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This film tells the story of a tipping point.
The story of a community of long-haired artists with utopian ideals, completely unknown in the 80s and 90s, who suddenly, at the dawn of the new Millennium, found themselves thrust onto the international art stage. True, this tipping point is a logical extension of China’s economic boom. But behind the new face of this ultra-modern China, we catch a glimpse of the conquering of new territories, new cultures, new audiences and new trends; a frenetic conquest in which artists have turned into indispensable allies of the State.
Here, finally, is that prolific China, that exotic country in a frenzy of change that we so desired here in the West, thinking that it might be the genial antidote to the Americanization of the world… It is master of its own fate now. So what will it do? What will we do?
Let’s begin by looking at today’s Chinese artists and asking: who are they really? More than ever, they are themselves questioning their deepest identity and what they are to become.
What is the price to pay to preserve art’s independence?
What does it mean to be an artist in today’s China?
Or to be Chinese when you decide to be an artist?
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"Through the visit of an imaginary museum, This film tells a fascinating story. A trente ans, Chinese art has gone from making statues of the Great Helmsman industrial production for Western galleries (…). An exciting ride. »
Le Nouvel Observateur"China, Empire of Art ? "Student his scenes brilliantly to a reflection on the general position of the Chinese contemporary art, starting from the political constraints in which artists have asserted, until the moment that put them on the front of the stage projecting into the future. »
Jing Daily"A great set of images of works of art in contemporary China created in the wake of Tiananmen shows exactly what is missing in the youth, and easy slope that could make him forget the knowledge of its cultural development. Superb. »
Now Toronto"How does this pioneering underground as quickly swung in a market economy. How ex-performers became stars of Beijing museums (Yan Pei-Ming) or auction in New York (Yue Minjun). At the heart of "tipping", ambigu a rapport à l'Occident, discussed here with relevance ... "
Télérama"Through the visit of an imaginary museum, This film tells a fascinating story. A trente ans, Chinese art has gone from making statues of the Great Helmsman industrial production for Western galleries (…). An exciting ride. »
Le Nouvel Observateur"China, Empire of Art ? "Student his scenes brilliantly to a reflection on the general position of the Chinese contemporary art, starting from the political constraints in which artists have asserted, until the moment that put them on the front of the stage projecting into the future. »
Jing Daily"A great set of images of works of art in contemporary China created in the wake of Tiananmen shows exactly what is missing in the youth, and easy slope that could make him forget the knowledge of its cultural development. Superb. »
Now Toronto"How does this pioneering underground as quickly swung in a market economy. How ex-performers became stars of Beijing museums (Yan Pei-Ming) or auction in New York (Yue Minjun). At the heart of "tipping", ambigu a rapport à l'Occident, discussed here with relevance ... "
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Official Selection, Festival International du Film sur l'Art (Montreal, 2010)
Official Selection, Artecinema Festival (Naples, 2010)
Official Selection, The Screen of the Film Festival (Florence, 2010)
Official Selection, Abu Dhabi Film Festival (2010)
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China, the Empire of Art ?
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