Exposition

Everyday Legend (last edited: 2021)

Jiehong Jiang
open exposition

About this exposition

Over the past 100 years traditional Chinese craftsmanship has been interrupted by unprecedented political and social transformations. In response to this, the researcher invited contemporary artists—with diverse perspectives on the situation—to reimagine, appropriate and subvert these fragmented crafts, in order to harness their symbolic potential and exploit their cultural and historical resonances. By reflecting critically on these cultural anxieties, the researcher asked whether tradition and craftsmanship could be reinvented for the future and whether they could be transposed from China to the wider-world. With a shared vision between curator and artists, this project examined the response of contemporary Chinese art to the cultural and social changes that have transformed traditions in a time of globalisation. Qualitative research was undertaken between 2015–16, when the researcher visited artist studios and conducted in-depth interviews with more than twenty-five Chinese artists. Two preliminary exhibitions were curated: firstly, at Artemis Art Space (Shanghai); and secondly, at Today Art Museum (Beijing). Three roundtable discussions between artists, art historians and critics were organised in order to evaluate the process. Supported by a Leverhulme International Network grant (2016–18) and conducted in partnership with New Century Art Foundation and Central Academy of Fine Arts (Beijing), University of Groningen, Goldsmiths (London), and White Rabbit Foundation (Sydney), the researcher extended the project beyond craftsmanship to include areas of art history, sociology, cultural studies, creative industries and tourism. Research included three fieldwork trips to China; four workshops; a symposium in Beijing.
typeresearch exposition
date05/08/2020
last modified08/03/2021
statusin progress
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copyrightJiehong Jiang
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urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/961898/961899


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nameZHAO Zhao, Lighter, 2016, suet white jade, 8 × 2 × 0.8 cm
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nameEveryday Legend, exhibition at Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai
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nameEveryday Legend, exhibition at Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai
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nameEveryday Legend, exhibition at Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai
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nameEveryday Legend, exhibition at School of Art, Birmingham
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nameEveryday Legend, exhibition at School of Art, Birmingham
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nameSilk tapestry in Suzhou
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nameSilk tapestry in Suzhou
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namePorcelain in Jingdezhen
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namePorcelain in Jingdezhen
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nameInkstone in Dingxiang
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nameInkstone in Dingxiang
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nameInkstone in Dingxiang
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nameGlazing in Taiyuan
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nameGlazing in Taiyuan
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namePaper-cutting in Pingyao
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namePaper-cutting in Pingyao
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nameLacquer in Jinzhong
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nameLacquer in Jinzhong
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nameClay sculpture in Taiyuan
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nameClay sculpture in Taiyuan
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nameWall paintings in Wutai
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nameWall paintings in Wutai
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nameWall paintings in Wutai
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nameTemple in Wutai
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nameTemple in Wutai
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nameTemple in Wutai
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nameBuddist grottoes in Yungang
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nameBuddist grottoes in Yungang
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nameBuddist grottoes in Yungang
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nameLIANG Shaoji, Chains: The Unbearable Lightness of Being / Nature Series No.79 (details), 2003-2016, polyurethane colophony, iron powder, silk, cocoons. dimensions variable
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nameLIANG Shaoji, Snow Cover Series - Snow in the Woods (details), 2016, willow branches, silk, porcelain, cocoons, burned keyboard, wooden board 35 × 122 × 244cm (× 3 pieces)
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nameLIANG Shaoji, Snow Cover Series - Snow in the Woods (details), 2016, willow branches, silk, porcelain, cocoons, burned keyboard, wooden board 35 × 122 × 244cm (× 3 pieces)
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nameLIU Jianhua, Rime (details), 2015, porcelain, 197.5 × 10 × 12 cm, installation view
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nameLIU Jianhua, Filled, 2016, porcelain, 68 × 68 × 3 cm
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nameLIU Jianhua, Rime (details), 2015, porcelain, 197.5 × 10 × 12 cm, installation view
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nameSHAO Yinong, The Nine Twigs 2011, stainless steel chain, tourmaline, dimensions variable
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nameSHAO Yinong, The Nine Twigs (details), 2011, stainless steel chain, tourmaline, dimensions variable
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nameSUN Xun, Some Actions which Haven’t been Defined Yet in the Revolution (still image) 2011, woodcut animation 12’22”
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nameYANG Xinguang, The Remaining Volume, 2014, wood, dimensions variable
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nameYANG Xinguang, The Remaining Volume (details), 2014, wood, dimensions variable
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nameYU Ji, Flesh in Stone #6, 2016, cement, iron 75 × 43 × 39 cm
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nameYU Ji, Flesh in Stone - Component 1 2015, cement, iron 40 × 30 × 100 cm
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nameYU Ji, Flesh in Stone #6 (details), 2016, cement, iron 75 × 43 × 39 cm
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nameZHAO Zhao, Fragments, Copper, 90 x 120 cm, 2015
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nameZHAO Zhao, Countless (details), 2014, damaged Buddhist statues from various dynasties, limestone, while marble lacquer, 1 × 1 × 1 cm (each), dimensions variable
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nameZHENG Guogu, Spiritual Tour in The Pure Garden: Fall in Love with a Killer, 2014, white marble 38 × 480 × 450 cm
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nameZHENG Guogu, Spiritual Tour in The Pure Garden: Fall in Love with a Killer (details) 2014, white marble 38 × 480 × 450 cm
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nameZHENG Guogu, Spiritual Tour in The Pure Garden: Fall in Love with a Killer (details) 2014, white marble 38 × 480 × 450 cm
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nameLegend catalogue
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