China In Chelsea and Beyond

Various Locations
Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 6 PM

Program

Art galleries throughout Manhattan join forces in a celebration of the vibrant and complex world of contemporary Chinese art, representing artists from a variety of Chinese regions, disciplines, traditions, and generations.

Arario Gallery
521 West 25th Street, 2nd floor
www.arariogallery.com

Yue Minjun: Smile-isms
October 29 – January 16
Opening Reception, October 29, 6-8 PM

Yue Minjun is one of China’s leading contemporary artists and a key figure in the Cynical Realism movement, which emerged in response to the Tiananmen Square incident of June 1989.


AW Asia
545 West 25th Street
www.awasiany.com

Half the Sky: New Works by Qi Zhilong
October 29 - December 11
Opening Reception, October 29, 6-8 PM

The show includes a new series of portraits which will be presented alongside a selection of vintage Chinese propaganda works, primarily from the Cultural Revolution period.


Chambers Fine Art
522 West 19th Street
www.chambersfineart.com

Tan Dun’s Organic Music
October 24 – January 9
Opening Reception October 24, 6-8 PM

Tan Dun’s Organic Music is an exhibition devoted to a site-specific exploration of the Oscar-winning composer’s deep attachment to the sounds and materials of the natural world.


ChinaSquare
102 Allen Street
www.chinasquareny.com

Persistence of Vision
October 29 - November 30
Opening Reception, October 29, 6-8PM

This group exhibit will feature work by artists Ai Jing, Cai Zhisong, Cui Guotai, Duan Jianghua, Xu Weixin, Ye Yongqing, and Zhong Biao.


Goedhuis Contemporary
42 East 76th Street
www.goedhuiscontemporary.com

Landscapes
October 21 – November 20
Opening Reception, October 21, 6-8 PM

Contemporary ink painters—also known as the New Ink Painters—are recognized as among the most idealistic and intellectually daring of Chinese artists today. The ink paintings in the exhibition all explore the central theme of landscape and as such are inevitably linked to the great Chinese tradition of monumental landscape painting.


Max Protetch
511 West 22nd Street
www.maxprotetch.com

Sun Xun
November 7 - December 23
Opening Reception, November 7, 6-8PM

The first US gallery exhibition for Beijing-based Sun Xun will feature new work, including animations, sculpture, and drawing.


Stux Gallery
530 West 25th Street
www.stuxgallery.com

On Love? On War? : Prominent Contemporary Chinese Artists
October 21 - November 14
Opening Reception, October 29, 6-9pm

In collaboration with Carrie Clyne, the exhibit features the work of Fan Xiaoyan, Fang Lijun, Feng Zhengjie, Guo Wei, Ling Jian, Liu Jianhua, Qu Guangci, Ren Zhenyu, Su Xinping, Wei Dong, Yang Shaobin, Zhang Huan, Zhang Xiaotao, and Zhong Biao.