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The curtain of contemporary art is slowly opening in the Bay Area. Who holds the bull's ear in the three places? Or go hand in hand? It remains to be seen
For many years, Guangzhou has not been without art fairs, but Guangzhou still needs more such art fairs: exhibiting original works, strictly organized and standardized, at least not selling tea and red wine.
A face work at the Guangzhou Contemporary Art Fair
In these aspects, the second "Guangzhou Contemporary Art Fair" (referred to as "Guangzhou Contemporary") that is being held in Pazhou has basically done so.
From December 26th to 29th, the 2nd Guangzhou Contemporary Art Fair was held at poly World Trade Center Expo Center. The organizers invited first-line galleries from around the world to participate, and contemporary paintings, sculptures, videos, installations and multimedia artworks were exhibited.
The expo staff made final preparations in the exhibition hall
In addition to the gallery section, the "Public Art" section and the "Public Video" section of this expo present more than 20 excellent works by domestic and foreign artists. The "Art Forum" section invites several artists, curators, museum directors, collectors, art business and other industry insiders to share.
The Expo strengthens epidemic prevention measures
The "Southern Art Ecology Research" of the public art unit sorts out and presents the representative works of the front-line activists of Guangdong contemporary art; "Landing" integrates the artistic appearances at home and abroad, and violently "smashes" on this southern land; the theme exhibition of "Cargo Lang Tu" is based on the cultural history of Guangzhou's thousand-year-old Shangdu.
"Cargo Lang Tu" was originally a painting by Li Song of the Southern Song Dynasty: a seller carried a variety of goods, and everyone was watching. The exhibition area thus attempts to describe Guangzhou's business culture in the form of experimental art, designing and recreating the visible things in life, forming a "saleable" work, and presenting a dazzling "goods" exhibition in an art fair.
The posture of the two audience members is intriguing, viewing two works selected by the Sheep Evening Art Research Institute
In the corner of the exhibition hall, the popular animated film "The Lion Boy" and his artist friends have something to say. A number of young artists have taken "The Lion Boy" as the "introduction" to their creations, integrating independent thinking into society and reshaping people's perception of "boundless" and "symbiosis" in life.
"Orangery Creative Arts" from Shenzhen is committed to conveying the concept of "animism, harmonious symbiosis", exploring the relationship between man and nature through the different forms of ten thousand beasts, and exhibiting imaginative installations.
The heat in Shenzhen has risen sharply
In recent years, contemporary art in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area urban agglomeration has developed rapidly, and in terms of art fairs alone, major events such as Basel in Hong Kong and Art Shenzhen have been held successively.
This year, M+ Art Museum opened in Hong Kong, a contemporary art museum with a collection of important works of contemporary art in China over the past 40 years. Also this year, the Shanghai veteran art fair "ART021" has advanced into Shenzhen, held the "Shenzhen DNA" art fair, and actively developed the depression of the art market in the Bay Area.
Art capital from Shanghai and Beijing is already testing the waters and tapping the Shenzhen market, and the industry has said that 2021 is the "first year of the gallery" in Shenzhen, and there are more than a dozen new galleries opened in the local area within one year.
Shenzhen, OCT Creative Park has become a concentration area and fashion place for contemporary art. This is the opening of the 25th Color Circle Gallery Photography Exhibition "Dawn", and the musicians help to perform
Shenzhen may already be called an "artistic hot land" and become a hot new star in the eyes of the country's cultural, capital and other sectors. The acceptance, tolerance and support of relevant departments in Shenzhen for new things have also been praised by the national industry.
Shenzhen, OCAT Art Museum's recent contemporary art biennial is also a major event. This work of "Sisyphus in Shenzhen" is the most popular among children
Liu Xiaodong, a famous artist and professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, said in an interview with the Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporter: "(In recent years) Shenzhen's popularity has risen sharply, almost uncontrollably, I can feel the power of Shenzhen, I can feel the strength of Shenzhen to absorb talents and support for contemporary art, this is indeed an attractive city." ”
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Since 2018, Shenzhen has promoted the "Top Ten Cultural Facilities in the New Era", which is eye-catching. In the history of more than 40 years of reform and opening up, Shenzhen has had three large-scale cultural facility construction projects.
For a high-density city with a population of nearly 20 million, Shenzhen's existing cultural facilities, both in terms of quantity and quality, really cannot meet the needs of the citizens of this high-speed economic development for cultural life.
It is foreseeable that these new venues are only the first step in the leap of Shenzhen's cultural and artistic undertakings, and with it, it will be the new technologies and technologies used in facilities and equipment, and the establishment of new usage models, construction models and management models, and so on.
This has made many local practitioners in Guangzhou feel anxious. The outbreak of the epidemic and the suspension of the line in Basel, Hong Kong, allowed Guangzhou practitioners to see an opportunity to do a contemporary art fair.
"Now is the time for a dark chencang." At the end of 2020, after a year of raging COVID-19, the momentum gradually slowed down, and a new face of art fairs appeared in the southern region.
This year, many large-scale art fairs around the world have been postponed or cancelled, but "Guangzhou Contemporary" has chosen to buck the trend. They want to do a standard expo in southern China.
Contemporary art has no standard answers, and the viewer needs to face the work himself
The audience was deeply attracted by the works of the Guangzhou Contemporary Art Fair
It is in line with the imagination of the Taste of Cantonese audiences
Statistics show that if you don't count those art activities cancelled due to the epidemic, this art fair that debuted at the end of the year is probably the 13th large-scale art fair in China.
Even on an international scale, the number of works of art by quality galleries and their agents is, in a sense, relatively fixed. Therefore, for the art fair, if you want to retain more exhibitors and visitors, you ultimately look at your own quality.
Spectators take photos in front of interesting works at the Guangzhou Contemporary Art Fair
Contemporary paintings, sculptures, videos, installations and multimedia works of art are presented on site
The second "Guangzhou Contemporary" continued the basic pattern and working methods of the first session, but its exhibitor list and exhibition venues have been greatly changed.
It can be said that it has learned from last year's experience: the exhibition hall is large and empty, the light is brighter, and most of the exhibited works pay attention to considering the local characteristics of Guangzhou, and select works that match their temperament.
The Guangzhou Contemporary Art Fair hopes to be a standard exposition in southern China
It can be seen at the scene that most of the works on display are works on the shelf, focusing on the promotion of first-line galleries, which proves from a certain side that the outside contemporary art operators are in line with the tastes of Guangdong audiences and the basic imagination of their art market.
The audience of the exposition is in harmony with the works, and they do not know which is reality and which is the work
The Guangdong art market has a deep history and a firm taste and heritage. In the previous interview, the organizers more directly appealed: the gallery can bring two types of works to Guangzhou, which can be understood and interesting.
Art director Ai Hai said: "Before participating in the fair, the gallery is best to make a scene assumption for the living room at home, first hang each painting on the wall, bring it with you if you look good, and if you feel awkward, don't bring it, this is the best way to screen." If you want to bring works that may break the balance of feng shui, such as some teeth and claws, black, bloodthirsty works, do not bring, which is difficult to have a market in Guangzhou. ”
The security brother walked in front of the work
But in any case, there is no standard answer for contemporary art, and the viewer needs to face the work himself. In the video unit of "Public Art", the organizers looped the video works and art documentaries of artists who are active in the present, and named it :"See for yourself".
Yangcheng Evening News, December 28, 2021, A13 edition
Source | Yangcheng Evening News Yangcheng Pie
Editor-in-charge | Zheng Zongmin