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Today is Shanghai Time #6 !
http://pourinfos.org/art-34592-tit-Today-is-Shanghai-Time-6-
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1. MOCA Shanghai
Remote Control
Venue: Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai
231, West Nanjing Road, Gate 7, People's Park, Shanghai
Date: March 4, 2007- April 18, 2007
REMOTE/CONTROL, the Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai's 10th
exhibition, is an investigation of the presence of technology in
contemporary art today, and the fraught encounter between these art
objects and today's 'multi-medial' spectator. The use of multi-media
technologies is now an international art phenomenon, at once dazzling,
seductive, subversive and above all accessible. These art works have not
only profoundly changed the nature of aesthetic practice and display,
but have also engendered a new means of perceiving and experiencing art.
Interactive and video installations put into crises the distance between
the work of art and ourselves, both interactive as well as
interpersonal, creating an ambivalence of intimacy and alienation that
is in itself a paradox of technological development in the global community.
Featuring the work of both international and local artists,
REMOTE/CONTROL is an examination of various perceptual systems,
processes, narrative structures, and aesthetic strategies that focus on
the question of agency. As the spectator is kinesthetically and
sensorially engaged with multimedia objects, the space of the museum is
altered, as is the role of the artist. The artist, artwork and spectator
are caught in a complex ambit of fantasy and control, inviting us to
re-examine the place of art in a technological world, and our place in
relation to it.
Curators: Wenny Teo, Ella Liao
Artists:
Allard van Hoorn (Holland)
Alterazione Video (Italy)
Sheldon Brown (US)
David Cotterrell (UK)
Danakil (France)
Du Zhenjun (China)
Alexander Brandt (Germany)
Dieter Jung (Germany)
Hu Jieming (China)
Gong Yan (China)
Jin Jiangbo (China)
Peng Huang-chih (Taiwan China)
Ku Shih-Yung (Taiwan China)
Andy Cameron & Oriol Ferrer Mesa (FABRICA Italia)
Stephane Sednaoui (France)
Song Tao & B6 (China)
Thomas Chaverait (France)
Rose Tang (China)
Frank Plant(US)
Heidi Voet(Belgium)
more information http://www.mocashanghai.org <http://www.mocashanghai.org>
more information http://www.aujourdhuilachine.com/article.asp?IdArticle=2461
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2. Duolun Museum of Modern Art
"Diversity in Form & Thought"
the Status and Prospect of Korean Contemporary Art
Opening: March 7th, 2007,19:00
Date: From March 7th to16th, 2007
Venue: 1-3 F, No.27 Duolun Road, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art
Produced by:
Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art
Beijing Art Gallery of Imperial City
Curator: Zhao Shulin
Art Director: Zoe ZHANG Bing
Administrative Director: Zhao Song
Media: Vivi QIN Xiaoyan
Design: Wang Taocheng
Public Relations: Eva FENG Ruoyu
Project Director: Bao Zhengyuan
The "Diversity in Forms & Thoughts–the Status and Prospect of Korean
Contemporary Art" exhibition offers a glimpse of the stream of
contemporary Korean art since the 1980's. The tendency of Korean art in
this era shows respect for creative individuality and multifarious
visual perceptions, breaking away from any ideologies in cultural
diverse, multiple world. This kind of art, due to its diversity, seems
different from the mainstream of 60's and 70's Korean art, which
traditional (conventional) pattern or the experimental (avant-garde)
spirit respectively. Its angle also differs from an art from the 1980's
which sought to establish individual identity through the reinforcement
of reality perception and critical awareness from the glass roots' point
of view.
Among 100 participating artists, most of them are in their late twenties
or in their early thirties, and through the exhibition, one could sense
the creative flow which links the group of the artists in their forties
to the new generation artists. Moreover, as show by realistic life,
surrealistic colors and space, optical illusion and visionary imagery,
and inexplicably diverse themes, although most of the works on display
are two-dimensional paintings, we see these paintings work in harmony
with this pluralistic society through non-identical and diverse
perspectives.
This exhibition to be held in Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art
offers a good opportunity for Chinese artists and art lovers as well to
appreciate the works of Korean artists full of creativity and freedom.
