Western contemporary art status

Author: Hu Zhiying
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This book is the newest monograph on Western contemporary art currently available in China. It primarily discusses various art schools and tendencies in the West from the 1980s to the 1990s until the beginning of the new millennium, as well as their impact on contemporary Western culture. It introduces over 200 contemporary artists from more than 30 countries worldwide, including Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, France, Austria, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, Hungary, and Israel. The book features over 270 color plate works and more than 50 photographs of the artists at work and in their daily lives, providing the contemporary Chinese cultural and art circles with the newest front-line materials for understanding Western contemporary art.