APSMUSEUM Spring Exhibition Opening Review｜For A Bigger Picture
The spring exhibition of APSMUSEUM, "For A Bigger Picture", co-hosted by Art Pioneer Studio and L+Mall Shanghai, officially opened on March 8th 2022.
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'For A Bigger Picture' is presented by APSMUSEUM in collaboration with L+MALL, Shanghai. For this exhibition we invited Gu Zheng as the academic director, Shi Hantao as curator, and 12 groups of widely known artists including Cai Dongdong, Lei Lei, Ling Yun &Yang Fudong, Liu Ding, Luo Yongjin, Ni Youyu, Ren Lengfei, Wang Gongxin, Yin Xiuzhen, Yu Ji, Zhang Enli, and Zhou Xiaohu to participated.(Artists' names are sorted by Chinese initials, regardless of order.) Through this exhibition, APSMUSEUM hopes to invite the audience to think about the new possibilities of "collage" art and see the "bigger picture" of art and reality itself.
# 01 Exhibition Introduction #
David Hockney considers the "collage" of Cubism to be an important invention of 20th century art. Collage art breaks through the law of linear perspective since Renaissance, no longer pursues the illusion of reality, but questions and subverts the human rationality represented by perspective. Meanwhile, the collage art that incorporates realistic materials into the picture as "Ready-made Objects" and "Ready-made Images" is an attempt to build a new relationship between art and reality, and to fill up the gap between art and life in some ways. These exhibited works reflect the profound influence of modernist "collage" on contemporary art, and greatly expand its definition. "Collage" once activated the vitality of artistic creation in concept and language. This exhibition hopes to invite the audience to think further about its new possibilities in the 21st century. David Hockney said that "collage" is "A Bigger Picture”. For the title of this exhibition, it not only refers to the expansion of the creation and viewing for specific works, but also refers to this artistic style that allows us to see "bigger picture" of art and reality.
# 02 The Art Works #
In the Hair series, Zhang cut out the images of hair with varies color and shape, and collage into layers of overlapping“visual whirlpool" (Wu Wei). In the gaps between or around the swirls are scattered lines drawn in pencil, just like another depiction of hair. They not only "break the visual unity of the hair, but also change the density" (Zhang Enli).
Wang Gongxin；Look On; Marble , LED Light, 3D Print Light, Cowhide, Sreen, Camera, Motor ；1810x1850x130mm；2020.
A video art installation, made of varies media, composed with minimal black and white, involves viewers into the artwork. The artist tries to indicate the meaning and value of the existence of the third grey zone between b&w extreme. Video technology is used to monitor the scene. Two cameras, front and back, are mounted on the moving light pole to capture the audience in the TV screen. At the same time, the camera moving between black and white fur also brings the change between black and white into the picture. The grey element changes with the intervention of different viewers. The grey between black and white is full of uncertain change.
On the left ,Luo Yongjin；The Oriental Pearl；Art spray, art paper, aluminum frame;2870x560mm；2006；On the right；The Jinmao Tower；Art spray, art paper, aluminum frame；1820x660mm；2005.
Luo Yongjin divides the bright "Oriental Pearl" and "Jinmao Tower" into parts of flowing light and shadow in
the night, seemingly dispelling the sense of pressure brought by the huge urban skyscrapers. These pictures
also have the visual sense of fragmented refraction of the prism, showing its complexity and elusiveness of the
mordern city and it spatial structure. It seems that we can only perceive partially, and would never be able to
collage them into a perfect complete picture.
Cai Dongdong; The Night; Gelatin silver halide photo, acrylic, mirror, wood, photographic lens, cloth ；2000 x 2000 x 2000 mm；2018 . Special Thanks to Aertist and The Cloud Collection.
CAI Dongdong's "Night" is an old four-fold screen in emerald green. Original picture of the screen is missing, the artist collects nearly 1000 pieces of 1-inch old photograph，connecting and weaving to fill the screen with a new picture. A dress hangs from a screen, and a vanity mirror embedded with a camera lens sits on a nearby washbasin stand. In this way, the everyday corners and objects of a family life become a container for past moments, and the invisible time flows on the concrete objects
Ren Lingfei；Renovation；Archival inkjet print, UV print, Acrylic；1680x1092mm；2021.
Renovation is selected from Ren Lingfei's ongoing seris"From That Day". The artist has collaged family photos from different periods into a photo of an empty room to "renovate" the long-empty home where she and her mother shared memories of life. In the picture, family members gather together again in this stagnant time and space, expressing a young artist living alone abroad's inner attachment to family and affection. Although renovation is suspended due to various factors, the state of the room in the work and the house as a whole is also suspended in the present moment.
