Chen Wei, "Disco #1004", 2015
Chen Wei’s solo exhibition “The Club” is to open on June 24, 2017 and runs until August 13, 2017 at Horsham Regional Art Gallery.
Being one of China’s leading artists exhibiting in London, New York, Melbourne and numerous cities across Europe, Chen Wei is presenting photographs and installations that fabricate a visual archive of Chinese club culture in Horsham, Australia. Curated by Elias Redstone, The Club explores an undocumented subculture, reflecting on wider social changes that have taken place in modern China.
“While nightclubs were once the realm of intellectuals and artists… they are no longer radical spaces,” says Chen Wei. “For me, these enchanted bodies immersed in the smoke and laser beams are reflective of the current situation – be it cultural, economic or political – that the public is facing. No one knows where we are, and which direction we will be heading tomorrow.”
Distancing himself from the concerns of the previous generation of Chinese artists active after the Cultural Revolution, Chen Wei isn’t focusing on the country’s politics or obvious social criticism. The artist is showing his generation’s insecurities and intellectual matters and interrogating the psychology of Contemporary China.
For more information, please see: http://www.horshamtownhall.com.au/hthevent/chen-wei-the-club/#sthash.EWqdUfMj.dpuf
