展览将邀请5位在纽约最为活跃的中青年艺术家在时代美术馆进行15天的驻地创作。艺术家将利用在广州各大批发市场里发现的材料以及中国的人力制作作品。作品的材料来自于中国，作品的思路反映美国当代年轻人的精神追求。同时，展览还将邀请5位来自中国各地的优秀中青年艺术家到时代美术馆和参展的美国艺术家以讨论会的形式进行连续5天的交流。每晚将各由一位中国艺术家和一位美国艺术家向大家展示作品，然后就作品中有交集的问题一起探讨和交换意见。
批量化生产和流水线生产是美国经济繁荣的基础之一，美国现代文化的特征。反应大众文化和商业文化的波普艺术也在这种文化背景中诞生，并影响着美国一代又一代的艺术家。随着全球化的蔓延，批量生产的廉价产品成为“中国制造”的象征。商业和消费文化被带到中国。批量生产的廉价产品也成为中国艺术家的创作素材。在本次展览中，“中国制造”的廉价产品将成为连接美国艺术家和中国观众、中国艺术家的纽带，引起他们在不同社会和文化背景下对物质和消费的思考。
展览试图跨越中西文化差异，探讨一种深入和鲜活的交流方式。透过美国艺术家在中国的亲身体验，以及中美艺术家就共同关心的问题面对面的研讨，鼓励中国艺术家、中国观众和美国艺术家站在对方的立场上考虑问题和理解对方。通过直接经验，促使外国艺术家从另一个的角度思考自身的文化，本土观众透过美国艺术家的触觉重新认识周边事物，反观自我，发现新的可能性。多元文化和多重标准，全球主义，以及对消费主义的反思将会是展览讨论的问题。
The exhibition will invite five most active young artists from New York City to participate in a 15-day residency at the Guangdong Times Museum. The artists will create works by utilizing materials found in the wholesale markets in Guangzhou and by use of human resources in China. Whilst materials of the works come from China, the artistic ideas reflect the contemporary American young artists’ own interest. In the meantime, the exhibition will invite five outstanding young and mid-career artists from around China to have seminars for five consecutive days with the American artists at the Guangdong Times Museum. Every evening, one Chinese artist and one American artist will present their works, followed by exploring and exchanging ideas on overlapping issues they concern.
Massproduction andassembly line production are one of the foundations of the economic boom in the U.S. Consumer culture is a characteristic of the modern American culture. A reflection of the mass culture and popular culture, Pop Art was also born against such cultural backdrop and has been influencing American artists. With the prevalence of globalization, mass-produced cheap products became a symbol of “Made in China.” Commercial and consumer cultures were then introduced to China. The mass-produced cheap products became materials for Chinese artists’ work. During this exhibition, cheap goods “made in China” will serve as a bridge connecting American artists with Chinese audience and artists, invoking thinking about materialism and consumerism within different social and cultural contexts.
The exhibition attempts to transcend the barrier between Eastern and Western culture, experimenting an in-depth and fresh way of communication. Through the American artists’ direct experiences in China, and a face-to-face exchange on issues of mutual concerns, Chinese artists and audience as well as American artists are encouraged to think from each other’s perspectives. Through direct experiences, foreign artists are urged to reconsider their own culture from a different angle; through the lens of the American artists, local audiences are encouraged to re-discover their surroundings and re-examine themselves to find new possibilities. Reflection on pluralism, multi-standards, globalism and consumerism will be topics explored at the exhibition.