Department.The museum was built to be modern and
exhibitions with market acceptance.After Duolun had
Z-art Center was funded and built by the Shanghai
multi-functional; it is both a non-profit institution for
held several important exhibitions,the museum became
Pudong Zhangjiang Functional District Administrative
art and culture that would serve and develop Chinese
slowly self-marginalizing because Gu Zhenqing and
Committee and the Shanghai Zhangjiang High
contemporary art and a platform for international
Shen Qibin left. Due to a lack of good management
Technology Park Management Council.These two
exchange in contemporary art.
and administrative rigor,few people attended Duolun's
organizations commissioned the Shanghai Zhangjiang
At the start,the involvement of Shen Qibin and
2009 In the 1980s archive exhibition.The exhibition
Culture & Art Co.,Ltd to manage this public institution
Gu Zhenqing allowed this institution to show off
also suffered from a lack of funding,which in turn
for art and culture,which was completed in December
Shanghai's unprecedented vitality and magnificence.
caused the unrefined layout of the exhibition.
24,2006.This art institution has never had a clear
A large number of young artists have gathered
program that demonstrated an academic direction.
there; in addition,there have been exhibitions that
* 2006 Z-ar t Center *
Because the center is g over nment-funded,this
have transcended the average Shanghai Art Museum
419 Zuchongzhi Road,Shanghai
institution does not have the characteristics of a
exhibitions.Because of funding limitations,this institution has always found it difficult to balance its
museum or a non-profit space,apart from the Living ZhangJiang program(2006-2008); it is closer to a private
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