Chinasquare中國廣場 Revolution : Chinese Contemporary Art Portraying the Cultural Revoltion

ChinaSquare is pleased to present Revolution, a group show curated by Fang Lei and Jonathan
Goodman featuring Cao Xiaodong, Jing Kewen, Li Luming, Shen Jingdong, Su Xinping, Wang
Yiqiong, Yang Qian, Yin Zhaoyang, Zhang Hongtu, Zhao Nengzhi and Zhong Biao. These artists,
born during the Cultural Revolution, examine the legacy of Maos socialism in ironic and allegorical
ways. As Mainland China embraces late capitalism, monuments and leaders once revered are
judged and deconstructed. The participants in the show pay homage mostly to another time,
when politics was not so easily engaged or made fun of. The artists nostalgic memories of youth
are juxtaposed with the ideological revolutions that now take place everyday.
Fang Lei, a Beijing-based independent curator since 1998, has curated and organized a number
of exhibitions and events including the Beijing Biennale, Guangzhou Triennial, and Shanghai
Biennale, etc.
Jonathan Goodman has been writing about contemporary Chinese art for more than a decade.
Based in New York, he is currently teaching at the Pratt Institute and the Parsons School of
Design.

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