Wang Gongxin

Chinese Apartment Art is the avant-garde art that was produced underground during the 1970s–1990s in China. The literal meaning of apartment in Chinese is "government-owned residential complex" or "public house". Chinese artists created private work space within public residential complexes out of sight of authorities. The pieces tend to be smaller as to fit on the confines of the living spaces.Their government was communist, where they dictated to their people. They would control people's lives, as it can be reported in public media. The people were living under strict rule. Their government would maintain control over the people. The government would censor the public media that express negative views about the government. The artists, one of them being strict under the rule, because the government thinks they would express their opinion through their art. Their a few well-known artist that was involved avant-garde movement that occurred between the 1970s and 1990s in China. They would host their art piece in their private apartment to express what their life under communism.