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Ongoing Art Seminar: Avant-Garde Attacks!

Speeches by seasoned art critic from US.
Content:
1) A brief historical look from 1980s, the emerging of avant-garde, the Stars Group, Political Pop, Cynical Realism.
2) China's next generation of artists: Naughty Satires, Urban Fantasy and Identity Games etc..
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Artists Forum:
The Making, Production and Presentation of Contemporary Artworks in the 21st Century China.
 A Presentation by
Cameron Craig, British artist/curator
Date: Oct 19th, 2006. Amelie Gallery.
In preparation to the I exhibition, 3rd part of curatorial triptych "Time. Space and I", Amelie Gallery held an academic open discussion presented by British artist/curator, Cameron Craig, about 15 Chinese artists, curators, gallery directors attended the event.

Mr. Craig gave an intriguing presentation on his curatorial triptych "Time. Space and I", an art project he has been working on for the last year. The first part "Time" took place in January/February 2006 along the Meridian Line in the UK. The Second part "Space" took place in Weimar, Germany in an old industrial building that was changing into a contemporary art space. The third part "I" takes place in Beijing, China in November 2006.

For the open discussion, he showed some works of the previous two parts of the triptych. Mostly conceptual art, the works challenged the perception of Time & Space with wit and intelligence, giving a provocative vision to Chinese artists how their counterparts in Europe tackle social and personal problems. Cameron also used photographs of contemporary artwork on view at Beijing's galleries to stimulate a discussion about the presentation of art in China, demonstrated an interesting perspective of a westerner seeing China art and the way it is presented.


Chinese artists joined the discussion, covering topics like art commercialization in China etc. With mixed response, some artists found the presentation informative and inspiring, some found it irrelevant and walked away.

As part of Cherish Dream! Support Young Chinese Artists Program, Amelie Gallery will continuously hold academic art events, introducing artists/curators of diverse cultural backgrounds to China, hoping to trigger fresh ideas and broaden the vision of Chinese artists.

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