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Chinese Contemporary Art – A View from the Front Lines
Chen Ke’s Red Sacred Mountain No. 6
Red Gate Gallery
If you want to understand Chinese contemporary art, a conversation with Brian Wallace is a must. Although a humble man, much of China’s contemporary art field is a result of Wallace’s early efforts. In 1991, barely a decade into Deng Xiaoping’s dismantling of the socialist economic state and only two years after the Tian’anmen crackdown, Wallace opened China’s first contemporary art gallery, Red Gate Gallery. Housed in the infamous Dongbianmen Watchtower in Beijing, for the past 21 years, Red Gate has been a mainstay in the Chinese contemporary art field, identifying and promoting some of China’s best-known artists.
China Law & Policy sat down with Wallace to discuss the beginnings of China’s contemporary art movement, the impact of the hot art market on Chinese art and the future of the field.
Click here to listen to the audio of the interview with Red Gate Gallery’s founder, Brian Wallace
Length: 17:35 minutes (audio will open in a separate browser)
Click here to open a PDF of the transcript of the Brian Wallace Interview
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