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Email PageSpecial Presentation
November 9, 2007- December 1, 2007
Xiang Jing, Guangci, Chen Jiagang, Li Tianyuan, Shen Chen, Zhang Wei
ChinaSquare
545 W 25th StChinaSquare is pleased to announce Special Presentation, a group exhibition featuring Xiang Jing, Guangci, Chen Jiagang, Li Tianyuan, Shen Chen and Zhang Wei, on view from November 9, 2007.
Xiang Jing's sculptures, satirical but not cynical, raise questions surrounding the plight of post-feminist women. Shedding light on everyday personal exploration, whether showing humility and emptiness or reflection and vulnerability, Xiang exemplifies the inner psychological workings and emotions, turning the personal into the political.
Guangci's sculpture, more objective and explicitly political, directly confronts the ideology and imagery of revolutions past. Guangci turns Mao, Red Guards and other iconic figures into life-sized toy like objects, exportable bubble gum colored commodities. Parodying realism and official art, Guangci ultimately asks if there is anything left to commemorate from the Cultural Revolution.
Chen Jiagang's narrative photographs reflect the drastic binarism of China's booming cities and stagnant countryside. Chen's large-scale use of space engages the viewer in conflict between man and his surroundings, what is forgotten and longed for, the present and the past. His images portray certainty and uncertainty; the confidence of China's development and the question of its ramifications.
Li Tianyuan 's oil paintings grapple with the contradictions between man and nature, the imaginative and the realistic, and connection and isolation. His mysterious scenes draw the viewer in with their gentle colors and figures, but remain remote and charged with untold meaning. Tianyuan uses the Eastern tradition of naturalism to comment about the most profound moments of life, for both the individual and society as a whole.
Shen Chen's overlapping brush strokes create simple patterns and lines resembling Chinese brush painting, though he works in Western materials. His work is infused with the philosophical notion of contradictions. Throughout his career, his paintings have changed dramatically, as he is always redeveloping his concept of the process of making art.
Zhang Wei's large-scale oil paintings, full of contrasting colors, are full of social and political commentary. His series, Chinese Stories in American Rooms, expresses his thoughts on the increased popularity of Chinese art and culture across the globe. Extremely influenced by American artist Edward Hopper, Zhang combines both Western elements and Chinese symbols, ultimately transporting the viewer between cultures.
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