The present publication is the catalogue of an exhibition of the sigg Collection, which provides a survey of a quarter of a century of Chinese avant-garde art (1979-2004). It is structured into clearly legible themes:
Icons of the 70s vs. Icons of the 80s
Mao and the Cultural Revolution
Power Play
Myths and Legends
Individual vs. Society
Consumerism
Contemporary Life
City vs. Countryside
Tradition Revisited
Chinese Perspectives on Western Art
Writing as Medium
Body as Medium
Brief artist biographies as well as a chronology of the history of contemporary Chinese art (put together by Feng Boyi) are provided.
Onsite
AI Weiwei, 艾未未, 
Estelle BORIES, 
HOU Hanru, 侯瀚如, 
LI Xianting, 栗憲庭, 
PI Li, 皮力, 
English
diaspora,  oil painting,  photography,  installation,  sculpture,  video art,  group exhibition,  China
2005
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catalogue
The Multiple Predicaments and Upturns of Chinese Contemporary Art - AI Weiwei, 艾未未
Access to China - Uli Sigg in Conversation with Matthias Frehner
Contemporary Chinese Art and a Declining Culture - LI Xianting, 栗憲庭
Longing for Paradise, Negotiating with the Real: Looking at the Chinese Art Scene Today - HOU Hanru, 侯瀚如
Between Scylla and Charybdis: The New Context of Chinese Contemporary Art since 2000 - PI Li, 皮力
Contemporary Chinese Art: A Market Report - Estelle BORIES
Cultural Partnerships, Maybe More: On the Reception of Contemporary Chinese Art in the West - Bernard FIBICHER
'Chineseness' — Is there such a thing? - A Letter from Uli Sigg to the Artists Taking Part in Mahjong - and their Responses - Uli SIGG, 希克烏利
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