Step-motherism: A Close Look at Contemporary Chinese Culture and Art (Illustrated Collector's Edition)

Author: Yin Jina
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Features: The author is a professor of art history at the Central Academy of Fine Arts and is known as a "sensitive yet detached art critic." This book is a sequel to Knocking Alone and collects 37 art essays published in recent years in journals such as Reading. The author, with his unique way of thinking, touches upon the trends, phenomena, and the states of individual and collective artists in the art and intellectual circles over the past two years. It expresses a detached observation and intuitive perception of contemporary art, with particular attention to "avant-garde art." The book is divided into four parts: "Avant-Garde Concepts," "Beauty/Artists," "Cultural Perspectives," and "After the Elite," accompanied by over 100 color illustrations.