Eye of the tiger
Huang Yongping
, a Chinese artist known for his installation works, is holding a retrospective show entitled House of Oracles, presenting some 40 works.Working with diverse traditions and media, Huang has created an artistic universe comprising provocative installations that challenge the viewer to reconsider everything, including the ideas of art, national identity and recent history.
A key figure of the Xiamen Dada vanguard art movement in the 1980s, Huang continues to confront established definitions of history and aesthetics.
Huang's sculptures and installations - drawing on the legacies of Joseph Beuys, Arte Povera and John Cage as well as traditional Chinese art and philosophy - routinely juxtapose traditional objects or iconic images with modern or even present-day references.
10 am -7 pm, free admission on Thursday, closed on Mondays, until June 22
Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, 798 Art Zone, 4 Jiuxianqiao Lu, Chaoyang District
8459 -9269
(China Daily 03/28/2008 page20)
