Curation 1: THIS IS ALL I’M GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. (Feb. 2015 in UK)
Generate Idea: a transnational curatorial group exhibition, which gethers artists from UK and China. Artworks of this exhibition are considered contemporary by artists themselves.
Methodology: reflective curation, philosophical reflection, comparative analysis, translation
Idea selection:
(1) understanding on the term of contemporaneity
(2) understanding on the term of text art.
Develop chosen ideas:
(1) Literature reviews on contemporaneity, contemporary Chinese art and written words in contemporary Chinese art.
(2) Reasearch questions:
Is the “contemporaneity” of Chinese contemporary art still referring to “post-modern” or “avant-garde”?
What is the reason that caused the text-based art are not seen much in Chinese contemporary art?
(3) Output:
a contemporary Chinese text artwork: “不言而喻” (Chinese)
documentation of the artwork
texts of the curation
Theorise ideas:
(1) Ideological chronological division and correlation of contemporary Chinese art.
(2) Contradictive ideologies in contemporary Chinese art, which relate to populism and democracy.
Application of theories to next curation.