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: Lecture Info | Stelarc & Ann Hamilton

2019-12-10

MEAT, METAL & CODE: Alternate Anatomical Architectures & The Practice Of Tactile Attentions
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: "Sketches and Oil Paintings of Pan Shixun" Exhibition Opens on December 3

2019-12-02

Time: 2019/12/3 16:00 Location: CAFAM Lecture Hall
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: Xu Beihong and His Time" Exhibition Tours in Jinan

2019-11-28

Co-hosted by CAFA Art Museum, Publicity Department of Jinan Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, and Jinan Department of Culture and Tourism, as the 2018 annual communication and promotion project of National Art Fund, "Xu Beihong and His Time" exhibition is now touring in Jinan, Shandong. On November 23, its opening ceremony was held at the Jinan Art Museum, participated by over 1,500 people including Jinan municipal officials, art practitioners, scholars and educators from Shandong Province, CAFA professors including Director of the CAFA Art Museum Zhang Zikang and the exhibition's curator, Director of Department of Publications at CAFA Art Museum Hong Mei. The ceremony, hosted by the Director of Jinan Department of Culture and Tourism Zhi Liang, began with a promotional video that reveals the splendid achievements of modern Chinese art masters led by Xu Beihong and the significance of the exhibition, which approaches the art world of the master from a new, contemporary perspective. Wang Shaojun, Deputy Director of CPC Committee of CAFA, Yang Feng, Director of Publicity Department of Jinan Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, and Zhang Wang, President of Shandong Artists Association, also gave their speeches.Wang Shaojun, Deputy Director of CPC Committee of CAFA, gave his speech.In his speech, Wang Shaojun said: "There's a special significance of the ‘Xu Beihong and His Time’ exhibition's tour in Jinan. On the one hand, Mr. Xu has a history with Jinan. After he went back to China from his study in France, his painting of grand historical events were inspired by Jinan's history; on the other hand, as an important art province in China, Shandong has been attaching great importance to the inheritance and promotion of traditional culture." Wang also expressed his hope for CAFA and the Jinan art circle to have more cooperation in the future.Yang Feng, Director of Publicity Department of Jinan Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of ChinaZhang Wang, President of Shandong Artists AssociationGuests at the ceremony inaugurated the exhibition together.After the ceremony, the exhibition's curator, Director of Department of Publications at CAFAM Hong Mei gave a guided tour of the exhibition.The tour was followed by a symposium around the exhibition. It was hosted by Deputy Director of Jinan Art Museum Zhang Hui, and Hong Mei as the academic presenter. Over 50 scholars, including Deputy Director of CPC Committee of CAFA Wang Shaojun, former director of the Department of Mural Painting Sun Jingbo, Director of the School of Plastic Arts, CAFA and Director of Department of Oil Painting Ma Lu, Director of CAFA Art Museum Zhang Zikang, attended the symposium.Wang Shaojunformer director of the Department of Mural Painting Sun JingboDirector of the School of Plastic Arts, CAFA and Director of Department of Oil Painting Ma LuDirector of CAFA Art Museum Zhang ZikangDirector of Chinese Painting Research Department at CAFAThe exhibition's curator and Director of CAFAM Department of Publications Hong Mei and Deputy Director of Jinan Art Museum Zhang HuiThe symposium centered around the topics "Xu Beihong and His Time", "Reform, Innovation and Development of Chinese Painting", "Formation, Development, Influence and Significance of Xu Beihong Educational School" and the relationship of Xu Beihong and the artists of his time with the context of Shandong. The "Xu Beihong and His Time" exhibition is based on the precious collection of CAFA Art Museum, and exhibits over 110 works by 34 artists of Xu Beihong's time. This is the first time that either Jinan City or Shandong Province holds a large-scale exhibition of modern Chinese art masters since the foundation of New China.The exhibition is presented in two parts: "Pursuit of the Time" and "Inheritance of the School". The first part sets out from Xu Beihong's art, and develops around Xu's realistic artistic idea and his like-minded companions who strived to reform Chinese painting, summarizes Xu's broad, multi-field social connections, and presents the various explorations of modern Chinese art in the 20th century with works of Qi Baishi, Huang Binhong, Zhang Daqian, Chen Shizeng, Fu Baoshi, Ye Qianyu, Li Keran, Jiang Zhaohe, Chang Shuhong and Li Kuchan. In the second part, the exhibition studies the art approach of Xu Beihong, Wu Zuoren, Ai Zhongxin, Sun Zongwei, Li Zongjin and Feng Fasi that supplemented with art education, along with the influence of Xu Beihong's art educational practice and inheritance on the 20th century Chinese art.Through an overall and deep summay of the art and influence of Xu Beihong and his time, clarify the history of development of 20th century Chinese art, and review the formation of 20th century Chinese art, the exhibition has special significance for the current development of Chinese art.The exhibition will last till December 10 (The museum opens on Monday during the exhibition.)Chinese text by He YifeiPhoto by He Yifei and Yin Xiang
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: CAFAM Opens 3rd EAST Art x Technology Season

