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ARSON - CENTRE NATIONAL D’ART CONTEMPORAIN
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Dans
le cadre des Années croisées France Chine 2004/2005,
deux
centres d’art du sud de la France s’associent pour une
exposition en deux parties se déroulant et s’enchaînant
du 17 avril au 13 juin à la Villa Arson (Nice) et du 18 juin
au 12 septembre au Crac (Sète)
A l'Ouest du Sud De l'Est/A l'Est du Sud de l'Ouest.
Le titre choisi reflète la nature kaléidoscopique
de l'art chinois contemporain. Ces artistes se divisent approximativement
en deux groupes : ceux qui vivent en Chine et ceux qui ont émigré
en Europe, notamment en France. Cependant, comme le titre le suggère,
ils partagent une même façon de vivre et de travailler,
de voyager dans le monde entier, de discuter avec les gens qu'ils
rencontrent en chemin et d'accepter l'imprévu. L'exposition
à deux volets, à Nice et à Sète, laissera
certainement une trace mémorable de leurs trajectoires incessantes.
L'exposition à Sète débutera mi juin. Les artistes
choisis en commun, présenteront des oeuvres différentes
dans les deux lieux. Des artistes de la diaspora chinoise seront
associés à des artistes vivants en Chine.
Elle réunit les artistes suivants :
Cao
Fei
(Canton), (Canton), (Beijing), (Beijing/Hong Kong),
(Rome), (Paris), (Shanghaï), Liang Yue
(Shanghaï), Lu Chunsheng (Shanghaï),
(Amsterdam), (Paris), (Paris), Wang Jianwei (Beijing),
(Canton), Xu Zhen (Shanghaï),
(Beijing/Hong Kong), (Dijon),
(Shanghaï), (Paris), Yang Zhenzhong
(Shanghaï), Yangjiang group : , , , (Yangjiang, Guangdong), (Beijing), Zhu Jia (Beijing).
Commissariat: Hou Hanru, Laurence Gateau et Noëlle Tissier,
directrice du centre régional d'art contemporain de Sète
où aura lieu le second volet de l'exposition « A l'Ouest
du Sud de l'Est » du 18 juin au 12 septembre 2004.
As
part of the Années croisées France Chine
2004/2005, two art centres in the south of France
are joining forces to put on a two-part exhibition,
first from 17 April to 3 June at the Villa Arson (Nice),
and then from 18 June to 12 September at the CRAC
(Centre régional d’art contemporain,
Sète).
As any form of exchange involves movement and sharing,
Laurence Gateau and Noëlle Tissier have wished
Hou Hanru, art critic and freelance curator, to be
associated with their thinking.
Hou
Hanru was born in China, but has lived and worked
in Paris since 1990. He has put on many international
exhibitions, including in particular: Zone of Urgency
(50th Venice Biennale, 2003), the Gwangju Biennial
(South Korea, 2002), the Shanghai Biennial (China,
2000), Living in Time (Berlin, 2000), and Paris pour
escale (City of Paris Museum of Modern Art, 2001).
Chinese contemporary art is complex and varied, and
probably one of the most energetic of current art
scenes. Several generations of artists, from different
regions, influenced by diverse cultural, historical,
geographical, social and economic traditions, but
to some extent stemming from a common past, are part
and parcel of this new reality. Amid the upheavals
of a country in the thick of change, today’s
artists are extremely productive, in every field,
not least in reaction to situational changes. The
quest for new kinds of individual freedom, and a refusal
to be perceived as representatives of a national culture,
together represent a stance and a strategy shared
by those involved in the contemporary Chinese scene.
Internationalization is one of the most typical aspects
of their artistic language and their individual positions.
Many artists have emigrated, while others are often
avid travellers. These experiences are a unique and
enriching resource for many Chinese artists, and play
a decisive part in the construction of a determinedly
global art world, with influences extending as far
as the remodelling of western societies. It is also
noteworthy that the situation within China itself
is advancing in an encouraging way towards greater
openness. Many events (Shanghai Biennial, Shenzhen
international exhibition of public art, Guangzhu Triennial,
etc.) are now listed among major international shows.
