“Silent Thunder” is a concentrated presentation of an under-explored thread in Chinese contemporary art—the connection between Buddhism and contemporary art, and the ways in which it departs from classical notions of Buddhist art. “Buddhist art” as a field of study...
What is the place of art in China today? Or rather, in a world where the underpinnings of the post-World War II consensus have come suddenly loose, a world whose most prosperous corners find themselves in thrall to sectarian populism, a world increasingly unable to...