The press conference of 2011 Art Changsha was held at Pace Beijing, 798 Art District in Beijing on September 5th, wit more than forty media present. 2011 Art Changsha had its curtain raised by its’ curator Lu Peng together with ten renowned Chinese contemporary artists, including Mao Xuhui, Zhang Xiaogang, Zhan Wang, Ma Liuming, Chen Wenbo, Zhao Nengzhi, Chenwei, Duan Jianyu, Ma Qiusha and Wang Guangle.

This exhibition is sponsored by Changsha Municipal People’s Government, Hunan Provincial Museum, Hunan Radio and Television and the Gallery of Jiayuexuan. It was installed by the Propaganda Department of Changsha Municipal Party Committee and Tan Guobin Museum of Contemporary Art and was co-organized by the Artists Association of Hunan Province, Golden Eagle Documentary Channel and Hunan Economic TV, 2011 Art Changsha also gains support from Pace Beijing, Beijing Commune, Long March Space, Pin Gallery, Tang Contemporary Art, Shanghai Red Bridge Gallery, MARELLA GALLERY, Vitamin Creative Space and Eastern View Property.

Taking the Hunan Provincial Museum as it’s venue, this event will be held from September 17th through to October 16th and covers the various new creations of Chinese contemporary art completed in recent years by Mao Xuhui, Zhang Xiaogang, Zhan Wang, Ma Liuming, Chen Wenbo, Zhao Nengzhi, Chenwei, Duan Jianyu, Ma Qiusha and Wang Guangle. This is the third large-scale aggregation of Chinese contemporary works in Changsha with double the number of participating artists compared with the previous two exhibitions. The difference this year from the past two exhibitions, 2011 Art Changsha is that this year, the exhibition includes young artists and middle aged artists. It’s the first time that the curatorial system has been used for this exhibition with “dissociation” being the chosen theme.

Nowadays, Chinese contemporary art plays an active role on the social stage as participating young and middle aged artists represent the general public of these two age groups. Their works illustrate social lives from a different point of view so that we witness the vicissitudes of the age. For further information on this exhibition, the organizer of this exhibition Tan Guobin Museum of Contemporary Art has published a series of books corresponding to this exhibition which emphasizes both an academic and professional readership. Each of the ten volumes focuses on one artist by one critic. The content features the photographs of works exhibited in this exhibition and the related monographic study.

In addition, there are other activities of 2011 Art Changsha including the 3rd Annual Conference of China Contemporary Art Collectors which will be opened on the morning of September 18th in Changsha, Hunan, and is sponsored by the International Cooperation Center of the National Development and Reform Commission, the Propaganda Department of the Changsha Municipal, Tan Guobin Museum of Contemporary Art and the Wall Art Museum. It will promote the professional developments of the collections of art in China.

At 11:05 on September 17th, a special plane full of artists, art critics, art collectors and representatives from art institutions will take off from Beijing to Changsha. All the honorable guests on this “art plane” will attend the opening ceremony at the Hunan Provincial Museum. According to the organizing committee, unique designs in this opening ceremony will bring many surprises for the audience. Changsha in September will pleasantly surprise us, which looks forward to our support!