A History of Contemporary Art in China provides a detailed overview of the development and achievements of Chinese art from 1949 to the beginning of the twenty-first century, with a particular focus on the efforts of Chinese artists and critics after 1976, which in a way laid the groundwork for the integration of Chinese art into the ‘era of globalization’ in the 1990s. In a way, this laid the foundation for the integration of Chinese art into the ‘globalization era’ in the 1990s.
At the same time, the overview of art and its ecology in the new century provides a more illuminating extension of the issues of art in the late 1990s, offering a more historically contextualised comparative structure that allows the reader to identify new historical issues. With approximately 600,000 words, the book is a combination of history and theory with a clear logic, especially with the inclusion of many case studies of art with unique perspectives, enabling readers to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the stages of development of contemporary art in China and its distinctive features.