Pace Beijing Booth: 1B03

Ding Yi, Hong Hao, Hai Bo, Li Song Song, Mao Yan, Song Dong, Sui Jianguo, Yin Xiuzhen, Yue Minjun,  Zhang, Huan, Zhang Xiaogang.

Vitamin Creative Space at Art HK 2012 Booth: 1C08

Olafur Eliasson: A Fiercely Affectionate Sculpture

Pak Sheung Chuen: Untitled

Zheng Guogu: The Great Visionary Transformation

Lee Kit: I want to be things

Platform ChinaBooth : 3A01

Participating Artist: Jia Aili, Ma Ke, Qin Qi, Song Yuanyuan

Special project by  Sun Yuan & Peng Yu : I don’t notice what I am doing

Galerie Hadrien de Montferrand Booth 1f08

Participating artists: Zhou Tiehai, Liu Xiaodong, Yang Jiechang, Xu Bing, Gu Wenda, Wu Shanzhuan, Mao Yan…

Shanghart Booth 3A09

Works by CHEN Xiaoyun, DING Yi, GENG Jianyi, ZHANG Enli, LIU Weijian,
MadeIn Company, PU Jie, SUN Xun, YANG Fudong, YU Youhan, ZHOU Tiehai

Inaugurating Platform China in Hong Kong, Jia Aili’s work is questioning: “belief”. It also highlights the new direction of the gallery, which aims to focus on innovative formats works as well as reflection on alternative art practice.

Opening: May 17th

Exhibition time: May 17th to July 15th

Venue: Unit 601, Phase 1, Chaiwan Industrial City, 60 Wing Tai Road, Chai Wan, Hong Kong

Contact: platformchina@gmail.com tel +8610 6432 0091

Here an interesting link by Platform China with images of Jia Aili’s different projects since 2007.

Arguably the real revolution is taking place online, with Seban saying that the Virtual Centre Pompidou, due to go live later this year, will differ from other museum websites in that it adopts “a content-driven approach. Any content produced by the Centre Pompidou, from catalogues to interviews with artists and curators, will be transferred automatically onto our new web platform, which will act as a digital mirror to the Centre Pompidou.”

To see the original article : The Art Newspaper

May Performances’ schedule:

_ 5th May, 2012 (Saturday)    20:00PM

Opening performance :Theater performance

Absolute Scene 70 minutes

Zhang xian @ Paper Tiger

Performers: Zhang Xian, Wang Ya’nan, Gong Zhonghui, Gong Bin, Zhang Xingjie, Meng Yan, Liu Zheng

During Playing the Fool’s opening performance at Paper Tiger Theater Studio. Zhang Xian will perform improvising on different topics and enquiries sharing thoughts with the audience, while the six performers will perform on stage part of daily rehearsals… This opening performance aims to give the stage back to the stage.

2012年5月5日（周六）晚8点

完全现场     70分钟

张献@纸老虎工作室

表演：张献 王亚男 巩中辉 贡斌 张兴杰 孟岩 刘正

这是今年表演展的第一个演出，是纸老虎@系列的首次尝试。

是将现场交还给现场，在现场实际发生并不断创造质疑的过程。

_ 26th,27th May,2012 (Saturday, Sunday)  20:00PM

Value of Nothing 60 minutes

A shadow performance about trash

Artists: Serge Onnen,Wu Na

Serge Onnen is doing a 6-month residency program in Beijing. The main project during his stay is to do research on the ancient art of Chinese shadow theater. This will lead to a series of shadow performance in collaboration with Chinese musicians and artists.

2012年5月26日，27日（周六，周日）晚8点

装置表演 : 无用的价值  （荷兰） 60分钟

一个关于垃圾的影子戏

表演：孙齐(Serge Onnen),  巫娜

孙齐(Serge Onnen):荷兰籍艺术家, 目前在北京进行为期六个月的驻地项目. 他主要研究中国古老的皮影戏.并将与中国艺术家合作完成一系列装置演出.

Bustle and Vanity, A Dream of the Wordly 30 minutes

Artist: Dai Chenlian

This performance is about time as well as about the distorted but unified relation among oneself, the others and the world.

