Unexpected Encounters, an examination of individual practices in China from 1989 to 2000; What You See is What I See, a grouping of recent works made by Chinese artists and artists from all over the world; and Public Projects, four special commissions for public venues. In the exhibition, artworks made from 1989 to 2000 in China in Unexpected Encountersand recent works by Chinese and international artists in What You See is What I Seewill intermingle with each other in the exhibition, rather than being presented in two sections.
7th Shenzhen Sculpture Biennale
12 May–31 August 2012
Participating artists and documentations:
Chinese Contemporary Artists’ Agenda (1994, a publication of artists’ proposals edited by Wang Luyan, Wang Youshen, Chen Shaoping, and Wang Jianwei) and 45 Degree as a Reason and Agreed to the Date 26 November 1994 as a Reason (1995, 1994, two postcard-based exhibitions curated by Geng Jianyi), Black Cover Book, White Cover Book, Grey Cover Book (1994–1997, a publication initiated and edited by Ai Weiwei, Xu Bing, and Zeng Xiaojun), Chen Shaoxiong (b. 1962, Shantou/China), Chen Zhou (b. 1987, Zhejiang/China), Josef Dabernig (b. 1956, Austria), Ding Yi (b. 1962, Shanghai/China), Fang Lu (b. 1981, Guangzhou/China), Laura Oldfield Ford (b. 1973, Halifax/UK), Simon Fujiwara (b. 1982, London/UK), Gu Dexin (b. 1962, Beijing/China), Guan Xiao (b. 1983, Chongqing/China), Hao Jingban (b. 1985, Shanxi/China), Hu Yun (b. 1986, Shanghai/China), Huang Ran (b. 1982, Xichang/China), Huang Yongping (b. 1954, Xiamen/China), Lee Mingwei (b. 1964, Taiwan/China), Li Yongbin (b. 1963, Beijing/China), Li Fuchun (b. 1983, Jilin/China), Li Ran (b. 1986, Hubei/China), Li Yu (b. 1973, Wuhan/China) + Liu Bo (b. 1977, Shishou/China), Lin Yilin (b. 1964, Guangzhou/China), Liu Shiyuan (b. 1985, Beijing/China), Lu Zhengyuan (b. 1982, Liaoning/China), Darius Mikšys (b. 1969, Kaunas/Lithuania), Haroon Mirza (b. 1977, London/UK), Nástio Mosquito (b. 1981, Angola), Qian Weikang (b. 1963, Shanghai/China), Kelly Schacht (b. 1983, Belgium), Shi Chong (b. 1963, Huangshi/China), Song Dong (b. 1966, Beijing/China), Sui Jianguo (b. 1956, Qingdao/China), Tsang Kinwah (b. 1976, Shantou/China), Katleen Vermeir (b. 1973, Belgium) & Ronny Heiremans (b. 1962, Belgium), Danh Vo (b. 1975, Vietnam), Wang Gongxin (b. 1960, Beijing/China), Wang Guangyi (b. 1957, Harbin/China), Wang Jianwei (b. 1958, Sichuan/China), Wang Luyan (b. 1956, Beijing/China), Wang Xingwei (b. 1969, Shenyang/China), Wang Youshen (b. 1964, Beijing/China), Wild (1997, a publication of site-specific projects curated by Song Dong, Guo Shirui, and Pang Lei), Wu Wenguang (b. 1956, Kunming/China), Xu Bing (b. 1955, Chongqing/China), Yan Xing (b. 1986, Chongqing/China), Yu Honglei (b. 1984, Inner Mongolia/China), Zhang Enli (b. 1965, Jilin/China), Zhang Peili (b. 1957, Hangzhou/China), Zhang Xiaogang (b. 1958, Kunming/China), Zhou Tiehai (b. 1966, Shanghai/China), Zhu Jia (b. 1963, Beijing/China)
Performances
Yan Xing
12 May, 4:30pm
OCAT Hall B10, OCT-LOFT, Enping Road, Overseas Chinese Town, Shenzhen, China
Nástio Mosquito
12 May, 5:30 pm
OCAT Hall A3+, OCT-LOFT, Enping Road, Overseas Chinese Town, Shenzhen, China
Artists’ Talks – What You See is What I See
Lee Mingwei
Thursday 10 May, 7:30pm
Moderator: Liu Ding
Language: Chinese
OCAT Hall A3+
Dahn Vo
Friday 11 May, 7:30pm
Moderator: Su Wei
Language: English, with Chinese translation
OCAT Hall A3+
Josef Dabernig
Sunday 13 May, 2:30pm
Moderator: Liu Ding
Language: English, with Chinese translation
OCAT Hall A3+
Artists’ Talks – Individual Narratives: Contemporary Art Practice in China from 1989 to 2000
Ding Yi
Friday 22 June, 2:30pm
Moderator: Liu Ding
Language: Chinese
OCAT Hall A3+
Wang Gongxin
Saturday 23 June, 2:30pm
Moderator: Liu Ding
Language: Chinese
OCAT Hall A3+
Sui Jianguo
Sunday 24 June, 2:30pm
Moderator: Liu Ding
Language: Chinese
OCAT Hall A3
Wang Luyan
Saturday 21 July, 2:30pm
Moderator: Fang Lihua
Language: Chinese
OCAT Hall A3+
Song Dong
Sunday 22 July, 2:30pm
Moderator: Fang Lihua
Language: Chinese
OCAT Hall A3+
Zhang Peili
Saturday 18 August, 2:30pm
Moderator: Su Wei
Language: Chinese
OCT ART, Shennan Blvd. 9009# Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China
Chen Shaoxiong
Sunday 19 August, 2:30pm
Moderator: Su Wei
Language: Chinese
OCAT Hall A3+
Screenings
Josef Dabernig
Saturday and Sunday, 19 and 20 May, 2:30pm
OCT ART, Shennan Blvd. 9009#, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China
Saturday and Sunday, 26 and 27 May, 2:30pm
OCAT Hall A3+
Free admission for all events.