Chinese Arts Centre
Market Buildings
Thomas Street
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M4 1EU
England
Website
Telephone
0161 832 7271
Fax
0161 832 7513
Chinese Arts Centre is the international development agency for contemporary Chinese artists. In Nov 2003 we opened a new purpose built gallery, designed by Manchester's award-winning OMI architects. The building houses to two state of the art spaces, a large gallery and a more flexible project space, ideal environments in which to celebrate and profile new work.
Visitors can sit back and sample a unique selection of teas in a sumptuously decorated teahouse, featuring Chinese tea urns sourced from China, a first in Manchester, and to buy gifts in the gallery shop, many of which are handcrafted in China and exclusive to Chinese Arts Centre.
Venue Type:
Gallery
Market Buildings
Thomas Street
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M4 1EU
England
Website
Telephone
0161 832 7271
Fax
0161 832 7513
The main gallery is 150 metres sq and houses Chinese Arts Centre's curated exhibitions and takes in tours from the national and international scene.
The new building offers several ‘physical' facilities for artists' use. The project space of 50 sq. metres will be a studio for resident artists who are taking part in Chinese Art Centre's Breathe residency programme and a space for open studios. We also offer surgeries, advice and consultation services for artists as well as providing administrative support and IT facilities in a purpose built study/resources space.
To compliment our hugely successful artist-lead school workshops and outreach programme, the education suite has the very latest IT facilities available to enhance learning. This will mean that Chinese Arts Centre will continue to be at the forefront of disseminating information about Chinese creativity, from the traditional through to the contemporary. The education suite is also available for conference hire.
Collection details
Architecture, Decorative and Applied Art, Design, Film and Media, Fine Art, Performing Arts, Photography
Key artists and exhibits
- Xu Bing; Liu Xiao Xian; Dinu Li; Ming Wong; Gordon Cheung; He An; Anthony Lam; Guo Wei; He Duoling; Shaoyinong and Muchen; Community Museum Project; William Yang; Ellinda Siu; Chun-Chao Chiu; Suki Chan
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Market Buildings
Thomas Street
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M4 1EU
England
Website
Telephone
0161 832 7271
Fax
0161 832 7513
First Step: Jeremy Hutchison
Err
In January 2011, Jeremy Hutchison sent an email to factories all over the world. He wanted to know what happens when you lodge an error in the 'smooth wheels of globalisation'. Err is a project developed as part of Jeremy's MA Degree show at Slade, London.
The works represent a collection of objects, made by individual factory workers with a specific design fault of their own choice. From the 17 collected objects, 6 were made in China. The First Step Space will showcase these individually crafted objects along with their creators' details, raising issues of miscommunication, function and dysfunction, and mass-production verses the unique.
Suitable for
- Any age
Website
http://www.chinese-arts-centre.org/residencies/first-step/jeremy-hutchison/
Market Buildings
Thomas Street
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M4 1EU
England
Website
Telephone
0161 832 7271
Fax
0161 832 7513
Solo Exhibition by Chen Man
Chen Man is one of the most well known female Chinese photographers of the 21st century and is a leading fashion photographer in China.
Chen Man's images play with the juxtaposition of old and new, real and imaginary, ordinary and ideal. She frequently uses modern city landscapes and historical buildings in China as the backdrop for her images and mixes it with street culture, animation, sci-fi and pop references.
Chen Man's rise coincides with emergence of a consumer culture in China and the desire for luxury consumer goods. The power and poignancy of her work lies in her ability to understand people's desires and to visualise them through her striking images. A role model for the post-80s generation, her images capture the personalities and attitudes of a new generation of Chinese.
This will be Chen Man's first UK solo exhibition.
Suitable for
- Any age
Website
Breathe Residency: Jen Wu
Jen Wu's practice is concerned with social and material narratives of transformation. It manifests itself through a multidisciplinary field combining sculpture, events, film and curation. Previous projects have included transforming London's ICA into an all-night exhibition as nightclub. During her residency Jen will be taking in Manchester and its various histories from 18th century local politics to the city's infamous 90's music scene.
For more information and to get involved, contact us via our mailing form - http://www.chinese-arts-centre.org/contact/. Expect events, collaborations and Manchester stories to evolve both in and out of the residency space.
Suitable for
- Any age
Website
http://www.chinese-arts-centre.org/residencies/breathe/jen-wu/
A Live Performance by Seaming To
Songs for My Grandmother is an ambitious new work by vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer Seaming To
It brings together the skills and experience of three generations of Chinese women. This new work will involve Seaming on vocal and electronics, and her mother Enloc Wu on piano. It is a homage to and celebration of one woman's life seen through the eyes of her grand-daughter in collaboration with a poet, Judy Kendall. Seaming will interview her grandmother about her upbringing and experience in order to set her grandmother's words and memories to lyrics.
Another performance will also be held at The Vortex Club in London on 26 February 2012.
This project has been supported by the PRS for Music.
http://www.chinese-arts-centre.org/events/live-performance-by-seaming-to/
Suitable for
- Any age
When
12-6pm
Where
Chinese Arts Centre
Market Buildings
Thomas Street
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M4 1EU
England
Website
Telephone
0161 832 7271
Fax
0161 832 7513
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