For more on the state of contemporary art criticism in China, see my text “Critical Horizons: On Art Criticism in China,” Diaaalogues, Asia Art Archive Online Newsletter, (December 2008), →.
By “government funding” I refer to the Beijing Culture and Development Fund’s establishment of the Art Beijing Fund, a fund of 5 million Chinese yuan (roughly 732,000 US dollars) which was recently put to use sponsoring galleries to participate in the Art Beijing art fair.
Boris Groys, “Politics of Installation,” e-flux journal, no. 2 (January 2009), →.
For more on issues of production, see my book In Production Mode: Contemporary Art in China, [Hong Kong: Timezone 8 Books, (in cooperation with CCAA), 2008].
Charles Esche, Foreword, Afterall Journal, no. 11 (2006).
Ibid.
Zheng Guogu, interview by Hu Fang, Jumping out of Three Dimensions, Staying Outside Five Elements. Guangzhou: Vitamin Creative Space, 2007. (unpaginated)