Public hosted by 4a centre for contemporary asian art. One hundred names at 4a centre for contemporary asian art, sydney. It lists all of the known chinese surnames in use at the time, which amounted to 438. The hundred family surnames is a classic chinese text composed of common chinese surnames. The meaning, origin and history of the given name chen. Almost everyone will be able to identify with these names. The exhibition one hundred names at sydneys 4a centre for contemporary asian art features a selection of chen qiulins work over the past ten years, as well as a newly commissioned piece. If no objections, i will do the move in a couple of days. View the profiles of professionals named qiulin chen on linkedin.
One hundred names offers a rare survey of over a decade of work by chinese contemporary artist, chen qiulin. The book hundred family surnames is an important part of chinese culture. Chen qiulin, email correspondence with the author, april 24, 2009. Chen is name thats been used by parents who are considering unisex or nongendered baby namesbaby names that can be used for any gender.
Chen was conquered by chu in 479 bc, and the people of chen adopted the name of their former state as their surname. We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the commonwealth government through the visual. Ms gu qing wrote this book and hope more chinese and nonchinese people to acquaint the benefits of learning and practicing chen style tai chi. First of all, these are names, names of people, families found all over china. Courtesy the artist and a thousand plateaus art space, chengdu. For chen, tofu is not only one of chinas oldest and most commonly used ingredients but also an apt artistic medium that symbolises the material transformation through intensive labour. Of the thousands of surnames which have been identified from historical texts prior to the han dynasty, most have either been lost see extinction of family names15 or simplified. The book of chen or chen shu chen shu was the official history of the chen dynasty, one of the southern dynasties of china. The hundred family surnames is a classic chinese text written in the tenth century. The exhibition is a career survey spanning 10 years that will include several of chens largescale immersive works, including one hundred surnames in tofu a large tofu block 40cm x 40cm x.
In ancient china, surnames represented clans and ancestral lineage, a highly significant aspect of identity and filial obligation. Aug 26, 2019 it may be tough at first recognizing these names. See more ideas about typography, graphic design and graphic design typography. In a serene image without people, chen qiulin has incorporated family, friends, neighbours and all the ordinary people who are being catapulted towards an undefined, brand new future. For this reason, each style of 56 forms is illustrated by photos with movement direction as well as both english and chinese text to explain in this book. Im proposing to move it to one hundred family names. The latter was a large scale installation of the most common chinese surnames spelled out in tofu letters along a newly built road running through sichuan countryside. One hundred names is the first australian solo exhibition by chinese artist chen qiulin. One hundred names, the title of the exhibition, continues the artists 10 years of ongoing interest in tofu as. Meaning, origin and history of the name chen behind the name. It is the most common surname in xiamen, the ancestral hometown of many overseas.
Jan 28, 2016 like many contemporary chinese artists, chen qiulin is committed to revealing some of the uncomfortable truths behind the shiny facade. It consists of 4 letters and 1 syllable and is pronounced chen. On chen chiehjens the bianwen book i volume 16, number 3, mayjune 2017 by liang shanghuei he chongyue. This film shows the beginning of the disappearing process of her hometown, wanxian, a small town on the shore of the yangtze river that was demolished and partially covered by the rising waters of the three georges dam. The text is arranged in a poetic manner lines of eight characters to facilitate memorization by school children. The performance is an extension of chens ongoing 12year project, titled one hundred surnames in tofu, where as the name would suggest the hundred mostcommon chinese family names are carved in tofu. Learn about the artist and find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks, the latest news, and sold auction prices.
In 2005 he received a grant from the fund for poetry. Her practice draws upon her experience growing up in wanzhou city in western china and the confluence of. Imagine that, only 5 babies in new york have the same name as. Chinese hundred family surnames, bai jia xing simplified. Arnotts has released the recipe for the second best assorted creams bikkie. Thus many old books use the term hundred surnames to mean the whole population. In 2009, it was listed as the earliest book about chinese surnames by china world records association.
Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the. Chinese contemporary art galleries in beijing, london, new york. The original list consists of 411 surnames, but was expanded to 504 surnames. We didnt ask for much, and sometimes we didnt even ask.
