Zhou Tiehai
dal 25/4/2001 al 10/5/2001
Segnalato da
25/4/2001
Zhou Tiehai
ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai
ShanghART is pleased to invite you to the exhibition 'The artist isn't here', a double exhibition in Shanghai + New York. The exhibitions include works (aribrush on canvas) from Zhou Tiehai's 'Placebo' and 'Tonic' series. The seducing and ironic works of the 'Placebo' series - images of Joe Camel etc. -, are the result of Zhou Tiehai's 10 year long investigation into, questioning of and also way into the world of Western art. The 'Tonic' series is Zhou Tiehai's more recent exploration of China's own artistic tradition, the works are still airbrushed, beautiful, but the relation to the underlying original is much more direct, unbroken.
'The artist isn't here'
(a double exhibition in Shanghai + New York)
Zhou Tiehai started artistic activities in the mid 1990s when Chinese
contemporary art began to attract Western journalists and curators. He
observes situations of the international system of contemporary art today in
which Chinese artists are invited to participate.
Artist's words:
A lot of Chinese artists make work that underscores a kind of "Chineseness." At
first glance, I believe people don't see anything Chinese about my work. But all
of my work reflects my creative life in Shanghai. As I mentioned before, all the
thoughts that I have had about art till now are reflected in my work.
(Excerpted and edited from a slide lecture given in Chinese on October 24 2000
in The Hall at the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art.)
"Zhou Tiehai: The artist isn't here" is a double exhibition, which
opens at the same date at ShanghART gallery, Shanghai and at the ISE
Cultural Foundation in New York (curated by Toshio Shimizu).
The exhibitions include works (aribrush on canvas) from Zhou Tiehai's
'Placebo' and 'Tonic' series.
The seducing and ironic works of the 'Placebo' series - images of
Joe Camel etc. -, are the result of Zhou Tiehai's 10 year long
investigation into, questioning of and also way into the world of
Western art.
The 'Tonic' series is Zhou Tiehai's more recent exploration of China's
own artistic tradition, the works are still airbrushed, beautiful, but
the relation to the underlying original is much more direct, unbroken.
'Zhou Tiehai uses art as an expanded 'medium' that orbits spirally
around the triangle artist-gallery-museum, and the associated
expectations'. Harald Szeemann, curator of the Venice Biennale.
Zhou Tiehai has exhibited in China and abroad (Venice Biennale 1999,
Cities on the Move, Hara Museum etc.)
The works of both exhibitions are documenten on web
Opening April 26, 6-8 pm
- SHANGHAI: ShanghART, 2a Gaolan Rd., 200020 Shanghai (the exhibition continues
till May10) Tel: 86 - 21 6359 3923
- NEW YORK: ISE Foundation, 555 Broadway, New York 10012 (the exhibitions
continues till June 2) Tel: 1-212-925-1649