Join us on the 25th of August for the book lunch The Art of Contemporary China by Professor Jiang Jiehong, published by Thames & Hudson, at the Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art (CFCCA). This event is the second iteration of CFCCA's EXCHANGES programme series. 

Hear Jiang Jiehong discuss this concise but far-reaching survey of contemporary Chinese art that incorporates a critical examination of art and visual culture in contemporary China. 
Redefining contemporary Chinese art in the last forty years and placing it in the context of unprecedented cultural, political and urban transformation, The Art of Contemporary China features original research through first-hand materials and in-depth interviews with more than 30 artists in the last 10 years.  Professor Jiang will appear in conversation with CFCCA Director Xiaowen Zhu, followed by the UK premiere of the artist Zhao Zhao’s Project Taklamakan (2015-6). After the screening, there will be a book signing and refreshments available.
 
This event is part of EXCHANGES at the Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art, a series of public programmes to make space for artists and communities as the organisation undergoes a period of transformation and growth.EXCHANGES refers to the movement of people, places, ideas, materials, emotions, memories, resources, possibilities, and hopes. EXCHANGES metabolise collective energies and reflect creative ideas, contributing to a forum of communal expression. They are a series of dialogues that aim to be fluid spaces for togetherness while also embracing differences.

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About Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art
The Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art (CFCCA) is a non-profit art institution specialising in presenting and supporting contemporary art practices with a focus on those of Chinese, East Asian and Southeast Asian (CEASA) heritage. Situated in an award-winning building in the heart of Manchester, CFCCA has delivered diverse and vibrant public programmes, including exhibitions, events, residencies, research, and other forms of community engagement and partnership projects for over 36 years.

CFCCA strives to foster cross-cultural exchanges between Manchester, the UK and the world through forward-thinking visual arts programmes that increase the visibility of underrepresented artistic practices from the diasporic CEASA community and enrich the lives and cultures of local and global audiences. The values that underpin this working vision and mission are creativity, compassion, interconnectedness and collectivity.

Learn more at cfcca.org.uk
 
About the author
Professor Jiang Jiehong is Head of Research at the School of Art, Director of the Centre for Chinese Visual Arts, Birmingham City University, and also Principal Editor of the Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art (Intellect). Jiang curated the Guangzhou Triennial: the Unseen (2012), the Asia Triennial Manchester: Harmonious Society (2014), the First Thailand Biennale: Edge of the Wonderland (Krabi, 2018-19), and This Is Shanghai (a partner exhibition of the 10th Liverpool Biennial, 2018).

Jiang’s book publications include Burden or Legacy: from the Chinese Cultural Revolution to Contemporary Art (Hong Kong University Press, 2007), The Revolution Continues: New Art from China (Saatchi Gallery, 2008), Red: China’s Cultural Revolution (Jonathan Cape, 2010), An Era without Memory: Chinese Contemporary Photography on Urban Transformation (Thames and Hudson, 2015), The Art of Contemporary China (Thames and Hudson, 2021) and The Otherness of the Everyday: 12 Conversations from the Chinese Art World during the Covid-19 Pandemic (Intellect, 2021). 
 
 
About the Artist
Zhao Zhao was born in 1982 in Xinjiang, China, and he currently lives and works in Beijing and Los Angeles. In his art, he engages with real subjects in multiple mediums and plays with art forms, emphasizing exploration of the relationship between the individual and the rest of society. His work is developed around the subtle emotional changes that take place as we are confronted with diverse cultural influences. He brings together the expressive methods of contemporary art and traditional culture to create metaphors for people’s living circumstances and modern society’s real conditions in a globalized world. His work also reflects his attitudes toward the coexistence of collective and individual ideals.

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