红尘来去一场梦         30分钟

表演：戴陈连

作品将呈现的是时间，关于个人，他人和世界的无序而统一的联系 。

Performing Workshop

26th May, 2012(Saturday)18:00PM  WHO IS THE PARTY, Lauching Party
31th May, 2012(Thursday)20:00PM WHO IS THE PARTY, Performing Workshop

WHO IS THE PARTY Swedish 60 minutes

Five female artists from W.I.S.P (Women In Swedish Performing  Arts or What is Stha Problem?) will continue their performing workshop, WHO IS THE PARTY that was held in Berlin and Stockholm in Beijing. Starting from May 26th, they will take four days, working with Chinese female aritsts to collect fragments from the urban reality of Beijing, to formulate a performing workshop on May 31th at Paper Tiger Space.

More information about WHO IS THE PARTY

表演工作坊

2012年5月26日（星期六）18：00  艺术家介绍

2012年5月31日（星期四）20：00  表演工作坊

WHO IS THE PARTY （瑞典）   60分钟

五位来自瑞典女性表演(行为)艺术组织W.I.S.P的艺术家将在北京继续她们在柏林, 斯德哥尔摩的表演工作坊 WHO IS PARTY. 从5月26日开始, 她们将用四天时间, 与中国女艺术家一起, 在北京的城市生活中汲取现实的碎片, 并于5月31号在纸老虎空间完成一个开放的表演工作坊。

VENUE: Paper Tiger Studio Theater Studio

Contact:  Ms. Yanan WANG
Tel: 0086-139-0136-2305
Email: papertiger.theater@gmail.com
Address: Tuoyuan Art District, Tuofangying Jia No.1, Chaoyang District, Beijing, P.R.China

场地：纸老虎剧场工作室

联系人：王亚男

电话：13901362305

邮箱：papertiger.theater@gmail.com

地址：北京朝阳区驼房营路甲一号驼院艺术区内

University of South Florida’s Graphicstudio and the  Confucius Institute at USF provided a window into this trend with last week’s presentation of “China: Making Contact.”

Curator and Platform China Contemporary Art Institute Project Manager Austin Powers gave some background on the art scene in Beijing and Beijing-based contemporary artist Jia Aili talked about and showed his work, serving as an outstanding example.

Aili, was in residence for a week in March at Graphicstudio working on new projects.

Powers explained that despite the many efforts to discourage the spread of contemporary Western-influenced art in China, artistic talent was irrepressible and ultimately proved its universality.

As post-revolutionary China worked its way through restructuring and its subsequent Cultural Revolution, artists expressed themselves in a series of movements leading to the emergence of artists like Aili. He said China’s Stars Group, one of the first organized avant garde artists’ collectives, holds particular significance for him because it shares the same birth year, 1979.

Unlike that group’s reception by authorities – being declared illegal – and having to resort to protest marches, Aili’s generation of contemporary artists is a point of pride for China. Galleries of contemporary art are gradually sprouting up not only in Beijing but other parts of China.

Aili trained at Lu Xun Academy, one of the most important in China. He’s considered one of the top emerging artists of the day. He paints, sculpts and creates large scale installations. Born in northeast China – Dandong , Liaoning Province – near the North Korean and Russian borders, he uses a great deal of his early environment in his signature coloration and imagery.

Aili not only paints on canvas, he likes to paint on all kinds of everyday objects such as soles of shoes, gallery catalogues, even a mattress. At Graphicstudio he was working on etchings, something he has been interested in for some time.

He has never had the chance in China to explore that process,other processes was introduced to him as well, such as lithography and cyanotypes.

He and Powers talked about Aili’s penchant for exhibiting his work even as he is working on it and continues adding to his painting for years at a time. Ultimately, he said, his work is a commentary on what it feels like to be an artist in China.

He had his first solo exhibition, “The Wasteland,” at Platform China. Slides of several of his works from that series were shown at the Graphicstudio talk. Gas masks, people in hazmat suits, stylized piles of industrial waste and stark landscapes repeat themselves in dramatic and powerful works. Though he said the landfill project behind his first studio did influence him, Aili claims not to be commenting on environmental concerns.

His monumental canvases – some as large as 45 feet in length – have been shown throughout China and are beginning to find an international audience.  His work was shown in the United Kingdom and Puerto Rico in 2010.