2019-11-14

EAST-Art x Technology Season Opening Ceremony The 3rd EAST Art x Technology Season Opening Ceremony was held at CAFA Art Museum on November 15, 2019.The event is hosted by CAFA, and organized by CAFA Visual Art Innovation Institute, CAFA School of Experimental Art and CAFA Art Museum. This year’s Art x Technology Season’s theme is “Global Technological Art Panorama of the New Era”, which would further summarize the latest research results and creations in the field of technological art in the world, discuss relevant experience and methods in global technological art education, and exchange views on how to build technological art teaching system in China, how to combine technology and art and how to apply the results of technological art creations, so as to promote the academic development in technological art education in China.Researchers, creators and principals from the University of Chicago, the New York University, the University of Copenhagen, the Welcome Trust and other universities and institutions participated the opening ceremony together with Chinese schoars.Except for announcing the initiation of the 3rd EAST Art x Technology Season, the ceremony also presents two special highlights.Highlight 1: Initiation of the 2020 Asia Digital Art ExhibitionThe first Asia Digital Art Exhibition was held in Haidian District, Beijing in May. The exhibition showcased over 30 artists from 10 countries and regions, presented the resonance between Asian culture and digital technology. In 2020, the exhibition will continue to present the latest results of Asian culture and technological art. The Asia Digital Art Exhibition and the EAST share the same mission and goal, that’s why CAFA announced the 2020 Asia Digital Art Exhibition at the opening ceremony of the EAST. The exhibition invited Professor Qiu Zhijie to be its curator, and invited artists, researchers, scientists and technological companies to participate, to together build a new platform that build cultural consensus and facilitate technological and cultural innovation.Highlight 2: Multimedia Opening Performance - Time Brings Great Changes to the WorldThe opening ceremony also invited Chinese multimedia art team Blackbow to do an opening performance titled “Time Brings Great Changes to the World”. The interactive installation was co-created by Professor Qiu Zhijie and Mr. Wang Zhi’ou, leader of Blackbow. It caught the keywords in the speeches at the ceremony real-time, and showed them successively in the four-fold landscapes respectively named “Characters”, “River”, “Lake” and “Mountains”. Each layer represented a different thinking dimension of the topics involved in the ceremony. As the keywords keep add up, the rivers, mountains and lakes they corresponded to extended, mounted and expanded, so as to visually present the sparks of ideas of the participating guests. EAST Schedule The EAST-Technology x Art Season take place in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen at the same time. Lectures and workshops that have been held include “VR and Art in Reverse”, “Editable Future: The Technical, Ethical, Legal and Artistic Perspectives of Gene Editing”, “Gene Editing Workshop”, “Tencent Game and Creative Product Workshop”, “Machine Learning Workshop”. Exhibitions include “40 Years of Humanizing Technology” and “Mind the Deep: Artificial Intelligence and Artistic Creation”. On November 15-17, the International Conference on Education, Art, Science and Technology and Enterprise Innovation Forum were also held.
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: Anish Kapoor Exhibition Opens in Taimiao

2019-11-12

British artist Anish Kapoor's first large-scale solo exhibition in China, jointly held by CAFA Art Museum and Taimiao Art Museum, opened recently.
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: Pioneering: Chinese Artists Abroad in France and Chinese Modern Art (1911-1949) Exhibition Opens in Shijiazhuang Art Museum

