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Contemporary Chinese Artists Lu Chunsheng and Jia Aili at Iniva

Lu Chunsheng - "The first man who bought a juicer bought it not for drinking juice", film still 2008 - © the artist

LONDON.- Iniva presents new work by two
contemporary Chinese artists at Rivington Place, with the European
premiere of a
film by Lu Chunsheng who showed in the Serpentine Gallery’s exhibition
of
contemporary Chinese art at Battersea Power Station.
This is
also the
first solo exhibition in Europe, “Make Believe…”, by emerging artist
Jia Aili.
Both artists reflect on industrial progress, social corrosion and the
individual’s struggle in the machine age. On view 31 March
through 15
May at Institute of International Visual Arts,
Iniva.