| Contemporary Chinese Painting - The History | | | | The Artists |
| China has a lot to boast about when it comes to | | | | Ai Weiwei, Cai Guoqiang, Cai Xin, Fang Lijun, Huang |
| art and culture. The traditional Chinese paintings | | | | Yan, Huang Yong Ping, Kong Bai Ji, Lu |
| offer a clear picture of the periods they belong | | | | Shengzhong, Ma Liuming, Ma Qingyun, Song Dong, |
| to. Great philosophers, religious figures, teachers, | | | | Li Wei, Christine Wang, Wang Guangyi, Wang |
| and political leaders have always inspired Chinese | | | | Qingsong, Wenda Gu, Xu Bing, Yang Zhichao, Zhan |
| artists. However, with modern technology | | | | Wang, Zhang Dali, Zhang Xiaogang, Zhang Huan, |
| securing its place even in the genre of Chinese | | | | Zhu Yu, Yan Lei, Ma Kelu, Ding Fang, Shang Yang, |
| Art, there is a lot that stands altered about | | | | and Zhang Yue. |
| Contemporary Chinese Art, also called Chinese | | | | The Business Value |
| Avant-Garde Art. The relatively newer forms of | | | | In today's world, the market for Contemporary |
| Chinese Art, dating back to 1980s, are largely | | | | Chinese paintings has emerged as one of the |
| influenced by the 'New Culture Movement,' which | | | | most popular and fastest-growing art industries |
| not only adopted Western techniques, but also | | | | worldwide. Owing to their vibrant color schemes |
| employed Socialist Realism. | | | | and life-like representations, the artworks attract |
| The Details | | | | millions of buyers globally. It has been reported in |
| The subjects for Contemporary Chinese Paintings | | | | the 2006 issue of the 'Voice of America' that |
| are varied. The artists have ventured into painting | | | | Contemporary Chinese art has managed to sell at |
| everything, including common people, animals | | | | record prices both, in the international and |
| under the sea, portraits, and the day-to-day | | | | domestic markets. Few of the largest fine art |
| activities of people. Contemporary Chinese | | | | auction houses have claimed that Contemporary |
| painters use ink, watercolors, and oil paints for | | | | Chinese Art has long been selling like hot cakes |
| their artwork. One of the commonest features of | | | | since quite some time now. A scenario like this |
| the Chinese style of painting is the free hand use | | | | has rapidly transformed the world of the |
| of the brush. Painters dexterously transfer their | | | | Contemporary Asian Art in general, by turning it |
| ideas onto the canvas, while letting their sense of | | | | into one of the most dynamic sectors in the |
| expression take command of their talent. Not | | | | international market. In fact, some experts also |
| being limited to the ink and brush methodology, | | | | fear that the market for Modern Chinese Art |
| they bring into use the technical help to reform | | | | might even be overheating. |
| and recreate old style ink shades. Therefore, | | | | Statistics therefore, reveal that the future of |
| Contemporary Chinese artists are quite open to | | | | Contemporary Chinese Paintings is very bright. |
| experimentation and make use of modern tools in | | | | Through these exquisite works, people not only |
| the course of their work. They employ multimedia | | | | get to see the illustrations from the Chinese |
| installations and technical sketching in their | | | | culture, but they also get a glimpse of the brilliant |
| paintings. | | | | adroitness of Chinese artists. |