Beijing 2008 《北京2008》 by Yu Cun (虞村)

'Tis the season of art, it seems, and with most of Chengdu's galleries currently showing one exhibition or another, it's fitting that Chengdu's largest contemporary-art exhibition, the Biennale, opened yesterday at the New International Convention and Exhibition Center. Under the theme "China Narrative," the exhibit examines the current state of art in China with the works of 122 artists from home and abroad, including 48 emerging artists from the country's top art acadamies.

Image of outstanding founders (detail) 《开国群英图》 by Shen Jingdong (沈敬东)

Today's global economic crisis against the backdrop of three decades of explosive domestic growth is reflected in the 271 total pieces laid out over the 10,000-square-meter space. Predominantly oil paintings, the exhibit also showcases installations, sculptures, video, ink painting, and photography.

Fragment of a memory - taxi 《记忆碎片-taxi》 by Feng Jie (冯杰)

Among the work is a special Wenchuan earthquake memorial section, and, curiously, a centrally positioned section that displays a video showing policewomen being instructed in oil painting, and surrounding that, the results of their efforts.

China memory Mao Zedong passes away 《毛主席逝世》 by Chen Xi (陈曦)

Chengdu Biennale
Century City New International Convention and Exhibition Center
Entrance: RMB20. Runs through August 28.

Burning guitar boiling crane 《焚琴煮鹤》 by Wang Mai (王迈)

Featured Artists
陈文令 Chen Wenling • 奉家丽 Feng Jiali • 何炬 He Ju • 吕山川 Lu Shanchuan • 谭云 Tan Yun • 朱成 Zhu Cheng • 徐泽 Xu Ze • 原弓 Yuan Gong • 赵半狄 Zhao Bandi • 哲亚 Zhe Ya • 陈丹青 Chen Danqing • 陈曦 Chen Xi • 段江华 Duan Jianghua • 傅文俊 Fu Wenjun • 何汶玦 He Wenjue • 李斌 Li Bin • 李路明 Li Luming • 沈嘉蔚 Shen Jiawei • 沈敬东 Shen Jindong • 孙建平 Sun Jianping • 孙逊 Sun Xun • 王斐 Wang Fei • 文森特•门索 Vincent Mentzel (Holland) • 曹宝泉 Cao Baoquan • 陈兴伟 Chen Xingwei • 崔岫闻 Cui Xiuwen • 冯杰 Feng Jie • 桂小虎 Gui Xiaohu • 井士剑 Jing Shijian • 老六 Lao Liu • 雷子人 Lei Ziren • 李娃克 Li Wake • 刘亚明 Liu Yaming • 莫鸿勋 Mo Hongxun • 秦天柱 Qin Tianzhu • 苏新平 Su Xinping • 铁城 Tie Cheng • 王华祥 Wang Huaxiang • 王迈 Wang Mai • 王晓辉 Wang Xiaohui • 谢丽芳 Xie Lifang • 吴尚学 Wu Shangxue • 谢淼 Xie Miao • 徐若涛 Xu Ruotao • 张晨初 Zhang Chenchu • 陈卓 Chen Zhuo • 黄可一 Huang Keyi • 陈子 Chen Zi • 金泰俊 Kim Tae Jun (South Korea) • 梁越 Liang Yue • 刘瑾 Liu Jin • 刘曼文 Liu Manwen • 刘庆和 Liu Qinghe • 卢万井 Lu Wanjing • 马堡中 Ma Baozhong • 他们 Ta Men • 王强 Wang Qiang • 吴德斌 Wu Debin • 徐晓燕 Xu Xiaoyan • 赵文华 Zhao Wenhua • 李向明 Li Xiangming • 李一凡 Li Yifan • 罗中立 Luo Zhongli • 渠岩 Qu Yan • 陶艾民 Tao Aimin • 王刚 Wang Gang • 忻东旺 Xin Dongwang • 乙妍 Yi Yan • 张建华 Zhang Jianhua • 吴卫鸣 Wu Weiming • 坎勒 Kan Le • 袁文斌 Yuan Wenbin

Marriage 《囍》 by Wan Li (万莉)

Featured Upcoming Artists
蔡远河 Cai Yuanhe • 陈斯嘉 Chen Sijia • 陈松涛 Chen Songtao • 陈文佳 Chen Wenjia • 陈新宇 Chen Xinyu • 丛艺 Cong Yi • 戴金龙 Dai Jinlong • 邓筱 Deng Xiao • 冯瀚平 Feng Hanping • 巩明 Gong Ming • 郝明明 Hao Mingming • 黄瑞 Huang Rui • 黄一山 Huang Yishan • 金剑 Jin Jian • 梁雨 Liang Yu • 刘军辉 Liu Junhui • 刘巍 Liu Wei • 刘晓亮 Liu Xiaoliang • 刘彦瑢 Liu Yanrong • 刘玉屏 Liu Yuping • 刘振勇 Liu Zhenyong • 柳青 Liu Qing • 马铭泽 Ma Mingze • 莫堪安 Mo Kan'an • 彭震中 Peng Zhenzhong • 沈春兰 Shen Chunlan • 史怡然 Shi Yilan • 舒兴川 Shu Xingchuan • 苏涛 Su Tao • 万莉 Wan Li • 王洪凯 Wang Hongkai • 王蕾 Wang Lei • 王勇 Wang Yong • 王哲然 Wang Zheran • 吴邦春 Wu Bangchun • 夏晶 Xia Jing • 谢意 Xie Yi • 徐琳瑜 Xu Linyu • 徐小鼎 Xu Xiaoding • 于佳 Yu Jia • 袁子冲 Yuan Zichong • 张鸿渊 Zhang Hongyuan • 张杰东 Zhang Jiedong • 张柳春 Zhang Liuchun • 张品 Zhang Pin • 钟锦沛 Zhong Jinpei • 钟哲 Zhong Zhe • 周莹 Zhou Ying

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