2019-11-04

The exhibition tour of “Pioneering: Chinese Artists Abroad in France and Chinese Modern Art (1911-1949)”, hosted by the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), CAFA Art Museum, Long Museum, and Shijiazhuang Art Museum, opened grandly at Shijiazhuang Art Museum at 3pm, October 27, 2019. It features 123 works by more than 40 artists, including paintings, sculptures and research materials, showing that at the historical node of the transformation of Chinese art in the early 20th century, the Chinese artists studying abroad in France chose to develop Chinese art from tradition to modernity. They thus became the forerunners and practitioners of the cultural appeals for modernity of Chinese art of the 20th century and founders and pioneers of the shifting of Chinese art towards modernity. The opening ceremonyAmong the guests who attended the opening ceremony are : Zhang Zikang, Director of the CAFA Art Museum; Wang Chunchen, Deputy Director of the CAFA Art Museum; Du Yicai, Deputy Director of the Treasury Operations Department at CAFA; famous artists Li Mingjiu, Chen Chengqi, Li Weishi; Zhang Guojun, Vice Presidents of the Hebei Artists Association Li Yanpeng, Han Feng, Gao Junfeng and Yan Jinglong; Wang Fuming, Director of the School of Fine Arts and Design at Hebei Normal University; Wang Liming, Deputy Director of Hebei Provincial Painting Academy; Nie Shufa, Deputy Director of the School of Art, Hebei University of Economics and Business; Li Xueshan, Deputy Director of Shijiazhuang Academy of Fine Arts; Wang Wenling, Vice President of Hebei Artists Association and Director of Shijiazhuang Art Museum; Cao Fengxiang, Secretary of Party Committee and Deputy Director of Shijiazhuang Art Museum; Duan Zhaolin, President of the Shijiazhuang Artists Association. Wang Chunchen, Deputy Director of the CAFA Art Museum, hosted the opening ceremony. Some CAFA alumni in Hebei and many artists also attended the ceremony. Zhang Zikang, Director of the CAFA Art Museum, gave a speechZhang Zikang, Director of the CAFA Art Museum, said in his speech that the exhibition was successfully held in the CAFA Art Museum after more than a year of preparation, and was widely recognized by the society. It showed the academic strength of the CAFA. The Shijiazhuang Art Museum and the CAFA Art Museum have maintained a good academic relationship. This 2019 exhibition was another large academic exhibition held at Shijiazhuang Art Museum, after the 2017 “Object/Realization: A Case Study of Ye Qianyu Part II” exhibition and the 2018 “Xu Beihong and His Time” exhibition. The artists who studied abroad in France in the early 20th century who are presented in this exhibition, received Western academic education of classicism, realism，naturalism, and brought back various Western modernist schools, adding new art categories, art concepts and new lifestyles associated with them to the 20th century Chinese fine arts, which were different from the traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy system. At the same time, most of them returned to their motherland after they graduated, and many chose art education as their life-long career. Till now, their techniques, concepts and theories have deeply influenced Chinese modern art education. Today, we appreciate these works not only to pay homage to them, but also to provide a perspective on how the current modernization of Chinese art develops and innovates in a global horizon. Most of the previous exhibitions on this rich history were presented as case studies. It is rare in recent years that the history is presented as such a large-scale and neatly organized exhibition. The richness and versatility of the exhibition have been well displayed by the works presented, and it is very instructive for the cultural identity and artistic integration issues that the contemporary art is facing. Wang Chunchen, Deputy Director of the CAFA Art Museum, gave a speechWang Chunchen, Deputy Director of the CAFA Art Museum, mentioned in his speech that in the history of modern Chinese art, there were still many important fine art works that have not been visible in public. And the improvement of collection mechanism of Chinese public art institutions has only begun in recent years. With the support of more than 40 public and private art institutions and private collectors in China, this exhibition will enable the public to re-understand and recognize the outstanding contributions of the art pioneers of modern Chinese art by directly seeing their original works. The tour exhibition is successfully held at the Shijiazhuang Fine Art Museum. We believe that we can have more opportunities for academic exchanges and cooperations with Shijiazhuang Fine Art Museum, and enhance the radiation and promotion of the art industry in Hebei Province through the benefits of this convenient location.Curator Hong MeiCurator of the exhibition, Hong Mei, was unable to attend the opening ceremony because of the planning work of Liu Shiming’s sculpture art exhibition in New York. She mentioned in the curator’s message that the “Chinese Artists Abroad in France” exhibition tour, which exhibits across the country as the 2018 annual communication and promotion project of National Art Fund, presents both the pioneers of western academic classism, realism and naturalism, as well as those who explored the different schools of western modernism. Both of these groups promoted the formation and development of art scene in China in 20th century.Artist Li MingjiuFamous artist Li Mingjiu said that by reviewing the experience of the pioneers studied abroad in France and the development of Chinese art, we have the chance to appreciate the significance of the artists studied abroad in France in the development of modern Chinese art. Today, the commemoration of the pioneers is also a hope for making greater contributions to the future of the art cause. He appreciated CAFA for introducing the great academic exhibition to the Shijiazhuang Art Museum. Such academic exchange and cooperation will play an important role in promoting the development of art industry in Shijiazhuang and Hebei Province.Wang Wenling, Vice President of the Hebei Artists Association and Director of Shijiazhuang Art Museum, gave her speechIn the end, Wang Wenling, Vice President of the Hebei Artists Association and Director of Shijiazhuang Art Museum, expressed her gratitude to CAFA for the trust and support to Shijiazhuang Art Museum. Through this cooperation, the public has the opportunity to appreciate the precious artistic fruits of the pioneers who studied abroad in France. It greatly enriched the spiritual and cultural life of residents in Shijiazhuang City. She sincerely wished that the friendship between CAFA and Shijiazhuang Art Museum will last long. *The exhibition will last till December 3rd, 2019.Chinese text edited by He Yifei and Cui RanranTranslated by Liu Yanchao丨Exhibited Work丨Zeng Yilu, Qingjinghuacheng Tower in Xihuang Temple, 54.5x35.5cm Chang Shuhong, Nude Portrait of Seated Woman, oil on canvas, 140x92cm, 1940Huang Xianzhi, Cherries on White Floor, 61X46.5cmHan Leran, Carpet Market, 200X150cmHu Shanyu, Canna, 65x54.3cmLi Chaoshi, Four Friends of New Year, powder on paper, 46x33cm, 1962Liu Haisu, Basilique du Sacré Coeur, oil on canvas, 73x60cm, 1931Lv Sibai, Cape, 82X62cmWu Dayu, Untitled-19, oil on canvas, 54x39cm, 1980sLv Xiaguang, Temple Hall, 38x30.5cmSitu Qiao, Lassoing Horses, oil on canvas, 97.5x222cm, 1955Wu Zuoren, Worshipping the Blue Sea, 61x80cmWu Zuoren, Practice Work on Human Body, 29x49.5cmXu Beihong, Family Portrait of Yang Zhongzi, 59.5x79.5cm, 1928Zhou Bichu, The Small Three Gorges, 60x79cmZhao Wuji, 1.12.64, oil on canvas, 130x89cm, 1964Wang Ziyun, Morning in Town, 59.5x72cm丨About the Exhibition丨 Exhibition Details Time: 2019/10/27 - 2019/12/3Place: Gallery 4 & 5, Shijiazhuang Art MuseumChief Organizer：Central Academy of Fine ArtsOrganizers: CAFA Art Museum, Long Museum, Shijiazhuang Art MuseumChief Planner: Fan Di'anArt Director: Su Xinping, Zhang Zikang, Wang WenlingExhibition Director: Wang Chunchen, Gao Gao, Cao FengxiangCurator: Hong MeiCo-curators: Dong Song, Liu Libin, Jiang Mingyang
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: CAFAM Techne Triennial 2020 | Topologies of the Real & Art in Motion Initiates

