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5/11/2013

Multiple Encounters

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive BAM/PFA, Berkeley

The exhibition puts the video work of Yang Fudong in direct dialogue with historical Chinese paintings, a juxtaposition that raises questions about how we view both Yang's work and classical art. Connecting the 15th century to the 21st, this exhibition suggests that some of the magical qualities of Yang's work may be inherited from the Chinese classical tradition. Ten classical paintings, in traditional formats, are displayed together with Yang's seven-minute single-channel video The Half Hitching Post (2005). The video tells the story of two young men moving to an isolated village at the same time a young couple struggles to escape it. The journey takes place on the Loess Plateau in northern China, where the grandeur and timelessness of the landscape recall images from classical paintings. (Yang first studied painting at the China Academy of Fine Arts in Hangzhou before switching to photography and film.) Organized by Chen Fongfong, J.S. Lee Memorial Fellow.

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