Xu Hualing: Eternal Beauty
Oct 14 - Nov 10, 2007
Still done on silk, on the tightly woven threads, Xu Hualing has painted all fantasies, all wild dreams from the times of being a young girl. Psychologically, she has secretively completed a personal wish.
Chen Ying: The Movable Type
Sep 9 - Oct 9, 2007
As is well known that the typography has been ranked in four great inventions of ancient China, Chen Ying’s work The Movable Type shares some attributes with it---employment of drab tone associated with yellow mud, replacement of Chinese characters with paintings, each of which like a character embodies a peculiar concept.
Hugo Tillman (b. 1973)
Film Stills of the Mind
Jun 2 - Jul 12, 2007
Tillman conceived the idea for “Film Stills Of The Mind”, which is a series of portrait photographs of Chinese Contemporary Artists, in 2005. Over a period of 2 years and after many trips to China, Tillman has taken portrait photographs of Chinese contemporary artists performing various roles, reflecting to a very definite extent, the real atmosphere of contemporary Chinese art.
A Stronghold Against Consumer Culture
Mar 24 - Apr 20, 2007
Da Xiang's printed receipts are a record of everyday consumption and shopping. They carry details such as the time and place of the purchases, as well as the names and prices of the purchased items.
Feng Shu (b. 1981)
Post Period of Insects
Jan 1 - Feb 16, 2007
About half a year ago, I saw some ceramic art works done by FENG Shu and other artists of his generation. They really moved me and made me think deeply. It felt like some of my long holding questions were starting to be resolved. Feng Shu’s work is a type of standard, and I hope I can express some of my opinions through talking about his works.
Li Qing (b. 1981)
Finding Together
Sep 9 - Oct 9, 2006
Since 2000 there has been an increasing curiosity by the international community in the astonishing speed of China’s emergence on the globe as one of the key players and a potential competitor of the American superpower.