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The First Guangzhou Triennial Fact Sheet
What
The First Guangzhou Triennial
Reinterpretation: A Decade of Experimental Chinese Art (1990-2000)
November 18, 2002 – January 19, 2003
The ten years from 1990 to 2000 represented a crucial stage in
the development of Chinese experimental art. Thoroughly internationalized,
this art also responded to tremendous changes in Chinese society.
Many artists devoted themselves to experimenting with new art mediums
and forms, exploring new territories in artistic expression and
representation. Their experiments attracted worldwide attention
among art critics and curators, and played an increasingly important
role in shaping a domestic visual culture in Mainland China.
Since it was opened to the public in 1997, Guangdong Museum of
Art in Guangzhou (Canton), China, has been promoting the research
and presentation of Chinese art of modern and contemporary periods.
Hence, it has initiated the Guangzhou Triennial, beginning with
the current exhibition entitled Reinterpretation: A Decade of Experimental
Chinese Art (1990-2000).
As the first comprehensive survey of Chinese experimental art of
the 1990s, The First Guangzhou Triennial features the most significant
works created in these ten years. The title, Reinterpretation, highlights
the organizer's intention to provide a systematic introduction to
and explanation of these works in their artistic, cultural, social,
and political context. The main part of the exhibition includes
three thematic sections -- Memory and Reality, Self and Environment,
and Global and Local. An additional section, titled "Experimentation
Continues," features works by fifteen invited artists that
indicate new directions in contemporary Chinese art after year 2000.
Place and Model: A Symposium on the Contemporary Art Exhitibitions
organized by Guangdong Museum of Art and Hong Kong Art Development
Council
in conjunction with the First Guangzhou Triennial
November 16 - 17, 2002 at Hong Kong Art Museum
November 19 - 20, 2002 at Guangdong Museum of Art
In conjunction with this exhibition, the Guangdong Museum of Art
and the Hong Kong Art Development Bureau will organize an international
symposium on contemporary art exhibitions and curatorial practices.
This symposium will bring together museum directors, curators, and
critics in and out of China to discuss some major issues: How to
develop local characteristics and multi-culturalism in contemporary
art exhibitions when the process of globalization continues to deepen
and intensify? How to employ and renew “universal” models of art
exhibitions according to local situations and needs? How to deal
with the conflict between experimentation and public acceptance
in art exhibitions? What are the major challenges that museum directors
and curators face at this moment in history?
Where
Guangdong Museum of Art
38 Yanyu Road, Er-sha Island
Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510105, PRC
When
The First Guangzhou Triennial-:
Reinterpretation: A Decade of Experimental Chinese Art (1990-2000)
Opening Monday, November 18, 2002 through January 19, 2003
Preview: Monday, November 18, 2002
Grand opening: 6:00 pm Monday, November 18, 2002, at Guangzhou
Museum of Art
Place and Model: A Symposium on the Contemporary Art Exhitibitions
organized in conjunction with the First Guangzhou Triennial
November 16 - 17, 2002 at Hong Kong Art Museum
November 19 - 20, 2002 at Guangdong Museum of Art
History
Sponsorship
Highlights
Catalogue
The First Guangzhou Triennial-:
Reinterpretation: A Decade of Experimental Chinese Art (1990-2000)
Bilingual Chinese and English, published by Sichuan Academy of
Art Press and
A catalogue of the exhibition, both Chinese and English, will be
available at the opening, will feature full-color reproductions
of the works. It is a major scholarly undertaking documentaing the
exhibition and providing a systematic narrative and analysis of
Chinese experimental art. The publication will include biographic
and bibliographical material on each artist and the decade of 1990s.
Group Tours
Groups attending the First Guangzhou Triennial can schedule tours
of the exhibition.
Admission
Adults CNY 6, Senior Citizens , Children and students $4 and Members
free
Hours
Tuesday through Sunday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Closed on Mondays.
Chief Curator and the Team
Chief Curator: Prof. Wu Hung
Curatorial Committee: Wang Huangsheng, Wu Hung, Huang Zhuan, Feng
Boyi
Chief curator, Wu Hung (University of Chicago; recent curatorial
projects include “Transience: Chinese Experimental Art at the End
of the 20th Century” [1999]; “Cancelled: Exhibiting Experimental
Art in China” [2000]; and “New Chinese Photography” [on-going project].
Accepting his recommendation, the Museum has invited three other
curators to serve on the curatorial committee. These include: Huang
Zhuan (The Guangzhou Art Academy of Fine Arts; recent curatorial
projects include a series of “International Sculpture Exhibitions”
at the He Xiangning Art Museum in Shenzhen, and several exhibitions
of experimental art at the Upriver Art Gallery in Chengdu); Feng
Boyi (The Chinese Artists’ Association; recent curatorial endeavors
include “Trace of Existence” and the much debated exhibition “Fuck
Off” in Shanghai).
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