Artists In China

Artists in China is an unfiltered documentation of the current state of China's artistic resurgence, memorably illustrated with hundreds of color photographs. Fifty of the most important artists working in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou present themselves through their artwork and open the doors of their living and working spaces. Entering into the interior worlds of the artists allows the reader to develop not only a professional portrait of each but also a personal one so that they are no longer simply a line on an incomprehensible list of names. Artists in China has more than four hundred large format images that convey the atmosphere of the artists' eclectic spaces that canvas the intriguing variety of artwork currently being produced by Chinese painters, sculptors, photographers, installation and video artists. Art journalist Philip Tinari has written brief essays on the artists featured in the book, placing the activity of each within the context of the rapidly expanding world of Chinese art.