The Rising Tideというアートフィルムの上映会が、本日上海で行われます。
ディレクター・オーガナイザーは、Robert Adanto。提携ギャラリーのAndrew James Artが共催で、NYU（ニューヨーク大学）とOffice339がスポンサーとなってます。
スポンサードしておきながら、私は上海に居ないので、残念ながら見れません。。。
ROBERT ADANTO’S “THE RISING TIDE” COMES TO SHANGHAI
Documentary Highlights China’s Celebrated Artists and Photographers
Date: 7pm Friday 10th April 2009
Organizer: Robert Adanto
Co-Organizer: Andrew James Art
Location: Andrew James Art, 39 Maoming Bei Lu, Cross Yan’an Zhong Lu
Sponsors: NYU (Shanghai) and Office 339
Robert Adanto's The Rising Tide” a fascinating new documentary which captures the complex cultural implications of the global art market's insatiable taste for Chinese contemporary art, will be screened on Friday, April 10th at 7:00PM. Director Adanto will be on hand for a Q&A following the screening.
The documentary, recently screened at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles and Miami Beach Art Basel, addresses China's economic and cultural metamorphosis through the work of its most talented video artists and photographers. It sharply illustrates how China's place as an emerging global superpower directly relates to the "rising tide" of Chinese Contemporary Art.
“The Rising Tide” features the words and work of internationally recognized artists such as Cao Fei, Xu Zhen, Wang Qingsong, Chen Qiulin, Yang Yong, O Zhang, and Birdhead. The film is narrated by Rosalind Chao and Gordon Chang.
Born in an era of rapid societal change, the Chinese avant-garde sees the new China as a place where materialism and consumer culture are all pervasive. New explorations in art have accompanied the post-Mao reforms and economic growth. The balance of Western influence and traditional Chinese aesthetic remains conflicted. Add the complex cultural implications of the current market mania for Chinese contemporary art, and you have a truly compelling story which exposes the confusion and ambiguity that characterize the new China.
By allowing the artists and curators working in China to talk about the movement themselves, Adanto is able to convey the captivating nature of this cultural phenomenon.
"Adanto's surprisingly grim film highlights both the vitality and urgency of China's burgeoning new culture while allowing its subjects to speak of the darker and more painful aspects of change," says Gerry Mak in the on-line publication Flavorpill.
The film seamlessly blends the artwork and the voices of the key-players in the Chinese Contemporary art scene without intrusion from the filmmaker. "I wanted artists whose work contained powerful messages with the ring of truth. I was looking for art that communicated the confusion of a society in rapid transition or work which commented on the materialism pervading Chinese society. I still wanted beauty and originality, but not at the price of content. The art was to be used in the film to advance my arguments, so I needed pictures and images that matter," Adanto stated.
“The Rising Tide” is an incredibly timely examination of China's growing prominence in international culture. In a climate of industrialization, urbanization, and increased freedom of expression, Chinese Contemporary Art has emerged as arguably the most vital and imaginative cultural force in the world today. "The rest of us better make an effort to grasp what their work is about, or get out of the way," says Mark Lynch, host of WICN's Inquiry, "[The Rising Tide is] an 'eye-opener' in every sense of the word, if you are an artist, curator or art teacher be sure to catch this film."
The film was shot in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen in the summer of 2006 and completed in February of last year. For more information on this free screening, call 001.310.434.3777.
Length of the film: 93min
For more information about the film, visit www.therisingtidefilm.com
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