The End of the 1970s: Nationwide ¡°New Culture¡± Fever ..................... 21

  The ¡¯85 New Wave: A Revolution in Modern Art Movement..................21

  Some Famous Groups and Artists of the ¡¯85 New Wave ................... 25

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3. Post-1989 to the Early 1990s: ¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­............................40

  China¡¯s New Art ............................................................................ 41

  Cynical Realism ............................................................................ 41

  Political Pop ................................................................................. 42

  Gaudy (Kitsch ) Art..................................................................... 42

  Self Portraits and Cultural Identity .................................................. 43

 

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4. The End of the Century:

Pluralistic Aspects of China¡¯s New Art.........................¡­¡­. 72

New Art and the Cultural Revolution .............¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­... 73

Photographic (Image) Painting .....................¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­...... 73

Sex, Violence, and Social Morality ............¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­.. 75

Women¡¯s Art ..............................................¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­...76

¡°Children¡± Paintings .........................¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­...¡­ 76

New Expressionism .........................¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­.¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­77

Fragments and Fantasies ...............¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­.¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­..77

New Experimental Ink Painting ................................¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­ 78

The New Academy Art................................................¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­.80

 

Color Plates ..............................................................................80 - 227

Final Words .............................................................¡­¡­¡­¡­.¡­¡­. 228

 

Epilogue ...................................................................¡­¡­.¡­¡­¡­... 228

 

Bibliography ...............................................................¡­.¡­¡­....... 229

 

Index to Artists .¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­¡­................................................ 231

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