he 798 District
( 2008-07-08 )
Beginning in 2002, more and more artists and cultural organizations began to divide, rent out, and re-make the factory spaces, gradually developing them into galleries, art centers, artists' studios, design companies, and even restaurants and bars. Hence, gradually the 798 complex became a "Soho-esque" area of international character, replete with "loft living," attracting attention from all around.
798 has become the biggest arts area in China and earned great international acclaim. The 798 District impresses visitors by the odd but harmonious combination of historical and artistic factors... the formation of new, modern lifestyles in old spaces. Here art is alive and real, with artists at 798 living and working in spaces in tune with the past and the present.
The 798 Art District provides creative people with an opportunity and an outlet to enthusiastically pursue their artistic ideals. It has also given them a unique, spiritual homeland. China's artists have truly inspired new life into an area of Beijing, resurrecting the ghosts of the past while breathing in energy and innovation in the present. Indeed, China's vanguard has turned an industrial graveyard into an artistic paradise.
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