Organized chronologically, 'China - Art Now' examines the trends in Chinese art - painting, sculpture, photography and film-making - from an altogether novel perspective. Contemporary Chinese art exudes an incredible dynamism, youthfulness, vitality, and humor. Michel Nuridsany guides us around this vibrant art scene through his insightful interviews with twenty-nine leading artists, many of whom are now his personal friends. Thirty years of Chinese art are represented here from the beginnings of experimental art with the Star Group in the 1970s to the emergence of a young generation of artists who express themselves through video, performance art, installations, and even video games. From Zhen Guogu's superb, untamed calligraphy to the color and energy of the Luo brother's Gaudy Art, and from Wang Guangyi's powerful mix of Western logos with Chinese ideograms to Weng Peijun's famous photographic series On the Wall, these are the artists and works bringing contemporary Chinese art to