2019-11-04

CAFA Art Museum (CAFAM) will hold the large-scale media art exhibition "Topologies of the Real" from February 20 to March 29, together with ZKM's tour exhibition "Art in Motion: Masterpieces with and through Media", and initiated the first "CAFAM Techne Triennial".
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: Fan Di’an: Welcome to Explore the Secret Echoes of the Spirit of Anish Kapoor’s Art | Exhibition is Open to the Public on October 26

2019-10-22

Anish Kapoor solo exhibition in China CAFA Art Museum & Taimiao Art Museum CAFA Art Museum 2019/10/26 - 2020/1/1 Taimiao Art Museum 2019/11/11 - 12/28Mr. Anish Kapoor is a representative of contemporary Western art and also a renowned artist in the international contemporary art world. His works have been highlighted frequently in international art exhibitions, particularly those large-scale works towering in the urban public spaces, exerting a significant influence as a trans-century wonder of art. In Autumn 2019, his first large-scale retrospective art exhibition in China will be held simultaneously at CAFA Art Museum and the Taimiao Art Museum, which could be regarded as a spectacular journey of Kapoor’s art in China.Anish Kapoor, DestierroEarth, pigment and mechanical diggerDimensions variable©Anish Kapoor, 2019In the changing trend of Western art and culture at the end of 20th century, Kapoor’s art emerged with its ideas and forms showing both individuality and publicity. The interlacing of his rigorous thinking, mysterious fantasy and free imagination render his art beyond previous patterns, bursting out a luster of fresh perceptions, and becoming a cultural representation with multiple implications and abundant energy. Kapoor’s creation is rooted in ancient Indian philosophy. He integrates the spiritual core of Eastern culture with the modern symbolism of Western culture and establishes a unique relationship between material media and cultural metaphor, self-sufficient pattern and ecological environment. He advocates that color is baptism and belief, space is mind and soul, and material is in spiritual possession, which makes his works invite mysterious and powerful resonance force in the binary compound languages such as the material and immaterial, existence and transcendence, essence and extension. In the 1980s, Kapoor had become one of the representative artists of the “New British Sculpture”, and won the “Turner Prize” that manifests the spirit of western innovation and exploration. As his ideas correspond to and reflect the new cultural reality and cultural psychological signs in the global context, his art is widely accepted globally, resulting in a broad influence in cross-cultural communications.Anish Kapoor, Symphony for a Beloved Sun, 2013Stainless steel, wax, conveyer beltsPhoto credit: Dave Morgan ©Anish Kapoor, 2019The capability of the artists lies in the realization of a complex concept into a simple visual form and the application of the pure visual form in prompting the metaphysical implication. Kapoor is a master in grasping the relationship between purity and polysemy. He is good at using the space where the works are placed to create the site of generation of the works, producing illusive impressions and offering viewers with immersive perceptions. Some of the language signs belong to his specialities, such as the applying of red - a symbol of life origin, the powder that embodies the idea of “emptiness” and the “descension” that looks like a whirlpool, a cavern or a blackhole. The material and form he’s best at is his installation work of stainless-steel structure. This kind of works are extremely pure, always featuring a curved surface, thus making the bright and clean surface not only a shiny object itself but also a carrier of the surrounding landscape, while the phenomenon of refraction and reflection leads to a series of conversion from “ordinary” to “extraordinary”, producing a stunning “mirror image”.Anish Kapoor, Cloud Gate, 2001-2004Stainless steel25 x 15 x 12mMillennium Park, Chicago©Anish Kapoor, 2019Anish Kapoor, Non-Object (Spire), 2007Stainless steel302.3 x 300 x 300cmPhoto credit: Tim Mitchell©Anish Kapoor, 2019Anish Kapoor, C-Curve, 2007Stainless steel2.2m x 7.7m x 3mPhoto credit: Dave Morgan©Anish Kapoor, 2019Sky Mirror, 2006Stainless steelDiameter: 10 mPhoto credit: Tim Mitchell©Anish Kapoor, 2019Tsunami, 2018Stainless steelPhoto credit: Dave Morgan©Anish Kapoor, 2019Mr. Kapoor attaches great importance to the journey of his art in China, and planned and prepared for the show together with my colleagues, who are the show’s host. We both hope that the exhibition could academically present Kapoor’s main artistic achievements to date, and also build a site for direct experience of his large-scale works. Contemporary Chinese art, while basing itself on domestic innovation and development, still needs to keep an eye on the world, carry out extensive exchanges and form a profound cultural dialogue. Kapoor’s art is so intelligently responsive to the complexity of today’s world, and so wonderfully makes spectators perceive the metaphysical secret echoes of its spirit. This Autumn, in response to Kapoor’s wish to “invite people to explore”, let’s immerse ourselves in his grand art scene and have a free discussion.Fan Di’anDirector of Central Academy of Fine ArtsPresident of Chinese Artists AssociationOctober 2019Anish Kapoor, Sectional Body preparing for Monadic Singularity, 2015PVC and steel730 x 730 x 730 cmPhoto credit: Tadzio©Anish Kapoor, 2019Anish Kapoor, My Red Homeland, 2003Wax and oil-based paint, steel arm and motorDiameter: 12 m©Anish Kapoor, 2019Anish Kapoor, To Reflect an Intimate Part of the Red, 1981Mixed materials, color powder200 x 800 x 800cmPhoto credit: Andrew Penketh©Anish Kapoor, 2019 About the Exhibition Academic Consultant: Fan Di'an Artistic Director: Su Xinping Curatorial Advisor: Hans Ulrich ObristChief Curator: Zhang Zikang Curators: Wang Chunchen Yue Jieqiong Organizers: Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing Municipal Federation Trade Unions Co-Organizers: CAFA Art Museum, Taimiao Art Museum Chief Supporting Organization: Zhonghong Chuangyi (Beijing) Culture Development Co, Ltd.Supporting Organizations: Lisson Gallery, Galleria Continua and the British Council CAFA Art Museum | Time | 2019/10/25 - 2020/1/1Open to the public on 10/26| Opening Hours |Tuesday to Sunday 9:30-17:30（Last admission 17:00）/ Closed on Monday Taimiao Art Museum | Time | 2019/11/11-12/28| Opening Hours |9:00-17:00 daily（Last ticket purchase 16:30） Ticketing Information * All kinds of ticket can be used throughout the exhibition starting 10/26.Scan the QR code to purchase ticketEarly-bird Ticket：90 yuan（Available from 2019/10/10-10/25）Adult ticket: 120 yuanDiscount ticket: 60 yuan（Please refer to discount ticket use policy below for eligibility）Family ticket: 260 yuan（2 adults and 1 child above 120 cm）*Group ticket: Groups of 10 or more may enjoy 20% discount off original price.Visitors with union membership card may enjoy 20% discount off original price.（Group ticket only available at the CAFAM front desk）For inquiries please call: 010-64771575 | Notes | * The ticket of Anish Kapoor exhibition at CAFA Art Museum is 120 yuan. Visitors with union membership card may enjoy 20% discount off original price, and visit the Anish Kapoor exhibition at the Taimiao Art Museum for free. Visitors to Taimiao without card could buy the bell exhibition ticket for 15 yuan, and enjoy the Anish Kapoor exhibition for free. The east and west side halls of Xiang Dian are open for free. Visitors may enter with 2-yuan palace ticket.* Teachers and students of CAFA, children under 120cm (adult company is required, and the adult needs to purchase ticket), elderlies above 60, military service men and disabled people may visit the exhibition for free.* Students above 120cm (graduates students included), visitors with CAFA Alumni Card, CAFAM VIP Card, CAFAM Membership Card and Museum Association Membership Card, museum employees may purchase discount ticket.Note: Free ticket and discount ticket can be purchased and verified upon showing credentials. CAFAM reserves the right for final explanation.
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: Gu Yuan Art Exhibition Opens on October 16

