Category: 当代

Words Are Straw in the Wind – Solo of Li Nu

Dates: 21.12.2017-24.3.2018
Location: East Zone, Song Art Museum
Address: Grasse Road, Tianzhu Town, Shunyi District, Beijing, China

On the 2oth of December, 2017 the solo exhibition of Li Nu Words Are Straw in the Wind has been inaugurated in the ex-stable in the East Zone of Song Art Museum, the Newly opened private art museum of Wang Zhongjun, co-founder of one of the largest Chinese entertainment companies, Huayi Brothers Media. Li Nu has transferred the this place to a wild artistic space: 22 partition wall of the ex-stable covered by gold foils, partly hidden sculptures, haystacks scattered everywhere, thousands of pigeons crowding in the exhibition hall, interweaving with the sound of the bell.

The Chinese title of the exhibition “甚嚣尘上” is cited from Zuo Zhuan, the ancient Chinese narrative history that is traditionally regarded as a commentary on the ancient Chinese chronicle Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu 春秋), which expresses an arrogant attitude toward things o people whereas the English title is a proverb that refers to a minor event or action that predicts or foreshadows a future event.

” The language of art is differente from the oral o written words. It will be unnecessary writing if speaking works, it will be unnecessary performing if writing works and it will be useless to express oneself in an artistic way if performing works…… The art is absolutely luxury, only when you are able to understand it will you own it.” Said Li Nu.

(Translated from collection.sina.com.cn)

Solo Exhibition of Xu Bing

Dates: 1.12.2018-8.5.2018
Opening hours: 14:00-21:00(closed on Mondays)
Location: United Art Museum, Wuhan
Address: 16 Yezhihu West Road, Hongshan District, Wuhan, China
Website: official web page

Artist Xu Bing’s solo exhibition “Xu Bing,” hosted by the United Art Museum and CEC Optics Valley, supported by the Ullence Center for Contemporary Art, and curated by Feng Boyi and Wang Xiaosong, will open on December 1^st, 2017, 9:00 – 17:00, at the United Art Museum, Wuhan.

Over the past three decades, Xu Bing has followed multiple threads of thinking and created a variety of artworks, impressive in quantity and style. Clear in expression and sharp when tackling issues, Xu Bing’s work is sui generis among contemporary art and he keeps influencing the landscape of Chinese contemporary art at different levels. This exhibition, for the first time in mainland China, presents a comprehensive and concentrated survey of Xu Bing’s art. Yet it is not a simple retrospective nor summary. Instead, through artworks, the exhibition reveals Xu Bing’s artistic method and the core motivation of his constant thinking.

（转载自www.unitedartmuseum.com）

Solo Exhibition of Shen Lieyi 2017

Dates: 24.12.2017-18.1.2018
Opening hours: 9:00-17:00（closed on Mondays)
Location: No.4 hall of AMNUA(Art Museum of Nanjing University of the Arts)
Address:No. 15 North Huju Road  Gulou District, Nanjing, China
Website: official website

From the 24th of December 2017 18 pieces/groups of works created by the artist Shen Lieyi will be shown in the Art Museum of Nanjing University of the Arts, which includes sculptures, installations and videos. The exhibition will focus on the contradiction of objects such as the static and the active, the heavy and the heavy and the slight, the wise and the awkward, etc.

Exhibition: The Wind From The Mountain Song

Dates: 22.12.2017-10.1.2018
Opening hours: 10:00-18:00(closed on Mondays)
Location: 1F,2F Exhibition Hall of Building No.3, Today Art Museum
Address: Today Art Museum, Building 4, Pingod Community, No.32 Baiziwan Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing
Website: http://www.todayartmuseum.com/enexhdetails.aspx?type=currentexh&id=730

A new exhibition, which kicked off on Friday at the Today Art Museum in Beijing, features art works from a group of young artists.

    Mountain Wind, inspired by Mount Song in Henan Province, is the brainchild of curator and artist Yi Liao, who explained that the exhibition is part of his efforts to offer young Chinese artists a platform to showcase their creations.

To date, the Mountain Wind series of exhibitions have toured provinces and cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong and Fujian.

For the new show at Today Art Museum, a total of 33 artists  are showcasing some 219 artworks that run the range from traditional Chinese ink wash paintings, calligraphy works and seals to modern video works. The exhibition is set to run until January 10.

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        由陈凯歌导演，于12月22日上映的贺岁奇幻钜制《妖猫传》电影曝光一组“群猫贺岁”艺术海报，白乐天、空海等九大人物纷纷化形为猫，萌与奇幻感兼具，以传统的笔墨进行趣味革新，集合片中人物性格特征，赋予每款“猫”人物灵魂。

　　这组《妖猫传》的艺术海报出自当代艺术家文那之手，海报上白乐天提笔展卷轴、空海踏浪而来、春琴吃鱼、玄宗打鼓……将电影角色全部聚焦于“猫”身上。通过对每位“猫”人物的服装、场景、所持道具以及面部表情，与电影中每个人物的角色特征高度结合又不失趣味，看点十足。

        电影《妖猫传》讲述了盛唐时期一段奇幻的凄美史诗。癫狂诗人白乐天与仰慕大唐风采的僧人空海相遇长安，却意外触发了横跨三十年、有关王朝兴衰的惊天之秘，随着各色人物一一登场、大唐繁盛绚烂与时代隐痛一一揭开，一个被历史纷乱掩盖的真相也将浮出水面。

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Boundless Reality Multiple Nows—Contemporary Art From Hubei As a Sample

Dates: 29.12.2017-28.2.2018
Opening Hours: 9:00-17:00(closed on Mondays)
Location: Wanlin Art Museum, Wuhan University
Address: 299 Bayi Road, Hongshan District, Wuhan, China
Website: official website

    Hubei Province is an important location of the 85 New Wave, which is considered as a brand new episode of Chinese contemporary art when China began to reinventing its own culture. The many artists based in the province had made it a cradle of the movements of modernism in China.

    The exhibition will present the works of 21 artists(Fu Zhongwang, Gong Jian, He An, Leng Jun, Li Juchuan, Li Liao, Li Yu and Liu Bo, Liu Chuang, Ma Liuming, Shang Yang, Shi Chong, Shi Jinsong, Tang Jing, Tang Yongxiang, Wang Singsong, Wang Sishun, Wei Guangqing, Xu Tan, Yuan Xiaofang, Zeng Fanzhi, Zhan Rui) born from 1940s to 1980s and based in Hubei Province, Among these artists there are pioneers of the 85 New Wave and also the witnesses and practitioners of the Chinese Economic Reform, who interprete their observation of the real collisions of powers and conversations between China and the Western world, and also are captivated by the minute local experiences.

Xiang Jing: Through No One’s Eyes But My Own

Dates: 16.12.2017-25.2.2018
Opening hours: 10:00-17:00（closed on Mondays)
Location: West Bund Long Museum
Address: 3398 Longteng Avenue, Xuhui District, Shanghai, China

Website: official web page

Xiang Jing is the first female artist to be given a large-scale solo exhibition at the Long Museum (West Bund). “Xiang Jing: Through No One’s Eyes But My Own,” a comprehensive retrospective spanning over twenty-one years of her artistic output, opens at the Long Museum in December, 2017. The 2017 exhibition program at the Long Museum will come to a perfect end with Xiang Jing’s exhibition.

(Excerpted from thelongmuseum.org)

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