An Ancient Country''''s Love of Modern Western Art

CHINA'S contemporary art is gaining recognition among international artistic circles, despite having got off to a relatively late start. Until the 1980s, Chinese art students were expected to cultivate traditional painting techniques. It was only towards the end of that decade that Western modern art entered China's art scene and more avant-garde works, such as Political Pop, began to emerge. The performance art fad of the mid 1990 gave way to today's high-tech