the harvest 秋天 | galerie eigenheim, weimar

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THE HARVEST / DER HERBST / 秋天
gruppenausstellung chinesischer künstler

wang yuhong 王煜宏, caucasso lee jun 李俊, li wei 李暐, guo liwei 郭 利偉 und gäste …

eröffnung: 14 oct, 2016 um 19 uhr

dauer: 14 oct – 12 nov, 2016

ort: galerie eigenheim, weimar / asbachstrasse 1 / 99423 weimar

der herbst hält einzug im weimarhallenpark, in dessen historischem gärtnerhaus die galerie eigenheimseit kurzem ihren neuen standort hat. dieser jahreszeitliche wandel, die wechselnde wetterlage, die fülle der ernte der natur und aufkommenden farbenvielfalt soll als metapher genutzt werden um die gesellschaftlichen veränderungen und künstlerischen verarbeitungen dieser, auf poetischer weise auf zu greifen.

seit 2008 unterhält die galerie eigenheim intensiven kontakt zu künstlern und institutionen aus china. mit der diesjährigen gruppenausstellung chinesischer künstler zeigt die galerie eigenheim mit wang yuhong 王煜宏 und caucasso lee jun 李俊 wohlbekannte positionen aus dem portfolio der galerie und bringt darüber hinaus neue auf dem chinesischen festland und international wohl bekannte künstler wie li wei 李暐 und guo liwei 郭 利偉 als neue positionen mit in die ausstellung hinein. so hat li wei 李暐 2013 offiziell an der biennale in venedig teilgenommen, eröffnete caucasso lee jun 李俊 ein neues studio im herzen von shanghai, hatte wang yuhong 王煜宏 vor kurzem eine soloausstellung im dolun museum in shanghai und realisiert guo liwei 郭 利偉 aktuell ein langangelegtes artist in residence program bei trueart.com. große namen also, welche wir uns freuen ihnen vorstellen zu dürfen. darüber hinaus werden in der ausstellung gäste vorgestellt, welche aktuell noch als überraschung gehandelt werden können.

seien sie unser gast und besuchen sie uns zur eröffnung am 14.oktober 2016 um 19 uhr, zu den öffnungszeiten sowie immer nach vereinbarung. wir freuen uns über ihr interesse.

FACES & TRACES | Swatch Art Peace Hotel

 

i’m very pleased to announce my work will be included in the exhibition, FACES & TRACES, hosted at the swatch art peace hotel in their shanghai location on the bund as part of the celebration of the hotel’s 3 year anniversary.

with it’s official opening this weekend, FACES & TRACES will showcase the “traces” selected from the works given to the residency program by it’s 139 former artists-in-residence.

celebrations continue with a street art festival on the Bund.

the exhibition is open to the public from november 1, 2014 through the end of the year.

follow the link above for more information about the exhibition and other events in the swatch program on the swatch website.

if you are in the area, please try to go view this group exhibition [and enjoy it on my behalf, as i won’t be there in person]!

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artists-in-residence | affect module ii

 

just in case you wanted to know a bit more about the other six artists I’m spending nearly every waking minute collaborating with during these last several weeks – you can read more about them and their brilliant work now on the AFFECT website.

[josé cori]:

josé cori was born in freiburg, germany in 1989. he studied both visual arts and aesthetic at pontificia universidad católica de chile, in chile [2008-2013]. he focuses mainly on installation and painting, and now lives and works in berlin.

[rune bosse:]

[bio-poem] if i was a plant, in the summer of 1987. sprouting between the forest and the beach, on southern zealand in denmark. then i would grow, become interested in growing. later in life through being moved and moving, collect nourishment from different soils and places, play with, and on, the different grounds. i would learn and seek inspiration in my natural surroundings. it would be a trigger in my work. both thru questioning the world, how is it put together? and the possibilities of assembling it in new ways. I often would find myself confused and not sure of where i was going, then locating the starting point or origin, would make it possible to create a line and see a connection, it would give me direction knowing the nature of things. maybe from two thousand and nine till eleven putting my roots in the royal danish academy of fine arts and afterwards taking part two and a half year in the institute for spatial experiments lead by olafur eliasson in berlin. still playing with things that grow.

[kathryn gohmert:]

kathryn Gohmert [1983] is from the united states. she received her ba in art from the university of texas at austin before relocating to the uk, then china. in the last six years, while based mainly in shanghai, she has been working throughout china in a succession of studio spaces that include the songzhuang artist village in beijing and 696 weihai lu in shanghai. her range of mediums now include illustration, video, mixed media, installation and performance art. She is currently based in berlin.

[jol thomson:]

despite years of university educations, along with all the accrued debts, he still cannot specifically name more than five types of trees [of which he assumes there must be many many others]. and while preferring not to align himself with a specific nation, he anyways profusely enjoys maple syrup and “the great outdoors,” though not enough to know the systematic classifications or taxa of the types of things that might be “out there.” while waisting his time reading and thinking about things he could never fully comprehend, he becomes occasionally bored and resorts to making sounds into volumes, rhythms and patterns – or he goes swimming – or he just stares off into deep space. . . recently, upon trying to decide whether his capacity to remember was getting better or not, he realized he simply couldn’t recall how it was in the past anyways, quickly forgot the whole endeavour, and got to the task of rearranging a collection of favourite stones kept on and around his working table.

aviv benn:

aviv benn [b.1988,] is a tel-aviv based artist. through direct, expressive paintings and while using a scope of visual language ranging from street to folk art, aviv explores in her work imagery from classical painting and folk art – referencing often the symbols of skulls, masks and self portraits – alongside the investigation of “inner worlds,” as can be seen most recently in her latest series, dealing with the concept of death anxiety. benn’s thick oil paintings often combine “direct” materials primarily used in street art – xerox transfers, black and white prints and [of course] spray paint. aviv holds a bfa from the bezalel academy of arts and design in jerusalem, where she graduated with honors in 2013. she is mainly based in tel-aviv and jerusalem.

