The Confounding Fictions of ‘Modern China’Yuwen JiangArtReview Asia18 July 2023The focus on extraordinary individuals means that new book, Creators of Modern China, never probes the everyday reality of the nation’s common people
The Imperial Ironies of ‘China's Hidden Century’ at the British MuseumYuwen JiangArtReview Asia06 July 2023China’s Hidden Century, a new survey of the country from 1800 to 1900, sets out to celebrate its diverse artistic treasures but ultimately fails to escape the colonial gaze
The Fetishistic Still Lifes of Poppy JonesYuwen JiangArtReview17 May 2023A strange nostalgia infuses the work of the British artist, who combines photography with painting to imbue her subjects with a hazy tactility
