Something significant in the year 2008 on Chinese Contemporary Art

In the year 2008, China was full of pride and regret. In a positive side, we guys greatly held the 29th Olimpiad in Beijing and improved the power of our motherland. Although the earthquake in Wenchuan has made a enormous disaster and loss in China, causing the strength with all the guys in China even in all over the world, we handed in hand and rebuilt all fastly. The bad incident in the end reflected the grand power in my motherland and let us feel graet in my view.

And in my career contemporary art, the year 2008 was also a very significant year and the feel was mixed. There were many important shows and exhibitions and also auctions in China about contemporary art. For instance, I think it`s a very important year to the artist named Cai Guoqiang and he was famous for his solo exhibition called "I wanna Believe" in both Guggenheim and China Museum of Fine Arts. And he was also famous for his being the director of vision in the 29th Olimpiad. What a wonderful Fireworks, what a great landscape. Cai showed his great creation to all over the world.

Pace Wildenstein is a great art gallery in the US and their gallery in Asia had opened before the 29th Olimpiad on 2nd, Aug of the year 2008. It had a fanfare opening ceremony in 798 art district and many many famous artists got to and celebrated at that time for example the artist Zhang Xiaogang and Takashi Murakami and the first exhibition of the gallery Pace Beijing named ENCOUNTER had many famous artists` creations including Andy Warhol、Yoshitomo Nara、Zhang Xiaogang、Zhang Huan、Yue Minjun、Ma Liuming、Wang Guangyi、Takashi Murakami,etc. The opening of the gallery Pace Beijing was also an important event in the year 2008. By this event, the Chinese artist Zhang Xiaogang was more famous in the world. Then his solo exhibition would be hold in Pace Wildenstein gallery New York. He is a artist that comes from Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts, the college is significant in Chinese modern art and which near my university.

I just said something about the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts, a young artist named Gao Yu whom also comes from that college was also famous for his paintings by auctions. The price of his paintings broke through milions and it`s a very shocking news all year and he was born after 1980s. What a amazing event.

There were many exhibitions and shows and fairs in the year 2008. Chiristian Dior celebrated its 60th birthday and held a grand exhibitions in Ullens Centre of Contempoary Art and artists and famous stars got together for the big party. Some of the artists just did great creations for the party. And another two exhibitions for fashion were Maison Martin Margiela`s Solo Exhibition and Rei Kawakubo`s Solo Exhibition in I.T exhibition centre at 798 art district. Both of them are famous in fashion and art. For art fairs the great in the yaer 2008 in China were CIGE、Art Beijing art fair and ShContemporary08. I had the honor to become a curator assistant and took part in the ShContemporary08 in Shanghai and saw that grand art fair. A large number of galleries and art institutions participate in this fair. Although the result of that was not well as it held the year 2007 but it`s also a great art fair in my opinion.

For me the gallery that I worked had almost ten exhibitions including the Beijing Night of ShContemporary08. It`s a big party and many artists came.

By the Economic Crisis, all things of the contemporary Chinese art were affected by that including my career. It`s a bad event and maybe I think a new opportunity and chanllenge are waiting for me also all of the Chinese contemporary art. So let`s start and enjoy this challenging journey. I believe it .