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Asia Triennial Manchester: Harmonious Society (last edited: 2021)

Jiehong Jiang
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This research provides the first link between China’s influential socio-economic vision Harmonious Society (2005) and contemporary art, and develops original artistic responses to the political proposition. This unique approach resulted in the largest Chinese contemporary art exhibition to date, in Britain, held at the Asia Triennial Manchester, 2014. As Lead Curator, the researcher invited thirty-six artists from Greater China—Liu Xiaodong and Zhang Peili (Mainland), Lee Kit and Samson Young (Hong Kong) and Chen Chieh-Jen and Luxury Logico (Taiwan)—to critically examine this era of unprecedented social, ideological and cultural transformations in ‘harmony’, through individual memories, personal reflections and imaginations. This was achieved through curatorial research involving: firstly, a series of field visits to artist studios; and secondly, the organisation of six international workshops which were part of the evaluative process of artist-curator discussions held at Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art (Manchester), Kings College London, Ullens Centre of Contemporary Art (Beijing), Rockbund Art Museum (Shanghai), Asia Art Archive (Hong Kong) and Taipei Contemporary Art Centre. The exhibitions were hosted at six venues across Manchester. The researcher’s curation-led artistic practices were applied in various forms including painting, installation, photography, video, animation, sound and performance beyond the conventional art spaces. The majority of the work was commissioned transculturally from China, and installed at site-specific western working venues with their existing historical, cultural and religious connotations. The show brought to the audience not only the latest development of Chinese contemporary art, but also an understanding of recent socio-political changes in China within the global context.
typeresearch exposition
date04/08/2020
last modified08/03/2021
statusin progress
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urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/961185/961186


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nameLIU Xiaodong, In Between Israel and Palestine 1, 2013, oil on canvas, 30 x 40 cm x 2
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nameLIU Xiaodong, In Between Israel and Palestine 11, 2013, oil on canvas, 30 x 40 cm x 2
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nameLIU Xiaodong, In Between Israel and Palestine 13, 2013, oil on canvas, 30 x 40 cm x 2
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nameLIU Xiaodong, In Between Israel and Palestine 16, 2013, oil on canvas, 30 x 40 cm x 2
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nameLIU Xiaodong, In Between Israel and Palestine 11, 2013, oil on canvas, 30 x 40 cm x 2 - copy
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nameLIU Xiaodong, In Between Israel and Palestine 13, 2013, oil on canvas, 30 x 40 cm x 2 - copy
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nameLIU Xiaodong, In Between Israel and Palestine 16, 2013, oil on canvas, 30 x 40 cm x 2 - copy
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nameLEUNG Chi Wo, Untitled (Love for Sale), 2014, switch-button, light box, aluminium engraving, newspaper pile, audio and motor system, dimensions variable
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nameLEUNG Chi Wo, Untitled (Love for Sale), 2014, switch-button, light box, aluminium engraving, newspaper pile, audio and motor system, dimensions variable - copy
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nameCHEN Chieh-jen, Realm of Reverberations, 2014, video still
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nameCHEN Chieh-jen, Realm of Reverberations, 2014, installation view, the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester
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nameCHEN Chieh-jen, Realm of Reverberations, 2014, installation view
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nameCHEN Chieh-jen, Realm of Reverberations, 2014, video still - copy
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nameCHEN Chieh-jen, Realm of Reverberations, 2014, installation view, the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester - copy
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nameCHEN Chieh-jen, Realm of Reverberations, 2014, installation view - copy
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nameYUAN Gong, Losing Control, 2014, performance at the Manchester Cathedral
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nameYUAN Gong, Losing Control, 2014, performance at the Manchester Cathedral
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nameYUAN Gong, Losing Control, 2014, performance at the Manchester Cathedral
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nameJIN Feng, Chinese Plates, 2014, multiple carved wooden plates, details
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nameJIN Feng, Chinese Plates, 2014, multiple carved wooden plates, dimensions variable, installation view at the ArtWorks, Manchester
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nameLIU Jianhua, Boxing Time, 2002, ceramic, dimensions variable
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nameLIU Jianhua, Boxing Time, 2002, ceramic, dimensions variable, installation view at the National Football Museum, Manchester
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nameTOF group, The Ideal Field for the Perfect Battle, 2014, animation, trailer
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nameYANG Zhenzhong, Long Live the Great Unity, 2013, acrylic on wood, installation view at the National Football Museum, Manchester
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nameYANG Zhenzhong, Long Live the Great Unity, 2013, details
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nameYAO Jui-chung, Long Live and Long, Long Live, 2013, video, 7'20", installation view at the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester
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nameYAO Jui-chung, Long Live and Long, Long Live, 2013, video still
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nameLuxury Logical, Solar, 2014, street lamps and construction, outdoor installation at the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester
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nameLuxury Logical, Solar, 2014, street lamps and construction, outdoor installation at the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester
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nameSamson YOUNG, Muted Situations, 2014, performance at the John Rylands Library, Manchester
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nameWANG Yuyang, Breathing Books, 2014, hand painted silicon books, wooden table and chair, motor, 260 x 120 x 150 cm, installation view at the John Rylands Library, Manchester
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nameWANG Sishun, Nothing Happened Under Heaven, 2014
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nameZHENG Guogu, Brain Lines, 2014, lightbox, installation view at the Manchester Cathedral
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nameZHENG Guogu, Brain Lines, 2014, lightbox, installation view at the Manchester Cathedral
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