Project Space Young Curators Lab - The Liver CAFA Art Museum

Project Space Young Curators Lab - The Liver

Dates：2016-09-02 - 2016-09-23
Location：2C, CAFA Art Museum
Opening：2016-09-02 13:00
Organizer(s)： CAFA Art Museum CAFA Institute of Art Management and Education
Co-Organizer(s)： CAFA Art Museum CAFA Institute of Art Management and Education
Chief Curator： Li Shengzhao
Artists： Guo Yilin Zhu Changquan Pan Zishen Wang Jianxin Yi Lian Song Zhen Liu Guoqiang Ye Nan Jia Hongyu

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About the Curator: Li Shengzhao, is an independent curator and researcher in the Open Matter Institute. He graduated with a master’s degree from the School of Intermedia Art in the China Academy of Art. He has long been committed both in curation and theoretical research, consecutively writing and creating new work. Since 2010, he has begun to curate many academic exhibitions and has edited artists’ paintings albums. He won critics award with his article about contemporary art from the Art Forum in 2010. His curatorial plan Memorandum for Gaia was selected as the superior proposal by the Emerging Curators Project of the Power Station of Art in 2014. In 2015, he was appointed as the art director in the Inna Art Space. His articles were published in many art journals and periodicals. At present, his studies focus on anti-establishment and the practical possibilities of the daily life. He now lives and works in Hangzhou. About the Medical Advisor： Liang Xiao, chief physician of the hepatopancreatobiliary surgery department of the Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital (SRRSH), affiliated with the Zhejiang University School of Medicine, is a vice-professor, master tutor and M.D. He is a member of the Chinese Committee of Biliary Surgeons (CCBS), a member of the youth committee of the Chinese Medical Association, and a member of the Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) Committee and Digital Medicine Committee of the Chinese Research Hospital Association. About the Artists: Guo Yilin Guo Yilin, born in Shanxi Province in 1985, now has long-term cooperation with Sir Run Run Hospital to produce documentaries, living and working in Hangzhou. He has exhibitions experience partly as follow: 1) The eighth Three Shadows (2016). 2) Jimei, xiamen-Les Recontres d’Arles (2015). 3) Hong Kong Hanart TZ Gallery Charcoal Charcoal Space (2011). Jia Hongyu Jia Hongyu, born in the 1980s, now lives and works in Beijing. His creative inspiration comes from his constant observation in the street. He focuses on the changing of the streets with the capricious light. He has a particular interest in matter and material. Liu Guoqiang Liu Guoqiang, born in Shandong province in 1988, has exhibition experiences as follow: 1) Solo exhibition in the Hive Center for Contemporary Art (2016)-The Moving Images. 2) Wall Power-The First Wallpost Artist Exhibition in the Today Art Museum (2016). 3) OCAT Shanghai Photo (2015). 4) This is not Video, Asia Art Center, Taipei (2015). 5) Memorandum for Gaia in the Emerging Curators Project of the Power Station of Art (2014). 6) Art Sanya-Huayu Youth (2014). Pan Zishen Pan Zishen, born in the 1980s, is an interdisciplinary artist. He is dedicated to combining medicine and art. His exhibition experiences include: 1) Healing-Seaming, Sino-Japan contemporary Art Exhibition (2016). 2) Naked Eye Female Artist Exhibition (2015). 3) Hermit’s spring (2013). Song Zhen Song Zhen, born in Zhangjiakou, Hebei in 1983, is a teacher at the China Academy of Art. His exhibition experiences include: 1) Reactivation, the 9th Shanghai Biennial (2012). 2) Shanghai and Venice, Gervasuti Foundation (2013). 3) Market forces: The Friction of Opposites, Osage Gallery (2013). 4) Emerging Curators Project of the Power Station of Art (2014). Wang Jianxin Wang Jianxin is a draftsman who has a unique taste in eerie images. Every day, he explores the Internet and the old bookshops to find rare objects and expands his painting skills. Ye Nan Born in 1984, Ye Nan lives and works in Beijing and Hangzhou. His exhibition experiences include: 1) The 9th Shanghai Biennale (2012). 2) Out of Sight, Tang Contemporary Art, Bangkok (2013). 3) My Generation: Young Chinese Artists, Tampa Museum of Art (2014). 4) Polyphony II: Ecological Survey of Chinese Art-Beijing (2014). 5) Sage times: Power Station of Art (2015). Yi Lian Born in Jiangxi province, Yi Lian graduated with a master’ degree from China Academy of Art. His exhibition experiences include: 1) CHINA8 – Rhein-Ruhr Chinese Contemporary Art (2015). 2) AVIFF (2014). 3) Reformation, Australia (2014). 4) Shanghai West Bound 2013 A Biennial of Architecture and Contemporary Art (2013). 5) Reactivation, the 9th Shanghai Biennial (2012). Zhu Changquan Zhu Changquan, born in Shandong province in 1989, gets his inspiration from daily life. He tries to reveal the rule of the daily life through analyzing the potential factors of human’s daily behavior. The power of video does not come from their meaning but from their inherent energy, which awakes the experiences of the viewers, and more significantly, consciously behaving oneself in the society. His exhibition experiences include: 1) Internationale kurzfilmtage Oberhausen (2015). 2) This is not Video, Asia Art Center, Taipei (2015). 3) Compressed Project, Vanguard Gallery (2015). 4) Nanjing International Art Festival (2015). Organizing Committee for the Project Space Young Curators Lab Master Planner(s): Wang Huangsheng, Yu Ding Coordinator(s): Wang Chunchen Chief Executive(s): Liu Xiyan, Chen Jie, Chi Zhao Public Education: Ren Rui Publication: Song Liang Visual Director(s): Ji Yujie Organizer(s): CAFA, The CAFA Institute of Art Management and Education Co-Organizers(s): Wu Zuoren International Foundation of Fine Arts Young Curator Fund Supporter(s): Beijing Zhenghecheng Cultural Development Co., Ltd Designated output institution: Beijing Flyingfish Cultural Development Co., Ltd. Art Micro-jet Studio About “Project Space Young Curators Lab” The CAFA Art Museum “Project Space Young Curators Lab” 2016-2017 project will be officially launched at the CAFA Art Museum in July this year. The project was jointly initiated by the CAFA Art Museum and Wu Zuoren International Foundation of Fine Art Young Curator Special Fund. Six young curators and teams were invited to plan, implement and display six cross-border exhibition experiments in different directions on the “project space” platform. This year's “Project Space Young Curators Lab” emphasizes theme and experiment. It is a brand-new measure to respond to the new artistic environment and the status of young curators and is also a continuation and extension of the core concept of “project space.” The “Project Space” exhibition plan was started in October 2009, which is aimed to cultivate outstanding young curators and to promote and support the curatorial practice of young curators with an international perspective and academic depth. So far, the “project space” has launched nearly 20 projects, which has established a platform for academics and exhibitions for a group of young curators. “Project Space” will continue to maintain close contact with young curators and groups in the future. Through the support of museums and foundations, it will continue to explore and train young Chinese curators and provide them with opportunities for curatorial and exchange activities to inspire the young power and vitality of China's strategic exhibitions. About Wu Zuoren International Foundation of Fine Art Young Curator Special Fund Wu Zuoren International Foundation of Fine Art Young Curator Special Fund was established on July 15, 2012, with the purpose of supporting and nurturing young curators with international vision and professional qualities. The project involved young curators overseas training programs, international curators and master workshops. In October 2009, it cooperated with the CAFA Art Museum to start the “Project Space” exhibition plan. “Project Space Young Curators Lab” 2016-2017 Exhibition Plan July 2016: When Form does not Become Attitude: Encounters between Biology and Contemporary Art (Curator: Jo Wei) September 2016: The Liver (to be confirmed) (Curator: Li Shengzhao) October 2016: Rheological “Sound” (to be confirmed) (Curator: Chao Jiaxing) December 2016: Visual is Reality - Fantasy and Immersion (Curator: Shi Guanzhe) March 2017: The Mechanism (Curator: a group) April 2017 : Poolroom (Curator: Liu Tian/ Open Matter Institute)

