Chinese Art Takes Center Stage

“Chinese work has seized the imagination of the Western art world for several reasons. There’s the sense that Chinese artists have sprung up seemingly full-blown since the end of the repression and censorship of the Cultural Revolution. There’s a fascination with a country that’s become a world economic powerhouse. And there’s the intoxicating fascination of new love: Chinese artists are spending as much time and energy trying to figure us out as Western art lovers are trying to figure them out.”