Liu Ding
dal 8/4/2015 al 26/6/2015
Segnalato da
8/4/2015
Liu Ding
Motinternational, London
The artist's central focus in the exhibition is the notion of the 'New Man'. This term appeared frequently in the Communist government's rhetoric and propaganda to enforce a vision of revolution.
Continually interested in the boundaries between artistic, social and
political practices, Liu Ding's varied output includes: roundtable
discussions and interviews, published theoretical texts, performances,
lectures, curatorial projects, exhibitions and a commercial store, Liu
Ding's Store. In addition to employing these differing channels, Liu Ding
draws on many sources and collaborators that shape his practice and its
reception, from hired traditional painters to professional actors.
His interest in broadening perspectives of history beyond national
identity lends itself to discussions of global commonality and shared
visual, physical or psychological experiences. Liu Ding's central focus in
the exhibition is the notion of the 'New Man'. This term appeared
frequently in the Communist government's rhetoric and propaganda to
enforce a vision of revolution, one of re-configured traditions and
cultures that generate new aesthetics and new horizons. In terms of the
individual, the figure of the 'New Man' suggests a wiliness to adapt
oneself to a new ideological context. Combining the historical with the
contemporary, the artist revisits the various stages of artistic reforms
and formation as initiated by the Communist government since coming into
power in the 1940s. He brings to the fore the construction of history and
its relationship with contemporary art and subjectivity.
In 2009 Liu Ding was chosen to represent China at the 53rd Venice Biennale
and in 2012 he had his first solo exhibition in the United States at the
Frye Art Museum, Seattle. He has exhibited extensively in China, the UK
and internationally including The Tanks and BMW Tate Live: Performance
Room, Tate Modern, London; Prospect.3: Notes for Now, New Orleans
Biennale; Witte de With, Rotterdam; Battersea Power Station, off-site
Serpentine Gallery exhibition, London; Power Station of Art, Shanghai
(10th Shanghai Biennale); Taipei Fine Arts Museum (Taipei 2012 Biennale);
Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul and Museum of Modern Art, Oslo.
Image: Liu Ding
Opening: 9 April 2015, 6 – 8pm
Motinternational
72 New Bond St. 1st Fl
London
W1S 1RR
Opening Hours:
Tuesday – Saturday 10 – 6
and by appointment.