# Total Modernity and the Avant-Garde in Twentieth-Century Chinese Art

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- Authors: [Minglu Gao](https://www.bookquiver.com/minglu-gao)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6201-494-6
- Pages: 424
- Published: 2011-04-29
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

A groundbreaking book that describes a distinctively Chinese avant-gardism and a modernity that unifies art, politics, and social life. To the extent that Chinese contemporary art has become a global phenomenon,...