Today, eflux sent out a press release from the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art to announce Jérôme Sans as the new Director as of March 2008. The announcement comes now, while the appointment started 2 1/2 months ago.
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Sans is no stranger to the Chinese world as he was co-curator of the Taipei Biennial 2000, bringing relational aesthetics-tinged art to Taipei, and he has worked extensively with Huang Yong-ping, Wang Du and the late artist Chen Zhen.
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According to the May/Jun issue of Art Asiapacific, the appointment is somewhat controversial in that Fei Dawei had been "originally introduced as the center's long-term artistic director" and now the center's senior staff doesn't have any native Chinese. Western hegemony?
Monday, May 12, 2008
Jérôme Sans, new director of Ullens Center for Contemporary Art
Posted by Susan at 11:11 PM
Labels: Art Asiapacific, Chen Zhen, Chinese, eflux, Fei Dawei, Huang Yong-ping, Jérôme Sans, Taipei Biennial, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Wang Du
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