The biennale's chief curator, Jeffrey Shaw, dean of the School of Creative Media at the City University of Hong Kong, chose the theme «directed towards knowledge» for all project exhibitions; however, each exhibition in different venues still has its freedom to
select different artwork with its own curator.
Not exact matches
Fountain will
select one
artwork from 5
different artists for inclusion in this showcase.
The curatorial intent is that through the juxtaposition of this particular group of artists» distinctly
different approaches to representational abstraction as demonstrated in the
artwork selected, the intellectually and emotionally rich aspects of each will be brought into focus and highlighted.
For the exhibition, which first opens at Yorkshire Sculpture Park before touring to other venues around the UK, Gander has
selected works from 30
different artists featured in the Collection, pairing figurative sculptures with other
artworks containing the colour blue, which to Gander represents the abstract ideas often found in modern and contemporary art.