Half-life of a Dream

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is pleased to present Half-Life of a Dream: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Logan Collection, on view from July 10 through October 5, 2008. Organized by Jeff Kelley, guest curator for SFMOMA, this thematic selection of approximately 50 paintings, sculptures, and installations spanning 1987 to 2007 brings into focus an underlying subject common among Chinese artists of the post-Mao era: their exploration of personal dream-states in relation to the collective state dream.

Just got back from seeing the Half-life of a dream:  Contemporary Chinese Art exhibit. The show was awesome. It was so cool finally being able to see all these artists works up close. I studied a lot of artists featured this past semester, so being able to go to this show and seeing this collection of work was just amazing. Two of my favorite artists are Gu Wen Da and Yue Min Jin. These two pieces weren't in the show, but really highlight what these artists are best known for. Gu Wen Da uses real human hair, and stitches it together on these big plastic sheets. The words resemble real ancient words, but are really just made up words and characters. And Yue Min Jin likes to paint these guys with big plastered on smiles which I love. Check out the show if you are in the area!