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Catalogue published to accompany the exhibition 'Right is Wrong / Four Decades of Chinese Art from the M+ Sigg Collection' at Bildmuseet in Umea, Sweden from June to October 2014.
'The exhibition Right is Wrong / Four Decades of Chinese Art from the M+ Sigg Collection introduces art from four decades and presents the rapid emergence of contemporary art in China. Starting in the 1970s, we follow the development of contemporary art beginning with groups of artists such as the No Name Group and the Stars Group, via the events on Tiananmen Square in 1989, up to the incredibly vibrant art scene of today. Comprising almost 80 works of various formats and mediums: painting, photography, sculpture, video, installation and performance, Right is Wrong presents a selection of seminal pieces by key figures in contemporary Chinese art history. The works are part of one of the world's foremost collections of Chinese contemporary art; the M+ Sigg Collection from M+, the museum for visual culture in Hong Kong, presently under construction and due to open in 2017.
Right is Wrong is an extremely concentrated contemporary art history narrated through a number of key works. It gives us the opportunity to look at the connections between art and society from the specificity of recent Chinese history by showing the development of the art scene in relation to the socio-political development in China. The relationship between art and society, art and ideology, art and politics, is the underlying theme which runs through Right is Wrong.' - from Bildmuseet's website
Includes an essay by Pi Li on the historical development of the Chinese contemporary art scene from the 1970s till present day, and a chronology complied by Isabella Tam and Pi Li which focuses on the intersecting paths of major world events, the political and social context of China and the greater region, and important art exhibitions and events from 1970 to 2010. |