“At first, I wondered if old news would be boring, but in the hands of artists, the work gained a new life and a new meaning,” she said.
When Chinese leaders declared their love for the American people, the exhibition included snapshots of different eras.
Chow uses a series of palm-sized drawings to depict a 2002 American journalist recently asked about what China has done recently for panda protection. “Sorry, I’m an electric power engineer,” Jiang joked in English, then broke into Confucius’ famous quotes, explaining the wisdom of acknowledging knowledge he didn’t know, and then pointing out the expertise of Chinese trade protectionists.
In another, Zhou won the midnight scene of the celebrations of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing at Tiananmen Square in July 2001. (At the time, Zhang was accidentally separated from the photographer and had to ask the bystander to help her shoot her while holding the microphone. When she was able to send the image back to Hong Kong, it was 4:30 AM, that was 4:30 AM, the time delay of Chow, the time delay of Chow, and Chow made sure to include timestamps on the painting.).
The biggest part of the show is a 2.4 x 3.7-meter scene (7.9 feet by 12 feet), depicting the feast and ceremony that the British government handed over Hong Kong to China in 1997. In many spotlights, the Chinese flag and the Union Jack were hung on the center stage on the middle stage, and officials were hung among the officials by officials, the official of the official, the official of the official, the official of the official, the official of the official, the official of the official and the official.