Source: USF the original article : visit by Chinese Emerging artist

Author: Barbara Melendez

Jiali is a contemporary art gallery that exposes young artists, both Chinese and international, in a private home in Beijing. This setting allows the visitor to contemplate the artists’ work in a more intimate fashion and fosters a convivial atmosphere between artists and art lovers. Situated in the hutongs, Jiali brings art into the heart of the city and closer to its people. The gallery is open to the public at openings, but during exhibitions by appointment.

“家里”是一个用私塾空间来展示中国和国际年轻艺术家作品的当代艺术画廊。这种展示形式为了艺术爱好者更好的深入和贴近到艺术家的工作,且可以拥有一个舒适自然的交流氛围。“家里”画廊坐落于城市中心地带的北京胡同里,它的到来诠释了艺术与人文的结合。画廊会在画展开幕式期间向公众开放,参观者需要提前预约。

May 5 – May 27, 2012 | Opening party: 16:00-21:00

Venue: Jiali Gallery, 4 Beijixiang hutong, Dongcheng, Beijing
Opening time: Thursday, Friday, Saturday 14:00-19:00 and by appointment

2012年5月5日——5月27日 | 开幕酒会: 16:00-21:00
地点:家里画廊 北京市东城区北吉祥胡同4号
开放时间:星期四-星期六 14:00-19:00 或提前预约

Contact 联系方式

info@jialigallery.com

Mobile: +86 138 10 22 93 70

Tel: +86 10 84 02 56 13

www.jialigallery.com

Sotheby’s Asia, which is headquartered in Hong Kong, recently auctioned a Chinese painting from the imperial era. Bidding had reached the tidy sum of $320,000 and Kevin Ching, the company’s CEO, was on the phone to a client on the mainland. All of a sudden his client made a much higher bid. Ching checked there was no mistake then passed it on to the auctioneer. “It’s part of the process. The Chinese are growing up and getting rich,” says this former corporate lawyer.

He adds: “We have exuberant customers. They can be very impatient. Even at an auction, they don’t want to waste time.”

In this field, as in others, the Chinese are redrawing the maps. According to Artprice, a specialist in art market information, the volume of sales, just for fine art, at public auctions in mainland China has rocketed in barely 10 years to reach 41% of the global market in 2011: the biggest share in the world.

When a sale of Chinese art is held in Hong Kong, London or Paris the room is full of Chinese buyers. They are taking a keen interest in watches, jewellery and wine, too. A revolution is in progress. “It’s the biggest thing in the art world in 20 years. We have moved from a standoff between the United States and Europe, to a three-cornered confrontation, making it a truly global market,” says Guillaume Cerutti, head of Sotheby’s France.

In 2011, two Chinese artists topped the annual ranking of auction revenue established by Artprice, with about $530m for Zhang Daqian(1899-1983), a traditionalist painter and a very gifted forger who spent much of his life in exile, and $465m for Qi Baishi (1864-1957), who was favoured by the Communist leadership. Andy Warhol was relegated to third place.

Turning to the 10 most expensive works by living artists in 2011, we find three Chinese alongside Damien Hirst and Jeff Koons. A recent work by traditionalist painter Cui Ruzhuo fetched $16m at Christie’s Hong Kong. Hot on his heels come two contemporary art stars, Zhang Xiaogang andZeng Fanzhi.

The main reason the art market in China is booming is because there are more and more dollar millionaires – 1.1 million in 2011, according to the Boston Consulting Group. But this poses a challenge for Christie’s and Sotheby’s, which have dominated the world market for years. It is a godsend too. The two auction houses are not allowed to organise sales in the People’s Republic, but they have cornered the Hong Kong market, a key centre for Chinese art. Buyers from the mainland now account for 40% of sales by Sotheby’s Asia, up from 4% barely five years ago.

The two companies pride themselves on their expertise, which enables them to control “all the top quality Chinese art”, says Ching.

Although they cannot sell in mainland China, the two companies can exhibit in leading hotels in Beijing and Shanghai, tempting buyers to attend auctions elsewhere. Sotheby’s has just staged its first show in Chengdu and now produces its websites and print catalogues in Mandarin Chinese, as does Christie’s. “For the past two years we have had a Chinese concierge and staff who speak the language to take care of Chinese clients visiting London or New York,” says François Curiel, head of Christie’s Hong Kong.

