Transformation: A View on Chinese Contemporary Art

Screening Program: Hometown boy

Friday, 19 October, 13.00 hours

Hometown Boy, featured in the show Transformation: A View on Chinese Contemporary Art, is about the artist Liu Xiaodong’s visit to the region where spent his childhood. While Xiaodong repaints his past, the journey of his visit is recorded by award-winning director Hoi Hiao Hseh. This documentary-like work is presented to museum visitors free of charge in the İstanbul Modern cinema hall.

The event is free of charge.

The film is Chinese with Turkish subtitles.

Left:

Liu Xiaodong, 1963

Hometown Boy

Movie

Right:

Wang Dongling, 1945

The Character of Dao, 2005

Ink on paper

132x252cm