Chinese and American philosophers and art historians analyze the art of the Chinese avant-garde. Considering first the present then the history and geography, they discuss crisis, working it
out, through the body, classical, recent history, and East and West. Among the topics are political pop art and the crisis of originality, image fabrication and contemporary photography in
China, gendered bodies in contemporary Chinese art, the role of expression in Chinese art, post-colonial and contemporary art trends in Taiwan, and seven examples of how to misunderstand
Chinese art. Included are 44 color reproductions. Only names are indexed. Annotation 穢2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
