Here & Now: Chinese Artists in New York, Chapter III Towards Transculturalism

Opening January 21, 2010

Curated by Zhijian Qian.

Chapter III: Towards Transculturalism coming soon!

The exhibition will also be accompanied by a series of panel discussions, artist workshops, and a full-color, illustrated catalogue that features interviews with the artists.  The third and last chapter of the exhibition, Towards Transnationalism, will be mounted on January 21, 2010.

Here and Now: Chinese Artists in New York showcases twelve contemporary artists of Chinese heritage, who over the last two decades have established their careers in the global metropolis of New York. Presented in three consecutive chapters—Part I: Visual Memories, Part II: Crossing Boundaries, and Part III: Towards Transculturalism—the exhibition examines the shifting relationship between the artist and tradition, the crossing of boundaries in a multicultural environment, and the reinvention of culture. In a swiftly globalizing world, with China quickly emerging as a new superpower, New York’s Chinese artists are asking themselves, “Why still here?” and “Why still now?”