This book is published to accompany the solo exhibition of video artist Yang Fudong presented at Yuz Museum, Shanghai, 27 August – 15 November 2015.
'The title of the exhibition, “Twin Tracks”, comes from the Chinese proverb Nanyuan Beizhe, literally meaning to “go south by driving the chariot north”. The title refers not only to the two different styles of works on display in the exhibition, but also Yang Fudong’s favored working method. Through the primary medium of video, Yang Fudong expands upon the formal qualities of the film language, as well as conveying the depth and breadth of his ideas. When creating a work, Yang Fudong does not start with a clear concept or image in mind, rather, as he describes, he pursues a “recognized sensibility, which happens to be precisely the same sensibility felt by the audience”. The final result is a “recognized film” independent of a unified style or subject matter.
“Twin Tracks: Yang Fudong Solo Exhibition” focuses on five important works by Yang Fudong presented since 2007: East of Que Village (2007), Blue· Kylin / A Journal of Shan Dong (2008), The Fifth Night (2010), About the Unknown Girl – Ma Sise (2013-2015) and the China premier of The Colored Sky:New Women II (2014). Through a focus on twin tracks of Yang Fudong’s work, the exhibition explores the complex ambiguous relationship between reality and unreality to re-examine different lifestyles of modern society and its meaning. The threads of images and themes within the works cross stretches, some seeming to emerge from the echo of the past, while others are obscured and disappear in a distant haze. Their significance lies not in the relationship between each other, but in the impression the artist has left.' - from the museum's website
Onsite
Chinese - Simplified, 
English
video art,  solo exhibition
9787545811438
1
artist monograph, 
catalogue
Dimensions of Time: Reading Yang Fudong
Twin Tracks and Other Matters–A Written Discussion between Wu Hung and Yang Fudong
About East of Que Village: A Conversation between Yang Fudong and Wu Hung
About the Exhibition "Dawn Mist, Separation Faith"
- LI Zhenhua, 李振華, LIAO Wenfeng, 廖文峰, YANG Fudong, 楊福東
Do Human Beings Have Spiritual Life?
- LI Zhenhua, 李振華, YANG Fudong, 楊福東
Yang Fudong About the Unknown Girl-Ma Sise
- YANG Fudong, 楊福東
Interview with Yang Fudong
- Zara STANHOPE, YANG Fudong, 楊福東
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