The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs organized an art exhibit that features mixed media by 18 different artists living in China today.

This timely exhibition, organized by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, focuses on art in mixed media by approximately 18 artists living and working in China today. "The Big World" refers to the vast, almost unimaginable scale of contemporary Chinese art in the international art scene, but the title also alludes to a large and storied Shanghai amusement park.

Various aspects of life in China now are analyzed in this selection of some fifty works by artists who range from emerging talent to fairly celebrated international artists, all of whom currently live and work in China.

Organized by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, this exhibition is co-curated by Gregory G. Knight, DCA Deputy Commissioner for Visual Arts, and Tereza de Arruda, of TA Art Projects, Berlin.

This exhibition is made possible by the Lead Sponsorship of The Boeing Company, in addition to generous support from the Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office, New York; the Governor's International Arts Exchange Program of the Illinois Arts Council; the Philancon Fund at the Boston Foundation; and Royal Roots Global Inc. Additional assistance has been provided by Chinablue Gallery, Beijing, and the Chengyun Wang Studio, Chengdu.