East by South East: Contemporary Art From East Asia
Ai Weiwei | Ang Tsherin Sherpa | Anthony Key | Beijing East Village Artists | Chiho Aoshima | Dedron | Gade | Gao Ping | Gonkar Gyatso | Guan Wei | Hu Qinwu | Huang Yan | Huang Yong Ping | Kesang Lamdark | Lao Dan | Li Gang | Liu Bolin | Liu Zhuoquan | Luo Brothers | Mad For Real (Cai Yuan and JJ Xi) | Nortse | Penba Wangdu | Sheng Qi | Takashi Murakami | Tony Scott | Tsewang Tashi | Wang Wen Ming | Yayoi Kusama | Zhang Huan | Zhang Xiaogang
Old Big School Gallery, Tonbridge
19 Sept - 2 Nov 2014
About
East by South East features work by some of the most compelling and innovative artists from China, Tibet and Japan, such as Ai Wei Wei, Zhang Huan, Zhang Xiaogang, Yayoi Kusama, Takashi Murakami and Gonkar Gyatso.
Using sculpture, painting, photography and print, the exhibition explores themes that include the reinterpretation of traditions, diaspora communities and the influence of the political and cultural context. Art from East Asia has undergone enormous changes since globalization and economic expansion have fostered new levels of artistic mobility. This has brought about an extraordinary journey for many Chinese artists that began their careers making subversive performance works that could only be publicised in secret, and are now represented in major galleries across the globe.
East by South East focuses on the region’s shifting parameters of aesthetic practice; Tibetan artists that have used centuries-old traditions and techniques to explore socio-political, spiritual and cultural issues alongside Japanese artists who seamlessly blend the line between high and low culture.
The exhibition is curated by Emily Glass and Wayne Warren. Katie Hill, Director of the Office of Contemporary Chinese Art, contributed to the show and catalogue.
Selected Images
Installation view, East by South East: Contemporary Art from East Asia. Courtesy of Rachel Marsden.
Installation view, East by South East: Contemporary Art from East Asia. Courtesy of Rachel Marsden.
Installation view, East by South East: Contemporary Art from East Asia. Courtesy of Rachel Marsden.
Installation view, East by South East: Contemporary Art from East Asia. Courtesy of Rachel Marsden.
Anthony Key, Home II, 2014. Courtesy of Rachel Marsden.
Installation view, East by South East: Contemporary Art from East Asia. Chiho Aoshima, City Glow, 2005. Courtesy of Rachel Marsden.
Installation view, East by South East: Contemporary Art from East Asia. Penba Wangdu, The Seasons, 2011. Sheng Qi, Buddha, 2007. Courtesy of Rachel Marsden.
Installation view, East by South East: Contemporary Art from East Asia. Nortse, Maybe, 2008. Tsewang Tashi, Untitled, 2009. Courtesy of Rachel Marsden.
Liu Zhuoquan, Medicine Chest, 2010. Courtesy of Rachel Marsden.
Installation view, East by South East: Contemporary Art from East Asia. Courtesy of Rachel Marsden.