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Chinese Contemporary Art in Buffalo
In “Ghosts Pounding the Wall” by Xu Bing, impressions of the Great Wall on rice paper form a large scroll, which is both monumental and funereal.
The most ambitious exhibition of contemporary Chinese art to travel beyond China was presented this fall by the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the UB Art Galleries, following its debut in Beijing this summer at the Millennium Art Museum.
“The Wall: Reshaping Contemporary Chinese Art” was the first collaboration between U.S. art museums and a significant Chinese art museum to focus on contemporary Chinese art. Because of its size and scope, “The Wall” was installed in three venues: the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the UB Art Gallery in the Center for the Arts and the UB Anderson Gallery, remaining on view through January 29, 2006.
Gao Minglu, a leading authority on 20th- and 21st-century Chinese art, organized the exhibit during his tenure as assistant professor in the UB Department of Art History. “'The Wall' can be interpreted as a physical or architectural form, such as the Great Wall or other various walls in a living space; as a modernization project that has posed a challenge in China, such as the Three Gorges Dam Project; or as a cultural and social boundary experienced by Chinese citizens,” says Gao, now associate professor of East Asian modern and contemporary art in the History of Art and Architecture Department at the University of Pittsburgh.
The exhibit was made possible, in part, through gifts from foundations, individuals and corporate sponsors.