Multiple Impressions: Contemporary Chinese Woodblock Prints September 30, 2011

This exhibition presents works by forty-one leading printmakers from contemporary China to showcase the extraordinary innovations, in both technique and conception, which have transformed this long-established art form in recent years. The exhibition features 114 works by such artists as Xu Bing, Kang Ning, Song Yuanwen, Chen Qi, He Kun, and Fang Limin, as well as many other accomplished printmakers. This exhibition-the largest examination of contemporary Chinese prints in the US since 2000-provides an important framework for understanding both contemporary art from China and contemporary Chinese society.