Sigtunahöjden China Festival 2008

August 4, 2008 by TCG Nordica
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“Chinese Contemporary Art-Identity and Transformation” at Kalmar Castle

June 27, 2008 by TCG Nordica
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FOLK08-local global

June 20, 2008 by TCG Nordica
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Mariannelund June 28 – August 31 2008

FOLK-08 local global invites to communication and understanding among people through the arts.

The project is a Swedish follow-up of the international art project FOLK-05, arranged by Galleri Lista Fyr, Norway, in cooperation with TCG Nordica, China, and the ArtsNordica Network during the summer of 2005 (www.gallerilistafyr.com).

Contemporary art. Exhibitions, seminaries, workshops, video art, poetic documentary film, poetry nights, outdoor cinema, youth project, music, dance performances…

Where?

In Mariannelund, strategically located 300 km from Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö; on the border of Kalmar-, Jönköping- and Östergötland counties.(check the map)

For whom?

For everyone who lives in Astrid Lindgren’s native district. For tourists travelling through, visitors with a special interest in art and culture or just curious FOLK in general. For young people from Kiruna in the north to Malmö in the south, who have been involved in international culture exchange projects in Kunming, China. For especially invited Chinese young people… For invited artists and culture personages from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, China, Cambodia and England…

About what?

About life and love in different cultures and different languages. About global responsibility and influencing the environment. About consumption and identity. About how the small things we do can make a big difference! FOLK-08 local global invites to communication and understanding

“Chinese Contemporary Art-Identity and Transformation” at Bohusläns Museum,Sweden

October 6, 2007 by TCG Nordica
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“Chinese Contemporary Art- Identity and Transformation” at Bohusläns Museum,Uddevalla,Sweden
Openning:22 September 2007
Duration: 22 Sep -25 Nov, 2007
Mao Xuhui,Luo Fei,Liu Lifen were invited to attend the opening ceremony.

Uddevalla

Bohusläns museum

Curators: Agneta von Zeipel, Åsa Herrgård
Critics: Agneta von Zeipel, Åsa Herrgård, Luo Fei
Artists: Chen Changwei, Chen Qiji, Guo Peng, Lei Yan, Liu Lifen, Liu Deng, Li Ji, Luo Fei, Mao Xuhui, Shen Qin, Sun Guojuan, Tao Jin, Wu Yiqiang, Xue Tao, Zhang Qiongfei, Zhao Guanghui

Organized by: Bohusläns Museum, Sweden and TCG Nordica Gallery,China

Curator’s statement

Contemporary Chinese Art- Identity and Change is an exhibition that has originally been put together for an exhibition tour in Sweden that will start during the autumn 2007 at Art Gallery at Bohusläns Museum in Uddevalla. The purpose is to give a brief introduction of what Chinese contemporary art can be today to a Swedish public, and we are very pleased that the exhibition also will take place at TCG Nordica Gallery in Kunming during this summer.

The exhibition presents 16 Chinese artists, the majority of them is from the Yunnan province and educated at the University of Yunnan. We will meet all genres of visual art such as painting, sculpture, photography, installation, video, ink, drawings and prints in this exhibition.

The Chinese society is rapidly changing from being an almost rural nation a few decades back, until today’s highly developed industrial and information- society. The once strictly planned Chinese economy is merging into a commercialized market economy, and it is all reflected upon the art scene. Chinese contemporary art is no longer part of a periphery, but plays a more important role on the global art scene.

One intention with the exhibition was to identify and summon up some of these reflections of this rapid change and to see how it is expressed among the artists from Yunnan. Landscape painting for instance, a classic subject, is still important, but formulated on a more observing and conceptual ground. The huge rebuilding of cities is also in focus, we see the growth of mega-cities, where commercialism replaces old traditions and history. Consumerism and the new economic era and modern life are also commented in a sometimes ironic manner.

Still it seems like the old symbols have a strong impact on daily life, and some artists are working with this heritage with a new and often humorous perspective. The body or nakedness in interaction with the landscape is also a subject that appears and expresses a kind of liberation gesture. The gender perspective is also present, where the female body is allowed to be represented in full scale and closely observed. Traditional artistic techniques like ink-wash painting are used but deals with contemporary reflections.

We are pleased to be able to offer visitors this opportunity of a powerful artistic experience. We should further like to thank all those who have contributed to bringing the exhibition to fruition.

Agneta von Zeipel, director/curator at Art Gallery at Bohusläns Museum
Åsa Herrgård, artist and curator
2007 July

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