Feng MENGBO Autoportrait
en personnage de jeux
vidéo
Amélie Paquet
(French)
Ai WEI WEI De Gangnam Style à 草泥马 Style
: du désir de bien contrôler son
image
Christine Desrochers
(French)
Lu YANG
La vie devient matériau. Le bio-art
à travers l'oeuvre deLu Yang
Catherine Barnabé
(French)
Wang JIANWEI Une démarche
extrême dans la recherche d'une
subjectivité
Qian He
(French)
Kingsley
NG We Now Pause for this Message : An Interview
with Kingsley Ng
Valerie
Doran
(English)
Editorial
Since the early 2000s, Chinese contemporary
art is literally booming. The interest is
steadily increasing in Canada and
internationally; it’s also spreading in the
academic circles and the art market. While
this vivacity is often associated with China’s
economic prosperity, the main danger of such
an analysis is to somewhat forget the unique
experiences generated by the artworks. The
40th issue of CIAC's Electronic Magazine
brings together articles examining both the
aesthetic qualities of Chinese artworks and
the issues related to the incorporation of new
technologies. Since it’s impossible to
identify specificity in Chinese art, we chose
to present texts in which the diversity of the
artworks reflects the richness and complexity
of contemporary artistic practices in China.
Video art (Wang Jianwei by Qian He),
interactive installation (NG Kingsley by
Valerie Doran) virtual world (Cao Fei + Map
Office by Alice Ming Way Jim), video games
(Feng Mengbo by Amélie Paquet) viral
video (Ai Wei Wei Christine Desrochers) and
bio-art (by Catherine Lu Yang Barnabé):
The authors write about various art forms,
raising reflections on the artists ties with
their country of origin in addition to their
relationship with the latest technologies.
Lastly,
we had the chance to conduct a video-interview
with the curators of the exhibition Thunder in
China, Pia Copper and Margot Ross (at Arsenal
Montreal until July 27, 2013). In the
interview, issues regarding the blending of
the traditional and the contemporary, an
important aspect of contemporary Chinese art,
are discussed.
