How Chinese contemporary art went global

Chinese contemporary art is synonymous today with the works of artists such as one of China’s pioneering abstract artist <a href="https://www.pearllam.com/exhibition/the-shape-of-time/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Zhu Jingshi</a>, award-winning beeswax sculpting artist <a href="https://www.pearllam.com/artist/ren-ri/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Ren Ri</a> and veteran member of avant garde art collective <a href="https://ocula.com/art-galleries/pearl-lam-galleries/exhibitions/ma-kelu-wilderness/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Ma Kelu</a>. All three artists have been internationally recognised for their unique works by <a href="https://www.pearllam.com/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Pearl Lam Galleries</a>. The eponymous founder of the gallery collective, <a href="https://medium.com/@pearl-lam/pearl-lam-a-doyenne-of-contemporary-art-49259b60766" rel="noopener">Pearl Lam</a>, has been hailed as an iconic figure of the art world, who played a major role in turning Hong Kong into one of the biggest art markets in the world today. She is hailed as the most prominent ambassador of <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/d3a0794c-3bb5-11e7-ac89-b01cc67cfeec" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Chinese contemporary art </a>and is largely credited for the international status it enjoys today. But back in the early 1990s when she explored the art world in Shanghai, it was a different scene altogether. In her new broadcast series, The Pearl Lam Podcast, she paints a different picture of the early days of the Chinese contemporary art scene in China. <a href="https://medium.com/@pearl-lam/how-chinese-contemporary-art-went-global-b4e131f1f25f">Click Here</a>