Lei Lei from left to right; Movement 5；1260x1080mm；2019. Movement9；1200x1020mm；2019. Weekend；Video ;6 mins 45 seconds；2019.
Today’s issues with photography have officially given way to issues with the image. Weekend is a series of old phtograph collage. The photographs themselves are often disaggregated images of a continuous motion, which the artist "connects "in a specific arrangement that seems to reconstruct the process of that motion. As a kind of photographic montage, his collage is not only the description of different sides of an object, but also the juxtaposition of different times, just like the simultaneous representation of a dynamic image composed of linear time in a plane. People and their clothing in the photo is often distinctive and representative of the time.
Liu Ding；Messengers at Crossroads；Mixed Media on Paper；each 1200x780x1110mm；2016 .
Since 2016，Liu Ding started this series of paintings, collaging fragments from poetry, written words, news messages, media images, daily images and his own painting traces together. In each of such concoctions, he blends news pictures, photographs he’s taken on his phone or from the Internet, texts taken from literary works, and graffiti he draws with computer software into one. In image processing, Liu uses a series of destructive brushstrokes and overlays images on top of each other to "mask" news images from the scene. He then uses crayons, oil pastels, acrylic to paint, smear and cover over such printed images, to generate raised surfaces and a relief-like appearance. Messengers at Crossroads reveal his ambition to create a new visual language to narrate our complex social reality.
Ni Youyu；The Endless Waterfall Ⅰ、Ⅱ、Ⅲ、Ⅳ；Original old photo collage；1100x400 mm；2017-2019；Three Active Volcanoes；Acrylic on canvas & antique frame ；470x590 mm ；2021.
Ni Youyu's Freewheeling Trip series is photographic collage composed of thousands of old landscape photos of different periods that the artist collected from flee markets all over the world, and combined with traditional chinese landscape vibe with western collage photography. Through long-term comparison and observation, these photos were cropped and re-assembled, creating an evocative panorama of mountains and rivers. At a time when computer retouching technology seems to have no trace, he used only a knife and a ruler to perfectly integrate the landscapes of different periods and countries into new landscapes in a "simple and crude" way.
Ling Yun & Yang Fudong；Worship the Star and Moon；Paint，ink，birch bark，watercolor paper; 600x400mm；2021。
The piece by Ling yun and Yang Fudong is a tiny piece of birch bark superimposed on watercolor paper. The ink on the paper makes an interesting contrast to the texture of the bark surface and their respective tones，and the people depicted on bark has a sense of western religious painting. Worship the Star and Moon is Song Dynasty's epigraph name, evolved from Tang Dynasty jiao Fang song, meaning a legend that ancient women worship the moon to send thoughts. When introducing the work, the arrtists says,"the pandemic slows down the time, so we have time to focus on reading and drawing. The name of the work popped up in mind as soon as the work is done.". Epigraph name is so quiet and pure that it permeates the state of artist's creation, and help enhance the exquisite performance of the work. Trying to keep personal independence and calm in the noisy world is what the artist persue in current social and historic context. Therefore, this work can be seen as a personal flow and accumulation of time and emotions.
Yu Ji；Forager NO.1；Paper, plaster, white glue, wire；460x360mm；2020。
Forager NO.1 was sketch made for YU JI's solo exhibtion Forager. After the exhibition, Yu re-made the original manuscript with added collages. The collage content comes from the finished parts of the sculpture. In another words, Forager is composed of two parts：sketch drawn before the work is done and micro spray of the photography of the finished work. The combination of finished and unfinished work on one picture become an imagination of another unfinished work.
Yin Xiuzhen；《Wall Instrument No. 16》；Procelain, used clothes；1020x1020x120mm；2018-2019.
Zhou Xiaohu；Garden of Earthy Delights；3D Animation; 5mins；2022.
The new video, "Garden of Earthy Delights" was edited from the 2016 string puppet work "Paradise on Earth," which was filmed in collaboration with zhejiang Folk String Puppet Troupe. The puppet performances switch back and forth between the landscape of southern Zhejiang and old industries. The shape of the puppet is derived from the folk myth of "Eight immortals crossing the sea" and the custom of Shehuo. It transforms the gods with worldly gifts into "conscious pets" of free will to create a surreal paradise on earth. The work discusses the ritual of equality between geographical humanity and custom, the balance between geological landscape and human intervention.
# 03 Opening Scene #
“For A Bigger Picture”, the spring exhibition of APSMUSEUM is co-hosted by Art Pioneer Studio and L+Mall. APSMUSEUM aims to discover, build, and integrate the interests of contemporary art, architecture, design, fashion, and other creative fields into a “space” of possibilities.
