Zhang Huan 张洹 (Chinese, b. 1965). Family Tree 家谱, 2001. Nine chromogenic prints; each 21 x 16 1/2 in. (53.3 x 41.9 cm). Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., Class of 1913, Fund
The first major exhibition of Chinese contemporary art ever mounted by the Metropolitan, Ink Art explores how contemporary works from a non-Western culture may be displayed in an encyclopedic art museum. Presented in the Museum's permanent galleries for Chinese art, the exhibition features artworks that may best be understood as part of the continuum of China's traditional culture. These works may also be appreciated from the perspective of global art, but by examining them through the lens of Chinese historical artistic paradigms, layers of meaning and cultural significance that might otherwise go unnoticed are revealed. Ultimately, both points of view contribute to a more enriched understanding of these artists' creative processes.
Featuring some seventy works by thirty-five artists in various media—paintings, calligraphy, photographs, woodblock prints, video, and sculpture—created during the past three decades, the exhibition is organized thematically into four parts: The Written Word, New Landscapes, Abstraction, and Beyond the Brush. Although all of the artists have challenged, subverted, or otherwise transformed their sources through new modes of expression, Ink Art seeks to demonstrate that China's ancient pattern of seeking cultural renewal through the reinterpretation of past models remains a viable creative path.
Peter Anton; Katharina Arndt; Eric Decastro (1960); Wim Delvoye (1965); Nezaket Ekici (1970); [Michelin Kober, Daniel Sigloch, Daniel Mijic] Filderbahnfreundemöhringen ffm; [Peter Fischli *1952 & David Weiss 1946-2012] Fischli & Weiss (1979); Alex van Gelder (1937); Robert Gligorov; Ian Haig; Eva Heldmann; Huan ZHANG (1965); [Line Monthiers & Sidonie Bernard] hic & nunc; John Isaacs (1968); Julia Kissina (1966); Sarah Lüdemann; Next Nature Net; Vera Mercer (1936); Daniel Mijic; Hermann Nitsch (1938 - 2022); ORLAN (1947); [Rico Scagliola *1985 & Michael Meier] Scagliola & Meier; Iris Schieferstein (1966); Francisco Sierra (1977); Miraim Songster; Nina Rike Springer; Jana Sterbák (1955); Sam Taylor-Johnson; Ivonne Thein; Luca Vitone (1964); Cindy Wright (1972);
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Weiwei AI (1957); Wei Chen (1980); Zhou Chen (1975); Lu Fang (1981); Xiangyu He (1986); Qingyan HU (1982); Xiangqian Hu (1983); Ran Huang (1982); Yong-Ping Huang (1954 - 2019); Zhenghui Lan (1959); Ming Li (1986); Ran Li (1986); Shurui Li (1981); Songsong Li (1973); Zhanyang LI (1969); Liu Chuang (1978); Zhijie QIU (1969); Yixin Shang (1980); Guangle Wang (1976); Xingwei WANG (1969); Molin Xie (1979); Zhen XU (1977); Xing YAN (1986); Enli Zhang (1965); Huan ZHANG (1965); Jinshi Zhu (1954); Yao Zhao (1981); Wei LIU (1972);
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