This book aims to advance the understanding of the major transformations that have fashioned today"s contemporary art scene in China. Two critics, Feng Boyi and Qiu Zhijie, played a key role in the recognition of contemporary Chinese art within China, grasping its evolution and mapping its new developments. Most of the works shown in The Monk and the Demon were produced specifically for the occasion, and are photographed in situ at the museum or in the city of Lyon. The publication is also a practical guide listing artists, critics, museums, galleries, reviews and internet sites in Beijing, Shanghai, Canton and many other cities - an exceptional tool for understanding the new contemporary art networks in China. The catalogue The Monk and the Demon is the first to result from the collaboration of a Chinese museum (Art Museum of Canton), a French museum (Lyon"s Musee d"Art Contemporain) and the Ullens Foundation, whose director, Fei Dawei, is the exhibition"s general curator. Artists featured: Lu Chensheng, Gu Dexin, Song Dong, Yang Fudong, Wang Gongxin, Zhuang Hui, Sui Jianguo, Yang Jiechang, Xie Nanxing, Wang Ningde, Rong Rong & Inri, Lin Yilin, Wang Xingwei, Li Yongbin, Huang Yongping, Shen Yuan, Sun Yuan & Peng Yu, Liang Yue, Xu Zhen, Yang Zhenhong.