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Screening: Chen Qiulin's videos
The Hammer presents a selection of Chen Qiulin's videos that allows us to witness the rapid and shocking changes taking place in her home town of Chengdu and outlying regions.
When:
September 29, 2009 12:00am to January 3, 2010 12:00am
Where
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
For the past several years artist Chen Qiulin has been exploring and documenting the rapid and tumultuous urbanization of Sichuan, her home province in southwestern China, where she still lives today. Although Chen works in multiple mediums, she recently began using video to engage her interests, mastering it without formal training. The Hammer will be presenting a selection of her videos from her first work in 2001 to her latest completed in the spring of 2009. This range allows us to witness her progression as an artist as well as the rapid and shocking changes taking place in her home town and outlying regions. From the chaotic dismantling of cities for the construction of the Three Gorges Dam, to the effects of modernization and newly found materialism on the younger generations, to the devastation of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, Chen shows us with stark and brutal reality, as well as gracious poetic beauty, a new China being born.
This exhibition is organized by Hammer adjunct curator James Elaine.
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