Fang Lu, Lovers Art Artists(Part 1), 2012. Video Still
Through the Body will be the largest exhibition of lens-based work by contemporary Chinese women artists to be mounted outside of China. Focusing on photography and video, the exhibition is structured by the Chinese concept Ti Shi, which can be defined as the act of learning through bodily experience. It is also a primary exhibition of the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival.
Each of the selected artists creates works that make visible an emerging range of Chinese femininities and offer new models for the contemporary experience of Chinese women. Gesturing toward new possibilities, this show foregrounds contemporary Chinese women’s situations and articulates new gender identities informed by the rapid changes in China’s traditional values and social and economic structures.
Chen Zhe www.zheis.com
Chun Hua Catherine Dong chunhuacatherinedong.wordpress.com
Fan Xi? www.fanxistudio.com
Fang Lu www.fanglu.net
Jin Hua www.phoebejin.com
Ladybird Theatre site.douban.com/118044/
Lei Benben www.leibenben.com/Enindex.aspx
Li Xinmo www.artnextgallery.com/11.html
Ma Qiusha www.maqiusha.com
Ye Funa www.funaye.com
About the exhibition
Duration: 29 April to 28 June 2014
Venue: University of Toronto Art Centre
Organized by UTAC and CONTACT
Curated by Matthew Brower, Fu Xiaodong, Yan Zhou
Artists: Chen Zhe, Chun Hua Catherine Dong, Fan Xi, Fang Lu, Jin Hua, Ladybird Theatre, Lei Benben, Li Xinmo, Ma Qiusha, Ye Funa
Courtesy of the artists and University of Toronto Art Centre, for further information please visit utac.utoronto.ca.
