 eijing, 15 June, 08, SZ Art Center was holding its inaugural exhibition” Case Studies of Artists in Art History and Art Criticism”, which is one of the hugest inaugural exhibition ever held in 798 factory.
SZ Art Center in Beijing is an independent organization engaged in art investment and collection founded by Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House and its superior institution- the Hunan Publishing Investment Holding Group. This exhibition grew out of co-operation since the 1980s between Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House and the renowned art historian scholar and critic, Dr. Lü Peng. Published by Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, the collections of case studies prepared by Lü Peng and Zhu Zhu provide the basis for the two shows.
Also, this inaugural exhibition provides a way of interpretating art works from an art history perspective: Each artist is presented within the context of a case history that allows us to view his unique life, social environment and historical context, as well as his creative motivation, facilitating our understanding of his works. The thinking, experience and work of these twenty-three artists, viewed from an overall perspective, provide a tangible chronicle of the development of contemporary Chinese art.
Participant artists in the first part of this inaugural exhibition Artists in Art History, curated by Dr. Lü Peng, include Fang Lijun, Hong Lei, Huang Rui, He Sen, Li Luming, Liu Xiaodong, Mao Xuhui, Pan Dehai, Song Yonghong, Tang Zhigang, Wang Chuan, Wang Guangyi, Wang Youshen, Yue Minjun, Ye Yongqing, Yin Zhaoyang, Zhou Chunya, Zeng Fanzhi, Zeng Hao, Zhao Nengzhi, Zhan Wang, Zhang Xiaogang and Zhang Yu.
SZ Art Center is an organic component of Hunan Fine Art Publishing House’s transition in industrial structure and its point of inception dovetails with the contemporary Chinese art scene who see the SZ Art Center as its entrée to a new mode of art management, the museum of the non-museum. SZ Art Center will devote greater strength and resources to promoting contemporary Chinese art by steadily developing the organization.
Seen from the outside, SZ Art Center is a huge silver cube; its inside comprises three exhibition halls with different sizes and a projection room. The entire space covers 800 sq.m.
Below are the art works by part of participant artists:
Mao Xuhui, Scissors at an Angle, Oil on Canvas, 140 x 180cm, 2007
Hong Lei, El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan-Three Goats, Photograph, 120 x 155cm
Yue Minjun, Garbage Hill, Acrylic on Canvas, 200 x 280cm, 2003
Zhou Chunya, Mountain Rocks and Cloud, Oil on Canvas, 360 x 220cm, 2004
Li Luming, Female Fisher, Oil on Canvas, 200 x 150cm, 2008
Zeng Fanzhi, Untitled 08-4-8, Oil on Canvas, 260 x 360cm, 2008
Zeng Hao, Evening, 2 November, Oil on Canvas, 240 x 310 cm, 2004
Yin Zhaoyang, Myth , Oil on Canvas, 200 x 150 cm, 2007
Wang Chuan, Locus of Time, Oil on Canvas, 200 x 300 cm, 1992
He Sen, Xu Wei No.2 of Landscape and Figure, Oil on Canvas, 250cm x 400 cm, 2007
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