China

To See a World in a Grain of Sand
(Jian Wei Zhi Zhu 见微知著)

6 June - 22 November 2009

Artists:

Fang Lijun
* 1963 Handan, Hebei Province, China. Lives in Beijing, China.
He Jinwei
* 1967 Nanbu, Sichuan Province, China. Lives in Beijing, China.
He Sen
* 1968 Yunnan Province, China. Lives in Beijing, China.
Liu Ding
* 1976 Changzhou Jiangsu Province, China. Lives in Beijing, China.
Qiu Zhijie
* 1969 Zhangzhou, Fujian Province, China. Lives in Beijing and Hangzhou, China.
Zeng Fanzhi
* 1964 Wuhan, China. Lives in Beijing, China.
Zeng Hao
* 1963 Kunming, Yunnan Province, China. Lives in Beijing, China.

Curators: Lu Hao, Zhao Li

The theme and title of the Chinese Pavilion To See a World in a Grain of Sand comes from the translation of a Chinese idiom derived from the classic text by scholar and philosopher, Han Fei Zi•Shuo Lin Shang, signifying that trends in the future can be gleaned from the development from a tiny detail. Representing the realisation of a new value system the derivatives of which will continue to expand in the future, the exhibition will show Chinese society’s integration within the historical process into the multiplex, shifting and interdependent international order, demonstrate the vitality of China in her modernisation process and symbolise the differing charms of the Chinese way in a new context.

(From a Press release)

Organizer: China Arts & Entertainment Group