This process of opening-up is prompting artists to
pit their works against the world, geopolitics, the
realities of globalization, and the problems it is
giving rise to.
Chinese contemporary art is entering a period of reorientation.
This
reorientation no longer abides by any movement or
general trend; rather, it produces a multi-directional
complexity which is tending to become incorporated
in the world, generating new and apparently chaotic
worlds which are active and dense, but marked by a
relentless individualism, and invariably in direct
contact with a precise context. Here, artists are
evolving fast and spontaneously, like so many rebel
forces.
The title of the show being held in Nice and Sète,
À l’est du sud de l’Ouest / À
l’ouest du sud de l’Est (West of the South
of the East / East of the South of the West) reflects
the kaleidoscope represented by present-day Chinese
art. Some of the artists chosen live in China, others
hail from the Chinese diaspora in France and Europe.
Over and above issues involving borders and nationalities,
these choices show how Chinese culture is tackling
the problems of today’s world, while trying
to sidestep the determining factors of its own limits
(historical, geographical, etc.) and stereotypes.
In the form of a statement of absurd geographical
orientation,
À
l’est du sud de l’Ouest / À l’ouest
du sud de l’Est
is an exhibition which avoids all themes and tries,
rather, to focus on free and individual explorations
in a planisphere going through far-reaching changes.
From March to June, the Villa Arson will play host
to four Chinese artists-in-residence, thanks to the
support of the General Council of Alpes-Maritimes:
Xu Tan, Fu Jie, Yan Lei and Wang Jianwei. The last
three studied at the China Academy of Fine Arts in
Hangzhu in Zhejang province, twinnend with the département
of Alpes-Maritimes. Huang Yong Ping, Shen Yuan, Ni
Haifeng, Yang Fudong, Yang Zhenzhong, Kan Xuan, Chen
Zaiyan and Lu Chunsheng are also former students of
this academy.
Artists:
Cao Fei (Canton), Chen Schaoxiong (Canton), Chen Wenbo
(Beijing), Fu Jie (Beijing/Hong Kong), H.H.Lim (Rome),
Huang Yong Ping (Paris), Kan Xuan (Shanghaï),
Liang Yue (Shanghaï), Lu Chunsheng (Shanghaï),
Ni Haifeng (Amsterdam), Shen Yuan (Paris), Wang Du
(Paris), Wang Jianwei (Beijing), Xu Tan (Canton),
Xu Zhen (Shanghaï), Yan Lei (Beijing/Hong Kong),
Yan Pei Ming (Dijon), Yang Fudong (Shanghaï),
Yang Jiechang (Paris), Yang Zhenzhong (Shanghaï),
Yangjiang group : Zheng Guogu, Chen Zaiyan, Sha Yeya,
Sun Qing Lin (Yangjiang, Guangdong), Zhuang Hui (Beijing),
Zhu Jia (Beijing)
The
Villa Arson receives support from the Délégation
aux arts plastiques, the Drac Paca (ministère
de la Culture et de la Communication), the Conseil
général des Alpes-Maritimes, the Conseil
régional Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur,
the city of Nice and les Années France-Chine.
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La Villa Arson reçoit le soutien de la Délégation
aux arts plastiques, de la Drac Paca (ministère de
la Culture et de la Communication), du Conseil général
des Alpes-Maritimes, du Conseil régional Provence-Alpes-Côte
d'Azur, de la ville de Nice et
des Années France-Chine.
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| Jean-Claude
Chedal, directeur général |
Laurence
Gateau,
Directrice du Centre National d'Art Comtemporain et
Commissaire des expositions |
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Maxime Matray, attaché d'édition
Régisseur : Patrick Auboin
Eric Grandbarbe, assistant
Anne Ginesy, secrétaire
Christelle Alin, Alexia Nicolaïdis,
responsable du service des publics
Jean-Guy Cuomo, enseignant chargé de mission
Contact presse :
Camille Courtinat
[email]
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