Exhibition
Bentu, Chinese artists in a time of turbulence and transformation
27 Jan 2016 – 2 May 2016
Regular hours
- Wednesday
- 11:00 – 20:00
- Thursday
- 11:00 – 20:00
- Friday
- 11:00 – 21:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 20:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Monday
- 11:00 – 20:00
Address
- 8 Avenue du Mahatma Gandhi
- Paris
Île-de-France - 75116
- France
This is the first exhibition devoted to contemporary Chinese art in France in the past 10 years. It is coorganised with the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art of Beijing (UCCA Beijing).
About
The native soil. In contemporary Chinese art, this term does not connote nationalism. Rather, it represents a dialectical concept that aims to reconcile the “local” and the “global” in a universalist and critical rediscovery of identity. This notion is central to the research of artists, curators and academics in China today.
This exhibition brings together 12 artists of different generations who live on mainland China. Using a wide variety of techniques and media, drawn from both local tradition and culture, as well as newer cutting edge technologies – sometimes associating with or confronting these – the artists reveal the complexities of a society that is in permanent mutation. The works highlight the current state of economy and ecology, and most notably, the transformation of the relationship between the city and the countryside. Questions relating to identity are also addressed.
The choice of works does not seek to show a panorama of the artistic scene in China, but aims to draw attention to the multiform character of the production in the country, which undergoes rapid development and which affirms itself through outstanding individuals, rather than through specific movements