Artists' Film Club: Yang Fudong

Yang Fudong’s films capture multiple perspectives while investigating the structure and formation of identity, through myth and personal experiences. The Shanghai-based artist shoots on 35mm, recalling film noir. While focusing on human conditions and the individuals of his generation, his characters are simultaneously swept along in a rapidly modernising China that has rewritten its traditional values and culture.

Programme

An Estranged Paradise (mo sheng tian tang) 陌生天堂, 1997-2002, 35mm b&w film transferred to DVD, no colour, sound, 76 min 
Backyard - Hey! Sun is Rising (hou fang - hei, tian liang le) 后房－嘿，天亮了, 2001, 35 mm b&w film transferred to DVD, no colour, sound by Zhou Qing, 13 min

Yang Fudong’s (born Beijing, 1971) recent solo shows include: Yang Fudong, Logan Center, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA (2014); Yejiang/ The Nightman Cometh, ShangART Singapore, Singapore (2013); and Yang Fudong: Estranged Paradise, Works 1993-2012, Kunsthalle, Zurich, Switzerland (2013). Recent group shows include: 5 Plus, ShanghART Beijing, Beijing, China (2014); Ink Art: Past as Present in Contemporary China, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA (2014); and La Biennale de Lyon, Lyon, France (2013).