Cathy and Garry’s opening at Pickled Art Centre, Bei Gao
Both Cathy and Garry have produced very interesting shows based on their experiences during the residency here in Beijing. They have made the work in an impressively short time. Both their practices respond primarily to the socio-political experiences of ordinary people at the hands of those in power.
Garry’s work looks at the banners that were used as a form of military organization by the Manchu leader Nurhachi from the beginning of the Qing Dynasty [1600s].
Cathy’s work responds to the street culture that she has observed around Tuanjiehu, where we live, and 798, the arts precinct. She has used t-shirts [worn by ordinary people out and about that incorporate the English language] as the basis of her enquiry. The work reveals how [predominantly] younger people are responding to the rapid and extensive changes that they [and China as a whole] are experiencing as capitalism gains a stronger grip on the country each day.
See Cathy’s blog here on this site – Cathy Busby, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing
