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By Emma Pearse Published: August 26, 2008 Visit New York Magazine website Read Article		Art Candy Shen Jingdong, who served for sixteen years in the Chinese military, merges Pop Art with Marxist propaganda (is there a difference?). Past exhibitions of his have, unsurprisingly, been banned in China, but his shiny, happy people — Mao's smiley army are playful yet brittle — are still collected the world over. See his latest exhibit at ChinaSquare through Saturday. -Emma Pearse

By Rohin Guha Published: August 6, 2008 Visit blackbook.com website Read Article		Art Review The art of Nanjing-born Shen Jingdong may just be the pinnacle of communist chic -- and one of the trendier pop-political crossovers since the misappropriation of the keffiyeh. Read More

By Robert Ayers Published: July 25, 2008 Visit Artinfo.com website		Art Review China Square, who are first-timers at Scope, and “very excited to be here,” according to director Carrie Clyne, have a lively and eye-catching display, with Shen Jingdong’s brightly colored paintings of smiling toy-like communists, and — the booth’s stand-out piece, in my opinion — Zhong Biao’s diptych Grandma’s Sky (2007), which is being offered for $250,000... Read More

By Benjamin Genocchio Published: December 14, 2007 Visit New York Times website Read Article		Art Review ‘REVOLUTION’ Not long ago hardly any galleries in Chelsea were showing Asian contemporary art. Now there are dozens, including those specializing in Asian artists. Chinese art dominates, partly because the current market is boiling and partly because, simply, some of the best art being made today is from China... Read More

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