In China, if you have exhibited at 798, you have \made it\ as an artist. Relatively little-known outside China until very recently, every travel guide on China now mentions 798. It has captured the attention of the international art world and is developing into a major cultural phenomenon.As this book shows, 798 is the result of a unique cultural paradox: as China embraces more and more individual artistic freedom, this is combined with China's long, collectivist history Gf \doing work together.\ For the artists who have exhibited at 798,their association has become a badge of legitimacy within the art world and often a passport to worldwide acclaim. This book offers a revealing first-look behind the artistic and cultural phenomenon that is at the vanguard of contemporary Chinese art.
Prologue Preface From Factory to Fantasy Academy in a Factory Bauhaus and Loft Revival and Survival Foreseen Prosperity: Artists in Alienation Windows to Chinese Contemporary Art The Emergence of Chinese Contemporary Art Chinese Contemporary Art in the 1990s Chinese Contemporary Art since 2000 ARTISTS Sui Jianguo→Huang Rui→Ai Weiwei→Xu Yong→Li Xiangqun→Li Tianyuan→He Yunchang→Ma Han→Cang Xin→Wang Qingsong→Liu Liguo→Canghai and Shi Yan→LLi Shanchuan→Wang Huaxiang Exploring 798 Exhibitions Behavioral Art Art Spaces Art Organizations Artists with Studios in 798 APPENDIX Recent News Postscript Index