Zhu Jinshi – The Ship of Time
Dates: 10.3.2018-30.4.2018
Opening hours: 11:00-17:30(closed on Mondays)
Location: 1st Gallery Space, Tang Contemporary Art
Address: D06, 798 Art District,No.2 Jiuxianqiao Road Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
Website: official web page
The artist Zhu Jinshi’s dual solo shows Ship of Time and Rejecting River Currents will be opened in the two spaces of Tang Contemporary Art on March 10, 2018. Based on the unique architecture of both of Tang Contemporary’s Beijing spaces, these parallel exhibitions will present important works of installation and the artist’s unique “thick paintings.”
In space I The Ship of Time rice paper installation uses exactly 14,000 sheets of rice paper, 1,800 pieces of fine bamboo, and 2,000 cotton threads seven meters long. This summer, the team returned to the ancient villages on Yellow Mountain to develop fireproof rice paper and choose bamboo. Later in the Songzhuang studio, several months were spent shaping the rice paper, baking the bamboo straight, making holes, and cutting three-meter sections. The works were designed specifically for the space, and the two massive beams on the ceiling bear the weight of the suspended installation.
(Transferred from www.tangcontemporary.com)