Deputy General Manager of the Shanghai Lujiazui Finance & Trade Zone Development Co., Ltd and General Manager of Lujiazui Commercial Operation & Management Co., Ltd.; Nie Ying, Director of Pudong Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau; Wang Bin, founder of Art Pioneer Studio, Organization and curator of APSMUSEUM; Artists Zhang Enli, Luo Yongjin, Zhou Xiaohu, Ni Youyu, Lei Lei made a speech.
From Left to the right are artist Yang Fudong, Luo Yongjin, Zhou Xiaohu, founder of Art Pioneer Studio & APSMUSEUM Robin Wong, Mr. Jia Wei Deputy General Manager of the Shanghai Lujiazui Finance & Trade Zone Development Co., Ltd and General Manager of Lujiazui Commercial Operation & Management Co., Ltd, artist Ling Yun, Zhang Enli, Ni Youyu, Lei Lei.
Artist Zhang Enli gave a speech.
Artist Luo Yongjin gave a speech.
Artist Zhou Xiaohu gave a speech.
Artist Ni Youyu gave a speech.
Artist Lei lei gave a speech.
Founder of Art Pioneer Studio & APSMUSEUM Robin Wong gave a speech.
Nie Ying, Director of Pudong Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau gave a speech.
Mr. Jia Wei Deputy General Manager of the Shanghai Lujiazui Finance & Trade Zone Development Co., Ltd and General Manager of Lujiazui Commercial Operation & Management Co., Ltd, gave a speech.
# 04 Exhibition Information #
Academic Director：Gu Zheng
APSMUSEUM is a non-profit art space founded by Art Pioneer Studio and its founder, Ms. Robin Wong. With focuses on contemporary art, architecture, design, fashion, and other creative fields, the APSMUSEUM aims to discover, build, and integrate these areas of interest into a “space” of possibilities. The APSMUSEUM attempts to extend diverse public cultural spaces that bring together art, architecture, and design, a venue of cultural consumption of art and fashion, a psychological space that addresses man and social culture. APSMUSEUM is located in the L+Mall of Lujiazui, Shanghai. The renowned Italian design firm, Stefano Boeri Achitetti, executes its interior design consisting of APSPACE for exhibition, APSTORE for art and design shop, and APSALON for meetings. APSMUSEUM aims to create an unconventional exhibition space that brings art and culture to a vibrant retail concept.
L+Mall is located at the heart of Lujiazui, Shanghai, neighboring Shanghai Center, and Shanghai World Financial Center. Its more than 140,000 square meters of construction are divided into ten floors of retail space above ground and one underground. Situated at the "Golden Tip", L+Mall has become the new hub of Shanghai's financial center. Designed by the world's top architecture firm SOM (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP), Benoy's international award-winning architecture firm has provided commercial space planning, interior design, and logo design for this sizeable mid-range and upscale shopping mall in the heart of Shanghai's financial district. In 2019, L+Mall introduced the flagship store of Galeries Lafayette, which features nearly 600 brands from the world's major luxury brands and boutiques. It integrates diverse experiences such as dining, leisure and entertainment, crossover experiences, and art spaces.
About Art Pioneer Studio
Art Pioneer Studio collaborates with internationally-renowned artists, designers and architects both at home and from abraod. Our team is committed to planning, designing and executing customized artworks for the interior and outdoor spaces of cities. We are dedicated to enhance the artistic atmosphere in urban space and build an extraordinary public art space with outstanding creativity.
APS constantly explores the possibilities of architecture and art and aims to establish a connection between artworks and the environment in which they are situated. We provide extensive curatorial and supervisional service for public urban space, luxury hotels, Grade A office buildings, indoor and outdoor spaces in shopping malls and residential buildings, and art season projects. We seek dialogue between art and other disciplines, organize and promote international interdisciplinary collaboration, especially in the field of architecture and art. We are enthusiastic about organizing cross-border cooperation, in which architects and artists can collaborate and create customized top-grade public artworks.
APS has collaborated with over one hundred artists from various countries and regions from the world, and was entrusted by Shanghai and Yangpu District People‘s Government to plan and execute 2019 Shanghai Urban Space Art Season (SUSAS 2019). Our team infused new energy into the local area by implementing public artworks by more than twenty internationally renowned artists, such as Liu Jianhua, Richard Wilson, Esther Stocker, Yusuke Asai, Oscar Oiwa, Felice Varini, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe, Pascale Marthine Tayou, Song Dong, etc. Meanwhile, APS has served as a consultant overseeing the process of art planning & supervision in several real estate projects, including Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Bright Group, Lujiazui Group and the government.
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