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Beijing's 798 art district, a cultural battleground which was already a abstruse aggressive branch complex, has gotten a facelift for the Olympic Games. Located in the Jiuxianqiao across in Chaoyang district, the art commune afresh got Chinese-English alley signs, able adopted accent guides, a day-tripper account centermost and an official website.
Gone are the canicule of no streetlights, no taxis, no parking lots and no accessible toilets. The commune has assuredly been upgraded by the government to bout its role as an art hub of some 400 galleries, architecture studios, exhibition spaces, shops and restaurants.
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| "Bird's Nest" by Wu Guanzhong |
With its blotchy red-brick walls, gigantic Bauhaus-style branch workshops and Mao-era slogans, the 798 art commune surpasses even the Forbidden City as the alotof accepted day-tripper destination with added than one and a bisected actor visitors endure year, according to the latest government report.
Abstract abreast sculptures angle beside big decayed machinery, and appearance shows are captivated in the ample above workshops. Every day dozens of exhibitions are launched and the commune brings in revenues of 300 actor yuan ($43 million) a year.
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| "Earth Fire" by Wu Guanzhong |
In the average of July, 2008, a alternation of Olympic-themed exhibitions, including ¡°Silk-screen Printing exhibition to acclaim the Olympics" and Chen Jinfang's "Art for Humanity World Tour 2005-2010", were staged at 798, absorption the spotlight on the already disregarded art factory.
