Since the mid-eighties, there has been a growing interest in contemporary Chinese art in the West. After the death of Mao Zedong in 1976, decades of isolationism and strict cultural restrictions that greatly influenced the production and exhibition of art gave way to a period of remarkable and fast-paced development. This new work, these unfamiliar artists, this recent “opening up” of a nation with over twenty percent of the world’s population has become of increasing interest internationa… more