APSMUSEUM, located in L+MALL, Lujiazui Center, Shanghai, from now until May 8, ushered in the first exhibition "For a Bigger Picture" in the spring of 2022, which brings together 12 groups of domestic contemporary artists, using a variety of materials and media to establish a new relationship between art and reality in the form of "collage", and to fill the gap between art and life through a new way of artistic vision and feeling. In recent days, during the opening hours or with the adjustment of the epidemic prevention policy of the region, you can make an appointment before visiting.
Pictured: Exhibition scene Xinmin Evening News reporter Wang Kai photographed (the same below)
The theme of the exhibition borrows from david Hockney's 2009 biographical documentary title, Bigger Picture, "We can't grasp what the world looks like... However, if you are fascinated by the real look of the world, you will definitely be very interested in the way you encounter paintings. "One of the world's most popular artists, David Hockney, recreated the "landscape" with techniques such as collage, breaking through the linear perspective method since Renaissance art, exploring the motif of how painting reproduces the world, and its artistic theory has a far-reaching impact.
Among the artists are many well-known figures of Chinese contemporary art: Cai Dongdong, Lei Lei, Ling Yun & Yang Fudong, Liu Ding, Luo Yongjin, Ni Youyu, Ren Lingfei, Wang Gongxin, Yin Xiuzhen, Yu Ji, Zhang Enli, Zhou Xiaohu, etc., who have also skillfully used the technique of "collage" in their creations. Their works are not only a new exploration of "collage" at multiple levels such as media, means and concepts, but also gradually integrate with various new art forms such as video, installation, and digital technology.
Photo: Zhang Enli's "Hair"
The theme of the artist's exhibition is a tribute to Hockney, and the content of the invited artists' works is related to contemporary Chinese social life and even the globalized world, either directly or privately, reflecting the feelings, emotions and thoughts of contemporary people. Zhang Enli's "Hair" series is an artist cutting different colors and forms of hair images from fashion magazines, piecing together layers of aggregation, like a whirlpool, breaking the sense of unity of hair in sensory vision, and there are dense changes; Wang Gongxin's "Bystander" is composed of simple colors in black and white, the camera moves between black and white fur, and the gray area between black and white becomes uncertain due to the audience's movements; Luo Yongjin will be the Oriental Pearl and Jin Mao Tower in the night. Divided into pieces of light and shadow flowing parts, Shanghai landmarks such as broken images refracted by prisms, with a sense of separation; Ni Youyu with two groups of works to participate in the exhibition, "Getaway Series • Three Thousand Feet" material from the global flea market scenery old photos, the artist simply and rudely use scissors, paste, the tourism photography map with traditional Chinese landscape painting re-organization, creating the aesthetic taste of sleeping landscapes; Ni Youyu's other work "Three Living Volcanoes" glues two oil paintings in half together. Turn on the phone to use the "anti-color function" of the visually impaired, and the left and right sides of the picture will flip the color and become a symmetrical "anti-color effect", as if performing a visual magic trick for the visitor.
Picture: Ni Youyu"Three Active Volcanoes"
The exhibition hall of more than 400 square meters is located on the third floor of the L+MALL Commercial Center of Lujiazui Center, which is composed of three parts: exhibition space, art design shop and meeting space, and the popularity of the business district has gradually brought into this vibrant art space. Wang Bin, the principal, introduced that through exhibitions, international exchanges, public education, publishing and other projects, the art space allows consumers to appreciate art and actively participate in art activities while shopping, helping to enhance the interaction between the public and artists, designers and architects, and cultivating the habit of appreciating and participating in art. At the same time, it provides more opportunities for young artists and designers to present their works. "APSMUSEUM focuses on different fields such as contemporary art, architecture, design, fashion, etc., with the intention of finding, building and displaying the spatial possibilities of mutual integration." (Xinmin Evening News reporter Le Mengrong)