Jiang Hu: 34 Contemporary Chinese Artists
May 25, 2006- July 14, 2006
Reception: May 25, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
520 W 21st St
Jiang Hu curated by Huang Zhuan, internationally recognized curator and
professor of art theory at the Ganzhou Academy, brings together 34 of the
most important Chinese contemporary artists of our time. The exhibition will
take place this Spring in three venues: The Tilton Gallery at 8 East 76th
Street (May 23 – June 30), Kustera Tilton Gallery at 520 West 21st
Street, New York, and Roberts & Tilton Gallery in Los Angeles.
Jiang Hu can be translated literally as "rivers and lakes”, but its metaphoric
meanings are rich and open-ended. Jiang Hu can mean simply "wild or
unsettled region", particularly the out-of-bounds frontiers far from
mainstream culture. In medieval literature the concept of Jiang Hu referred
to an ideal fictional realm inhabited by itinerant outsiders, such as scholars,
monks, fortune-tellers and artists who were said to have magical powers.
In more recent times, the Jiang Hu refers to the underworld society whose
members possess the gravity defying powers of flight and super-human
martial arts skills as popularized in the recent film, Crouching Tiger, Hidden
Dragon. In the context of this exhibition, Jiang Hu refers to the complex
dynamics of contemporary Chinese art within the global art world.
Books and DVDs related to artists in this show| Location | map | | Gallery | AnnaKustera | | Address | 520 W 21st St, Ground floor
New York (Chelsea)
NY, 10011
United States | | Phone | 212-989-0082 | | Fax | 212-989-0456 | | Hours | Tue-Sat 11-6 | |
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