Catalogue published in conjunction with Wang Jianwei's solo exhibition 'Dilemma: Three Way Fork in the Road' at Chambers Fine Art, New York. In his new work, Wang Jianwei intensifies the visual and temporal dissonance that has characterized his recent videos and mixed-media theatrical experiments. With references to the Peking Opera, two armed figures circle each other warily as, oblivious to their presence, actors in period uniforms and contemporary dress enter the theatrical arena. In increasing numbers they consume a variety of foods until they collapse in a heap. As Wang Jianwei has remarked: “I aim to deal with the representation of the visible and the invisible in the image and at the same time, two kinds of time, past and present. A full understanding of the complicated social and cultural issues facing Chinese society in the past 100 years, culminating perhaps today in the mad rush to modernize, cannot be achieved by limiting one’s focus to the past or the present. Antiquarianism does not provide the answers any more than does immersion in today’s technical achievements.” Artist biography included.