If I would say you can find anything and everything in the art markets of china it will not be a cliché' and not even an exaggeration . well, if you copy one, you might as well copy them all, right? Whatever sells.

Now, of course I am not talking about the "real" art markets where sothebie's is pushing quasi modern Chinese artist like crack in a bad neighborhood for millions and millions of American greenbacks.

No, I am talking abou the real markets. The market market. The one where normal people like you and me would spend a sunny Saturday afternoon looking for cool things for the house, or some pieces of almost-antiques with an interesting story.

Other than the normal copies you would find anywhere, the Chinese markets are boasting a collection of recent and modern Chinese art , suddenly available to the general public in a comfortable price. How communist of them.

But lets get out of the market and back into the "other" market, the serious one, where Chinese artists are taking their place in the global art scene, making the chairman proud. Well, not always, as this is the only place you might actually see proper criticism and social commentary, in a place where information is still not obviously available to the masses.