The sixth "Beijing Contemporary Art Expo" will be held in Hall 11 of the National Agricultural Exhibition Hall from May 23 to 26, 2024, of which May 23 to 24 is the VIP preview day and May 25 to 26 is the public visit day. This year is the seventh year of the founding of Beijing Contemporary. This year, with the theme of "cohesion", art forces from all over the world are gathered in a rich and three-dimensional presence, sharing a diverse "art world" with everyone, and sharing a wonderful "Beijing time". Beijing Contemporary Art Expo, together with Beijing International Design Week, Gallery Week Beijing and other partners deeply rooted in the city, will jointly create an art season belonging to Beijing.
Cohesion
Shaping Xinli
The main vision of the 2024 Beijing Contemporary Art Expo is based on the concept of "cohesive force". Through the use of both hands to exert force on plaster, clay and other materials, it will shape a character sculpture with cohesive creativity and driving force. Each three-dimensional character has a sculptural sense of volume and tenacity, and its changeable shape also makes it have a calligraphic sense of rhythm and mobility. With this new visual image, Beijing Contemporary hopes to gather the cultural and artistic forces of the whole city of Beijing, shape a new look of contemporary art ecology in 2024, and promote people's confidence in the development of the art market and cultural industry.
Open and rich "localization" is the concept that "Beijing Contemporary" has always adhered to since its inception. This is not only a cultural strategy, but also a respect for the rich and diverse art world itself. Therefore, this art fair is not only a collection of galleries from different cultures and regions, but also a collection of different types and levels of art ecology, Let the audience focus on the broad ecological spectrum of art.
"Art description" unit
Push the new forces
The curatorial unit of Beijing Contemporary Art Expo, "Art Description", will be held from June 8 to September 1 this year together with Beijing Times Art Museum. The exhibition was curated by Bao Dong, the art director of Beijing Contemporary Art Expo, with the theme of "Back to the Age". The exhibition focuses on the youngest artists under 35 years old and their creations, including 32 artists, 26 of which are new works specially created by the exhibition, involving painting, installation, video and other media.
Talk about "Beijing Art Season"
At the press conference of 2024 Beijing Contemporary Art Expo, Mr. Bao Dong, art director of Beijing Contemporary Art Expo, Mr. Wang Yudong, chairman of Beijing International Design Week Co., Ltd., Ms. Liu Weiwei, executive vice curator of Time Art Museum, Ms. Yang Jialin, project director of Gallery Week in Beijing, Mr. Tian Jun, collector, and Rene ▄ Meile, founder of Mailer Gallery held round table talks, An in-depth discussion was held around "What is an art season belonging to Beijing?".
Beijing Contemporary Art Expo lights up Beijing Art Season
Tian Jun said : "There are too many and complex variables in the real world. Although the rationality and texts accumulated in the past 20 years are valuable, they are not enough to deal with complex variables. Therefore, rationality is ineffective and it is impossible to understand the chaotic world. I feel that more young institutions and collectors are now using intuitive experience instead of rational and textual experience. In this year's Beijing Spring Gallery exhibition, we can feel a sense of high energy and low text. Direct experience may sometimes be more important than text experience. I think this is the biggest change in Beijing's art ecology. "
Wang Yudong said : "Whether it has the lineup of artists and the activity of artistic creation, or the number of transactions and turnover data of the art market, Beijing has a pivotal position in the country and even the world, but the public's understanding and enthusiasm for contemporary art still need to be awakened and warmed up. Therefore, we advocate artists and art institutions in Beijing to jointly launch wonderful and intensive art activities at this time to form a Beijing art season and respond to Beijing's plan to build a cultural art exhibition and trade center. "
Liu Weiwei said : "I think that a very significant change in the past two years has been the rapid rise of young people who love art. In fact, the strength of this group is very considerable, and even that this group's love of art and the shaping of trends can have a reverse impact on the market. In addition, Beijing, as the capital of Chinese art and culture, has witnessed the rapid rise of public art and public art activities in the past two years, and the public's willingness to participate in art has also risen unprecedentedly. "
Rene ∨ Meile indicates that : "I think one of the characteristics of Beijing is the exchange between artists of different ages. Because if you only look at contemporary art, it can be said that it starts from Beijing. Many artists in the 1980s or earlier were in Beijing, and many important mature artists are still in Beijing. Later young artists will need to communicate with them, so they will continue to live and work in Beijing. ”
Yang Jialin said "The most distinctive feature of Beijing is that it is so distinctive. Everyone has different ideas, but it is also because of this that there will be collisions. I think this is really suitable for contemporary art, because contemporary art needs this kind of discussion, and he needs intense discussion."
Live round table discussion at the press conference of "Beijing Contemporary · Art Expo 2024"
Beijing Contemporary Art Expo
2024 Recommended works
"Gathering of Art History"
Zhao Wuji, Sonnet, 1976, Etching Etching, 40 × 30 cm, from tree art
"Abundant local"
Zhang Shuo and Yin Chang Ting Tong, You and She, 2022, shiny silk, embroidered thread, silk printing ink, sequins, reflective film Silk, embroidered thread, screen print ink, chameleon paint, 133.5 × 106 cm, from Yaji Gallery
"Other perspective"
Mika Ninakawa, Earthly Flowers, Heavenly Colors, 2017, Chemical development, photosensitive paper C-print, 72.8 × 48.5 cm, from Jingyi Original Painting Gallery
"New Sharpness"
Yin Zi'ang, Freddie Mercury, 2023, Oil and oil pastel on linen, 60 × 80 cm, from the art space of Bo Nian
"Old Words and New Words"
Kwon Neung, Art Fair 5, 2023, Oil on canvas, 86 × 169.8 cm, from the Common Art Center
"Solo Exhibition"
Bjorn Calleja, Who's On The Menu, Oil on canvas, acrylic and aerosol on canvas, 180 × 150 cm, 2024, from Contemporary Chinese Art Center
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