Detail: To See a World in a Grain of Sand (Jian Wei Zhi Zhu)

Exhibiting artists include Fang Lijun, He Jinwei, He Sen, Liu Ding, Qiu Zhijie, Zeng Fanzhi and Zeng Hao. Internationally renowned Chinese artist Lu Hao, an important representative of post-1999 contemporary Chinese art, has curated the exhibition. As an associate professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, he was able to take into consideration multiple perspectives in the selection process and in the laying out of the exhibition strategies; international and local, and those of the artistic and academic communities. Focusing on emerging artists from the region, the exhibition seeks to strengthen new forces burgeoning on the contemporary Chinese art scene and to retain its international scope and vision without deviating from the latest trends emerging in the Chinese art world. The theme and title comes from the translation of a Chinese idiom derived from the classic text by scholar and philosopher, Han Fei Zi·Shuo Lin Shang, signifying that trends in the future can be gleaned from the development from a tiny detail. The articles are not only cultural reformers of contemporary Chinese society, but also participants in the evolution of contemporary Chinese art. Their works encompass shifts taking place in China, and highlight ultra individualism, originality and pluralism.