Group exhibition:
ID: E13.10
Title:
Does Europe matter?
in Europe? in China?
Date:
April 4 — 6, 2013
Place:
Conference Pavilion of Vitamin Creative Space, Beijing, China
Curator:
Lena Prents
Artists:
Goldin & Senneby, Ane Hjort Guttu, Asako Iwama, Aleksander Komarov, Andrei Liankevich, Marina Naprushkina, Sergey Shabohin, Jun Yang
Works:
Photos from project We are Stern Consumers of Cultural Revolutions
Sergey Shabohin:
We are Stern Consumers
of Cultural Revolutions,
2012
We are Stern Consumers
of Cultural Revolutions,
2012
Explication:
Does Europe Matter? is a project by Jun Yang, it marks the end of a series of exhibitions within the framework of Europe (to the power of) n.
Does Europe Matter? was mainly fed by my own artistic interest and practice. In this sense it is a rather personal project: Born in China and having been raised in Austria, Does Europe matter? is thus also a personal question. Does Europe matter – to me? How much am I European – how much Chinese? A question I am asked constantly… A project on conflicts and the relevance of ones own values and upbringing, on conflicts on a personal level but also on a cultural, geo-political level with Europe, China, Taiwan and Hong Kong; – a project on personal and cultural identities. Therefore the Beijing exhibition is not about how Chinese or Beijing artists look at Europe but more about subjects and issues connected to the relationship of China and Europe filtered through my personal experience of having lived in both cultures.
Jun Yang
In collaboration with Vitamin Creative Space, the Taipei Contemporary Art Center, the magazine Artco Monthly and the curators of Europe (to the power of) n the relationship of China and Europe was looked at from various perspectives promoting a level of exchange beyond a large representational approach. Besides ‘the exhibition’ at the Pavilion Does Europe Matter? is also a publication on these topics edited by Meiya Cheng (Taipei Contemporary Art Center) with Taipei based art magazine: Artco Monthly for its April 2013 issue. It also features a conference/presentation in a less formal format, presenting the project, the publication and creating dialogues with other spaces and counterparts in Beijing. In addition to this – all the curators of the previous venues of Europe (to the power of) n were invited to choose one artwork from their respective exhibition as both a contribution to the exhibition and as a link to their own project and its respective location.
we grew up believing we are the centre of the world
seeing the world through the eyes we have
understanding the world through the mind and
one view only – one understanding
we – I?
Does Europe Matter? was mainly fed by my own artistic interest and practice. In this sense it is a rather personal project: Born in China and having been raised in Austria, Does Europe matter? is thus also a personal question. Does Europe matter – to me? How much am I European – how much Chinese? A question I am asked constantly… A project on conflicts and the relevance of ones own values and upbringing, on conflicts on a personal level but also on a cultural, geo-political level with Europe, China, Taiwan and Hong Kong; – a project on personal and cultural identities. Therefore the Beijing exhibition is not about how Chinese or Beijing artists look at Europe but more about subjects and issues connected to the relationship of China and Europe filtered through my personal experience of having lived in both cultures.
Jun Yang
In collaboration with Vitamin Creative Space, the Taipei Contemporary Art Center, the magazine Artco Monthly and the curators of Europe (to the power of) n the relationship of China and Europe was looked at from various perspectives promoting a level of exchange beyond a large representational approach. Besides ‘the exhibition’ at the Pavilion Does Europe Matter? is also a publication on these topics edited by Meiya Cheng (Taipei Contemporary Art Center) with Taipei based art magazine: Artco Monthly for its April 2013 issue. It also features a conference/presentation in a less formal format, presenting the project, the publication and creating dialogues with other spaces and counterparts in Beijing. In addition to this – all the curators of the previous venues of Europe (to the power of) n were invited to choose one artwork from their respective exhibition as both a contribution to the exhibition and as a link to their own project and its respective location.
we grew up believing we are the centre of the world
seeing the world through the eyes we have
understanding the world through the mind and
one view only – one understanding
we – I?
Organizer:
Europe (to the power of) n