Images and Words: Since Magritte Era
Co-host by Wallonie-Bruxelles International (WBI) and National art museum of china
Time: Dec 22, 2012 - Jan 14, 2013
The exhibition of “Images and Words” focuses on a special subject in the modern and contemporary time, also the relationship between words (including writings) and plastic art (including its development veins) established by the artists. The attention for this subject can be traced back to December 1929; the illustrations, paintings, and the article “Words and Images” still passes on and continues its influence to this day. We can find certain traces in the forefront of the modern art exploration.
ARTIST
WANG KAI
1962, born in Suzhou of Jiangsu province, China
1989, graduated from Central Academy of Art and Crafts (now Tsinghua University, Academy of Arts&Design)
Currently lives and works in Shanghai
Associate professor of East China Normal University, Department of Art
Exhibitions:
2015 God Knows, Renke Art Gallery, Hangzhou
2012 In Transit, Renke Art Gallery, Hangzhou
2011 Self-Examination, Renke Art Gallery, Hangzhou
2008 Aquilaria Agallocha, Eye Level Gallery, Shanghai
798 Art Festival Theme Exhibition, Beijing
Digital & Photographic Time, No.10 Gallery of Art, Chengdu
2007 Contemporary Representation, Wu Jiao Chang 800 Art Space, Shanghai
Artists’ Nomination/Invitation Exhibition, Yuan Art Museum, Shanghai
Shanghai Art Fair Emerging Artists Exhibition (Asia), Shanghai Mart, Shanghai
2006 Chinese Symbols, M50 Space Da, Shanghai
Contemporary Art Exhibition: Shanghai Academic Culture, Shanghai Art Centre
Shanghai Abstract Painting Exhibition, Ming Yuan Group Art & Culture Centre, Shanghai
Contemporary Photography Exhibition, No. 1178 Wai Ma Lu Warehouse, Shanghai
Sea Level Paining & Scupture, Liu Hai Su Art Museum, Shanghai
2005 Homage to ‘85, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
2004 2cd Contemporary Art Invitation Exhibition, East Coast Museum
5th Shanghai Biennial, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
2003 Oil Painting Exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
Status Group Exhibition, HSS Art&Exhibition Centre, Shanghai
Different Choices:‘60s Artist Invitation Exhibition, Peninsula Art Museum, Shanghai
2001 Shanghai Art Exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
2000 Serene Poetry: Wang Kai’s Solo Exhibition, South Taiwan Gallery, Taiwan
1997 Chinese Abstract Ink Painting Exhibition, Centre Culturel de Chine à Paris, France
1995 Chinese Contemporary Art Exchange Exhibition, Chicago Gallery, America
1993 Shanghai Youth Art Exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
1989 7th National Art Exhibition, China Art Museum, Beijing
1988 Expression: Wang Kai’s Art Exhibition, Tsinghua University, Beijing
ZHANG HAO
1962 born in Tianjing, China
1985 graduated from Zhejiang Academy of Art
Proffesor, China Academy of Art, CAA
Solo Exhibition
2013 What Art Gives Me, Renkeart Art Gallery, Hangzhou, China
2013 The Shape of Journeys, Renke Art Gallery, Hangzhou, China
2012 Spiritual Journey, Sanshang Contemporary Art Museum, Hangzhou, China
2010 Combination: Spiritual Journey of Zhang Hao, Contrasts Gallery, Shanghai, China
2009 The Power of Ink Painting, Bole Gallery, Shanghai, China
2007 Construct: Chinese Ink Painting by Zhang Hao, Sanshang Contemporary Art Museum, Beijing, China
2006 Chinese Ink Painting Series: Zhang Hao’s Solo Exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2002 Zhang Hao: Contemporary Chinese Ink Painting, Paris International Art City, France
1994 Zhang Hao: Exploring Chinese Ink Painting, Contemporary Art Museum, Beijing, China
Group Exhibition
2015 Cross the Year, Renke Art Gallery, Hangzhou, China
2014 2014 ARTE FIERA, Bologna, Italy
2013 Image and Words: Since Magritte Era, National Art Museum Of China, Beijing, China
2013 In Transit, Renke Art Gallery, Hangzhou, China
2012 The Exhibition Cross the Year, Sanshang Contemporary Art Museum, Hangzhou, China
2012 Micro Garden: China and Japan Contemporary Art Exhibition, Renke Art Gallery, Hangzhou, China
2011 Great Heaven of Abstract, MARCO, Roma, Italy
2006 Shanghai New Ink Painting Exhibition, Toronto, Canada
2000 Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai, China
1998 The first Shenzhen International Ink Painting Biennale, Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
1991 The first Chinese Contemporary Art Documentation Exhibition, Chinese Painting Research Institute, Beijing, China
PREFACE
The exhibition of “Images and Words” focuses on a special subject in the modern and contemporary time, also the relationship between words (including writings) and plastic art (including its development veins) established by the artists. The attention for this subject can be traced back to December 1929; the illustrations, paintings, and the article “Words and Images” still passes on and continues its influence to this day. We can find certain traces in the forefront of the modern art exploration.
In this exhibition, we will review the different art schools and trends rooted in Wallon-Brussel region. Among different art schools and trends, what intersected are the formative and literature thinking, the attention to the signified and interpretation to the signifier, the visual poetry and the theorized picture, the language and art, text and situation.
From Magritte, from surrealism to the Cobra group, from Broodthaers to the creation of concept art and mixed media, we can see the rich possibilities contained in the course of meaning presented by the artists. This richness reflects on the unending tension between images and words, forms and thinking, writings and art trends, poetic language and its forms, has been extended to the contemporary art creations and will get much richer.
RALATED LINKS
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culture.ifeng.com/gundong/detail_2012_12/23/20447746_0.shtml
www.artsbj.com/Html/art/zldt/165584.html
you.ctrip.com/travels/beijing1/1360709.html
art.china.cn/huihua/2012-12/24/content_5615483.htm
www.chinanews.com/cul/2012/12-22/4429987.shtml
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