This short video by The Guardian's Jonathan Watts shows a different face of the all-so blooming contemporary Chinese art scene: Dashanzi district's artists' studios are being pulled down by developers who need space for the modern city paraphernalia --car parks, supermarket, shopping malls, and the sort. Needles to say, none of the artists that work in Dashanzi are known in the West...
Superb coverage on several aspects of China Art 2008 in The Guardian. There's something for everyone...
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