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Yang Fudong's "Estranged Paradise"by Peter Koch |
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Chinese installation and video artist Yang Fudong worked on his film Estranged Paradise for seven years. The end result is an intense psychological drama that follows the life of a man named Zhuzi over the course of a mid-summer rainy season in the beautiful city of Hangzhou. Estranged is an introspective film that focuses on one of the underlying ironies of life: the things that make us happy and comfortable—love, peace, simplicity—can be the source of restless dissatisfaction. Known primarily for photographic irony and his short art films, the 34-year-old Yang is a rising star of Shanghai’s contemporary arts scene. Estranged Paradise is the first in a series of three films that will be shown in conjunction with the exhibition “The Wall: Reshaping Contemporary Chinese Art.” The other two films, In Expectation and Xiao Wu, will be shown on Nov. 18 and Nov. 25 during Gusto at the Gallery Fridays.
Friday, November 11 at 8:30pm. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1285 Elmwood Ave. (882-8700). Free
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