Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China, 2012

书中自有黄金屋 INSIDE A BOOK A HOUSE OF GOLD: Artists' Editions for Parkett
February 26 - April 8, 2012

“As the title of this exhibition, we have chosen a line from the most artistic of Chinese emperors, Song Zhenzong (968-1022 CE). The connection of this maxim to the display at hand should be obvious: the “house” is three exhibition areas of the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, thematically transformed along the spatial conceit of a residence; the “book” is the great art magazine Parkett, founded in Zurich in 1984, and an engine of artistic thought and practice ever since; and the “gold” consists of 212 works by 192 artists, created in collaboration with the makers of Parkett throughout the long course of its existence.”

Philip Tinari, Director UCCA, Beijing

“… the diversity of works on view offer a sense of what artists can do with the challenge of how to distill their practices into a single, compact object or image … in doing so the show goes beyond traditional notions of space, scale and scope, in ways both subversive and poetic.”

Philip Tinari, Director, UCCA, Beijing

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Press
Review in “China Daily”, Beijing (PDF)
Review in Time Out Beijing (PDF)

“…Parkett has included almost all the most important artists and critics in a quarter of the century… we hope that it will enlighten many more Chinese readers… How much we envy a medium that needs no attitude! “

Gong Yan, Director, Power Station Museum, Shanghai

“This is a wonderland of sometimes fantastical treasures… the works are broad and cover a multitude of eras and ideas… The scope and quality of what is on display, not to mention the artists involved, make this show one of the strongest so far this year.”

Time Out, Beijing