V&A: Between Past and Future
The V&A exhibited the first major survey of Chinese photography and video from the past decade, featuring work by a new generation of Chinese photographers and video artists.
With contemporary Chinese art attracting interest around the world, 'Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China' is a varied and compelling selection. Featuring 60 works by 40 artists, the exhibition reflected the energy of younger Chinese artists.
The works, by both rising stars and established names, are often monumental in scale and experimental in nature; together they capture the vivid responses of Chinese photographers and video artists to the rapid cultural, social and economic changes taking place in China.
The exhibition included work by Wang Qingsong, Hong Hao, Qui Zhijie, Sheng Qi, Liu Zheng, Song Dong and Zhang Dali. There was also work by Rong Rong who recorded the performances and lives of the artistic community of Beijing's East Village in the early 1990s. Female artists include Xing Danwen and the young Beijing artist Cui Xiuwen.
The exhibition has four thematic sections:
- History and Memory
- Re-imagining the Body
- People and Place
- Performing the Self


