China Contemporary

China Contemporary is a collaboration between the Netherlands Architecture Institute, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and the Nederlands fotomuseum. This first interdisciplinary overview of China’s contemporary art, architecture and visual culture – including television, photography, newspapers, magazines and blogs – also provides a platform for a new critical voice from the People’s Republic. China is undergoing a phenomenal transformation. In just a few years the country has developed into the mecca of the market economy, a place where existing and new cities are mushrooming into modern metropolises at breakneck speed. But is this all just a glossy image? Three Rotterdam arts institutions have teamed up to show the work of contemporary artists, photographers, architects and designers from China to have them answer this question with provocative, critical, ironic and beautiful work.