Yang Fudong's work represents a turning point in contemporary artistic production in China. His first film, An Estranged Paradise, which premiered at Documenta in Kassel in 2002, showcased a new narrative and visual sensibility, imbued with a contemporary aesthetic formed by multiple registers. His monumental cycle Seven Intellectuals in Bamboo Forest which was completed over the next five years, poetically rendered the spirit of her generation, the kids born in the mid-1980s. Subsequent projects have broadened her cinematic vision in both directions of space and time: his films are installations that contain traces of their own making. For his most comprehensive institutional exhibition to date and its premiere in Beijing, Yang Fudong presents the first installment of his Library Film Project, a research process that aims to create a film that can contain a complex reality, both real and constructed. Inspired by his childhood in the rural Eastern suburbs of Beijing, this chapter weaves together elements of the past and present, public and personal.
Can Sculpture survive in an Era dominated by Manufacturing and Mass Production?
A challenging question that Nabuqi tries to answer in an experimental research exhibition that maps the various turning points in the career of an artist halfway through his journey.
Inflated and Deflated in Pop Culture and Sign Language
Playfully interacting with inflated and deflated forms, Christine Sun Kim and Thomas Mader investigate the multiple meanings of inhaling and exhaling air in pop culture.
A journey from William Morris to Charles Rennie Mackintosh to discover the wonderful decorations of fabrics and objects of the Arts and Crafts movement.
Appointment with the Number 1 Art Fair in China: Guardian Fine Art Asia 2024
An unmissable event for collectors and art lovers, the Guardian Fine Art Asia (GFAA) has carved out an authoritative space for itself in the field of culture and art. Galleries and antique dealers from all over the world meet in Beijing for the 11th edition of the fair.