exhibitions
Zooming into Focus
Artists
- Cao Fei
Chen Shaoxiong - Feng Mengbo
- Hong Hao
- Shi Yong
- Weng Fen
- Xiang Liqing
- Xu Zhen
- Yang Fudong
- Yang Yong
- Yang Zhenzhong
- Zhao Bandi
- Zheng Guogu
Special Events
Saturday, November 8, 2003
Keynote Illustrated Lecture
Chinese Artists (Digitally) Facing the Globalizing World by Hou Hanru, Paris-based writer and curator of Zone of Urgency at the 2003 Venice Biennale
Performance Premiere
Super Angel by Shi Yong
To participate in the development of the performance, visit www.shanghart.com/shiyong
Reception for the Artists
About the Exhibition
Zooming Into Focus Contemporary Chinese Photography from the Haudenschild Collection is the first exhibition in a two-part series exploring the current art of China. The second exhibition, Contemporary Chinese Video from the Haudenschild Collection, will be presented at the University Art Gallery from 31 January through 21 April 2004.
Zooming Into Focus is organized and curated by Tina Yapelli, director of the University Art Gallery. The exhibitions are accompanied by a series of educational programs and artists’ residencies, presented in partnership with the San Diego Museum of Art; the Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego; the Centro Cultural Tijuana, Mexico; the Shanghai Art Museum, China; the China Academy of Art, Hangzhou; El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Tijuana, Mexico; and the San Diego Chinese Historical Society and Museum. In conjunction with the exhibitions, the Haudenschild Collection commissioned new works by artists Shi Yong and Yang Zhenzhong that will premiere in San Diego.
Related Events
November 1
Video Dialogue: Shanghai–Tijuana, moderated by Norma Iglesias, associate professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies, San Diego State University and researcher of Cultural Studies, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Tijuana, with presentations by Yang Zhenzhong and Tijuana artists Itzel Martinez (Yonkart), Giancarlo Ruiz and Salvador Vazquez Ricalde, noon to 2:00 PM, Centro Cultural Tijuana, Mexico; a reception will follow.
November 9
Presentation in Mandarin by Hou Hanru, 2:30 PM, Asian Garden, San Diego Chinese Historical Museum; a reception will follow until 4:00 PM.
This project is made possible by a generous loan from the collection of Eloisa and Chris Haudenschild.
The exhibitions and educational programs are realized with vital support from CliniComp, Intl., the San Diego State University Art Council, Chin’s Szechwan, JoEllen and Lowell Parsons, Phyllis Kraus, Nine Dragons, Inc., Alan Davidson, Mayme Kline, Ledford Enterprises, Inc. and Ye Wa. Institutional sponsorship is provided by the School of Art, Design and Art History; the Center for the Visual and Performing Arts; the College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts; and the fund for Instructionally Related Activities. (Recognition of partners and sponsors current as of 1 October 2003.)