Chen qiulin, one hundred surnames in tofu still 2004 singlechannel courtesy the artist and a thousand plateaus art space, chengdu. This element of the work is packed with significance. Chen is also the most common family name in guangdong, zhejiang, fujian, and hong kong. Of these, 444 are singlecharacter surnames, and 60 are doublecharacter surnames. On chen chiehjens the bianwen book i volume 16, number 3, mayjune 2017. The word hundred in the title is used to mean many or all. Art radar chats with chen qiulin about this new exhibition and. In chen qiulins garden a group of migrant workers deliver huge bouquets of fake peonies to new dwellings and high rises along the banks of the three gorges dam district. It ranks among the official twentyfour histories of imperial china, and was compiled by the tang dynasty historian yao silian, completed in 636. It will be on view at the shepparton art museum, victoria, from june 4 to july 31, 2016. The centrepiece and namesake of the show is the impressive one hundred names, consisting of the most common chinese family names, carefully carved out of tofu. Stuart krimko is the author of not that light 2005 and the sweetness of herbert forthcoming, both published by sand paper press, key west. Jun 14, 2014 the hundred family surnames is a classic chinese text written in the tenth century. Chen qiulins work about chen is an extension of the artists iconic performance and installation piece tofu 100 chinese surnames, 2004.
Commissioned especially for 4a is one hundred names for kwong wah chong 2015, the latest iteration of chen qiulin s ongoing one hundred surnames in tofu2004 project that presents the one hundred most common chinese family names carved from tofu, slowly decaying over a period of weeks or months. Like many contemporary chinese artists, chen qiulin is committed to revealing some of the uncomfortable truths behind the shiny facade. Chen chen was born in xiamen, china, and grew up in massachusetts. In contemporary parlance, the chinese phrase lao bai xing literally, the old hundred names translates. One hundred names at 4a centre for contemporary asian art, sydney whats in a name. One hundred names is on view at 4a centre for contemporary asian art, sydney, through february 27, 2016.
She is deeply concerned with chinas current rapid and often destructive urbanisation and uses both postindustrial and untouched landscapes in order to stage her films, photographs, installations, performance pieces and most recently sculpture. Chen qiulin, one hundred names for kwong wah chong 2016, 25channel video installation and mural, installation view, 4a centre for contemporary asian art. Art radar talks to acclaimed chinese contemporary artist chen qiulin about her upcoming, first solo exhibition in australia the exhibition one hundred names at sydneys 4a centre for contemporary asian art features a selection of chen qiulins work over the past ten years, as well as a newly commissioned piece. Through photography, video installation, performance and other mediums, chen focuses on the central issues of migration, displacement, ancestry, urban development and its disruption of traditional chinese culture and way of life. For the past several years chen qiulin has been exploring and documenting the rapid and tumultuous urbanization of sichuan, her home province in southwestern china. Social security administration data, the first name chen is not a popular baby boys name in new york. The peony is known as the flower of riches and honour in china, and is used symbolically in chinese art to signify the fragility of life and its potential for renewal. Without going to new york or paris, life could be internationalized. Poetry prize, he has been awarded fellowships from kundiman, the saltonstall foundation, and lambda literary. The hundred surnames is a document written during in the tenth century. Regarding book from the ground volume 6, number 2, june 2007 by xu bing regarding language and its limitations. Lan zha yi left and right left arm left foot left hand moves left knee left leg line verse dedicated lower body mencius mindheart ones opponent opponents palm performance position posture punch qian reverse right. Records of one hundred paperback chen zheng hong on. One hundred names author 4a team posted on january 12, 2016 november 2, 2016 categories 2016 events, 2016 news, archive, events, news archives, past events tags books, chen qiulin.
