Chambers Fine Art – The Gallery

Chambers Fine Art was opened by Christophe W. Mao in New York in late 2000. His aim was to capture something of the dynamic of the artistic developments taking place in China and bring them to the attention of Western audiences. Since 2000, Chambers Fine Art New York has organized a continuous program of solo exhibitions by some of China’s most important artists. The gallery has also curated a sequence of thematic group shows in partnership with internationally recognized scholars in the field. As a result, the gallery has been successful in raising international awareness of the contemporary Chinese creative scene and in developing the careers of some of China’s most influential visual artists.

As the Chinese contemporary art scene has developed, Chambers Fine Art increasingly sought to represent its artists more fully in China and so, in the fall of 2007, Christophe Mao opened Chambers Fine Art Beijing in the Caochangdi gallery district. This space has allowed the gallery to remain fully in tune with creative developments as they take place in China – not only working more closely with its group of internationally established artists but also developing the work of a group of younger practitioners.
The striking new gallery building, inspired by the layout of the north China siheyuan house, was designed by Ai Weiwei and consists of two identical exhibition spaces around a courtyard.
 

The Garden at Chambers Fine Art Beijing

Ai Weiwei’s vast, double wooden gates open onto a landscaped courtyard. The old mulberry tree on the north-east side is part of a provocative work by Cantonese artist Zheng Guogu who negotiated the purchase of the 100 year old tree from a farmer in Anding village near Tianjin and transported it here. Chambers Fine Art produced a full documentation of the project in the catalogue Hundred-Year-Old Tree Blooms Again. Recent Works by Zheng Guogu.

The twin-piece sculpture suspended over the courtyard is by Song Dong and Yin Xiuzhen and reflects their lives together. Commissioned for the opening of Chambers Beijing, the work refers back to the acclaimed Chopsticks exhibition at Chambers New York in 2002. One of the ‘chopsticks’ releases a diffuse spray of water into the garden and the second contains a red neon inscription which illuminates the courtyard through the falling water. 
 

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