The 54th Venice Biennale opened June this year, "fragmentation of culture = people today? - Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition" held at Venice paralleled to the Fair, the curators are Wang Li (a famous Chinese Curator) and Gloria Vallese (Italy well-known critic of writer).

White Forest Shi Jindian

54th Venice Biennale is divided into three parts: First, planned by the Biennial Exhibition of Artistic Director; Second, governments elected by the curators and artists organizations, the national museum exhibition; Third, as the Venice Art an important part of the parallel Biennial exhibition, which is for the global non-profit arts organizations, public declarations by the academic freedom of the exhibition curators, the point for the original works of art. To get organized parallel to the qualifications, must be approved by the Artistic Director of Biennale, the judge in the exhibition is the only academic significance, the committee reviewed several times, before allowed to enter the exhibition program. The openness and academic value, which embodies the Venice Biennale Organizing Committees long-term vision and focus on new art and advance.

The Seminar of "fragmentation of culture = people today? - Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition"

It was reported that there were more 5,000 applications for the parallel Biennale exhibition and the final allowance just over 30. "fragmentation of culture = people today? - Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition" went through 3 months to apply, select and finally accepted by the Biennale’s director.

The curator Wang Lin

The curator: Gloria Vallese

The exhibition was titled "fragmentation of culture = people today? - Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition", the theme of clarification: In todays society, the artist as a creative subject is no longer facing the whole, the same strain history and culture, but rather a multi-cultural reality, however broken. This cultural conflict is particularly prominent in China, because Chinese artists are in the Chinese and foreign cultures, ancient and modern culture, elite culture and mass culture, violent conflict, their art shown by both impulsive and confused look, both rich and active. Reflections on the status of living culture, has become the cultural identity of Chinese artists verify personal spiritual freedom and the pursuit of individual goals. The Chinese contemporary art presented by both the international face of the dominant forces in the market in many shallow symbolic. In such a person of his face in Chinese culture is often used as a whole to be an imaginary show, from the concrete experience of individual artists, can not truly reveal the reality of Chinese life and culture of todays difficulties. Economic growth, political dictatorship, adhere to such a social state full of contradictions to the spirit of the pursuit of individual freedom as the new Chinese art, how to have relations with the Chinese history and culture is the focus of this exhibition visits, and self on cultural reality of the question, that is, the value of human questioning.

A look of the A Exibition Venue: Convento Del Santo Sprito

Exhibition of 15 contemporary artists were invited to exhibitors, of which 13 Chinese artists, as a comparison, also invited two artists exhibiting in Venice, Italy. Together with the Venice Biennale opened to the public at June 4, 2011 and will run to continue until September. During the exhibition, two public lectures and other exchange activities will be held so that more people understand the true cultural reality in China today and the true face of contemporary Chinese art and to understand China from around the world and hope that visitors to contemporary art with fresh feelings and inspiration.

A look of the A Exibition Venue: Convento Del Santo Sprito

A look of the B Exibition Venue: Palazzo Giustinian Recanati