INTERNATIONAL SOLO SHOWS

Globalization has led to the interconnectedness of countries around the world. In today’s world we all face at the same time the complexity and pace of global change and are asked to respond appropriately and flexibly in varying contexts.

Adaptability is a necessary skill to develop in order to respond effectively to change.

Making effective decisions now more than ever implies understanding of cultural perspectives, practices, and ideas, that can be different from the ones we grow up with. It requires real knowledge against cultural prejudices and stereotypes, knowledge based on intercultural contact and direct experience.

Learning from experience, we can become more culturally adaptable.

CIGE 2009 International Special Projects would like to present the work of international artists, who have entered in direct contact with China.

Some of the presented artists have lived or has been living in China for years; some others have extensively traveled around China; some have visited China for the first time in occasion of the residence that CIGE offers them. All of them have developed their own perspective, relation and experience with China and produced works responding to the local environment.

CIGE 2009 Special Projects want to give attention on these artistic practices which face a cultural and social environment different from the one they come from. CIGE focuses on artists who took the challenge to confront themselves with a different culture and to response with a work that reflects the meeting with this environment.In such a global and international society in which daily choices have to deal with different cultures and ways of thinking is fundamental to consider and value the practices and experiences of whom have developed relations with people from different cultures through a direct contact and dialogue with them.

participating artists:
Daniel Ruanova (Mexico), Arcaute, Monterrey (Mexico)
Jose Manuel Ballester (Spain), Estiarte, Madrid (Spain)
Zenita Komad (Austria), Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna (Austria)
Eva Schlegel (Austria), Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna (Austria)
Max Lamb (UK), Johnson Trading Gallery, New York (USA)
Michael Whittle (UK), Man & Eve, London (UK)
Susan Norrie (Australia), Mori, Sydney (Australia)
Alessandro Rolandi (Italy), Nowhere Gallery, Milan (Italy)

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