The "National Day File" at the Museum of Art Pudong will welcome a blockbuster double exhibition from the Tate Art Museum in United Kingdom, namely "Dialogue with Turner: Echoes of the Sublime" on October 1 and "Al · Anazu: After the Red Moon" on September 30, showing the fascinating intersection of classic art and contemporary art. At present, the exhibition is in full swing, and the Museum of Art Pudong has announced that it will be temporarily closed for five days from September 10th to September 14th. Today, Wenhui reporters are fortunate to come to the busy exhibition site on the closing day to find out.
At present, the exhibition is being launched, which is "After the Red Moon". This will be the largest installation exhibition ever held at the Museum of Art Pudong. The unveiled "Modern Commission: Al · Anazu: Behind the Red Moon" is a "Modern Commission" project of Tate Modern, which will be exhibited in London in 2023. This exhibition will mark the first time the work has traveled around the world. It is an installation that the audience can walk into, and it will be presented in three acts, "Waves", "World" and "Wall".
The Wenhui reporter saw that the first two scenes were being built in the hall space at the entrance of the art museum, and the prototype was beginning to appear, hanging in the lobby on the first floor and the air above it like a symphony, as if it was floating and falling. This is the first time that the lobby space at the entrance of the museum has been transformed into an exhibition space.
The first act, "The Waves", is like a red waterfall, which is made up of thousands of repurposed bottle caps and metal fragments. They are kneaded by hand, crushed and cleverly strung together with copper wires to form a unique combination that is both flexible and adaptable, creating a huge visual impact.
The second act, The World, is woven from multiple layers of mesh material and seems to suggest a loose set of human figures that are best viewed on the second floor. These figures are suspended in the air and appear dynamic. When viewed from a specific position on the second floor, they converge into a circle of the Earth, echoing the recurring image of the Moon as a satellite of the Earth. These independent and restless humanoid elements, perhaps symbolizing migration and mobility on a global scale, when viewed as a whole, the fragmented circles suggest the formation of new collective identities and experiences. Anazu also skillfully exploited the tension between transparent and opaque, creating a translucent mesh material by interweaving the strip-like cap seals with each other, thus achieving the ethereal look of the work. The metal mesh catches the light at different angles, forming a golden tulle that changes with the change of perspective.
The third act, The Wall, will next reshape the central exhibition hall, a unique exhibition space at the Museum of Art Pudong.
Ultimately, the two spaces of the central gallery and the entrance hall will create an unprecedented visitor experience, inviting the viewer to step into a free-flowing interlude and embark on a journey full of movement and interaction.
The "Dialogue with Turner" exhibition remains a mystery for now, and the first exhibits are about to arrive in Shanghai. The first batch of cultural and creative products based on the exhibition were unveiled, and one of the table lamps made of Dupont paper was extremely "hazy" and "misty".
Li Minkun, chairman of the board of directors of the Pudong Art Museum, revealed that the "sublime echo" in the title of the exhibition was repeatedly agreed with Tate. This is because the "sublime" here is an aesthetic concept, which has a very high attainment, and has also influenced many artists in later generations. Curating this exhibition, not only brings together more than 80 original works by Turner, but also highlights the development of this sublime aesthetic by a number of modern artists.
The Museum of Art Pudong is the first Asian stop of the exhibition "Dialogue with Turner: Echoes of the Sublime", which is divided into eight units according to the theme of his creation, which runs through Turner's creative career, from magnificent landscapes to basic explorations of light, shadow and atmosphere, and conceals his travel trajectory and artistic themes between the units. The museum has created an immersive space to present the Turner documentary specially produced by Tate Gallery for the Museum of Art Pudong, allowing the audience to walk with Turner and enjoy the scenery on the journey.