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MoCA Envisage II : Butterfly dream / Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art

by Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA)

This study explores contemporary Chinese art in a post-socialist, globalised context, analysing the tensions between cultural legacy, modernisation, and Western dominance. It focuses on the landmark participation of mainland artists in the 1993 Venice Biennale.

Accession 13248 ISBN — Publisher Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA)
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