{"title":"Chen Zhen, Transcultural Dialogues under Construction","authors":"Laia Manonelles Moner","doi":"10.1080/09528822.2022.2027668","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Chen Zhen (1955 Shanghai−2000 Paris) emigrated to France in 1986. His work engages with the notion of ‘cultural homelessness’ and transcends the boundaries between the physical and the psychic. This idea of being in movement between different cultures links directly with the term ‘Transexperience’, coined by Chen Zhen, which refers to a new way of considering the emotions and experiences that emerge from the experience of the immigrant as he/she makes new cultural connections. He uses art as a form of cultural resistance, that is, an instrument to generate debate and critical thinking. This article explores the exhibition discourse of his first show in Spain Chen Zhen: In-Between (2014−2015), and its impact on the media. It examines the artist reception and draws on the notion of transculturalism to analyse recurrent post-Orientalist clichés.","PeriodicalId":45739,"journal":{"name":"Third Text","volume":"36 1","pages":"1 - 17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3000,"publicationDate":"2022-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Third Text","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09528822.2022.2027668","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"艺术学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"ART","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract Chen Zhen (1955 Shanghai−2000 Paris) emigrated to France in 1986. His work engages with the notion of ‘cultural homelessness’ and transcends the boundaries between the physical and the psychic. This idea of being in movement between different cultures links directly with the term ‘Transexperience’, coined by Chen Zhen, which refers to a new way of considering the emotions and experiences that emerge from the experience of the immigrant as he/she makes new cultural connections. He uses art as a form of cultural resistance, that is, an instrument to generate debate and critical thinking. This article explores the exhibition discourse of his first show in Spain Chen Zhen: In-Between (2014−2015), and its impact on the media. It examines the artist reception and draws on the notion of transculturalism to analyse recurrent post-Orientalist clichés.
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Third Text is an international scholarly journal dedicated to providing critical perspectives on art and visual culture. The journal examines the theoretical and historical ground by which the West legitimises its position as the ultimate arbiter of what is significant within this field. Established in 1987, the journal provides a forum for the discussion and (re)appraisal of theory and practice of art, art history and criticism, and the work of artists hitherto marginalised through racial, gender, religious and cultural differences. Dealing with diversity of art practices - visual arts, sculpture, installation, performance, photography, video and film.