Conference
Presence: A Window on Engaging with Chinese Contemporary Art and Culture
11 May 2018
St George's Hall
Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Lu Xinjian, City DNA / Salford and Manchester, 2016. Copyright Lu Xinjian. Photograph courtesy the artist and Art Labor Gallery, Shanghai.
Exhibition
PRESENCE: A Window into Contemporary Chinese Art
9 Feb 2018 – 3 Jun 2018
Event times
Weds - Sun 10am to 5pm.
Cost of entry
Free
St George's Hall
Address
- St George's Place
- Liverpool
England - L1 1JJ
- United Kingdom
Event map
PRESENCE features work by 19 artists giving a unique window into 21st century artistic practice across China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and the diaspora.
About
PRESENCE shows the complete new Collection of Chinese Contemporary Art from the University of Salford Art Collection for the first time, held in the vaults of St George's Hall Liverpool as part of the city-wide China Dream season.
The artists included cover a range of themes including consumerism, technology, connectivity and the individual's place in the world today. The sculptures, paintings, installations, videos and photographs are installed throughout the vaults in St George's Hall, including some intreguing spaces not normally open to the public.
The collection has been developed largely in partnership with the Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art in Manchester and Open Eye Gallery in Livepool.
Free entry, open Weds - Sun 10am to 5pm.
Last building entry 4.30pm.
Entry via the Heritage Centre on St John's Lane, Liverpool