[alice bucknell:]

alice bucknell is a visual artist, writer, researcher and thinker based in chicago, il. her practice is located at the intersection of art, aesthetics, and social spaces. her anthropological research takes up the social authority of public/installation art and the production of art spaces [i.e. artist collectives] in the urban environment as a platform for both knowledge production and sharing. as a visual artist she considers topics of memory and commemoration; the phenomena of nostalgia, embodiment, and affect; in addition to the aesthetics of atmosphere and [be]longing. She considers her art practice to be an additional form of fieldwork. she is currently investigating the role of contemporary art in constructing new narratives of social experience within both the built and imaginary environments of detroit and berlin, paying particular attention to the ways in which visual and performance artists can [re]activate the space and politics of emptiness in the modern cityscape. this experiential-experimental project, taking the form of both a publication [upcoming, 2015] and a website, also explores the ways in which abandonment and urban voids have in turn become aestheticized; the relationship between history, fantasy, memory; and the productive and hazardous possibilities that shape these changing social, spatial, and visual dialogues.

[daniel almgrenrecén:]

daniel is working as choreographer, performer, movement coach, workshop facilitator and project manager. he is systematically problematising choreography as creative practice by looking in to the fields of education, management, architecture and design thinking. daniel holds a ba in choreography from sndo at the amsterdam school of the arts and has also studied theology and drama. since 2011 he is through his work exploring the notions of home that have so far resulted in the experiential works native realm in 2012 and near that place in 2013.

 

 

August 22, 2014.--

HUSTLE | Studio Rouge [vernissage]


thanks to everyone who came to the HUSTLE vernissage last saturday and made the night so memorable.

i’m including some of my favorite images from the evening below, courtesy of ART LINK ART. You can visit ART LINK ART’s website for more images  here.

the show lasts until 15 may for anyone that may have missed the opening or would like to drop by studio rouge for a second look.

 

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HUSTLE | Studio Rouge [13 april – 15 may]


here are the details for my solo exhibition at studio rouge on the bund, which opens this saturday, april 13, from 6 – 9 pm, featuring my mixed media series, Hustle.

The hustle series is based on the concept and structure of traditional chinese mountainscapes, but with a modern take. more images from this series can be found on my website here.

more information on studio rouge here

studio rouge is located at 17 fuzhou lu near zhongshan dong yi lu.



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DRAWING AND WHAT? | ifa gallery [vernissage]


thank you to everyone who came to view the DRAWING AND WHAT? group exhibition on its opening night at if a gallery last weekend.

i’m including some images from the evening here.

alternately, you can see the ifa gallery website for more details on the show.

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DRAWING AND WHAT? | ifa gallery


i am very honored to announce my work’s participation in the group show, DRAWING AND WHAT?, at ifa Gallery. the show opens this sat, 9 march at 5 pm.

some of my recent work will be shown alongside the 17 other talented artists whose drawing-related creations are being featured in this exploration of the concept of illustration.

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see the ifa gallery website here for more details.

hope to see you there.

 

GUERILLASHOWERPROJECT | shanghai


the GUERILLASHOWERPROJECT is now underway. these are a few film stills below.

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the noise strikes first – the rush of it

the personal and primitive ‘you’ seeking, ashamedly and humbly as you approach a metallic idol, another generous transformation:

overwhelming and meditative: the sound of the universe in a shower.

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more on the GUERILLASHOWERPROJECT soon.


111 LIYANG LU | creative hunt


we’ve been spotted! 111 liyang lu has been the focus of this online article featured on creative hunt’s website this month.

some great photos of this new creative area and its artists – along with their work and studio spaces – are included. well done to the team at creative hunt [cheers to the talented francis arnold].

see the full article on the creative hunt website here.

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PER PAGARE LA SUITE QUI CI VUOLE ARTE | io donna


thank you to the writers at io donna for such a beautiful write-up about the artists undertaking residencies at the swatch art peace hotel at the moment.

they speak briefly about my work, the new wild west is east below.

see a higher quality version of the article [in italian] on their website here.

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LOST AND FOUND | Time Out Shanghai

time out shanghai‘s article on the LOST AND FOUND exhibition running at stageBACK gallery NOW.

read the full article online here.

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what a night to remember: thank you to all who came to the opening of LOST AND FOUND 轮回, stageBACK gallery’s first exhibition opening at its new M50 location.

here are some of the photos below – taken by xepo w.s. , my fellow collaborator on the project URBANVIDEOSCAPESHANGHAI. The multi media work is installted in this exhibition which runs until August 31.

More about URBANVIDEOSCAPESHANGHAI can be found here.