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Immutability and Fashion – Chinese Contemporary Art in the Midst of Changing Surroundings
Exhibition catalogue. Since the early 1980s, Chinese society has been reconstructed at a furious pace. The works presented here are concerned with the artists’ surrounding society and environment, as well as the question of how to establish a connection with the world ‘here and now’. Besides articles studying the various issues concerning the development of contemporary Chinese art, this publication also provides an introduction to each of the participating artists. In Chinese and English.
Art of Change: New Directions from China - exhibition catalogue
Catalogue of exhibition focussing on installation and performance art from China dating from the 1980s to 2012. Curated by Stephanie Rosenthal.
Art of Change: New Directions from China (7 September–9 December 2012) featured contemporary installation and performance art from China produced over the past three decades. It brought together works by nine of the country’s most innovative artists and artist groups from the 1980s to today—Chen Zhen (b.1955–d.2000), Yingmei Duan (b.1969), Gu Dexin (b.1962), MadeIn Company (est. 2009), Liang Shaoji (b.1945), Sun Yuan (b.1972) & Peng Yu (b.1974), Wang Jianwei (b.1954) and Xu Zhen (b.1977). Comprising 40 works, the exhibition shows significant early examples of the artists’ work, alongside recent pieces and new commissions.
