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December 4, 2007- January 12, 2008
Reception: December 13, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Cao Xiaodong, Jing Kewen, Li Luming, Shen Jingdong, Su Xinping, Wang Yiqiong, Yang Qian, Yin Zhaoyang, Zhang Hongtu, Zhao Nengzhi, Zhong Biao
ChinaSquare
545 W 25th St Zhang Hongtu Ping-Pong Mao (1995) |  Zhong Biao Grandma’s Sky (2007) |  Jing Kewen Fantasia 2006 (2007) |
 Cao Xiaodong Enlightenment (2007) |  Li Luming Aiming (2007) |
ChinaSquare is pleased to present Revolution, a group show curated by Fang Lei and Jonathan Goodman featuring Cao Xiaodong, Jing Kewen, Li Luming, Shen Jingdong, Su Xinping, Wang Yiqiong, Yang Qian, Yin Zhaoyang, Zhang Hongtu, Zhao Nengzhi and Zhong Biao. These artists, born during the Cultural Revolution, examine the legacy of Mao’s socialism in ironic and allegorical ways. As Mainland China embraces late capitalism, monuments and leaders once revered are judged and deconstructed. The participants in the show pay homage mostly to another time, when politics was not so easily engaged or made fun of. The artists’ nostalgic memories of youth are juxtaposed with the ideological revolutions that now take place everyday.
Fang Lei, a Beijing-based independent curator since 1998, has curated and organized a number of exhibitions and events including the Beijing Biennale, Guangzhou Triennial, and Shanghai Biennale, etc.
Jonathan Goodman has been writing about contemporary Chinese art for more than a decade. Based in New York, he is currently teaching at the Pratt Institute and the Parsons School of Design.
Art Reviews of Revolution
| New York Times December 14, 2007 | Benjamin Genocchio | "...For evidence you might visit ChinaSquare, a new gallery dedicated to Chinese art and located high in the Chelsea Arts Tower. Inside the gallery is a spirited group show put together by Fang Lei and Jonathan Goodman, featuring the work of a dozen contemporary Chinese artists, among them emerging talents like Cao Xiaodong, Shen Jingdong and Jing Kewen, as well as the veterans Zhang Hongtu and Li Luming...." |
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