Cutting Edge Urban Chinese Art in the UK

The Red Mansion Foundation in London, is staging a dynamic group show that brings cutting-edge, urban Chinese art to the UK.

Called Down Town Production, the show is curated by one of China’s leading artists, Yan Lei who brings together eight rising stars of contemporary Chinese art whose work reflects the recent dramatic social and economic transformation of China.

It is anticipated that 70% of China’s 1.3 billion population will live in urban areas by 2035. At the end of 2002, records showed that China’s urban population totalled 502 million, living in over 21,000 towns and cities. Down Town Production is a selection of art that reflects and explores this dramatic shift.

The artists will give us a taste of China’s emerging popular culture, with works as such as ground-breaking L.A.S.E.R. graffiti by conceptual artist, DJ and rapper, MC Yan. L.A.S.E.R. tagging is the very newest form of graffiti art developed only a year ago and currently cropping up in cities all over the world.

The Red Mansion Foundation works to bring China’s contemporary art scene to the UK, discovering new talent and establishing an exchange program between London and China for some of the biggest names in contemporary art. Many of the works in the exhibition will be for sale.

DOWN TOWN PRODUCTION
An Exhibition of Chinese Urban Art
Curated by Yan Lei
23rd September – 11th November 2008

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