As these artists clearly show the attitude we have to take in a rapidly
growing industrial society through their works, this exchange art show
between Korea and China, which spurs its industrial society in a
tremendous speed, would be an invaluable cultural event.
more information http://www.duolunart.com/
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3. Zhu Qizhan Art Museum
Blind Date
Sino German Exhibition of Contemporary Art
Date: March 2, 2007 to April 1, 2007
Venue: F2,3, Zhu Qizhan Art Museum 580 Ouyang Road, Hongkou District,
Shanghai
Presented by:
Zhu Qizhan Art Museum
Kunststiftung NRW
Supported by: Kloster Bentlage gGmbH GWK
Galerie Münsterland Kunsthaus Kloster Gravenhorst
Special thanks to: prime minister of
Northrhein-Westfalia(Ministerpresident NRW)
Museum hours: 10:00-17:00(Last entry 16:30)Closed on Monday
Ticket: 10 Yuan/Person
Tel: 56710741, 56710742, 56710743
Email: mary27art@yahoo.com.cn
In China, "Blind date" means "date strangers". In another word, it means
the date between people who have never seen each other. Undoubtedly, the
organizer will not arrange a kind of circumstance which looks like a TV
program in China called "the romantic date", but a kind of dialogue
between six Chinese artists and the other six from Germany who come from
different cultures and languages. As far as the form of exhibition, all
the artists are supposed to build a kind of in-pair communication in
each specific space. As a result, zero-distance- interaction laboratory
environment should be reflected from their works.
The Chinese and German artists are not familiar with each other's art
style and professional level. In this case, the organizer definitely is
arbitrary to put this display together. Therefore, the organizer uses a
way of draw lots which is full of game fun. The works in this exhibition
will be presented through media with contemporary art characteristics,
such as installment, videos, pictures, and multimedia interactions. The
visual effect, which is built on the form of "blind date", will probably
be an unusual culture dialogue between Chinese and Germany artists.
Certainly, it is not culture competition. Because it will be the first
time to put the arts from two totally different cultures, there must be
some cultural resistance and conflict. In this case, the artists are
supposed to keep their personal opinions temporarily and communicate
positively through learning from each other, understanding each other.
As a result, an ultimate art difference which happens from different art
attributes and society will be completely presented during this exhibition.
The "Fortress and Eggs Plan" is the works of The Chinese artist Wong
Peijun. From the name, it seems that there isn't any relation among
fragile eggs, tough weapon and firm building. But the artist combines
these totally different elements well. This combination of combative and
fragile natures is not teases, but the serious concern about whether the
world we are living in are as strong as it presents.
But the work of German artist Carsten Gliese, which names "boxes",
presents a dialogue among pictures, buildings, sculpture and space. The
connection between real 3D space world and 2D space of pictures presents
us an unreal like carpet phantom, projecting on white ground, the road
side cornerstone an encircled lawn. The secret light shot makes the
whole space full of mystery.
Huang Xuebin produces "thousands of feet rays" with the night vision
technique photography. There is only a lonely girl in his former works.
This time, he adds a spaceman to present us a dreamland in which there
is lonely girl, spaceman, weird picture and empty avenue.
Guo shujun produces "Shopping Mall" with wide- angle photography. A
space which seems to be busy and crowded discloses one kind of
inexplicable loneliness and emptiness.
"Fashion Man" from Xie Xianwen. What are the most up-to-date topics:
Super girl? Social insurance? Kids education? All these questions can be
answered by a cartoon toy. Money, brand, and idol present the
uncertainty of our society and Chinese culture is going nowhere under
all these kinds of entertainments. What should we do to protect our
culture? What should we pursue?
In the work "What happened to the planes?" of Wang Xiaofei, 2000 small
planes line up and start the formation change in the picture. In a short
while, a slogan comes up. But a huge plane follows up closely. Airplane
hides the combative nature, but appears with a irrelevant slogan which
says "what happened to the planes?" . The small planes lining up look
like the airplane game in the earliest Red and White Game. But they
present a kind of stressful feeling through the massive stacks. Is that
weapon or game?
"The aviation high speed Yacht on the Pacific Ocean" of Anja Jensen is
about a container which is checked with X light. The X light shows us
every detail inside of the box. How about the privacy of our society? No
privacy! Anything under the X light is no longer mysterious.
The participants constitute a dual structure during the whole display,
which is exactly the representation of two cultures difference. The dual
structure of "Blind Date" not only shows the real situation of the
global communication environment, but the dedicate relation among the
influence of the different cultures in the international art system.
