Between 23 February and 5 April 2016, M+ presents M+ Sigg Collection: Four Decades of Chinese Contemporary Art – the first-ever chronological exhibition of the emergence of Chinese contemporary art.

Through more than eighty works by fifty artists – including Ai Weiwei, Fang Lijun, Geng Jianyi, Huang Yong Ping, Zhang Peili and Zhang Xiaogang – the exhibition illustrates the evolution of Chinese contemporary art from its inception in the 1970s up to the vibrant art scene of today. The carefully curated selection of painting, sculpture, photography, performance documentation, video, installation, and multimedia from the M+ Sigg Collection also gives a glimpse of the collection that will be on display when the M+ building opens in 2019.

Yangjiang Group (Yangjiang, founded 2002), “Calligraphy Peach Blossom Garden”, 2004

Zhang Huan (born 1965, Anyang), “Family Tree”, 2000

Zeng Fanzhi (born 1964, Wuhan), “Rainbow”, 1997

Zhang Xiaogang (born 1958, Kunming), “Bloodline Series—Big Family No. 17-1998”, 1998

Geng Jianyi (born 1962, Zhengzhou), ”The Second Situation”, 1987