Chinese Arts Centre will be hosting a screening and website project in the Jasmine Suite
Date: Saturday 24 July
Times: 13:00, 14:30 and 16:00pm
This is a free event, bookings can made via the link below:
http://asiaartarchive.eventbrite.com/
From Jean-Paul Sartre to Teresa Teng: Contemporary Cantonese Art in the 1980s
The 1980s was a seminal period in the history of contemporary art in China. However, the contribution and experimentalism of the art scene in South China, in particular, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, have generally been overlooked. But due in part to the proximity of Hong Kong, western ideas from translated books and articles as well as popular culture in the form of TV shows and Canto pop, flooded over the border to Guangdong at the end of the Cultural Revolution. This influx of new ideas and popular culture sparked great excitement, debate and experimentation in the arts.
Based on primary research, rare film footage and personal interviews with key artists, this documentary bears witness not only to the reading fever that gripped the Chinese art world in the 1980s. It also highlights also the experimentalism and verve of artists and critics in South China whose contributions to the development of contemporary art have been long lasting and deep.
Part of a major research and website project focusing on contemporary art in China in the 1980s, AAA will launch a comprehensive website in Spring 2010, as well as make available all of the material collected and produced for the project.
This project is made possible by the generous support of:
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation
W.L.S. Spencer Foundation
Ilyas and Mara Khan
Foundation for Arts Initiatives
Produced by:
Asia Art Archive
Jane DeBevoise, Claire Hsu
Phoebe Wong, Anthony Yung
Research Team:
Jane DeBevoise, Phoebe Wong, Anthony Yung
Carol Lu, Megan Connolly, Natalie Cheung, Doris Wong, Silas Fong
Interviewees (in alphabetical order):
Chen Shaoxiong 陈劭雄, Chen Tong 陈侗, Deng Jianjin 邓箭今, Feng Yuan 冯原, Hou Hanru 侯瀚如, Huang Xiaopeng黄小鹏, Li Zhengtian 李正天, Lin Yilin 林一林, Shao Hong 邵宏, Wang Du 王度, Wang Huangsheng 王璜生, Xu Tan 徐坦, Yang Jiechang 杨诘苍, Yang Xiaoyan 杨小彦
Shooting and post-production:
Siren Films
Special Thanks:
Librairie Borges /Librairie Borges Institut d’Art Contemporain
Mr. David Gleit
Mr. Shek Hon Kei 石汉基先生
Martina Koeppel-Yang
Guangdong Museum of Art