Once the exhibition occurs, an interesting, meaningful and equal
dialogue will be performed vividly with the "blind date" of two
countries' artists. However, can each artist find his own audience? Will
his audience just being sitting and showing his own works in the same
exhibition hall? Or ordinary audience? Will the communication be
processed from watching, to appreciating, even to exchange opinions and
thoughts? This is precisely what the exhibition for.
more information http://www.zmuseum.org/
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4.SHiNE Art Space
Mao Tongqiang - A perpetual Mirage
06th March to 08th April 2007
Venue:
SHiNE Art Space
(Block 9, No. 50 Moganshan Lu,
Shanghai)
Opening Hours:
10am-6pm (Tuesday to Sunday)
Website: http://www.shineartspace.com
Email: enquiry@shineartspace.com
Tel: +86 21 62660605
Fax: +86 21 62660607
"What is in vogue today is no more than mere history tomorrow." - Mao
Tongqiang
Mao Tongqiang has continually shown concern for the facile nature of
modern society, this being intertwined with an acute awareness of
passing time and the manner in which it renders everything
insignificant. In the Mirage series the artist depicts mountain scenes
that would be traditional Chinese landscape paintings were it not for
the psychedelic colours that he uses. Then, rising from the atmospheric
mist of the foreground, the artist depicts a discordant mix of
characters that differ greatly in
their pursuits and date of origin. They appear to belong in the
nonsensical imagery of a dream; a concept which relates to the title of
the series. Living in the far flung city of Yinchuan, a province of
extreme temperatures and a hostile desert landscape, Mao Tongqiang is
familiar with the visual trickery of the mirage and has adopted it as a
metaphor for the idealised façade that he sees developing in
contemporary society. To him, the visible surface of society, the image
of order and happiness that is portrayed, does not reflect the reality
that lies beneath. It is for this reason that Mao depicts the fashions,
the frippery, the daring deeds, the politicians full of empty promises,
the Christmas trees and the fire works that are all 'gloss'; the
successful, progressive and happy image of China that people wish to
project. Mao reflects in these works upon a society that has moved
incredibly fast and made gargantuan efforts to attain certain levels and
signifiers of progress. As this has been a forced and not a natural
development however, there remains a lack of cultural substance behind
the adopted amiable surface, fewer ties to the past and no reliable
social infrastructure to hold it in place. Mao sees it as a mere mirage;
a fleeting inconsequential facade which will in time be washed away and
replaced by another prevailing ideal.
Mao Tongqiang was born in 1960 in Yinchuan where he lives today. He
graduated in 1980 from the Fine Arts Department of Ning Xia University
and continued his advanced training at Zhe Jiang Fine Arts Academy. The
artist has exhibited in France, Austria and Indonesia with his most
recent solo exhibition being Mirage in Singapore last year.
more information http://www.shineartspace.com
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5. Zendai Museum Stop 30 Seconds" Contemporary Art Exhibiton
Organised by: Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Artbank
Exhibition Venue: Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art
2/F Building 28, 199 Fang Dian Rd, Pudong New Area, Shanghai
Opening Reception: 10th March 2007, 3.30pm
Exhibition Dates: 10th-24th March 2007, 10am-6pm (closed Mondays)
Curator: Dong Hong Tao
Participating Artists: Duan Dong Tao Du Jun Min Du Yi Yao Feng Jing Lu
YongLei Jiang Kun Kang ShiWei Qiao ShouHui Song Zhi Qiang
Zhang Da Chuan Zhang Qi Zhang Xiao Tong
The art exhibition STOP 30 seconds will open March 7th at 7:00pm, at
Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art, located on the Big Thumb Square in
Pudong district. The diverse style of work exhibited covers plants,
landscape, figures, kissing, walls, water and even short cartoons by
interpreting painting, oil, sculpture, installation and videos etc.
All of participating young artists belong to post-1980's generation who
just graduated or are still in school. All the problems they meet are
more real and sensitive. Therefore, the solution they take are more
direct and sharper. They received traditional education but attempts to
express themselves by their own art. These young men with hesitation
inside who lives in metropolises take art as a part of their lives in
spite of its influence. Undoubtedly their art is an expression of their
real thinking and present their value and confidence no matter if they
hesitate or doubt or are confident.
The common state of city people's life is busy from which increasing
pressure comes. Reality is not the ideal. Materiel possessions are all
required right now. Fortunately, They own their skill to express. Ok,
now let's have a stop without any city life but only focus on the
creating with an ideal spirit.
Therefore, everyone is consciously or unconsciously seeking a little
while far away from the reality to fulfill their own ideal space. Even
if you are not working on art, watching is adequate as it's only related
with spirit itself. Stop, 30 seconds are adequate to taste pure happiness.
30 seconds may cover a lot and it's delightful to steep you in art as
modern art is not a selfish ego-show.
more information
http://www.zendaiart.com/en/artbank/events/070307_30s/index.html
Selected by:
Jérémie Thircuir
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