The dynamic artistic centres of China are producing some of the most interesting and compelling contemporary art of our time. But there are fascinating stories as yet insufficiently told: the stories of women artists. It was Chairman Mao who said, 'Women hold up half the sky.' This book presents thirty-two women artists working China today.

The author of Half the Sky is Luise Guest, Director of Education and Research at the White Rabbit Gallery which houses one of the world's great collections of contemporary Chinese art. Luise believes 'contemporary art in China is unlike anything in the rest of the world.'