Xiong Lijun – Born in Chongqing in 1975, Xiong Lijun and her peers were unaffected by the violence and economic deprivation that accompanied the cycles of Maoist political campaigns.  Instead her generation has come of age during a period of economic revolution that has led to a dramatic increase of wealth for urban dwellers.  Her work reflects a fresh new China of optimism and freedom, but with an undercurrent of conformism.  Her work is a critique of unquestioned commercialism and material consumption.