MUTE ENCOUNTERS: BRUNO WALPOTH
The Italian artist Bruno Walpoth has been known as "one of the greatest woodcarving artists of the century". He focuses on the research of human figures, using a simple and unpretentious style to create a special emotional atmosphere. Though the expression and body language of the figure, his work directly reflects the inner feelings. It will be the first time that Bruno's works have been exhibited in Beijing. The exhibition will present 20 new a sculptures which have been prepared specifically for this exhibition, as well as paintings, bronze and paper sculptures that have rarely appeared in his solo shows.
Time:2019/3/5-2019/5/1
Venue: Gallery 3A,CAFA Art Museum
MARC QUINN:UNDER THE SKIN
This exhibition will present a selection of the work of the acclaimed British artist Marc Quinn. As one of the leading artists of his generation, Quinn's work explores the recurring themes of art and science; the human body; emotion; and the perception of beauty. For the artist's first solo museum exhibition in China, the works have been drawn from his 30-year career and from multiple series, exploring his enduring interest in identity.
Time:2019/3/8-2019/5/1
Venue: Gallery 3B,CAFA Art Museum
FOR BEAUTY IS NOTHING BUT THE BEGINNING OF TERROR MAGGI HAMBLING PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS, 1960-
Maggi Hambling (born in 1945) is a major British artist who gained an international reputation in the 1980s, only enhanced subsequently by
recent shows at major museums such as the Hermitage in St Petersburg Russia. This will be a career-length exhibition which showcases Magg Hambling's work from the 1960s to the present day-oil paintings, drawings and monotypes. Her most iconic works will be presented in the exhibition, including the extraordinary Walls of Water paintings, as well as her portraits of lovers, family and friends.
Time:2019/3/8-2019/5/1
Venue: Gallery 4F,CAFA Art Museum
CAFA ANNUAL FINE ARTS NOMINATION EXHIBITION·2019
— ZHOU JIRONG& YE NAN:BETWEEN THE HEAVENLY AND THE HUMAN
The exhibition of CAFA Annual Fine Arts Nomination Exhibition. 2019 will be divided into two parts: 1. Cappella of the History-Zhou Jirong Solo Exhibition: 2. Limit of the Loneliness-Ye Nan Solo Exhibition. Over 70 oil paintings, the works of printmaking and composite materials will be presented, displaying the 30-year art careers of the two artists。
Time:2019/3/12-2019/5/1
Venue: Gallery 2B,CAFA Art Museum
LIN GANG
PAINTING/ VITALITY
The exhibition will focus on Mr. Lin Gang's oil paintings from life and abstraction works from the perspective of artistic ontology. The former will show how the artist painted the image of external objects, while the latter will show how the artist expressed the spiritual world. Finally, it will aim to outline the internal relationship between Lin Gang’s paintings from life and abstraction works in the past decades, hoping to provide reference for the younger generations in painting practice and creation. At the same time, the exhibition will also review and summarize Mr. Lin Gang’s artistic career and important achievements in an independent section.
Time:2019/3/12-2019/5/1
Venue: Gallery 2A,CAFA Art Museum
ITINERANT EXHIBITION PROJECTS
PIONEERING: CHINESE ARTISTS ABROAD IN FRANCE
AND CHINESE MODERN ART(1911-1949)
The exhibition will be the first large-scale academic exhibition of which CAFA Art Museum has participated in the curating, after the conclusion of the celebrating the 100th anniversary of CAFA. Supported by 2018 China's National Art Fund, the exhibition will show more than 200 artworks loaned from dozens of public and private institutions and art collectors presenting the academic life of more than 50 artists who had studied in France. It will be divided into four sections showing comprehensively the exploring journey of those pioneers in advancing the modernization of Chinese art in the first half of the 20th century, hoping to help to research further the process of formation of Chinese art in the 20th century. It was from Shanghai where the pioneers got on ship to France, taking the first step of the path of Chinese modern art.
Time:2019/3/16-2019/6/9
Venue: Gallery 3&6,Long Museum West Bund,Shanghai
ITINERANT EXHIBITION PROJECTS
XU BEIHONG AND HIS TIME
The Exhibition will make a comprehensive and in-depth review of the historical contributions of Xu Beihong the first director of CAFA after the founding of new China, as well as the development of Chinese fine arts in his time. It will be of great significance to clarify the historical context of the development of Chinese art in the 20th century, trace the formation of the basic features of Chinese art in the same period, and also develop the contemporary Chinese art.
Time: 2019/3/29-2019/5/6
Venue: Gallery 2&3,Li’ao He Museum of Fine Arts
BEYOND BOUNDARIES: AN INTERACTION BETWEEN THE CENTRAL ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, BEIJING AND THE SLADE SCHOOL OF FINE ART UCL LONDON
The group exhibition will present works by 24 artists who have been teaching in Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing( CAFA)and the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London. Coinciding with celebrating the 100th anniversary of CAFA and the 150-year anniversary of the Slade School of Fine Art, Beyond Boundaries will highlight the historic contributions made by the two academies and celebrate the important role of cultivating artists played by CAFA and the Slade. Zhang Zikang, Director of CAFAM will be the art director of this exhibition which will be co-curated by Guo Xiaohui and Andrew Stahl. The exhibition will feature the recent works ranging from painting, sculpture to the new digital media, showing the dynamic samples of current artistic practices in China and the UK.
Time: 2019/3/12-2019/4/2
Venue: Somerset House,London
CAFA GRADUATION SEASON, 2019
The annual CAFA graduation season has always been carefully
achievements of CAFA, especially the teaching achievements will be
mostly reflected in the graduation works. The works presented in the graduation season will embody the level of the academic research and art creation of the academy. During the CAFa graduation season, the academy will be transformed into a grand museum of fine arts, being open to the whole society as a platform of communication between the the graduates and various circles of the society. How can you miss such a gathering?
Time: Early May to Late June,2019
Venue: CAFA Art Museum
ART EDUCATIONAL PROMOTION SPECIAL PROJECT
THE ART OF LEONARDO-IMPOSSIBLE EXHIBITION
In order to mark the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da vincis death, the Exhibition "The art of Leonardo-Impossible Exhibition" will display extremely high-definition and true-to-scale reproductions of all the 17 masterpieces of Leonardo exposed in 11 different top museums in the world. These exceptional reproductions will include the Last Supper, Monna Lisa, the Annunciation, the two versions of the virgin of the Rocks etc. The exhibition, organized in cooperation with the italian Embassy and the italian Institute of Culture, with the technical supervision of the Italian national television RAICom, will start its journey in China from Beijing then touring around the world. It will provide a unique opportunity for the people who are passionate of renaissance art to get closer to the great art heritage left to the world by Leonardo da vinci.
Time: Early April to Late May,2019
Venue: CAFA Art Museum