Pearl River City
dal 25/1/2007 al 17/3/2007
Segnalato da
25/1/2007
Pearl River City
Contemporary Art Centre - CAC, Vilnius
Contemporary Art from South China. The exhibition presents many of the artistic facets that can be found in the Pearl River Delta. As the power and artistic strength of the region cannot be represented by an individual artist or curatorial perspective or by a specific group this exhibition presents its manifold forces. It is not a group-exhibition is the common sense but more an exhibition-cluster with different parts contributed by different organisations.
Contemporary Art from South China
Curator: Tobias Berger
The Pearl River Delta, located in the south of China is a sprawling construct
of different administrative zones. Composed out of the province Guangdong with
its capital Guangzhou (Canton) and the "Special Administration Regions" Hong
Kong and Macao and the "Special Economic Zone" Shenzhen, it is the biggest
production-plant in the world. The cities ranging from "free' but orderly Hong
Kong to the Beijing controlled capitalistic/communist Guangzhou are developing
in different paces and directions - but are slowly growing closer together to
form a mega-city. They are like huge icebergs crashing together, chipping off
parts, pushing away others, but still slowly uniting as mega-structures. This
is one of the most exciting and rapidly economically and architecturally
developing regions in the world - and contemporary art is developing at an
equal rate as highly innovative and great artists and organizations are
capturing world-wide attention.
In the Pearl River Delta (like many Asian regions) exhibition praxis is
largely self-organized and independent from government. Founded out of the
urge that there are no adequate governmental exhibition spaces, these groups
form an important network for artistic production and exhibition.
The exhibition presents many of the artistic facets that can be found in the
Pearl River Delta. As the power and artistic strength of the region cannot be
represented by an individual artist or curatorial perspective or by a specific
group this exhibition presents its manifold forces. It is not a
group-exhibition is the common sense but more an exhibition-cluster with
different parts contributed by different organisations. The participating
artists that are operating in that organisational network comprised of: the 10
year old Para/Site Art Space from Hong Kong or Vitamin Creative Space from
Guangzhou, the media collective Videotage from Hong Kong or Alternative
Archive, a film organisation founded by the artists Cao Fei and Ou Ning in
Guangzhou. It also presents artists like Jiang Zhi from Shenzhen or the
artists/architects Gutierrez + Portifaix who are all part of this vibrating
network.
Opening: Friday, 26 January, 18-20
Contemporary Art Centre
Vokieciu 2, LT - Vilnius