2019-10-16

Gu Yuan (1919-1996) is a famous artist Chinese artist and art educator. He was the director of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, deputy president of the China Artists Association, and deputy president of the China Printmaking Artists Association. In his art life that lasted for nearly half a century, Mr. Gu’s works clearly reflected his time, and sang praise of the modern Chinese printmaking development and New China’s art blossoming.In 1938, Mr. Gu Yuan left Guangzhou for Yan’an amid the flame of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, with full-hearted enthusiasm for revolution and art. Using paint brush and burin, he rendered the heroic stories of Chinese soldiers and people’s fight against invasion. In 1939, he completed his first wood-engraving work, Marching of the Guerilla Force. He then began his creative practice under the oil lamp in the cave dwelling. He stuck to his position in northern Shaanxi Province, rooting his art creation deeply in the soil of the working people. He lived among and learnt from the working people, absorbing the truest nutrition. During his time at the Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, he created a great number of popular wood-engraving works, including “Chopping Grass”, “Studying in Winter”, “Suing for Divorce” and “Brother’s Vacation”. These works have become classic works of modern Chinese printmaking history today, and opened up a new chapter for Chinese modern printmaking. In 1942, after visiting the National Wood Engraving Exhibition, Xu Beihong wrote passionately: “I discovered a genius in the Chinese art circle, that is the big master Gu Yuan of the Chinese Communist Party.”After New China was founded, Gu Yuan rendered the magnificent natural landscape of China, the spiritual life of the people and the new look of China with broad vision, lyric touch and modest artistic language. He created a new visual form of New China, delivered a new aesthetic value, and became an important icon of the visual language of New China. The combination of reality, nationality and lyricism characteristic of his work has great influence on future generations. He is an outstanding realistic art master of the 20th century.The exhibition is titled after the title of Mr. Gu Yuan’s first exhibition in 1980s, which is handwritten by himself. In the 108 traditional style newspaper billboards, over 300 of Mr. Gu’s works are presented. The gallery’s theme color, Yan’an red, conveys Mr. Gu's modest and easy-going disposition, and brings the audience to his time. The curation tries to present the interactive relationship between the artist’s creation and the society, bringing the audience closer to “Gu Yuan” while inspiring their reflection on today's artistic development. Like Xu Bing wrote in his article Understand Gu Yuan: Do we have the clear concept and goal as what Gu Yuan and his generation did in their time? Do we have their sincerity for art?Mr. Gu Yuan's Former ResidenceMr. Gu Yuan's Former ResidenceSupport: China Federation of Literary and Art CirclesPresenter: Central Academy of Fine Arts｜China Artists AssociationCo-presenter: Gu Yuan Museum of Art｜Hunan Fine Arts Publishing HouseOrganizer: CAFA Party Committee | CAFA Art Museum | Department of Printmaking, School of Plastic Arts, CAFATime: 2019/10/16-11/26Place: Gallery 2B, CAFA Art Museum
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: Anish Kapoor’s First Solo Museum Exhibition in China Opens in October

