Cruel/Loving Bodies: Artists Grapple with Chinese Identity
June 16, 2004 | Levent OZLER
The "Cruel/Loving Bodies" exhibition brings together art works in diverse media -sculpture, installation, performance, photography, and video -that reflect upon the interrelated issues of gender and body, particularly in the context of China and Chinese diaspora. The exhibit participants live in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Great Britain, and the United States. Working from locations and backgrounds that challenge a dichotomous East/West border, they grapple with the question of Chinese identity, but in local contexts with different social and historical conditions. From this rich layering of experience emerges a shared exploration of how personal histories or historical legacies are inscribed on the gendered body.
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