Mar 22, 2010  Cinical Realism and Modern Chinese Art  In 1985,
Chinese art saw the emergence of a new set of rebelling artists
led by Xu Bing. Between 1985 to 1988 China produced many good
artists and many new ways of looking at art. But this movement
was very short lived. The 1985 Movemet soon gave place to the
phase of Cynical Realism which continues to afflict the Chinese
Art.  Xu Bings Scroll depicting 4000 senseless Chinese
characters heralded the begining of New Wave in Chinese Art
Liberalization of Chinese Economy had brought in a lot of
western attention to Chinese Art and soon Chinese art galleries
started to cater to the needs of this new set of buyers. Most of
these art works showed cynicism about Chinese administration.
This apparent rebelling style started with a lot of promise and
appeared that it would soon surpass the popularity of the
previous 85 Movement.  Cynical Realism started with a bang, but
very soon lost all its steam. It always sold, but it lost all
its charge. They painted predomin