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6/9/2011

SH Contemporary 2011

Shanghai Exhibition Center, Shanghai

The 2011 edition of SH Contemporary - the most prestigious contemporary art fair in mainland China - will take place from September 8th to 10th, with preview on the 7th, in downtown Shanghai, at the extraordinary Shanghai Exhibition Center, and with a joint 4-day programme of openings, studio visits and events, in cooperation with the city’s leading galleries and cultural initiatives.

Mirroring the Asia Pacific art systems in the city that is the hub of the region, the fair highlights the work of galleries that promote innovative practices and research and nurture the creative movements that are crossing China and Asia, changing the global cultural landscape. Under the new direction of Massimo Torrigiani, the 2011 edition is organized into 2 main sections, providing visitors with a selection of cutting-edge and emerging art, including video, film, photography and new media.

1. The Art Show, for selected established galleries, and a New Entries section for emerging art and photography galleries, participating to the fair for the first time. 2. SH Contemporary Projects, organized in cooperation with Arthub Asia and including 3 different curatorial platforms:

- Hot Spots: large scale works produced for the spaces of the fair. - First Issue, featuring Asia Pacific artists who had their first show in 2010-2011. - The Video Lounge, co-hosted by Leap magazine, one of the most important publications on Chinese Contemporary Art.

Moreover, SH Contemporary 2011 will host the launch of the new Asia Pacific Art Photography Prize - for established and new artists presented by their galleries - awarded by an international jury of photographers, editors, curators and critics.

SH Contemporary will be once again as Alexandra Munroe - senior curator on Asian Art at the Solomon Guggenheim Museum in New York - described it: “messier, edgier, younger, and more experimental” than any other Asian art fair.

SH Contemporary is organized by BF International Fairs, a Bolognafiere Group company, in cooperation with Shanghai International Cultural communication Association (SICCA), Shanghai Art Fair Organization Committee and Eastern Shanghai International Culture Film & Television Group. Bolognafiere Group is one of Europe's leading fair organizers and experts in large-scale exclusive lifestyle fairs. Headquartered in Bologna, Italy, it has branches in the US, Russia and China, where it has become one of the main foreign trade show organizers.

Massimo Torrigiani, fair director, is co-founder of Boiler Corporation, an independent publishing company and creative agency based in Milan, focused on contemporary visual arts and culture, which also produces Fantom - Photographic Quarterly. He was previously the co- editor of international art magazine Boiler, and editor-in-chief of Italian “fashion & contemporary visual arts and culture, which also produces Fantom - Photographic Quarterly. He was previously the co-editor of international art magazine Boiler, and editor-in-chief of Italian “fashion & contemporary culture” monthly Rodeo. He carried out academic research on the relationship between cultural policies and urban regeneration, organized events and conferences in Italy and abroad, and worked extensively as strategic and communication consultant for publishing, fashion, and design companies. He was born in Italy in 1966 and lives between Milan and Shanghai.

Spearheaded by a dynamic team of curators and producers - Davide Quadrio, Defne Ayas and Qiu Zhijie - Arthub Asia is a non-profit contemporary art organization devoted to art creation across Asia. In collaboration with museums and other public and private spaces and institutions, Arthub Asia initiates and delivers projects through a sustained dialogue with performance and new media artists.

The previous edition saw strong sales from both Asian and Western galleries, while the fair confirmed its position as Asia’s most progressive fair.
Nearly 30,000 visitors streamed into the venue while international and Asian collectors and art professionals, also from institutions like the Cafa and Today Art museums (Beijing), Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Tate Modern (London), Moma and Guggenheim museums (New York), Queensland Art Gallery, Singapore Art Museum, added to the buzz amongst the 83 galleries.

Image: Xu Di, Lure of the body 0016, photograph pigment print, 2009, 156X127 cm

Organized by BolognaFiere SpA via Maserati 16, 40128 Bologna Italy

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For non-Chinese media, please contact shcontemporary@bfchina.net

Preview Wednesday September 7th 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Vernissage Wednesday September 7th 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Shanghai Exhibition Center (SEC)
No.1000 Yan An Road (Middle) Shanghai 200040
Open to the Public
Thursday September 8th 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Friday September 9th 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday September 10th 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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