Three exhibitions
dal 14/4/2012 al 9/6/2012
Segnalato da
Jennifer Wen Ma
Guest
Li Ming
Lin Ke
Lu Pingyuan
Xu Qu
Zhao Yao
Elisabeth Biondi
Cay Sophie Rabinowitz
Philip Tinari
14/4/2012
Three exhibitions
Ullens Center for Contemporary Art UCCA, Beijing
Beyond Words: Photography in The New Yorker is an exhibition of more than 100 works by 65 different photographers, published in The New Yorker during a formative period in the magazine's history, from 1992 to 2010. Jennifer Wen Ma features a tableau vivant of live plants painted intensely black in Chinese ink. During the exhibition, the plants will grow, and green will emerge through the black. Guest - collective name for Li Ming, Lin Ke, Lu Pingyuan, Xu Qu and Zhao Yao - presents itself in the form of a circus, with an assemblage of installation, painting, and performance.
Beyond Words: Photography in The New Yorker
Apr 15, 2012 – Jun 10, 2012
curated by Elisabeth Biondi, Cay Sophie Rabinowitz
Beyond Words: Photography in The New Yorker is an exhibition of more than 100 works by 65 different photographers from across the globe. Although the material has been gathered from a wide range of sources—including studios, galleries, archives and private collections—and periods (from 1890 to 2010) every image was published in The New Yorker during a formative period in the magazine’s history, from 1992 to 2010. The work in this exhibition was selected by co-curators Elisabeth Biondi and Cay Sophie Rabinowitz exclusively for UCCA.
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Jennifer Wen Ma
Hanging garden in ink
Apr 15, 2012 – May 27, 2012
curated by Philip Tinari
Specially commissioned for UCCA’s most public exhibition space, Jennifer Wen Ma will create a tableau vivant of live plants painted intensely black in Chinese ink. Suspended in the Nave, the piece is scaled at 20 meters long, 3 meters wide, and eight meters high. The bottom and top halves of the garden are mirror images of one another, creating the effect of a reflection on water or a three-dimensional Rorschach blot. During the exhibition, the plants will grow, and green will emerge through the black. Referencing the legendary Hanging Garden of Babylon, Ma’s installation examines the illusion of material wealth and the power of nature and myth, even as it continues her exploration of the contemporary possibilities of China’s most “traditional” medium.
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Curated by MadeIn Company
GUEST: Standing on the Shoulders of Little Clowns
Apr 15, 2012 – May 27, 2012
curated by Philip Tinari
“GUEST” comprises five of China’s most convincing young talents: Li Ming, Lin Ke, Lu Pingyuan, Xu Qu, and Zhao Yao. In this assemblage of installation, painting, and performance, GUEST presents itself in the form of a circus. The works draw influence from the theatrics and fantastic disorder of a carnival, encouraging “an exit from reality, then a willingness to laugh at oneself, and finally a realistic acceptance of chaos,” in the artists’ words. Clowns relay humorous tidbits to visitors, acrobats maintain precision and symmetry, and a piece of meat has been tamed. The works are meant to evoke at once blank faces and raucous laughter, self-deprecating punnery and serious introspection. Created by Shanghai-based artist Xu Zhen in 2009, MadeIn is an artist collective that acts as a platform for collaborative expression.
*GUEST is the collective name for Li Ming, Lin Ke, Lu Pingyuan, Xu Qu and Zhao Yao.
Image: Kahn & Selesnick, Lostronaut, 61 x 61 cm, 2004. Archival pigment print. Courtesy the Artists and Yancey Richardson Gallery
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