Eight years after its first two Franco-Chinese editions (“Les communautés flottantes” in 2015 and “Au sommet, le Verbe” in 2016), this special issue of LEAP, entitled “Habiter le Flux” (“不居”, two characters which, in Chinese, mean change, flux, impermanence), explores the relationship between a shifting global context and contemporary creation, examines the many facets and interweavings of Franco-Chinese artistic exchanges in recent years, and sheds light on the creation of Chinese artists in an unprecedented context of social, technological and environmental upheaval.
With contributions from artists (Shen Yuan, Cheng Xinyi, Alice Chen), philosophers (Emanuele Coccia, Wang Min’an), art theorists (Nicolas Bourriaud, Penny Yiou Peng), historians (Frédérique Aït-Touati, Nicolas Idier, Estelle Zhong Mengual), geographers and urban planners (Michel Lussault, Jérémie Descamps), curators (Gong Yan, Iris Long, Nie Xiaoyi). … this 300-page special issue (re)activates some of the deep connections existing between the French and Chinese cultural scenes in a post-pandemic context.
LEAP will be available from the Centre Pompidou bookshop from mid-October.
Alongside the exhibition, two round-table discussions are being organized at the Centre Pompidou in partnership with LEAP and The Art Journal, two independent Chinese media dedicated to contemporary art (Meta Media Group).
Round table “From obscurity to recognition: women artists in the Chinese diaspora”
Date and time: Wednesday, October 9, 3pm to 5pm
Venue: Level -1, Petite salle, Centre Pompidou
Access: Temporary Canopy entrance, opposite 2 rue Beaubourg
Organizers: The Art Journal
Speakers :
- Shen Yuan, Chinese artist living in France
- Yao Qingmei, artist living in France, taking part in the “China, a new generation of artists” exhibition
- Qiu Yun, researcher
- Éric Lefebvre, Director, Musée Cernuschi
The discussion will be moderated by Ye Ying, editor-in-chief of The Art Journal.
Éric Lefebvre will talk about the history of Chinese women who lived and studied in France in the early 20th century, and the place of women in the Musée Cernuschi’s collections. Shen Yuan and Yao Qingmei will share their experiences of living and working in France; Qiu Yun will present her observations on the exhibition of Chinese women artists “Half the Sky” organized at Bonn’s Frauenmuseum in 1996.
Simultaneous translation facilities available
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Round table “Habiter le flux. Envisioning contemporary Chinese creation”
Date and time: Thursday, October 10, 7 – 8.30pm
Venue: Level -1, Petite salle, Centre Pompidou
Access: Temporary Canopy entrance, opposite 2 rue Beaubourg.
Organizers: Centre Pompidou, LEAP
Speakers :
- Philippe Bettinelli, curator at the Musée national d’art moderne, New Media Department, exhibition curator
- Paul Frèches, Deputy Director, Centre Pompidou x West Bund Museum Project, curator
- Youyou Gu, Director of Exhibitions, West Bund Museum, Shanghai, curator
- Emmanuel Lincot, sinologist, professor at the Institut catholique de Paris
- Nabuqi, artist participating in the “China: a new generation of artists” exhibition
- Qiu Xiaofei, artist participating in the exhibition “China: a new generation of artists”.
The discussion will be moderated by He Jing, researcher, art critic, curator and editor-in-chief of the French-Chinese edition of LEAP magazine.
The teams at the Centre Pompidou and LEAP magazine have jointly conceived this round table, which brings together artists, exhibition curators and researchers, both French and Chinese, to further discussion and reflection on contemporary art in China and, more broadly, on China today. These questions will be addressed from multiple perspectives, crossing history and the present, art, technology, economics and ecology, and combining local and international viewpoints.
Bilingual round table in French and Chinese
Simultaneous translation facilities available
Further information on the Centre Pompidou’s dedicated web page