Preface

The liver mirrors heaven.

----Ancient Babylonian proverb

In the early Babylonian and Arabian languages, the liver was treated as a blood storage organ which equals to life, containing soul, emotion, and intelligence. People were used to using “liver” instead of “heart” to express their feelings. In the Lamentations, the mother said, “My liver was dropped on the ground,” to express her heartbreak feeling when her child was taken from her. The superior position of brain and heart were founded by Plato’s Timaeus. But Plato also regarded the smooth and bright liver as a reflection of the mind’s reason and a supervisor of the belly’s desire. In the Assyrian civilization, the ancient hepatoscopy treated the goat’s liver as a mirrorof heaven, a reflection of God’s will, and the connection between people and the heaven. The prosperity of this kind of augury also promoted the development of ancient medicine and astronomy. According to Huang Di’s Canon, “The liver reflected on the eyes”, both the liver and the eyes are organs reflecting “images”: one reflecting the outer world, the other indicating the mind’s reason and the God’s will.

In all the human organs, the liver has the most robust regenerative capacity. This concept has constituted the basis of modern liver surgery and liver disease treatment, and a significant research subject of regenerative medicine. In the Greek mythology, Prometheus was bounded on the Caucasus mountains, every day his liver being pecked by a vulture and every night his liver growing anew. The punishment was thus carried on. The constant rebirth of the liver prevented the end of the God’s life. Although bitterness was stuck in the clock, hope for changes of destiny was saved. The liver was like “Elpis” left in the Pandora’s box, existing in the story, as well as our bodies.

The concepts of “mirroring” or the images about “hope” with regenerative capacity, all overlapped with the modern medicine’s understanding of the practices on the liver. These notions form a complicated and gigantic civil network. The exhibition tries to combine those previous texts, modern medical explanations and the images of livers. How to make the reflective liver reflect images? How does mirror reflect itself? What does the neutral hope mean to us? All these notions of the liver add to and overlap with an image of the liver--recovering, restoring, repeating, reviving and complicating. Antonin Artaud said, “Double image is a recreation of self, an endless building of subjectivity, unapproachable and without purpose.”

The liver mirrors heaven.

----Ancient Babylonian proverb

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