2012 the 9th Shanghai Biennale Special Project “Mingyuan• Zhongshan Park Project”

 

2012 the 9th Shanghai Biennale Special Project: “Mingyuan• Zhongshan Park Project”:
On The Way Home--Shanghai Pudong International Airport Special Exhibition

Host: 9th Shanghai Biennale Committee 2012
Co-organizers: Shanghai Zendai Group, Shanghai Zendai Cultural Development Co., Ltd.
Undertaker: Shanghai International Airport Co., Ltd.
Sponsors: Mingyuan Group Co., Ltd. Original Song Gallery
Official Supporters: Consulates General of France in Shanghai, Consulates General of the United States of America in Shanghai, Consulates General of Germany in Shanghai, Consulates General of Australia in Shanghai, Consulates General of Italy in Shanghai…… to be confirmed

Curators: Qiu Zhijie, Shen Qibin, Xiao Ge

Artists:
An Xiaotong, Cao Ping, Ding Li, Fang Qi, Guan Huaibin, Gao Jie, Gao Yan, Guo Hao, He Haoyuan, Huang Hankang, Ji Zhou, Li Di, Li Fang, Li Qingbin, Liu Guangyun, Liu Wentao, Liu Xinyi, Liu Zhenchen, Lin Yuyan, Ma Chong, Peng Xiaojia, Sha Zijian, Shen Shaomin, Shen Yi Elsie, Sun Yinjie, Tao Yi, Wang Chengliang, Wang Du, Wang Ge, Wang Shuibo, Wang Yu, Wu Qinqin, Xi Jianjun, Xiao Lu, Ying Haiming, Yang Jinsong, Yang Qian, Ye Funa, Zhang Chunhong, Zhang Chunbo, Zhang Jiebai, Zhang Qikai, Zhang Zhandi (in straight alphabetical order by surname).

Special Guest Artist: Rolf A. Kluenter (Germany)

Project Planners: Gao Feng
Project Executor: Huang Hui
Leaders of “Zhongshan Park Project”: Tan Bin, Yuan Wenshan
Assistant Curators: Ma Zhenzheng, Tan Bin, Wei Xingyi
Exhibition Planner: Wei Xingyi
Executive Assistant: Zhang Xin, Li Cheng, Zhang Xiao
Media Promotion Leaders: Gu Jing, Ren Linlin
Graphic Designers: Liu Lina, Qu Lingli
Album Designer: Wu Weihe
Album Editor: Xiao Ge，Wei Xingyi
Translator：Sun Yue
Text Collators: Zheng Yiyue, Tang Tang, Gao Zhiyu
Leader of Volunteers: Zheng Yiyue
Volunteers: Wang Lu, Zhang Yirong, Gong Xi, Zhang Shunqian, Wang Jing, Ji Chunzi, Lin Yayun, Sun Ruocheng, Fang Qingnan, Wu Yong

Curtain Time: 15:00, January 11th, 2013
Exhibition Period: January 11th—March 31st, 2013
Place: Art Museum, Terminal T2, Shanghai Pudong International Airport (No.900, Qihang Road, Jichang Town, New Pudong District)

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Press Release: 2012 the 9th Shanghai Biennale Special Project:
“Mingyuan• Zhongshan Park Project”:
On The Way Home--Shanghai Pudong International Airport Special Exhibition

At 3:00 pm, January 11th, 2013, On The Way Home--Shanghai Pudong International Airport Special Exhibition of “Mingyuan• Zhongshan Park Project” of the 9th Shanghai Biennale 2012 will officially open in the art museum of Shanghai Pudong International Airport. Among the exhibitions of “Zhongshan Park Project”, it is hosted by the 9th Shanghai Biennale Committee 2012, co-organized by Shanghai Zendai Group and Shanghai Zendai Cultural Development Co., Ltd. undertook by Shanghai International Airport Co., Ltd. and has gained support from the consulates general of nations in Shanghai. On the Way Home, organized in collaboration with Qiu Zhijie, the chief curator of 9th Shanghai Biennale Committee 2012, Shen Qibin, the curator and Xiao Ge, the curator invited of “Zhongshan Park Project”, will consist of a collection of art by over 40 artists who have ever lived, studied or worked abroad and now play an active role in the art circles.

The exhibition is located in Shanghai Pudong International Airport, which is a crossroad between home and abroad, linking up the mainland with the world as well as providing a window for the 9th Shanghai Biennale 2012 to outside. As the biggest joint exhibition for returned artists throughout the history of Chinese contemporary art, it will depict the phenomenon of returned artist group in a brand-new way and discuss about cultural root-seeking in the era of information explosion.

