Chine: empire de l’art?

China’s art scene has undergone profound transformations in the last 20 years. Chinese artists have achieved great recognition and their works command high prices on the market. This documentary tracks this ascent, with regard to the historic, economic and cultural dynamics that caused it, and the various artistic currents which have recently attracted attention from critics, collectors and the national and international art markets. Through comments from noted Chinese art collector Uli Sigg, and interviews with some of the protagonists of the Chinese art scene that emerged in the 80s and 90s (including the performance artist Zhang Huan, who was recently given his first major one-man show in Italy by PAC Milan, the painter Yan Pei-Ming and the curator and art critic Hou Hanru), the film offers a broad view of Chinese contemporary art and the identity of its artists, with particular attention paid to the formation and prospects of upcoming generations.