China Songzhuang Art Market officially opened on August 26, and business venues such as Market Avenue, Central Square, Music Square, Art Block, Artist Studio, Art Courtyard, and Food Night Market were fully opened. The art market not only provides artists with a communication and trading platform directly facing mass consumers, but also becomes a new urban art life complex for citizens' art experience, weekend leisure and outdoor camping.
(The artist creates on the spot.) ）
Sea of Sunflowers "Dress Up" Starry Sky Campground
China Songzhuang Art Market, located in Xiaobao Village, Songzhuang Town, Tongzhou District, started trial operation in February this year, with more than 400 booths opening first, and artists and service merchants settled in the "stalls" for free. In the future, it will become the largest original art base in China.
After the official operation, the market has "new" many highlight projects. When you enter the market, the first thing you will see is a bright yellow sunflower flower, surrounded by 30 white tents, and the pink moon season is dotted around, creating a romantic and elegant camping atmosphere of the starry sky campsite.
(Next to the art market, sunflowers bloom.) ）
Not so long ago, it was a tumbling wheat wave. Lin Bin, chairman of China's Songzhuang Art Market, said that the plot has been updated with different themes according to the four seasons, with sunflowers planted after the summer wheat field harvested, tourists are keen to come here to check in and take photos, and in winter it is planned to set up a ski resort to provide snow sports amusement facilities loved by citizens.
"At the moment, tent bookings are very hot. We provide meals for 4-6 people, including skewers, fruits, snacks and complimentary tea, so you don't need to bring your own personal equipment and food. He said that the Starry Sky Campground provides a place for citizens to enjoy life, where they can make tea with their relatives and friends around the hearth by the flower sea, listen to insects in the tent, and look up at the starry sky, so as to enjoy a pleasant outdoor camping time.
Lin Bin introduced that in addition to the starry sky campsite, the market also set up a children's playground, of which slides, trampolines, wooden horses, etc. are free, the gourmet night market provides ice cream, coffee, tea, craft beer, etc., the "Art Market Art Museum" has comprehensive service functions such as exhibition exchanges and art salons, and the "Wuzhu Art Restaurant" provides tourists with a feast of art and food.
(Children's playground next to the art market.) ）
The artist's studio blends into the shade of the trees
Today is the first day of the market's official opening, and the market is particularly lively, with artists creating calligraphy and paintings on the spot, attracting many citizens to come to "visit the market". The theatrical performances on the lawn were enthusiastic, and many passers-by were also attracted by the singing and dancing and walked into the market to have a look.
The artists brought paper cuts, fabrics, oil paintings and other works, and some beautiful abstract paintings were also printed on canvas bags and T-shirts, and exquisite works of art entered the daily life of citizens.
(An artist creates woodblock prints at a market site.) ）
In the shade of the trees, there are also a number of white movable panel houses converted from shipping containers, and these spired huts become artists' studios, providing spaces for creation, exhibition, communication, and collaboration. Painter Geng Zhihong named the artist's studio Mohong Space, a 12-square-meter studio equipped with independent water, electricity, and internet facilities, and her works are hung on the walls, making the cottage look artistic.
"I create a Chinese painting without bones, using colored pens instead of ink pens, not drawing lines, and directly using color." She said that her formal studio is also located in Xiaobao Village, Songzhuang Town, and that setting up a "branch" in the Songzhuang Art Market is because of the "popularity" here. The campgrounds and children's playgrounds here attract citizens to visit and relax, and have become a window for their own works. During the two months of trial operation, citizens often came here to buy paintings, and there were also galleries to discuss acquisition. "In contrast, the price of paintings here will also be more down-to-earth, and the smallest size painting is only 400 yuan."
There is also a row of quiet art courtyards outside the market, and the warm yellow courtyard walls and wooden courtyard doors make the courtyard more simple and natural. Mr. Han arranged his "old red courtyard" very warmly, with lush greenery, lotus flowers, red wine cabinets, flower stands, coat racks, flower plates, fences and other iron crafts. "These artworks are more practical, and many of them have already been booked." He said the courtyard is larger at 140 square meters and comes with a small second-floor office space to better display artworks and communicate with peers.
(Musicians play the instrument "degree pipe.") ）
The theme music festival sings for three nights in the Music Square
From August 26th to 28th, from 7 to 9 pm every night, Songzhuang Art Market will hold theatrical performances and on-site creative activities of 100 artists for three consecutive nights, and the theme music festival of "Night Color, Art Bloom" will be sung in the Music Square of Songzhuang Art Market in China.
The festival is divided into three themes, namely "Classic Night", "Crossover Symphony" and "Sound of the World". The three-day music feast will take the public to appreciate the charm of different musical styles. "We invited well-known bands in Beijing, as well as DJs and other programs." Lin Bin said.
(At the art market, artists perform paper-cutting performances.) ）
The opening of the Songzhuang Art Market has attracted and gathered high-quality cultural and artistic resources, and also brought tourists a new experience of "art + cultural tourism", injecting new impetus into the regional economic development.
As one of the three characteristic towns in the sub-center, Songzhuang is positioned as an artistic and creative town. The establishment of the art market will provide artists with a centralized and open exhibition and trading platform, fill the gap of the large-scale art trading market in Songzhuang, and improve the art creation and trading chain. At the same time, it will activate the art consumption market in the art town and promote the integrated development of art and tourism in Songzhuang.
The art and leisure plaza open to the public in the art market will become an Internet celebrity check-in place for citizens' weekend leisure and aesthetic education, and it is expected that the annual passenger flow can reach more than 2 million after opening.