The dynamic artistic centres of China are producing some of the most interesting and compelling contemporary art of our time. But there are fascinating stories as yet insufficiently told: the stories of women artists. It was Chairman Mao who said, 'Women hold up half the sky.' This book presents thirty-two women artists working in China today.

The author of Half the Sky is Luise Guest, Director of Education and Research at the White Rabbit Gallery which houses one of the world's great collections of contemporary Chinese art. Luise believes 'contemporary art in China is unlike anything in the rest of the world.'

The artists include:

- Bu Hua, whose alter ego dresses as a schoolchild of the revolutionary past in a red Young Pioneer scarf and short skirt to represent contemporary female experience (see cover image).
- Bingyi, whose vast ink paintings become immersive, site-specific installations.
- Yu Hong, whose contemporary figures float on backgrounds of gold leaf
- Qin Fengling, who squeezes thousands of figures from her paint tubes
- Lin Tianmiao, Yin Xiuzhen, Gao Rong and Cao Fei who have been included in recent Moscow and Venice Biennales.

Author: Luise Guest
Hardback
224 pages
28 x 23.5 cm