This month we’re excited to announce our new CEO, and invite you to be transported by Interval II, salivate over Sin Yi Law’s delicate food sketches and enter Gayle Chong Kwan’s mythical landscape Atlantis.
Sally Lai appointed Chinese Arts Centre’s new CEO
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Sally Lai as Chinese Arts Centre’s new CEO. Sally was Chinese Arts Centre’s first curator from 2002 to 2005. She has extensive experience in the arts having worked in a number of creative consultant and in curatorial roles including working for Arts Council England and firstsite. Sally was a fellow on the Clore Leadership Programme in 2005/06. We look forward to Sally starting in December and leading Chinese Arts Centre into the future.
Interval II – Suki Chan
Until 22 December 2008
Escape from the city centre bustle and be transported by Suki Chan’s beautiful film installation Interval II. This new 17 minute work juxtaposes footage of an English cast iron pier and a traditional Hakka roundhouse in southwest China. Using time-lapse to capture the movement of light from night to day, Chan presents a sensitive and poetic portrait of the human traces in these significant structures.
Breathe Resident Artist – Philippa Hadley Choy
Open Studio 18 – 22 December
Resident artist Philippa Hadley Choy has transformed the studio into a plaster sculpture workshop and has been working intensely creating new works which play with the pure idea of sculpture with a focus on Italian Baroque master Bernini, drapery and feet… Make a note of the open studio next month to see the finished works and find out more.
First Step Exhibition – Sin Yi Law
Until 14 January 2009
Sin Yi is a recent graduate whose work explores food and food culture. Her delicate crayon drawings currently showing in the First Step space attempt to draw up the excitement in the preparation and enjoyment of food.
21 : Discussions with artists of Chinese descent in the UK
21 provides a fascinating insight into the work and practices of twenty-one diverse Chinese artists working in Britain today. With in-depth interviews, group discussions and stunning images of the artworks, this new publication is an important celebration of contemporary British Chinese art. Available from Chinese Arts Centre for £15 (+ £2.50 p&p), to order contact Debs Gatenby on 0161 832 7271
More Chinese Arts Events
Gayle Chong Kwan – The Grand Tour
Atlantis at Arts Co, London
12 November – 6 December 2008
The Grand Tour is a series of exhibitions presenting new work by Gayle Chong Kwan. Atlantis is an enormous mythical landscape, a city created and carved out of semi-opaque used plastic food packaging, collected from people who live in London and covering the entire exhibition space. This new work is based on master-planning projects, developments in tourism, regeneration and urban planning. For more information visit www.arts-co.com
Creative China Now talk, Designed for you 11 series
Turner Contemporary, Kent
Tuesday 11 November 6pm
Chinese Arts Centre curator Ying Kwok will be speaking as part of Turner Contemporary’s free Designed for you series of talks. Ying’s talk is part of the series current Creative China Now theme. As our curator, a practising artist and editor of two Chinese Arts Centre publications Ying has a thorough and broad understanding of contemporary Chinese arts. The talk is sure to be an informative insight into this exciting art sector. For more information email info@turnercontemporary.org
The Revolution Continues: New Chinese Art
Saatchi Gallery, London
Until 18 January
The inaugural exhibition at the new Saatchi Gallery is a large collection of new and recent works by some of the leading Chinese artists. This mammouth show of mostly paintings features works by Zhang Xiaogang, Yue Minjun and Fang Lijun. The show anticipates the Saatchi Opus, a new publication chronicalling the gallery’s history published in February 2009. For more information visit www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk
Opportunities
plAAy Hide and Seek – CPD Training Day for Teachers, Art Co-ordinators & Educators
Friday 7 November
plAAy Contemporary Asian Art initiative are hosting a training day for educators on how to engage with and bring contemporary art into education. The day will include example workshops by plAAy exhibiting artists Luke Ching and Sarbjit Kaur. For more information or to book a place email amy.cham@blackburn.gov.uk
