THE WILD, WILD EAST: 
AN AMERICAN ART CRITIC'S
ADVENTURES IN CHINA

NEW BOOK BY AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST BARBARA POLLACK
Delivers Honest, Opinionated Assessment of China's Hyped Art Scene;
Arrives May 2010

"A fresh and insightful take on the burgeoning Chinese art market
and its general impact on the culture.  Not to be missed."  
Arne Glimcher, CEO of the Pace Gallery.

Just as New York became the world art capital in the 1960s, is China primed to stage a take-over of the international art market in the 21st century?   What has caused Chinese art to break all records, selling for multi-million dollar figures?  These are some of the questions addressed by The Wild, Wild East: An American Art Critic's Adventures in China (Timezone 8, 236pp., $25, ISBN 978-988-18034-9-8), the first book to take a hard look at China's art scene, based on first hand accounts with that country's leading taste-makers.

Over the past five years, author Barbara Pollack interviewed dozens of Chinese artists, collectors, curators, art dealers and auction specialists to discover the answers to questions such as:  What has motivated China to build over a thousand museums?  How has Beijing become a thriving hub of contemporary art with hundreds of powerful galleries?  Who are the players in this booming art market and can they be trusted?

Covering the Chinese art scene for leading U.S. publications, including Vanity Fair, The New York Times, ARTnews, Art & Auction and many others, Barbara Pollack has become the preeminent expert on Chinese contemporary art and China's art market.  This book marks the first time she written about this phenomenal art scene with as much candor and humor, laying out the intrigues and insider-trading that has fueled this market and delving into the personalities and histories that make the art so compelling.  This is the book for anyone who wonders how Chinese artists have emerged as such a force in the international art market and questions whether China can exercise its huge economic power in the arena of world culture. Based on her groundbreaking research in this field, Pollack received a grant from the Asian Cultural Council and was awarded the prestigious Creative Capital | Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant.   

The U.S. book launch and signing will take place on Tuesday, June 1 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Pace Gallery, 545 W. 22nd Street in New York City.

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