Chinese Arts Centre celebrates 21st anniversary until 21st December

A new exhibition, Boutique, will run from October 5th to December 21st to celebrate Chinese Art Centre's 21st Anniversary.

Do you browse and not buy? Does your imagination far exceed your bank balance?  When you are planning to purchase an item do you research for recreation?  To mark the 21st anniversary Chinese Arts Centre invites you to enjoy an entirely visceral gallery experience. If you’re a serial ‘window shopper’ then you’ll love Chinese Arts Centre’s new exhibition, Boutique.

Chinese Arts Centre, the most successful international development agency for contemporary Chinese Artists celebrates 21 years from, 5 October to 24 December. Chinese Arts Centre was first set up in 1986 by a group of Chinese artisis who were frustrated that their work was never displayed in mainstream venues. Since then, and especially after the great advances that came following the Hong Kong handover in 1997, Chinese Arts Centre has come to be a venue that not only exbits the work of Chinese artists but also nurtures them in their development.

With the announcement of their specially commissioned anniversary exhibition Boutique, this winter promises to be a spectacular affair for Chinese Arts Centre.

UK Artists Anthony Key, Lisa Cheung, Pamela So and Nina Chua have been invited to consider the commodity element in their artwork and respond to the aesthetic qualities of their material and craftsmanship.   All four artists work in very different mediums, sculpture, textiles, paper cutting and design bringing together an exhibition full of energy and vitality that for the first time will spill out of the gallery and into Chinese Arts Centre’s shop offering visitors the opportunity to purchase as well as admire.

Anthony Key is cited as one of the most interesting sculptors working in the UK today, well-known for exploring the notion of ‘Chinese’ identities in his work. Lisa Cheung is inspired by the commodity and culture of various regions and the vibrant, garish street life of Hong Kong. Pamela So is a visual artist whose plant and flower installations serve as a metaphor for the artist’s position as a transplanted person in Britain; roots and growth and acceptance in Scotland, 3 generations away from a remote village in Hubei province, China.

The three established artists are joined by Nina Chua, Boutique’s emerging artist. Chau graduated in BA hons Embroidery from Manchester Metropolitan University and has remained in Manchester.  Coming from a textile background, Chua’s drawings are full of her signature marks, which are made by stitching, dyeing and printing. Chau’s works are playfully named and evoke a sense of humour that can be found in both Carry On films and Chinese culture.