Poetry goes no further than language: A historical moment of art becoming art again

Name: Poetry goes no further than language: A historical moment of art becoming art again
Start: 2026-07-20T14:00:00.000Z
End: 2026-07-21T14:00:00.000Z
Location: Buxton Contemporary (868)

Host: The University of Melbourne

When: Tue, 21 July 2026, 12:00 am (AEST)

Where: Buxton Contemporary (868)

Poetry goes no further than language revisits a pivotal moment in 1980s China, when artists began to question the very foundations of art. Featuring works by the Beijing collective New Measurement Group and Shanghai-based artist Qian Weikang, the exhibition brings these rarely seen experiments to Au

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