The new interest in their art displayed by prosperous Chinese has introduced them to other fields. “There is a huge reserve of collectors, and therefore buyers,” Curiel adds. “On their travels they learn about people like the Rothschilds or Rockefellers, and the museums and foundations they founded. They will follow suit, developing an eye for art, taking an interest in art nouveau, photography, furniture and ultimately contemporary European and US art.”

A few rich Chinese artists have been among the first to buy western art. One of them recently contacted French galleries with the idea of building up a collection to explain the development of western painting from the 19th century to cubism. In Hangzhou, south-west of Shanghai, the China Academy of Art is preparing to host a permanent collection of objects and drawings from Germany’s Bauhaus, acquired in Germany last year for $72m.

The market for Chinese art is so huge and diverse that in China it is attracting investors disappointed by other sectors such as the stock market or property investments.

Seven of the world’s largest auction houses are in China. Poly International, the largest rival to Sotheby’s or Christie’s, started trading in 2005. The oldest one, Guardian Auctions, based in Beijing, opened in 1993. A year later CEO Wang Yannan travelled to New York in search of foreign buyers, only to realise that its clients were closer to home. “We still travel abroad, but to find works to take home,” she says.

Last autumn there was a dip in prices fetched at auction. “It’s a good sign,” Wang says. “Things were going too fast. For the past five years profits have doubled annually.”

Fore French Version Le Monde

Date: April 21 – May 1, 2012

Venue: Espace Olivier Modr

CCD300, Caochangdi, Chaoyang, Beijing

everyday from 10:00 to 18:00

Opening: May 5, 16:00

Date: May 5 – May 27, 2012

Venue: Jiali Space

4 Beijixiang Hutong, Dongcheng, Beijing

Thursday, Friday, Saturday from 14:00 to 18:00 and by appointment

Inan Wangʼs photographic works melt the generalizations and connotations of Far Eastern painting;

as well as the color, composition, and rhythm of Western modern art. Thus, Wang discovered the

perfection and clarity of the object itself, while focusing on atmospheric and visual effects and a

sense of chance and movement.

The viewer is moving, or the object being viewed is moving. The viewer is moving horizontally, and

the object being viewed stands still. When the viewer stands still, the object being viewed moves up

and down. The eyes see the object for just a moment. From the press of the shutter release to the

production of the photograph, the image is the continuation of that moment and a process of

movement. This represents uncertainties, accurate visual effects, as well as more space for the

imagination. Although images are static, they still continue to interact with the viewer. Passage

symbolizes the artistʼs creative forms as well as the artistʼs particular lifestyle.

电话/Tel: + 86 138 1022 9370

邮件/ Email: daphnemallet@gmail.com

http://oliviermodr.com

http://www.jialigallery.com/

时间：2012年4月21日——5月1日

地点: Olivier Modr 空间

北京市朝阳区机场辅路草场地300号

每天10:00到18:00

家里空间开幕、开业酒会：2012年5月5日16:00

时间：2012年5月5日——5月27日

地点: 家里空间

北京市东城区北吉祥胡同4号

星期四，星期五，星期六14:00到18:00（需要预约）

王一囡的摄影作品融合了东方绘画的概括和含蓄，以及西方现代主义的色彩、结构和韵律，发现了物

体本身的完美性和清晰性，更注重一种气氛和视觉效果，一种偶然性，和对运动感的捕捉。

观看者在移动，或者是被观看者在移动；观看者在平行

移动，被观看者在静止中；观看者在静中，被

观看者在上下移动。当眼睛看到对象的瞬间，从手按动相机的快门到最后成像，其实照片上的图像是

一个瞬间的连续，一个运动的过程。这形成了最后不确定的也是准确的视觉效果和更多的视觉想象空

间。尽管图像是静止的，它们仍可以继续与观看者进行交流。

《路过》既象征艺术家的一种艺术创作形式，也是她当下的艺术生活方式。

CAOCHANGDI PHOTOSPRING – ARLES IN BEIJING

Third Annual Edition of the International Photography Festival

Opening: April 21, 2012

2012.04.21—2012.05.31

草场地摄影季——阿尔勒在北京

第三届年度国际摄影节

开幕式时间：2012 年4 月21 日

Caochangdi PhotoSpring – Arles in Beijing is an annual photography festival that brings

together local and international photography in the vibrant setting of the Chinese capital.