2019-10-12

Anish Kapoor CAFA Art Museum & Taimiao Art Museum CAFA Art Museum (CAFAM) 2019/10/25 - 2020/1/1Preview Day: 10/25Public Opening: 10/26 Taimiao Art Museum 2019/11/11 - 2019/12/28Public Opening: 11/11Internationally celebrated British artist Anish Kapoor will open a major solo exhibition in Beijing this October. As Kapoor’s first solo museum show in China, the exhibition will present some of the artist’s most significant and celebrated works of his last 35 years. The exhibition at CAFA Art Museum will open on October 25, featuring the artist’s powerful, self-generated installations; the exhibition that will open on November 11 at Taimiao Art Museum of Imperial Ancestral Temple will show his sensorial, geometrical sculptures.Fan Di’an, President of China Artists Association and Director of the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), is the academic supervisor of the exhibition. Deputy Director of CAFA Su Xinping is the art director, CAFAM Director Zhang Zikang the chief curator, and CAFAM Deputy Director Wang Chunchen and Executive Director of Taimiao Art Museum Yue Jieqiong the curators. The exhibition also invites artistic director of the Serpentine Galleries, London, Hans-Ulrich Obrist to be its curatorial consultant. The exhibition is a deep exploration of Kapoor’s visual art language, as well as an important witness of China-UK cultural exchange.Anish Kapoor, Symphony for a Beloved Sun, 2013Stainless steel, wax, conveyer beltsPhoto credit: Dave Morgan ©Anish Kapoor, 2019The exhibition at the contemporary architecture CAFA Art Museum will present the dramatic and performative properties of Kapoor’s work, and focus on four of the most important works of the artist’s. The 2013 work Symphony for a Beloved Sun, exhibited at Martin-Gropius Bau in Berlin, will meet the public with a new look at the museum lobby. On the third floor gallery, there will display Kapoor’s debut exhibit at the Palace of Versailles in 2015, Sectional Body preparing for Monadic Singularity. The neighboring space will show Destierro, the industrial landscape work he showed in 2017 at Argentina’s Parque de la Memoria, or Memory Park, which features a lonely, ultramarine bulldozer in contrast with hundreds of tons of red earth. On the fourth floor of the museum, the automatic installation work My Red Homeland (2003) will be exhibited.Anish Kapoor, Sectional Body preparing for Monadic Singularity, 2015PVC and steel730 x 730 x 730 cmPhoto credit: Tadzio©Anish Kapoor, 2019Anish Kapoor, DestierroEarth, pigment and mechanical diggerDimensions variable©Anish Kapoor, 2019Anish Kapoor, My Red Homeland, 2003Wax and oil-based paint, steel arm and motorDiameter: 12 m©Anish Kapoor, 2019Except for these large-scale installation works, Kapoor will also exhibit models of the important public sculptures of his decades-long art practice, including the Cloud Gate (2004), Orbit (2010), Scheme for South Bank Centre (2001), Subway Stations, Monte Sant'Angelo, Naples (1999-2002), and the 56 Leonard Street sculpture model to be exhibited in New York this October.Sky Mirror, 2006Stainless steelDiameter: 10 mPhoto credit: Tim Mitchell©Anish Kapoor, 2019Tsunami, 2018Stainless steelPhoto credit: Dave Morgan©Anish Kapoor, 2019The other part of the solo exhibition will take place at the Taimiao Art Museum of Imperial Ancestral Temple, which belongs to the Forbidden City architecture group. The 600-year-old Taimiao is composed of buildings and courtyards of large volume. By reflecting and refracting the space using a series of stainless steel and pigment sculptures, Kapoor is having an unprecedented dialogue with the magnificent architecture and the history. His most impactful, interactive pair of works, S-Curve (2006) and C-Curve (2007) will be placed in the mid-court of Taimiao. “S-Curve” is a S-shaped sculpture formed by two seamlessly connected stainless steels. “C-Curve” is one large piece of curved stainless steel. The two art works, respectively in convex and concave shapes, directly reflects and retracts landscape around them. Located around these works is another group of important stainless steel sculptures by Kapoor, including Non-Object (Spire) (2008), and Non-Object (Door) (2008). These works show its environment up-side-down, make the audience immerse in the surrounding architecture and environment, and challenge the audience’s conceptive experience.Anish Kapoor, Svayambhu, 2007Wax and oil-based paintDimensions variablePhoto credit: Dave Morgan©Anish Kapoor, 2019Pigment sculptures will be exhibited in the two side halls of Taimiao Art Museum’s Xiang Dian. Kapoor’s use of pigment is the foundation of many of his original works. He quickly rose to fame with the 1000 Names series (1979-1982) due to its innovative use of pigment. Other pigment sculptures that ensued, including the Angel (1990) in blue and the To Reflect an Intimate Part of the Red (1981) in a variety of colors and shapes, will appear in this exhibition. The varied art works will fill the ancient architecture space. All kinds of shapes will put the audience in a daze.Leviathan, 2011PVC33.6 x 99.89 x 72.23 mExhibited at Grand Palais during the Monumenta, 2011Photo credit: Dave Morgan©Anish Kapoor, 2019The exhibition is co-organized by Central Academy of Fine Arts and the Beijing Municipal Federation Trade Unions, and co-hosted by the CAFA Art Museum and the Taimiao Art Museum. We would like to extend special thanks to our chief supporting organization Zhonghong Chuangyi (Beijing) Culture Development Co, Ltd., and other supporting organizations Lisson Gallery, Galleria Continua and the British Council. About the Artist Anish KapoorPhoto credit: Jillian EdelsteinAnish Kapoor was born in Mumbai, India in 1954 and lives and works in London. He studied at Hornsey College of Art, London, UK (1973–77) followed by postgraduate studies at Chelsea School of Art, London, UK (1977–78). Recent