Lu Yang's art piece ‘DOKU-The Self’ is featured in the exhibition "目 China. A new generation of artists" at Centre Pompidou. Lu Yang’s elaborately outfitted and eerily lifelike avatars in his work series ‘DOKU’ are born out of the artist’s distinct and ongoing scientific and philosophical inquiries — an interdisciplinary blend of Buddhism, neuroscience, psychology and modern technology.
Opening on October 9, this collective exhibition at Centre Pompidou shines a spotlight on the upcoming contemporary Chinese art scene with works by 21 artists, drawing a subjective portrait for the first time in France.
Under the theme of the character 目 (mù), meaning "eye", with reference both to vision and the eye's capacity to organise reality, the rich selection of works picked out by the Sino-French curators covers a broad spectrum of practices - video, painting, sculpture, installations, photography and new media - with emphasis on creations in recent years.
