Includes bibliographical references (pages [371]-390) and index.
Avant-garde and revolution in twentieth-century Chinese art -- Academicism and the amateur avant-garde in the post-cultural revolution period (1979-1984) -- The map of the '85 avant-garde movement -- The "China/avant-garde" exhibition of 1989 -- Metaphysical modernity: rationalist painting and current of life painting -- Chan meets Dada: merging destruction and tradition in the avant-garde mentality -- Metaphor over meaning: language art and gray humor -- Kitsch and complicity: the case of political pop and cynical realism -- Apartment art -- Maximalism