solo exhibitions include CorpArtes, Santiago, Chile (2019); Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery, London, UK (2019); Serralves Museum, Porto, Portugal (2018); 'Descension’' at Public Art Fund, Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 1, New York, NY, USA (2017); Parque de la Memoria, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2017); MAST Foundation,Bologna, Italy (2017); Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC), Mexico City, Mexico (2016); Couvent de la Tourette, Eveux, France (2015); Château de Versailles, France (2015) and The Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, Moscow, Russia (2015). He represented Britain at the 44th Venice Biennale in 1990 with Void Field (1989), for which he was awarded the Premio Duemila for Best Young Artist. Kapoor won the Turner Prize in 1991 and has honorary fellowships from the University of Wolverhampton, UK (1999), the Royal Institute of British Architecture, London, UK (2001) and an honorary doctorate from the University of Oxford, UK (2014). Anish Kapoor was awarded a CBE in 2003 and a Knighthood in 2013 for services to visual arts. Large scale public projects include Cloud Gate (2004) in Millennium Park, Chicago, USA and ArcelorMittal Orbit (2012) in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, UK. About the Organizers ╱CAFA Art MuseumThe history of the CAFA Art Museum can be traced back to the early 1950s. Originally called the Central Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, it was located on Wangfujing, Beijing. Designed by the noted architect Zhang Kaiji, the Gallery was the first professional art museum built after the establishment of the People’s Republic of China. In 1998, the Gallery changed its name to the CAFA Art Museum. In October 2008, the museum moved to the No. 8 Huajiadi South Street in Beijing’s Chaoyang District, with a new building designed by the noted Japanese architect Arata Isozaki. In the end of 2010, the CAFA Art Museum was selected to be one of the firsts to be listed as the Key National Museums. The CAFA Art Museum is a professional and international modern art museum that conducts academic research, presents exhibitions, restores artworks and provides art education. The museum upholds the philosophy of open-mindedness and is rooted in the concept of using knowledge to serve society. It aims to bridge the past and the future through presenting great artistic and cultural accomplishments of our humanity, and share the culture of our times with all quarters of society.╱Taimiao Art MuseumThe Taimiao Art Museum is located in the Forbidden City architecture group, China’s highest-ranking architecture group that has lasted for 600 years. It is a combination of magnificent building, rich history, profound background and spirit of the era, an artistic and cultural palace of the new time against the ancient royal architectural background established in the Ming and Qing dynasties.The Taimiao Art Museum is co-operated by the Beijing Municipal Federation Trade, the Beijing Working People’s Cultural Palace and the Central Academy of Fine Arts. It has functions including exhibition, collection, research, public education and domestic and international cultural exchange, and keeps improving its operation mechanism and organization structures with high standard of sociability, professionalism and social benefits. About the Exhibition Academic Consultant: Fan Di'an Artistic Director: Su Xinping Curatorial Advisor: Hans Ulrich ObristChief Curator: Zhang Zikang Curators: Wang Chunchen Yue Jieqiong Organizers: Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing Municipal Federation Trade Unions Co-Organizers: CAFA Art Museum, Taimiao Art Museum Chief Supporting Organization: Zhonghong Chuangyi (Beijing) Culture Development Co, Ltd.Supporting Organizations: Lisson Gallery, Galleria Continua and the British Council CAFA Art Museum | Time | 2019/10/25 - 2020/1/1Open to the public on 10/26| Opening Hours |Tuesday to Sunday 9:30-17:30（Last admission 17:00）/ Closed on Monday Taimiao Art Museum | Time | 2019/11/11-12/28| Opening Hours |9:00-17:00 daily（Last ticket purchase 16:30） Ticketing Information * All kinds of ticket can be used throughout the exhibition starting 10/26.Scan the QR code to purchase ticketEarly-bird Ticket：90 yuan（Available from 2019/10/10-10/25）Adult ticket: 120 yuanDiscount ticket: 60 yuan（Please refer to discount ticket use policy below for eligibility）Family ticket: 260 yuan（2 adults and 1 child above 120 cm）*Group ticket: Groups of 10 or more may enjoy 20% discount off original price.Visitors with union membership card may enjoy 20% discount off original price.（Group ticket only available at the CAFAM front desk）For inquiries please call: 010-64771575 | Notes | * The ticket of Anish Kapoor exhibition at CAFA Art Museum is 120 yuan. Visitors with union membership card may enjoy 20% discount off original price, and visit the Anish Kapoor exhibition at the Taimiao Art Museum for free. Visitors to Taimiao without card could buy the bell exhibition ticket for 15 yuan, and enjoy the Anish Kapoor exhibition for free. The east and west side halls of Xiang Dian are open for free. Visitors may enter with 2-yuan palace ticket.* Teachers and students of CAFA, children under 120cm (adult company is required, and the adult needs to purchase ticket), elderlies above 60, military service men and disabled people may visit the exhibition for free.* Students above 120cm (graduates students included), visitors with CAFA Alumni Card, CAFAM VIP Card, CAFAM Membership Card and Museum Association Membership Card, museum employees may purchase discount ticket.Note: Free ticket and discount ticket can be purchased and verified upon showing credentials. CAFAM reserves the right for final explanation.
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(3) Geographical Scope of Use

