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\nThe 2021 Biennale is filling two huge and brand new museums, is composed of 8 sectional exhibitions curated by a total of 16 curators. In this first of a series of blog entries on the Chengdu Biennale, we\u2019ll simply outline the 8 sectional exhibitions. We\u2019ll focus on them in blog entries.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Super Fusion: Composed of 8 Sectional Exhibitions<\/p>\n
What happens when binaries break down? East and West, domestic and international, ancient and modern. When these binaries break down, we find disparate points of view seeking to fuse into new solutions and perspectives.<\/p>\n
The 2021 Biennale is curated by Fan Di\u2019an, the President of the China Central Academy of Fine Arts, chairman of China Artists Association, and deputy director of Art Education Committee at China\u2019s Ministry of Education. But it\u2019s not curated by one man alone. A biennale of this scale, filling two huge and brand new museums, is composed of 8 sectional exhibitions curated by a total of 16 curators. In this first of a series of blog entries on the Chengdu Biennale, we\u2019ll simply outline the 8 sectional exhibitions. We\u2019ll focus on them in blog entries. Stay tuned!<\/p>\n
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Polymorphic Co-Existence<\/p>\n
Curators: Fan Di\u2019an, Lu Peng, Zhang Zikang, Qiu Zhijie, Yang Wei, and Ji Shaofeng<\/p>\n
39 artists from 12 countries<\/p>\n
Main ideas: philosophy, society, life, media, information, space and time<\/p>\n
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Homeland Co-Habitation<\/p>\n
Curators: Fang Zhenning, Han Tao<\/p>\n
Nearly 50 artists and collectives<\/p>\n
Main ideas: architecture, urban planning, human-centered design<\/p>\n
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Technological Correspondence<\/p>\n
Curators: Qiu Zhijie, Jeffrey Shaw<\/p>\n
32 artists from many countries<\/p>\n
Main ideas: body, ecology, signs, cosmos, the ways in which people, cities, geographies, and digital information systems interact and exchange information with each other.<\/p>\n
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Zeitgeist Co-evolution<\/p>\n
Curators: Ji Yujie, Zhou Bo<\/p>\n
Main ideas: conceptual photography, illustration, conceptual design, installation and sculpture that illustrate the interconnected and symbiotic nature of contemporary art, fashion, and design<\/p>\n
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Ecological Co-Development<\/p>\n
Curators: Wang Shaoqiang, Jia Yunbo<\/p>\n
Main ideas: the relationship between humanity and nature as mediated through contemporary art forms, with a focus on international discussions interact with more locally inflected work by Chengdu artists.<\/p>\n
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Craft Co-operation<\/p>\n
Curators: He Guiyan, Li Keke<\/p>\n
Main ideas: artists from outside and within China focus in their artworks upon ways in which old cultures are activated as local traditions interact with global trends in contemporary art, with a focus on how craft and fine art interact as fields of creative praxis<\/p>\n
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Ethnic Co-creation<\/p>\n
Curators: Wu Hongliang, Xue Jiang<\/p>\n
Main ideas: diversity of and interface between ethnic cultures within China, interaction of Sichuan region with other regions of China<\/p>\n
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Artistic Co-Inspiration<\/p>\n
Curators: Lu Peng, Wang Chunchen<\/p>\n
Main ideas: 57 artist-teachers from the higher art academies of China, Britain, France, Italy, Russia, Japan, and other countries reflect the zeitgeist, diversity, and pedagogical trends out of which artworks arose<\/p>\n
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In future blog entries, we\u2019ll engage individually with each of these sectional exhibitions, providing images of artworks, artists, curators, and installations, as well as of the Tianfu Art Museum and Chengdu Museum of Contemporary Art within which all these artworks reside over the next nearly half a year.<\/p>\n
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