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The University of Chicago's Logan Center Exhibitions presents
Yang Fudong (杨福东):
East of Que Village (雀村往东)
Feb 28–Mar 30, 2014
Logan Center Gallery
Featuring the multi-channel installation
East of Que Village (2007)
As well as four single-channel videos
After All I Didn’t Force You (1998)
City Light (2000)
Siemens “S10” (2003)
and The Half Hitching Post (2005)
Opening Reception
This Friday, Feb 28, 6 pm
A focused selection of video works spanning the 20+ year career of one of China's most iconic film-based artists, Yang Fudong (杨福东).
The exhibition features the poignant, multi-channel meditation on the artist's place of birth, East of Que Village (2007). An objective if fractured depiction of an isolated village in rural Hebei populated mostly by wild dogs, this work presents a contrast to the images of beautiful and urbane Chinese youth which have come to define Fudong's films. While these characters still appear in the exhibition in rarely-seen single-channel works, the overall presentation aims to present the complexity of the artist's vision of contemporary Chinese culture.
Developed in conjunction with UChicago Arts' Envisioning China: A Festival of Arts and Culture, the exhibition is co-curated by Wu Hung, the Harrie A. Vanderstappen Distinguished Service Professor in Art History, and Monika Szewczyk, Visual Arts Program Curator, Logan Center. Organized by Logan Center Exhibitions.
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