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Robert Adanto at Art Basel Miami

by E-Slant Team
Cao Fei, Zhang O, Wang Qingsong, Chen Qiulin, Yang Yong, Xu Zhen at The Miami Beach Cinematheque December 5th, 2008 8:30 PM - 11:30 PM
Posted 12/1/08

Robert Adanto's The Rising Tide, screening this weekend at Art Basel, captures the complex cultural implications of the global art market's insatiable taste for Chinese Contemporary Art.Adanto's documentary, recently screened at the UK's China Now, as part of Constant Stream China08 at the Royal College of Art, addresses China's economic and cultural metamorphosis through the work of the Middle Kingdom's most talented video artists and photographers. China's place as an emerging global superpowe... [more]

Documentary: Robert Adanto's The Rising Tide
by Robert Adanto
and Birdhead, Cao Fei, Zhang O, Wang Qingsong, Chen Qiulin, Yang Yong, Xu Zhen at Pacific Asia Museum October 3rd, 2008 - October 3rd, 2008
Posted 7/27/08

Although artists in rapidly developing China enjoy more freedom than they ever have before, they also face problems they never anticipated. In Robert Adanto's documentary The Rising Tide, performance and video artist Chen Quilin, anime-inspired video artist Cao Fei, conceptual photographer Wang Qingsong, and a wide array of other Chinese artists speak of the spiritual and intellectual dilemmas they face in a society where almost everything is in constant flux. Adanto's surprisingly grim film highli... [more]