China is going through a serious transformation. Nowadays it has become what is known a "double sex society", a country with co-existing socialism and capitalism. The change concerns every sphere of life, so it's no wonder that Chinese artists are also influenced by it, touching upon this issue in their works.
The history of the Chinese contemporary art began in 1995. At this time the artists stopped mimicing the West and found the unique style, expressing their own vision of the present.
Numerous high raised buildings, images of pop cultures, chaotic social order, nihilistic and the super-realistic state of self-being of urban people are characteristic of most of the contemporary artists' works.
You can have an insight into the world of contemporary Chinese art at Palazzo delle Esposizioni up to May, 11.


2008.04.07