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Contemporary Chinese Art: Primary Documents
Author: Wu Hung
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Heavily illustrated, this collection brings together carefully selected primary texts on contemporary Chinese art, arranged in chronological order**
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Heavily illustrated, this collection brings together carefully selected primary texts on contemporary Chinese art, arranged in chronological order**
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