Eight artworks designed by eight domestic contemporary artists and handmade by seven traditional handicraft people are on display at the “Cross Line” exhibition at C2 in OCT-LOFT.

    Separated by huge bamboo curtains, the eight artworks feature metal wire crocheting, cotton thread weaving, rattan weaving, bamboo weaving and silk embroidery. Chinese cultural expert and art critic Wang Luxiang said the exhibition is a dialogue between contemporary art and traditional handicrafts and is an extension of both.

    “Those materials are normally for practical use and handicrafts are classified as traditional culture, but now we are doing an experiment through this exhibition to see how we can inherit handcraftsmanship and extend it to contemporary art,” said Wang.

    Other handicraft people are from Guizhou, Shandong and Guangdong provinces.

    Dates: Until March 6

    Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

    Venues: C2, North Area, OCT-LOFT, Nanshan District (南山区华侨城创意文化园北区C2展厅)

    Metro: Luobao Line, Qiaocheng East Station (侨城东站), Exit A(SD News)