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Breaking Forecast: 8 Key Figures of China’s New Generation Artists
Opening reception on 15th, then from Nov 17, 2009-Feb 28, 2010
BREAKING FORECAST : 8 KEY FIGURES OF CHINA’S NEW
GENERATION ARTISTS
Nov 17 2009 – Feb 28 2010

Breaking Forecast: 8 Key Figures of China’s New Generation Artists is a
groundbreaking exhibition presenting new and recent works by the most
compelling emerging and mid-career artists working throughout China today:
Cao Fei, Chu Yun, Liu Wei, MadeIn, Qiu Zhijie, Sun Yuan & Peng Yu, Yang
Fudong and Zheng Guogu. The first of its kind, the exhibition affirms UCCA’s
dedication to supporting the development of Chinese art. Combining genres
of painting, sculpture, installation and photography, the exhibition will define
the future of Chinese contemporary art for years to come. *listed by alphabetical
order
Curators: Jérôme Sans, UCCA Director
Guo Xiaoyan, UCCA Chief Curator
Introduction to the Artists:
Cao Fei
Cao Fei was born in 1978 in
Guangzhou, China. She
graduated from Guangzhou
Academy of Fine Arts and
currently lives and works in Beijing.
Her art often derives its direction
from the popular culture of the
moment, expressed through her
particular vision; the works embody the feelings and social
environment of China’s modern urban youth. Major works include Hip
Hop, Whose Utopia?, Cosplayers and RMB City.
Work 1:
RMB CITY
2009, installation

Chu Yun
Chu Yun was born in 1977 in Jiangxi, China. He
graduated from the Chinese painting department
of Sichuan Fine Arts Academy, and currently
lives and works in Beijing. His works often take
as their focus personal daily life and the
experience of the individual. His major works
include Constellation and Unspeakable
Happiness.

MadeIn
MadeIn (culture ltd.) is a multi-function company
established in 2009 by Xu Zhen, dedicated to artistic
creation, production, diffusion and curation.
Xu Zhen was born in 1977 in Shanghai, China. He
graduated from the Shanghai School of Arts and
Crafts, and currently lives and works in Shanghai.
His works include photography, installations, and
videos, often using “bodies” to portray a distinct
experience and to comment on Chinese society
and politics. Major works include Dinosaurs, 8848-1.86, and
Impossible is Nothing.

Qiu Zhijie
Qiu Zhijie was born in 1969 in Zhangzhou,
Fujian province, China. He graduated from the
Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts, and currently
lives and works between Beijing and Hangzhou.
His work spans multiple media including ink
painting, video, performance, and installation.
He is also an active curator. His major works
include Writing the ‘Orchid Pavilion Preface’
One Thousand Times and Light Calligraphy.

Sun Yuan & Peng Yu
San Yuan was born in 1972 in Beijing,
China. He lives and works in Beijing.
Peng Yu was born in 1974 in Heilongjiang,
China. She lives and works in Beijing.
They both graduated from the oil painting department of the Central
Academy of Fine Arts. They are the most important artistic group
born in the 1970s.

Yang Fudong
Yang Fudong was born in 1971 in
Beijing, China. He graduated from
the China Academy of Fine Arts
and lives and works in Shanghai.
His works borrow on the
techniques of film to reflect the
spiritual poverty of a new
generation of intellectuals and the
predicament of ordinary
individuals in society. Major works include No Snow on the Broken
Bridge and Seven Intellectuals in Bamboo Forest.

Zheng Guogu
Zheng Guogu was born in 1970 in
Yangjiang, Guangdong province,
China. He graduated from the
printmaking department of the
Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts,
and currently lives and works in
Yangjiang. His works include
installation, performance, and
games, all of which record the lives
of Chinese youth and a social reality
predicated on the entanglement of media and consumption.