New art museum in Hangzhou opens 'time capsule'

Time Capsule, the exhibition that inaugurated the Cang Art Museum in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, is on show with 40 works to navigate the evolution of contemporary art in China since the 1980s.

The exhibition features artists, including Xu Bing, Ding Yi and Yang Fu Dong, whose paintings, sculptures, photographic works, installations, videos and performance works are on display, reviewing the styles and methods the artists have explored.

The exhibition goes through how artists have tried to express in a historical context globalization, cultural diversity and the emergence of new media driven by technology. It opens up a dialog on how art can serve society and the public in the post-pandemic era.