Always, Owned by What We Own

Wang Jianwei, born in 1958 in Sichuan, southwestern China, is a pioneer in contemporary Chinese art. Since the 1990s, he has been exploring the impact of interdisciplinary and comprehensive knowledge on contemporary art. Wang attempts to create new artistic languages using methods from various disciplines. He is particularly well known for drawing from his studies of philosophy, sociology, cultural studies, anthropology and science to highlight his interest in the contact between art and social reality.

• Chapter 1: COUNTERPART IS OMNIPRESENT•Asymmetry•Mang Zhong (Grain in Ear) •It and Them Chapter 2: ALWAYS, NOT COMPLETELY•A Case of Intensification•Saw Them Before I Did•Reality and ‘Reality’•Not Everything Used Leaves a Trace•Larger Than the Part ‘Useful’ to MeChapter 3: THE CAUSE AND THE EFFECT OF DENSENESS•OSB•'Draft'•Normal ChoiceChapter 4: SWALLOW AND DISCHARGE•All Are Ingredients•Those With Shells•What is Disturbing Me, Making Me RestlessChapter 5: DEEP IN TIME•Ancestor•Flat•Too Much or Too Little•Staggering AlongChapter 6: ONCE SEEN, THEN IT’S NOT JUST ME•Machine-guided•Tangle•MetaphorChapter 7: STICKY•Foreign Substance•Unnatural•Animals