The Enemies of Art Ann Sansom and herrings baking in the

and herrings baking in the embers of the earthen fireplace

After more than half a century

peppered with bullets

Maria Stadnicka

The Enemies of Art Ann Sansom and herrings baking in the1960s China, and society is commanded to rebel against tradition. Amid the political turmoil, three young artists look out from their attic salon onto the streets of the northern port city of Tianjin. When economic reforms turn society on its head, they are given licence to indulge their artistic passions. Deluged by the increasingly materialistic masses, they paint themselves onto separate paths as they lose track of once sacred certainties. In this