Chinese Contemporary Art

This unique collection includes work by artists from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the wider diaspora/artists of Chinese heritage. It has been developed mainly since 2013, when the University signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art (CFCCA) in Manchester. Through working initially with CFCCA, and increasingly commissioning new work with wider partners such as Open Eye Gallery, LOOK International Photography Festival, and Photofair Shanghai, as well as independent curators such as Ying Kwok, the collection has grown to include work by 29 emerging and established artists (as of August 2020, with several further commissions underway).

Recognising global shifts in power from West to East, and wanting to ensure that the Collection is international in focus, this strand also connects to the work of the School of Arts and Media across China (at Luxun Academy of Fine Arts in Dailan, China Academy of Arts in Shanghai, and Chengdu University).

Artworks vary from painting, photography, sculpture, video and installation. What links these works is the artists’ connection with Northwest England and how, in different ways, they each reflect the changing world that we live in.

Artists in the collection include:
AAAJIAO, Li Binyuan, Suki Chan, Chou-Yu Cheng, Gordon Cheung, Luke Ching, Cao Fei, Han Feng, Chen Hangfeng, Kong Chun Hei, Owen Leong, susan pui san lok, Wang Ningde, Ma Qiusha, Tian Taiquan, Wu Chi-Tsung, Annie Lai Kuen Wan, Yan Xing, Lu Xinjian, Sun Xun, Lu Yang, Yang Yongliang, Chen Ching-Yuan, Liang Yue, He Xiangyu, Shen Xin

some squares crossed together.
Gordon Cheung, Home, 2019
Owen Leong, Hole, 2006
An abstract bring of squares of various shades of yellow
He Xiangyu, Untitled (yellow abstract), 2018
This is a black and white photo depicting a lake.
Liang Yue, untitled and C0011 and C0018, 2018
A paper boat and a real boat in front of a blue projection.
Chen Ching-Yuan, the (flare-s), 2013
In black and white picture there are many people pouring into the city with mountains in the background.
Yang Yongliang, Mountains of Crowds, 2016
The picture depicts a girl wearing a robot costume of many colors.
Lu Yang, The Great Adventure of Material World #1, 2019
Red and yellow marks on a black background create an asbtracted depiction of the map where Salford and Manchester meet.
Lu Xinjian, City DNA/Salford and Manchester, 2015
This is a photo of a letter with a few lines written.
Yan Xing, Letter to Mr Robert Peckham, 2012
There are many books made of ceramics on the table in the picture.
Annie Lai-kuen Wan, Lost in Biliterate and Trilingual, 2014
The picture depicts a traditional Chinese landscape in navy blue.
Wu Chi-Tsung, Wrinkled Texture 027, 2015
A woman in a green soldier's uniform lies with her breasts exposed in a pile of red medallions.
Tian Taiquan, Totem Recollection 3, 2007
There are three black rectangles side by side on the screen.
Ma Qiusha, Triptych from The Fog Series, 2014
This is a photograph of a man with his eyes closed and a cigarette in his mouth.
Wang Ningde, Some Days No.03, 2002
The picture shows a man jumping in nature.
susan pui san lok, RoCH Fans and Legends, 2015
There are two hands in the picture, the one on the left makes a fist but shows the pinky finger, and the one on the right makes a fist and shows the thumb.
Kong Chun Hei, Hand Practice, 2017
There are three orange paper-cut works on the picture, each with the Chinese characters Fu Lu Shou.
Chen Hangfeng, Fu Lu Shou, 2013
a large white leather handmade shoe with black laces sits on a grey background. Made for a bird rather than a human, it splits into three large toes.
Han Feng, Shoe for Bird, 2012
This is an abstract work made of interlaced lines of different colors.
Chou Yu-Cheng, from Geoff Molyneux Series, 2014
This is a black and white photo of a tall building facing the water outside the window.
Luke Ching, Titanic Hotel Photographs, 2017
This is a black and white photo depicting some machinery on the dock outside the window.
Luke Ching, Titanic Hotel Photographs, 2017
This image depicts several police officers standing in a small town.
Cao Fei, La Town, 2014
A still from a hand drawn animation - white writing on black background - showing small animal and human figures
Sun Xun, A War About Chinese Words, 2005
a man wearing orange work gloves lies exhausted on a concrete plinth. He is surrounded by lots of hammers whose heads have been smashed to pieces. In his hand he hold a single unbroken hammer.
Li Binyuan, Deathless Love, 2015
a film still showing two people in a dilapidated restaurant, one person is sitting eating and another is standing up
Cao Fei, Haze and Fog, 2013
A monochrome computer generated image showing a simplistic figure in the centre of a plain, with the traces of bouncing tennis ball paths
aaajiao, Tennis for None, 2016
a still from a video, showing a close-up of a person lying on a bed. They are covering their left ear with their left hand
Shen Xin, Warm Spell, 2018
A close up of a human eye, with black eyelashes and a blue-green iris.
Suki Chan, Lucida, 2016