The Great Gallery Wall of China: Mika Mattila's Chimeras

China is at a crossroads, caught between a traditional past and a globalised, consumerist future. In Chimeras, Mika Mattila dramatises this conflict through the lives of two artists, Wang Guangyi and Liu Gang, and depicts the tribulations that arise in mediating both worlds, writes Mike Walsh.

Additional keywords: Asia, art, gallery, exhibition, globalisation, consumerism.