Public Tour | Looking Back Toward the Future (in Chinese)

, presents more than forty large-scale photographs created by fourteen contemporary artists in China between 1993 and 2006. The exhibition is divided into three interrelated thematic sections—The Presence of the Past, East and West, and Performance and the Body—which together explore how artists used performance and diverse photographic and aesthetic methods to capture, freeze, and criticize the new sociopolitical, economic, and cultural environment of China post 1989.

On view for the first time at the Kemper Art Museum, these immersive, often oversize works constitute a significant recent addition to the institution’s holdings of contemporary Chinese art.

Led by student educators, the Museum’s public tours encourage visitors to learn and discover through close looking, conversation, and creative engagement with artworks on view.

This tour will be led in Chinese. Free and open to the public.

Please check in at the Welcome Desk when arriving for the tour.

Support

Support for this program is provided in part by the Trio Foundation of Saint Louis.

回望向未来

欢迎参加本季特展《回望向未来：中国当代摄影》的互动导览。展览汇集十四位中国当代艺术家于1993至2006年间创作的四十余幅大尺幅摄影作品。展览分为三个相互关联的主题单元——“过去的在场”“东西之间”“表演与身体”——共同呈现艺术家如何借助行为艺术与多样的摄影与美学策略，捕捉并凝固瞬间，同时对1989年后中国新的社会、政治、经济与文化语境作出回应与反思。

这批沉浸式大尺幅作品系Kemper艺术博物馆首次展出，并构成本馆近期中国当代艺术馆藏的重要新增。

公共导览由学生导览员带领，鼓励观众通过细致观看、交流对话与创意参与，在展览现场学习与发现。

活动免费向公众开放。请于导览开始前至服务台报到登记。

本项目部分经费由圣路易斯Trio基金会资助。

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