Exhibition Roundup: “China 8”
By Clara Tang
A year after Germany had its milestone exhibition of Chinese contemporary art, “Die 8 der Wege” (“The 8 of ways”) in 2014, a new, widely-promoted show on the same subject opened its (many) doors in May, in Germany’s North-Rhine Westphalia state. “China 8,” organized by the Stiftung für Kunst und Kultur e.V. Bonn, takes place in not one, but nine museums throughout the Ruhr valley, Germany’s former industrial region. Each of the participating institutions has curated its own distinct exhibition, organized by medium. The exhibitions include “New Figuration – Narrative Sculpture” (at Duisburg’s Lehmbruck Museum) and “Arrested Time – Video and Sound Art” (at the Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten, in Marl), as well as an overview of the entire endeavor hosted by Düsseldorf’s NRW-Forum. In total, 500 works by 120 artists are presented across various media practices, including contemporary ink, photography, painting, sculpture, installation and video art.
In with the . . . Old?
