China. A New Generation of Artists

Exhibition Catalogue China. A New Generation of Artists, presented at the Pompidou Center, Paris (October 9, 2024 - February 3, 2025).

This exhibition with a multidisciplinary approach offers the public a fresh look on the new artistic chinese scene. The Balinghou generation, those chinese artists born between the late 1970s and the early 1990s, explore their links to the global artistic ecosystem and their desire to express themselves through a large variety of media.

The Chinese character 目 (mù), meaning 'eye', evokes both the gaze and its ability to give shape to reality. An essential element of Chinese writing, it is used in the composition of a large number of sinograms, and in this current context reflects on a generation of Chinese artists.

These artists, who grew up in an environment that was shifting towards an urbanised consumer society open to the outside world, explore their links to a rich and complex history as well as their place in a constantly changing world.

Artists presented : Aaajiao, Alice Chen, Chen Fei, Chen Wei, Chu Yun, Cui Jie, Hao Liang, Hu Xiaoyuan, Li Ming, Liu Chuang, Lu Pingyuan, Lu Yang, Miao Ying, Nabuqi, Qiu Xiaofei, Shen Xin, Sun Xun, Wan Yang, Yao Qingmei, Yu Ji, Zhang Ding