Over the past few years, abstraction has re-emerged as a mainstream trend in the Chinese contemporary art scene, receiving scorching hot prices on the market. This is a thought-provoking development, the cultural significance of which is well worth pondering. How should we view or categorize the abstract art we see in the Chinese contemporary art scene today? What is Chinese abstract art’s connection to the century-old history and forms of Western abstract art? How is Chinese contemporary abstract art linked culturally and aesthetically to China’s own formal traditions? How should Chinese contemporary art make a contribution to an art form that has already existed in the West for some 120 years, rather than becoming just another short-lived product of market manipulation? These are a few of the questions that will be discussed in this talk.

UCCA invites Chia Chi Jason Wang, an art critic and independent curator from Taiwan, to discuss the phenomenon of Chinese contemporary abstract art and its various possibilities.

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