The 4th Shenzhen Contemporary Art Biennale was successfully launched on December 26 at Hall C2 of oct creative culture park north. Hosted by the Shenzhen Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and organized by the Shenzhen Artists Association, the Shenzhen Nanshan District Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and the Art Planning and Art Committee of the Shenzhen Artists Association, the project is funded by the special fund for the development of Shenzhen Municipal Publicity and Cultural Undertakings.
▲C2 exhibition hall outdoor scene
▲On the first day of the exhibition, the guests took a group photo
Liang Yu, director of the China Artists Association, vice chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Artists Association, secretary of the party group and chairman of the Shenzhen Municipal Federation of Literary and Art Circles; Zhong Xi, director of the Watercolor Art Committee of the Guangdong Artists Association, director of the Art Department of Shenzhen University, and dean of the Normal College of Shenzhen University; Chen Xiangbo, vice chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Artists Association, chairman of the Shenzhen Artists Association, and director of the Guan Shanyue Art Museum; Yang Xiaoyang, executive president of the Shenzhen Chinese Painting Society, vice chairman of the Shenzhen Artists Association, and vice president of the Shenzhen Academy of Painting; Xu Qian, general manager of Shenzhen Overseas Chinese Town Creative Park Cultural Development Co., Ltd.; Vice Chairman of the Shenzhen Artists Association. Wen Zhenfei, artistic director of Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Chen Xiangbing, dean of the School of Fine Arts and Design of Shenzhen University and vice chairman of the Shenzhen Artists Association, Li Jing, chairman of the Shenzhen Calligraphers Association, Hao Qiang, vice chairman and secretary general of the Shenzhen Artists Association, Liang Jian, vice chairman of the Shenzhen Artists Association and deputy director of the Dafen Art Museum, Liang Shasha, secretary general of the Shenzhen Nanshan District Literary Association, Gao Wei, resident deputy secretary general of the Shenzhen Artists Association, Yang Yong, curator and founder of Shangqi Art, and other guests visited the exhibition on the first day of the exhibition.
▲Liang Yu, secretary of the party group and chairman of the Shenzhen Municipal Federation of Literary and Art Circles, exchanged views with the guests
▲Curator Yang Yong gave a guided tour for the guests
Since its inception in 2015, the Shenzhen Contemporary Art Biennale has incorporated local contemporary art into the discussion framework of global contemporary culture, rooted in the locality, paying attention to the relationship between Shenzhen and the Pearl River Delta region and the world, thinking inwardly, and combing itself, including the evolution of Shenzhen contemporary art culture, the boom in the construction of urban art museums, etc. The exhibition has gone through 6 years here. Under the new historical opportunities and the requirements of literary and artistic creation, the Shenzhen Contemporary Art Biennale will connect and reconstruct the "unknown zone" that has not yet been defined through art, and open up a new realm of literature and art with masterpieces that keep up with the times.
▲Unknown Zone: Thoughts (Exhibition Theme Scene)
The 4th Shenzhen Contemporary Art Biennale, with the theme of "Unknown Land: Thoughts and Changes", responds to Shenzhen's urban spirit of advancing with the times. This biennale tries to construct in retrospect, open dialogue on documents, find the artistic characteristics that have been precipitated from the historical framework, and then take Guangdong itself, especially the Pearl River Delta region, as the regional "self", to put forward thinking about the local biennial developed under the economic take-off, taking the art group and pan-institutional practice as the object, re-taking the initiative to define, practice and construct, and walking out of a new way out in the mutated era environment.
The Biennale covers four exhibition units, namely "Biennale Mechanism", "Space and Practice", "Art Organization, Community and Plan", and "Pearl River Delta Art Concept Map". The exhibition focuses on documents, videos and historical pictures, while covering the artistic content of paintings, sculptures and installations, showing how institutions and their practices can build culture in the Pearl River Delta region and promote the cultural development of cities in the new era.
▲Unit 1: Biennale Mechanism (Exhibition Site)
▲Unit 2: Space and Practice (Exhibition Site)
▲Unit 3: Art Organization, Groups and Programs (Exhibition Site)
▲Unit 4: Pearl River Delta Art Concept Map (Exhibition Site)
At the same time, the exhibition plans to invite experts and scholars from different fields to participate in the exchanges and discussions present during the exhibition period, such as academic dialogues, artist lectures, workshops, etc., so as to think about the ongoing artistic practice, work and past achievements, the impact or changes on society, and hope to reconnect with the surrounding environment with different ways of thinking, so that Shenzhen citizens can interact with contemporary art.
▲The public visits the biennale site
▲The public reads academic publications at the Biennale site
"Unknown Zone: Thinking of Change" - The 4th Shenzhen Contemporary Art Biennale expresses Shenzhen's flexible and open attitude towards cultural development in the rapidly changing era, uses art to tell the spirit of the times, cultivates the humanistic qualities of openness, inclusiveness, diversity and integration in the Pearl River Delta region, and responds to the international, contemporary and forward-looking characteristics of Shenzhen contemporary art.
Exhibition Address: Hall C2, North District, Oct. 1, Creative Culture Park, Nanshan District, Shenzhen
Exhibition time: December 26, 2021 - February 20, 2022 10:00-18:00
(Closed on Mondays, opening hours during special periods such as holidays are subject to the announcement of the venue)
Source | Crystal Newspaper APP
Reporter: Yan Jiaying