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Abstraction in Context

by Edward Sanderson
Zhang Enli, Jiang Fang, Guan Fengdong, Zhao Gang, Xu Hongmin, Gong Jian, Yan Lei, Yang Liming, Xie Molin, Liang Quan, Huang Rui, Zhan Rui, Zhong Shan, Liu Wei, Zhang Wei, Ding Yi, Hou Yong, Chen Yufan, Jiang Zhi at Boers-Li Gallery April 9th, 2011 - May 8th, 2011
Posted 5/2/11

The politics of abstraction tread a very fine line. The style can be considered as a rejection of the illusions of representation in favor of a more direct engagement with perception, material and form; or, it can be perceived to be a rescinding of responsibility from making clearly defined statements. Breaking Away, Boers-Li Gallery’s second major group show since decamping to 798, presents a variety of approaches to abstraction by Chinese artists and thereby demonstrates the persisting attrac... [more]