Originally organized for the Walker Art Center by Chief Curator Philippe Vergne with Assistant Curator Doryun Chong.
Beijing presentation is organized by UCCA coordinating curator David Spalding.
Presented in exhibition hall 1.
Following its inaugural exhibition ’85 New Wave: The Birth of Chinese Contemporary Art, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) presents House of Oracles: A Huang Yong Ping Retrospective from March 22 – June 8, 2008. The first retrospective of the Chinese-born, Paris-based artist originated at the Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, USA), and was shown at Mass MoCa in North Adams, Massachusetts and the Vancouver Art Gallery in Vancouver, Canada, before traveling to its final venue at UCCA in Beijing. House of Oracles showcases the most representative works by Huang Yong Ping from 1985 to the present. Navigating the divide between East and West, tradition and the avant-garde, the exhibition’s presentation at UCCA—the only Asian stop on its tour—marks the first ever large-scale exhibition in China of this major figure in Chinese contemporary art, providing UCCA’s local audience with an opportunity to see a large selection of Huang’s most important sculptures and installations.
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About the artist
About the curators
The show at UCCA
The Making of House of Oracles
Venture behind the scenes of House of Oracles: A Huang Yong Ping Retrospective with UCCA Curator David Spalding and witness the fascinating installation process that went into this exhibition. In this short documentary (8mn), Spalding unveils the social, political and historical meanings behind Huang Yong Ping works such as Bank of Sand, Sand of Bank, Bat Project No. 4, Theater of the World and Theater of the World Bridge, interspersed between images capturing the creation of those works. The video will show in the UCCA Auditorium.
