Behind The Vanity - Chinese Contemporary Art Market Situation Analysis,

With the development of Chinese contemporary art market, we have experienced a decade of dismal, suffering and confusion. Now, we are finally ushered prosperous of the contemporary art. China, becomes a member of the world art market. Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou has held many artistic expositions and various exhibitions. The Chinese contemporary art work price was past ten times in 2006. In 2007, the Chinese contemporary art work price breaks the record usually from the Spring auction. We have artists and art works which can be shoulder to shoulder with the world. Some people describe Chinese contemporary art market staged a "Crazy Stone", some people feel that too much bubble in the market, worried about that will repeat the crisis of Taiwan and Japan. That, behind the lively contemporary art market, there is the honor or the crisis? Recently, the contemporary art market is more and more flippancy; The contemporary art exhibition quantity is more, but the contents is alike with minor differences, the creation coarseness; Contemporary artists fall overboard for the management in market, busy in each kind of publicity and exhibitions, but the creations intense emotion reduced, the work is pale to have no dint; Contemporary art critics gave up the sincere attitude of the academic, becoming the market publicity. Under the globalization premise, the artistic marketability is the inevitable choice. Of course, from a long-term point of view, if we want our Chinese contemporary art has a long-term and stable development in the world. Chinese contemporary art market must enter the reasonable development orbit. Artists, galleries, curators, art galleries, art critics, and other important components of the market must have a responsible attitude towards history and future, paying more many efforts to create a healthy and positive Orient place that has important influence to the world.