Bunny, bunny!
Soft, aggressive, funny, humble, warm, cold, lazy, noble, close to the people...
Those who can be supported on the wall, those who must be hanged, those who like to squat on the ground, those who stand at the door to blow the wind...
More than 300 rabbits of various colors, black and white, have flocked to the East Library of Shanghai Library since January 18, packing up and meeting with readers and audiences——
The "Rabbit - Zodiac Art Exhibition" was held here, which brings together the works of highly respected painters at home and abroad, cutting-edge and circle-breaking animation painters, unruly trend artists, teachers and students of art academies who have not yet become famous and have great potential, and literary and art lovers from all walks of life. The exhibition is jointly organized by Shanghai Artists Association, Shanghai Animation Industry Association and Shanghai Library, and hosted by Xinmin Evening News Media.
Zheng Xinyao, chairman of the Shanghai Artists Association, said: The zodiac is a unique traditional cultural symbol in China and the emotional and cultural bond that maintains the Chinese nation. The "Rabbit - Zodiac Art Exhibition" received more than 2,500 manuscripts from artists from more than 40 countries and regions around the world, including painting, animation, sculpture, installation, design, tide play and other art forms. On the one hand, the artists interpreted the zodiac culture with their own expression techniques, triggering the expected bloom of a hundred flowers, and achieved a good effect of mass communication; On the other hand, with its favorite theme, it attracts audiences of all ages to immerse themselves in the brain-opening zodiac art exhibition to welcome the Chinese New Year with joy.
This unique, large-scale, festive and cool "Rabbit - Zodiac Art Exhibition" is "very different" from other domestic zodiac art theme exhibitions in the past——
The "Big Difference" showroom:
There is no exhibition hall, only exhibition line, find it yourself
The art forms here are eclectic, and the exhibits are not simply "murals" on the walls. So the exhibition location is not in a boxy exhibition hall, and the organizers hesitate at first: how to let the audience find the rabbits scattered throughout the museum?
"Rabbit - Zodiac Art Exhibition" is exactly 7 words, corresponding to seven colors of rainbow. As a result, each relatively concentrated exhibition area will have a corresponding color marking. Just like taking the subway normally, follow the instructions of the same color, and you will not find the wrong line.
Therefore, it is recommended that readers and audiences stand in the atrium after entering the lobby, and first look up to identify which floor the red-orange-yellow-green-blue-blue purple colors hang on... The tips given by the organizers are: on the first floor of the East Building of the popular picture, the "Chinese Festival Rabbit" gathers, the fourth floor converges with the "Foreign Happy Rabbit", the fifth floor is the area of "New Design Rabbit", and the seventh floor includes "Famous Invited Rabbit & Rabbit from all walks of life".
The east hall above is a huge space, and you can brush the number of steps while looking for the exhibition route. More than 300 rabbits selected from more than 2,500 rabbit themed works are waiting in their favorite areas - they don't like to wait silly in a square exhibition hall to be observed and studied, they like to scatter around playing hide-and-seek.
According to the organizer's official visiting path, it is recommended to go down from the seventh floor - not up from the first floor like in shopping malls. The mystery is for the audience to savor for themselves.
"Big Difference" exhibits:
As long as it looks good, the form is casual and imaginative
Works submitted from all over the world and specially invited writers from home and abroad, as long as there are rabbits and cute drawings, can be considered for the exhibition. Participating artists and artists only judge the level of art, not by their own occupation, and there are even "very human-like" rabbits - rabbits here seem to have human expressions and personalities. For example, a big rabbit sent by sculptor Yang Dongbai is followed by 6 small rabbits, and his expression is rich and elusive...
Some clues can also be seen in the names of each exhibition area. There is no doubt that the work of Zheng Xinyao, chairman of the Shanghai Artists Association, is full of humor, and is the beginning of the "famous guest rabbit". And the rabbit in the American Film Studio's "Snow Child", as well as the "Little Rabbit Non-Non" special area drawn by Du Jianguo, instantly pulled us back to the 80s of the last century...
"Chinese Festival Rabbit" is naturally the breath of celebrating the New Year happily, but there are also homophonic memes such as "Good Things Become Rabbits (TWO)", embedded in the picture. The first reaction of today's young audience when they look at the work is: "Well, it's good, there are terriers!" "There are terrier youths who can see the terriers buried in the works of literary and artistic youths here. The two rabbit gods hanging down from a height are even more magnificent.
The rabbits of foreign cartoonists are often drawn humorously and interestingly, usually related to magic and tricks, but there are also deeply allegorical themes - here, it is necessary to do "reading and comprehension", and the "routine" in a picture is not inferior to "Goose, Goose and Goose" of "Chinese Odd Tan".
The biggest area for unleashing your imagination is with emerging designers. Here, it's like venturing into the artist's mind. Each work can be said to be strange and even varied, but it is really a rabbit theme.
"Big Difference" Overall:
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The East Building above is currently the largest library in China, integrating library and literature information resources, scientific and technological innovation research and development resources, social science think tank research resources, and Shanghai geographical research resources, and has become a "study, living room, studio" that citizens enjoy.
The "Rabbit" exhibition is also the first large-scale exhibition that crosses the border, blends stems, and constantly explores the edge between traditional culture and fashion expression.
The artistic expression of the exhibition is "all-encompassing", and the exhibition deliberately emphasizes the "contrast" and "collision" between different techniques. Sun Shaobo, director of the Comics and Animation Art Committee of the Shanghai Art Association, said that the reason for this effect is that at the beginning of the exhibition's call for papers, the curators deliberately did not make any restrictions on the form of creation. "We see it as a practice of Shanghai culture. The biggest feature of Shanghai culture is that it is inclusive, so we recommend that the participating artists choose their favorite styles and themes, and express their understanding of rabbits and their feelings about life in the Year of the Rabbit. So there is such a 'variety' as it is now. ”
"Because it is the New Year, we hope that through this exhibition, we can bring everyone a warm and happy feeling. Art forms such as comics themselves are also intended to bring people back and think, so how to embody "creativity" and "breakthrough" in "rabbit painting" is also a point that was very concerned at the beginning of the curatorial process. Zhao Weiqun, deputy director of the Comics and Animation Art Committee of the Shanghai Art Association, said. In addition to the expression you "want", there are indeed some "unthinkable" techniques and ideas hidden in the exhibition site waiting for you to smile.
This exhibition is free for everyone, as long as you make an appointment in advance in the picture above.