Half-Life of a Dream: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Collection of Kent and Vicki Logan

July 10 - October 5, 2008
Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Visit: Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco


This selection of contemporary Chinese art from the Logan Collection reveals a spectrum of individual responses to the utopian dreams that have been driving Chinese society since 1949. Approximately 50 paintings, sculptures, and installations spanning 1988 to 2008 convey a sense of the shadows, masks, and monsters that have haunted the China's collective psyche during its process of modernization. The exhibition offers insight into the post-Tiananmen Square art and cultural scene, and features a diverse range of artists, including Ai Weiwei, Fang Lijun, Li Songsong, Liu Xiaodong, Zhang Huan, and Zhang Xiaogang.