{"id":3321,"date":"2020-12-03T09:14:29","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T00:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kiaf.org\/?post_type=events&p=3321"},"modified":"2021-01-29T15:58:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T06:58:00","slug":"trilogy-of-contemporary-art-in-china-the-scar","status":"publish","type":"insights","link":"https:\/\/kiaf.org\/en\/insights\/3321","title":{"rendered":"Trilogy of Contemporary Art in China \u2013 The Scar"},"content":{"rendered":"

2020.9.25 – 2021.2.28
\nSong Dong, Zhu Jinshi, Liu Wei<\/p>\n

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Liu Weu, Merely a Mistake \u2161 No.6, 2009-2011<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Chinese Economic Reform (\u6539\u9769\u958b\u653e gaige kaifang, or \u2018reform and opening up\u2019) that began in the 1980s has led to China\u2019s rapid growth, but this advancement has not come without the darker side of capitalism. Public outcry demanding democratization led to demonstrations like the Tiananmen Square protests, while income bipolarization was exacerbated. While the first generation of Chinese contemporary artists manifested a critical attitude towards the system and the government, the most recent trends have involved increasingly diverse responses to the Western modernism that young artists have been exposed to since the opening. In particular, we seek to not merely show a few important historical moments and their representative artistic styles, but provide a condensed overview of chronological developments starting from the Tiananmen Square protests, which represented an indelible turning point in modern Chinese history.<\/p>\n

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Song Dong, Scar, 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This exhibition also bears the title \u201cTrilogy of Contemporary Art in China.\u201d From Zhu\u2019s Stars Group to Liu\u2019s Post-Sense Sensibility Movement, while the gap between the three participating artists\u2019 generations covers a span of less than 20 years, their sensibilities come from very diverse contexts, reflecting the extraordinary speed of social change in China, while all of them reveal the wounds from the swift social transformation caused by struggles for democratization, the influx of Western capitalism and the resulting urbanization. Subtitled \u201cThe Scar,\u201d this exhibition presents three exemplary artists who work reflects the trauma that has stemmed from the struggle for freedom, from capitalism, and from the urbanization that resulted from China\u2019s reform and opening up\u2014three keywords essential for understanding contemporary Chinese art.<\/p>\n

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Zhu Jinshi, South-North, 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BUSAN MUSEUM OF ART
\n58, APEC-ro, Haeundae-gu, Busan, Korea
\n+82 51 744 2602<\/p>\n

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