Neo-Chinoiserie explores the space between Western and Chinese artistic traditions. 

Featuring artwork by emerging contemporary Chinese artists:

Pan Bin, Wu Chaoyang, Qiu Dandan, Xue Fei, Ma Jun, Wu Tian, Chen Wei, Deng Xiangwei, Qu Ying, Dai Yinglun, Ye Zhicong.

The exhibition is curated by Chloe Niu Xinyue.

About the Exhibition
Chinoiserie is “a decorative style in Western art, furniture, and architecture, especially in the 18th century, characterized by the use of Chinese motifs and techniques”(Oxford Dictionary). This term is indicative of the Western curiosity towards China during the 18th century and highlights a passion for exploring breadth and depth of Chinese culture that seems to have never diminish.  The works in Neo-Chinoiserie are by emerging Chinese contemporary artists who are highly influenced by the flourishing of Western cultures, and yet the Chinese traditions of aesthetics still dominant some of their creations. The exhibition displays a wide range of Chinese contemporary painting, and presents a multi-faceted image of Chinese art to Australian speculators.

About the Curator 
Chloe Niu Xinyue is an emerging curator born in China, raised in Singapore and now based in Canberra. She is in her final year student of Art History and Curatorship at the ANU and her hybrid educational background enables her better appreciate the cultural differences, as well as the cultural fusions in today’s globalized world. Chloe Niu Xinyue has interned in Galleries and Museums in both Hong Kong and Australia, and Neo-Chinoiserie is her first solo curatorial project.