Autonomous Action
Curated by Richard Dale
Featuring: Li Yongbilin, Lin Yilin, Zhang Huan, Ma Liuming, Xu
Bing, Zhan Wang
January 19 - February 13 2000
Highly acclaimed when first screened at Artspace Auckland last
year, Autonomous Action provides a rare opportunity for
Christchurch audiences to view some of the most exciting new wave
of conceptual art from China. As political and social developments
in China have undergone massive changes in the last 15 years,
the contemporary arts have experienced a renaissance, particularly
in the mediums of performance and new technologies.
The artists in Autonomous Action focus on action as the
principle means of artistic expression, using the body as a site
for aesthetic, political, philosophical and psychological speculation.
Powerful, unpredictable and sometimes controversial, Autonomous
Action reflects a current group of prolific and committed
avant-garde artists operating out of a country still in the throes
of rapid economic and social change.
The Physics Room would like to thank The High Street Project,
The New Zealand College of Art and Design, The Robert McDougal
Art Gallery, Campbell Grant Gallery and Southern Commercial Hire
for their assistance with Autonomous Action.
Reviews, Essays & Articles
Art in face of adversity
The Press, 2000 Jan. 26, p. 35
Wright, Nik.
Pearly king skip falling: Evelyn Hewlett and Autonomous Action:
new Chinese art on video curated by Richard Dale.
Cultural stories using video
Christchurch star, 2000 Jan. 26, p.
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Pearly king skip falling; Evelyn Hewlett and Autonomous Action;
new Chinese art on video curated by Richard Dale.