“These 7 years in Beijing have been intense and unforgettable … it has been an overall experience, involving a creative but also a personal evolution …”

Interview with Alessandro Rolandi
by Cecilia Freschini
Beijing, March 2011

“Marx said, ‘Religion is the opiate of the masses’ more than 150 years ago. I like to ask, whether the new opiate of the masses is the consume?”

Interview with the artist Chen Hangfeng by Cecilia Freschini
Beijing, March 2011

记忆 自我

策展人：李山

2011年3月5日—4月16日
MK2艺术空间

“在这次展览中，我的想法是要关注记忆以及身份的概念。不是以怀旧的角度，而是通过记忆的行为和其涉及的编辑过程的复杂性来建立意识与批判精神的连接桥梁。”——李山

“Asking artists to focus on the concept of memory and the one of identity, I perceive this, not in a nostalgic way, but in the larger sense of building a path of awareness and critical spirit through the complexity of the act of remembering and the editing process involved in it.” – Alessandro Rolandi

Wu Junyong made his first impressions on the art world through his quirky animations, which depicted dystopian social rituals. The artist presents the fodder for his imaginary characters and surreal stories through paintings and drawings. These rich symbolic images tell of a world controlled by the powers of ideology and desire