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The media in which the portraiture may be used encompasses any media that does not infringe upon Party A’s portraiture rights (e.g., magazines and the internet).

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Use in perpetuity.

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The fees for images bearing Party A’s likeness will be undertaken by Party B.

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CAFA Art Museum Portraiture Rights Licensing Agreement

I. General Provisions

(1) Party A is the portraiture rights holder in this agreement. Party A voluntarily licenses its portraiture rights to Party B for the purposes stipulated in this agreement and permitted by law.

(3) Party B will photograph all CAFA Public Education Department events for Party A.

II. Content, Forms of Use, and Geographical Scope of Use

(2) Forms of Use. For use in CAFA’s publications, products with CDs, and promotional materials.

(3) Geographical Scope of Use

The applicable geographic scope is global.

The media in which the portraiture may be used encompasses any media that does not infringe upon Party A’s portraiture rights (e.g., magazines and the internet).

III. Term of Portraiture Rights Use

Use in perpetuity.

IV. Licensing Fees

The fees for images bearing Party A’s likeness will be undertaken by Party B.

After completion, Party B does not need to pay any fees to Party A for images bearing Party A’s likeness.

Additional Terms

(2) This agreement comes into effect on the date that it is signed (sealed) and the relevant boxes are selected by Party A and Party B.

(3) This agreement exists in paper and electronic forms. The paper form is made in duplicate, with Party A and Party B each retaining one copy with the same legal efficacy.

I have carefully read and agree to the above provisions.

Group Visit Agreement
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CAFA Art Museum Publication Authorization Agreement

CAFA Art Museum Event Safety Disclaimer

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Article II

Article III

Event participants should be adults (people 18 years or older with full civil legal capacity). Underage persons must be accompanied by an adult.

Article IV

Article V

Article VI

CAFA Art Museum Portraiture Rights Licensing Agreement

I. General Provisions

(1) Party A is the portraiture rights holder in this agreement. Party A voluntarily licenses its portraiture rights to Party B for the purposes stipulated in this agreement and permitted by law.

(3) Party B will photograph all CAFA Public Education Department events for Party A.

II. Content, Forms of Use, and Geographical Scope of Use

(2) Forms of Use. For use in CAFA’s publications, products with CDs, and promotional materials.

(3) Geographical Scope of Use

The applicable geographic scope is global.

The media in which the portraiture may be used encompasses any media that does not infringe upon Party A’s portraiture rights (e.g., magazines and the internet).

III. Term of Portraiture Rights Use

Use in perpetuity.

IV. Licensing Fees

The fees for images bearing Party A’s likeness will be undertaken by Party B.

After completion, Party B does not need to pay any fees to Party A for images bearing Party A’s likeness.

Additional Terms

(2) This agreement comes into effect on the date that it is signed (sealed) and the relevant boxes are selected by Party A and Party B.

(3) This agreement exists in paper and electronic forms. The paper form is made in duplicate, with Party A and Party B each retaining one copy with the same legal efficacy.

I have carefully read and agree to the above provisions.