CHINASCAPE: FROM RURAL TO URBAN Milan, Spazioborgogno 30 November, 2016 -‐ 7 January, 2017 Inauguration Tuesday, 29 November, 2016, at 6pm
IGAV – Istituto Garuzzo per le Arti Visive is bringing to Italy an exhibition of the work of 16 contemporary Chinese photographers, organised by CAEG – China Arts and Entertainment Group
November 2016 – From Tuesday, 29 November, China will be in the spotlight at Milan’s Spazioborgogno. “Chinascape: from Rural to Urban”, which showcases 40 works by 16 leading Chinese photographers, is a tale told in pictures that reflects upon the cultural, economic, social and political transformations taking place in modern-‐day China, all infused with a strong sense of the past. The exhibition, conceived and staged by CAEG (the China Arts and Entertainment Group) with IGAV (the Turin-‐based Garuzzo Institute for the Visual Arts), is open to the public until Saturday, 7 January, 2017. The Chinese curator, Wang Chunchen, Head of the Department of Curatorial Research at the Museum of the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) and a critic with an excellent reputation thanks to his studies on almost every aspect of contemporary Chinese art, states: "Looking at the works on show, you can perceive the landscape of an evolving China, a country that is changing and being transformed, but also an imaginary China, enriched by the capacity and potential of photography as an artistic medium. ‘China-‐scape’ is the result of the transformations of time and space on the contemporary Chinese scene; it is the story of China, how it presents itself to our eyes today, and what it may become". The IGAV’s curator, Alessandro Demma, states: "’Chinascape: from Rural to Urban’ is a project dedicated to showcasing current Chinese art, to the changes being undergone by a social and cultural system that in the new millennium has set out on a path leading it from a ‘local’ condition towards a wider perspective concerned with ‘global’ development. The exhibition aims to showcase, through the photographic work of sixteen artists, the journey – both physical and mental – from the countryside to the megalopolis, encapsulating, in the process, the new visions that the artists have of a contemporary national and international system subject to constant evolution and metamorphosis". As IGAV president Rosalba Garuzzo explains: "Right from the early days of our commitment, back in 2006, we have looked upon China as a priority partner, gradually constructing a relationship of respect and trust with artists, curators, agencies, authorities, museums, universities, foundations,