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China's Glasnost.

Authors :
Liu, Melinda
Simons, Craig
Lin-Liu, Jen
Source :
Newsweek (Atlantic Edition); 8/9/2004 (Atlantic Edition), Vol. 144 Issue 6, p44-48, 5p, 4 Color Photographs
Publication Year :
2004

Abstract

Looks at how the China's communist leaders are beginning to embrace the avant-garde literature and art they once considered taboo. Avant-garde photographer Rong whose photographs were once shunned but are now receiving much better reception; Government censorship that severely curtailed creative freedom in China; Capitalist reforms that have transformed the arts in China; Rise of a new generation of top leaders in China that has led to a creative explosion compared with the Soviet Union's glasnost era; Boom in the market for experimental artwork.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
01637053
Volume :
144
Issue :
6
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Newsweek (Atlantic Edition)
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
14091832