One hundred names volume 15, number 3, mayjune 2016. Browse articles by medium new media nice painting et al. The tofu characters are the one hundred most common chinese family surnames. Daily serving 4a centre for contemporary asian art. The highest recorded use of the first name chen was in 1983 with a total of 9 babies. The original title is the chinese symbol for ellipses. It is the most common surname in taiwan 2010 and singapore 2000. Artists chen qiulin chen qiulin cv chen qiulin 1975 born in hubei 2000 graduated from sichuan academy of fine arts, painting department, chongqing currently living and working in chengdu, china solo exhibitions 2006 migration, long march space, beijing 2005 big factory, shanghai 2004 february the 14ths dofu, chengdu net, chengdu, china. Join facebook to connect with qiulin chen and others you may know.
In renaissance europe, the wunderkammer was an encyclopedic collection of objects whose. One hundred names at 4a centre for contemporary asian art. One hundred names offers a rare survey of over a decade of work by one of chinas most acclaimed contemporary artists, chen qiulin. This edible artwork is designed to gradually decay over time, symbolising the material transformation that inevitably follows intensive labour. One hundred names is a collaborative exhibition with gallery 4a. If they had blisters like yours, they would still have to be there till the last stem was harvested. Although chen works in multiple mediums, she recently began using video to engage her interests, mastering it without formal training. Chen qiulin launches her careersurvey exhibition the chinese contemporary artist brings a 12year project to shepparton. This series was show at 4a centre for contemporary asian art and shepparton art museum as part of chen qiulin. Junge chinesische kunst, heidelberger kunstverein 2008 gwangju biennale, gwangju, korea 2008 two chinas.
A selection of books and other materials documenting the development of sydneys historic haymarket district to coincide with the exhibition chen qiulin. About 800 names have been derived from the original ones. If they do not find their own name among these one. Chen qiulin archives 4a centre for contemporary asian art. During the northern and southern dynasties period 420589, chen baxian established the chen dynasty 557589, the fourth and the last of the southern dynasties, which was eventually destroyed by the sui dynasty. How many different family names are there in chinese. In chen qiulin s garden a group of migrant workers deliver huge bouquets of fake peonies to new dwellings and high rises along the banks of the three gorges dam district. In 2015, he was a finalist for the ruth lilly and dorothy sargent rosenberg poetry fellowships. Using a combination of photography, video installation, performance and other media, chen investigates the contradictions that arise when a country tries both to maintain tradition, and to develop rapidly. When chen first wrote the title in english, she dropped the p from ellipsis, so the work has come to be known as ellisis outside china. It originally contained 411 surnames, and was later expanded to 504.
Chen qiulin, the hundred surnames in tofu chen still, 2004 2014, video. The project is based on themes of migration and how displacement and urban development disrupt traditional ancestry, culture and way of life. One hundred names volume 15, number 3, mayjune 2016 by lisa catt. Using a combination of photography, video, installation and performance, chinese artist chen qiulin investigates the contradictions that arise when a country tries both to maintain tradition, and to. Chinese contemporary art galleries in beijing, london. Jul 24, 2016 one hundred names offers a rare survey of over a decade of work by one of chinas most acclaimed contemporary artists, chen qiulin. Her work examines how migration, displacement, and urban development disrupt. One hundred names, 4a centre for contemporary asian art. See more ideas about contemporary artists, contemporary and chinese contemporary art.
You can choose your future, your sisters and brother cant. Chen chen author of when i grow up i want to be a list of. Art radar chats with chen qiulin about this new exhibition and the themes that drive her work. After exhibiting in sydney earlier this year, chinese artist chen qiulin brings her first australian solo show to the shepparton art museum. Chen belongs to a generation of chinese artists whose work articulates the social repercussions of chinas ongoing process of political and economic reform. Jan 27, 2016 one hundred names offers a rare survey of over a decade of work by chinese contemporary artist, chen qiulin. One hundred names for kwong wah chong continues chen qiulin s use of tofu as an artistic medium. It ranks among the official twentyfour histories of imperial china, and was compiled by the tang dynasty historian yao silian, completed in 636 similar to book of liang, it heavily relied on yao silians father yao chas original manuscript. Two heads are better than one volume 8, number 2, marchapril 2009. For this reason, each style of 56 forms is illustrated by photos with movement direction as well as. She examined the history of early chinese migration to the haymarketchinatown precinct of sydney, where the gallery is situated in a historic building.
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