It was initiated in 2010 by two Beijing-based organizations, Thinking Hands and the Three

Shadows Photography Art Centre. Its mission is to create and develop a high-profile

platform in China entirely devoted to photography. Caochangdi PhotoSpring began with a

three-year collaboration with the most important international photography festival, Les

Rencontres dʼArles The event is organized in conjunction with the French Embassy in

China and is part of the Croisements Festival.

This year, Caochangdi PhotoSpring features about 30 exhibitions in partnership with

galleries and institutions in Caochangdi, the 798, and beyond. PhotoSpring will run from

April 21 to May 31 and showcase the work of more than 200 Chinese and international

artists.

Opening Week is April 21 to April 24 and packed with exhibition openings, screenings,

artist talks, PhotoFolio Review, workshops, art actions and more!

草场地摄影季——阿尔勒在北京是一场大型的国际摄影盛会，每年都邀请来自国际国内的

著名摄影机构和个人来到这个在北京举行的极具规模的摄影平台。草场地摄影季从2010年起

由思想手计划和三影堂摄影艺术中心在北京创办，旨在通过草场地摄影季建立起一个共同推

动中国摄影事业的大平台。草场地摄影季构想自成型以来，与最具国际影响力的摄影展之一

的阿尔勒国际摄影节建立了为期三年的合作关系。此外，草场地摄影季由法国驻华大使馆官

方协办，同时也是中法文化之春的重要组成部分。

今年的草场地摄影季将在4月21日到5月31日的展期内，和草场地，798以及外围的合作艺术

机构一起共同呈现约30个展览，将有超过200个中外艺术家的作品参展。

4月21日到4月24日的开幕周期间将呈现展览开幕式、放映、座谈、专家见面会、户外艺术活

动等。

开幕式：2012 年4 月21 日下午15:00

地点：三影堂摄影艺术中心

Opening Ceremony on April 21, 2012 at 15:00

Location: Three Shadows Photography Art Centre

关于草场地摄影季开幕周活动的信息将在2012 年3 月27 日发布。

Information on Opening Week events released March 27, 2012.

正在更新中/Stay tuned:

www.ccdphotospring.com

Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/pages/2012-Caochangdi-PhotoSpring-Arles-in-

Beijing/180676911963996

微博/ Weibo : http://weibo.com/ccdphotospring

Date: April 14 – May 6, 2012

Opening cocktail: April 21, 15:00－18:00

Venue: Chambers Fine Art

Red No.1 D Caochangdi, Chaoyang, Beijing

Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00 – 18:00

电话/Tel: +86 (10) 5127 3298

www.chambersfineart.com

由苏文呈献

Presented by Thomas Sauvin

The UK-based Archive of Modern Conflict collects materials dating all the way from prehistoric

times to the present day. As the subject matter and topics multiply, they intersect in surprising ways

to reveal stories about the nature of our world. This exhibition brings together a selection of various

photographic work that illuminates forgotten corners of our cultural life, such as Indian portraits

colored by hand, photos by a Chinese special effects make-up artist, and an album of a Mexican

wrestler. AMCʼs complete assortment of photo books will be on display and their recent publication

on China, “Happy Tonite” will be presented as a slide show. A special photo studio designed for the

occasion will allow visitors to interact with the exhibition.

Exhibition presented by Caochangdi PhotoSpring 2012 and supported by Time Machine

Image Centre

来自现代冲突资料库的珍奇猎影

开幕式／酒会：4 月21 日15:00－18:00

时间：2012 年4 月14 日——5 月6 日

地点：前波画廊

北京市朝阳区草场地红一号D 座

星期二 － 星期日 10:00 – 18:00

英国出版商现代冲突资料库（AMC）是一个不断在扩充的影像资料库。它所搜集的内容跨越多个领

域——从史前到当代的各种相互交缠的题材，编织出一个个关于我们周遭世界的最自然，却又令人意

想不到的故事。这次展览融汇一系列多元化的摄影作品，映照出我们文化生活之中被时间遗忘的角

落，当中包括印度的手绘人像摄影、一名中国特技化妆师的作品选辑、墨西哥的蒙面职业摔角手的相

册等珍奇影像。这次展览还会展出AMC 的所有出版刊物，包括以幻灯片形式呈现近期推出的中国画

册《欢乐今宵》。除此之外，观众更可以使用一个专门为这次展览设计的摄影棚。

展览由2012 草场地摄影季主办；并由时间机器影像中心支持。