东西 - Dongxi - Things
22.05. - 04.07.2010
Kunstverein Baden, Baden, A
Curator: Ulrike Johannsen
Grafic design: Ulrike Johannsen
Cathy Busby. Can, Kerstin von Gabain. A, Chan Kok Hooi. Malaysia
Elaine W. Ho. USA/ PR China, Ulrike Johannsen. A, Johann Neumeister. A
Ma Yongfeng. PR China, Evelyne Leblanc–Roberge. Can, Ralo Mayer. A
Shen Yi Elsie. VR China / Michael Yuen. Aus & Yam Lau. Can
Ralo Mayer, from the series
I HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT THIS PLACE BUT
I’M GOING
TO PROMOTE IT,
Translation from Chinese:
"This is a work of art
which context is unclear to the artist and the curator", 2010
From left: Cathy Busby, Ralo Mayer, Elaine W. Ho
Cathy Busby, Whatever I Like
wall text and books, reproducing the selected texts
from t-shirts people were wearing in Beijing
that season, 2007
Ralo Meyer, I HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT THIS PLACE
BUT I’M GOING TO PROMOTE IT
Intervention in public space, Chengdu, 2008
Elaine W. Ho, Cats have cats‘ way, Dogs have dogs‘ way,
interviews about cultural
exchange, video 2008
From left: Ulrike Johannsen, Chan Kok Hooi,
Kerstin von Gabain, Johann
Neumeister,
Evelyne Leblanc–Roberge
Ulrike Johannsen, 不 - Bu - No, manipulated
Chinese COSMOPOLITAN magazine, 2008
Chan Kok Hooi, The Smile, The Performer,
water color on paper, 2008
Chan Kok Hooi, The Smile, detail,
water color on paper, 2008
Kerstin von Gabain, Exibition Design (Spiral),
MDF, 2010
Johann Neumeister, Bejing Twin Tower East,
Taoist Mirror, 2008
Johann Neumeister, Bejing Twin Tower East, 2008
Evelyne Leblange-Roberge, Hutong
animated movie, 2008
Evelyne Leblange-Roberge, Hutong
animated movie, detail, 2008
Shen Yi Elsie, Neongods
exhibition view, video, 2008
Shen Yi Elsie, Neongods, video, detail, 2008
Ma Yongfeng, The Swirl, video, 2002
Michael Yuen and Yam Lau, DICA,
Donkey Museum of Contemporary Art
Beijing 2008
Michael Yuen and Yam Lau, DICA,
Donkey Museum of Contemporary Art
Preparations in Baden 2010
China's rapid changes, its economic, political, and social developments in all their
contradictions, and its almost industrial-scale art production make Beijing one of
the most exciting places in the world. The Austrian government has maintained
a studio there since 2008. Scholarship recipient Ulrike Johannsen spent several
months in Beijing and is now inviting exciting international artists to the Kunstverein
Baden to explore various aspects of the city of Beijing and the People's Republic
of China. If you want to experience the culture clash on Chinese-made T-shirts
or are interested in what residents of a Beijing hutong have to say about cultural
exchange, we invite you to visit the Dongxi exhibition at the Kunstverein Baden.
You can take an interactive stroll through Beijing, meet Ronald McDonald in a
traditional Beijing opera, or visit the DICA - Donkey Museum of Contemporary Art,
which will be visiting Baden on May 21. The meeting point is at 6 p.m. in front
of the Kunstverein gallery, Beethovengasse 7.