Chang Yuchen, Coral Dictionary: An Interpretation Performance at Beijing Commune, 2024. Couresy the artist and Beijing Commune.
The Walker Art Center in the United States will open a compelling new exhibition on March 8, 2025. It presents the work of 11 artists from around the world who make research an integral part of their practices. Titled Ways of Knowing, the exhibition invites consideration of contemporary arts’ critical role in the creation of knowledge.
“Research has become a fundamental element in certain artistic practices, especially as our world becomes more complicated and our notions of reality less fixed. Ways of Knowing prompts us to consider what happens when artists step into territories of knowledge production traditionally associated with disciplines like anthropology, science, or history, opening new possibilities for how knowledge can be understood, represented, and disseminated through contemporary art,” says Rosario Güiraldes who joined the Walker Art Center as Curator of Visual Arts in 2023.“To create the exhibition, we looked to the practices of artists, allowing for shared strategies to inform and construct the thematic framework. The result is an exhibition rich in ideas, experiences, and expressions that resonate deeply with the current moment.”
Christine Howard Sandoval, A Wall Is A Shadow On the Land, 2020. Photo by Rachel Topham. Courtesy the artist.
Gala Porras-Kim, 530 National Treasures (detail), 2023. Courtesy the artist.
Ways of Knowing includes works across a broad range of mediums, including drawing, photography, video, and large-scale installation. It features a new commission that includes both elements of installation and performance by Eduardo Navarro (b. 1979, Buenos Aires) as well as new and recent works by Iosu Aramburu (b. 1986, Lima, Peru), Sammy Baloji (b. 1978, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo), Anna Boghiguian (b. 1946, Cairo), Cabello/Carceller (b. 1963, Paris/b. 1964, Madrid), Chang Yuchen (b. 1989, Shanxi, China), Petrit Halilaj (b. 1986, Kostërrc [Skenderaj], Kosovo), Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk Nation/Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians, b. 1984, Ferndale, WA), Christine Howard Sandoval (enrolled member of Chalon, b. 1975, Anaheim, CA), Gala Porras-Kim (b. 1984, Bogotá), and Rose Salane (b. 1992, New York). The majority of works will be on view in the United States for the first time.
Artist Chang Yuchen, whose work is on view in the exhibition Ways of Knowing, presents a performance-lecture related to her Coral Dictionary project on the opening day ( Mar 8, 2025, 3:30 pm). Started in 2019 during a residency on the Malaysian island of Dinawan, this ongoing project speculates on the relationships between language, landscape, natural history, and culture.
Chang Yuchen holds a BA in photography from Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, and an MFA in print media from School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Currently, she lives and works in New York. Her work has been included in exhibitions at Power Station of Art, Shanghai, and Para Site, Hong Kong, among others. She has performed at venues including the Carnegie Museum of Art, Artists Space, and Tai Kwun Contemporary. Her work is in the library of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Rosemary Furtak Collection, Walker Art Center.
About the Exhibition
Dates: March 8–September 7, 2025
Venue: Walker Art Center
Address: 725 Vineland Place, Minneapolis, MN 55403, United States
Hours: Wednesday–Sunday 10am–5pm, Thursday 10am–9pm
Courtesy of Walker Art Center.