The “returnees” have always been dominating cultural development of China throughout over 100 years, such as Li Shutong, Lin Fengmian, Xu Beihong and Liu Haisu, etc. of the first generation, who have shaken the world of Chinese art. After the Opening-up, artists went abroad for cultural exchange and study, some of which settled down and were called the “overseas corps". Alongside economic globalization and rapid improvement of Chinese economy in recent years, more and more youth could afford to study abroad, while there is an increasing number of Chinese artists return to China, forming a new “returnees" upsurge.

Following the concepts of “resources, revisit, reform and republic”, “On The Way Home” is taken as the theme for this exhibition, indicating that overseas study is also a brainwash to the artists—they are implanted with different methodology, value and historical viewpoint, enriched and changed whilst being colonized unknowingly. At the edge of losing own cultural root and facing the cultural conflict, the returned artists may feel twisted and ambivalent: where’s our spiritual home? Where do we head for? Where’s my way home? Shall we keep going abroad or return? But to where? Embracing over thousands of years' culture, Chinese people still lack for confidence in contemporary art. Why? There is a thin “diaphragm” between contemporary and traditional art, requiring "on the way home” to penetrate through it.

Acting like a physical space as well as a psychological space for departure and return, Pudong International Airport is a meaningful place for discussing the term of “On The Way Home” to those returned artists, and will definitely arouse sympathy of all the passengers and visitors. Meanwhile, it is a point which links up the mainland and world, and further an important topic assigned by Chinese art for over 100 years.

The exhibition will represent various works of numerous artists openly, across a broad age spectrum from 1950s to 1980s. All the artists once studied or lived abroad, such as France, the U.S.A, Germany, Britain, Australia, Canada, Japan and Israel, etc. including An Xiaotong, Cao Ping, Ding Li, Fang Qi, Guan Huaibin, Gao Jie, Gao Yan, Guo Hao, He Haoyuan, Huang Hankang, Ji Zhou, Li Di, Li Fang, Li Qingbin, Liu Guangyun, Liu Wentao, Liu Xinyi, Liu Zhenchen, Lin Yuyan, Ma Chong, Peng Xiaojia, Sha Zijian, Shen Shaomin, Shen Yi, Sun Yinjie, Tao Yi, Wang Chengliang, Wang Du, Wang Ge, Wang Shuibo, Wang Yu, Wu Qinqin, Xi Jianjun, Xiao Lu, Ying Haiming, Yang Jinsong, Yang Qian, Ye Funa, Zhang Chunhong, Zhang Chunbo, Zhang Jiebai, Zhang Qikai, Zhang Zhandi. In addition, a German artist Rolf A. Kluenter, who settles down in Shanghai is also invited to the exhibition for the discussion on cultural root-seeking from the view of a "stander-by”. The works exhibited cover traditional oil painting on canvas, different artistic media such as interactive installation, films and live demonstration, showing creation and thoughts of current returned artists in all directions. After experiencing the difference between eastern and western cultures in separate time and region, those artists may have a more direct and true explanation to “globalization” and “pluralism”.

We believe that in the special scene of Shanghai Pudong International Airport, to collect and exhibit works of the artists who once lingered outside China in a dual or plural artistic and cultural background will arouse a special effect and bring profound meaning at Shanghai Biennale of multiculturalism.

The “Zhongshan Park Project” of the 9th Shanghai Biennale 2012 was started in Shanghai Zhongshan Park on September 10th, 2012, and has successively expanded to Ruijin Hotel, M50 Vart Center, Shanghai Pudong International Airport and Hongqiao Railway, aiming to reveal the sense of national identity to the “strange" returned artists as well as the art life of foreigners in Shanghai. Concurrently, the project will reach all the Zhongshan parks in south China, including Zhangzhou, Xiamen and Quanzhou and cross the straits in the east to represent works of artists throughout the country in art organizations of Jinmen, Hualian and Danshui. All the works of “Zhongshan Park Project” will be sent back to Shanghai in late December and exhibited on the 5th floor of Shanghai Contemporary Art Museum (Powerstation of Art) till March 31st, 2013 after selection.

新闻通稿：2012第九届上海双年展特别项目“明园·中山公园计划”

《回家的路—上海浦东国际机场特展》

            2012年第九届上海双年展特别项目“明园·中山公园计划”之《回家的路—上海浦东国际机场特展》将于2013年1月11日下午三点在上海浦东国际机场美术馆正式开幕。作为“中山公园计划”的系列展之一，本次展览由第九届上海双年展组委会主办，上海证大集团、上海证大文化发展有限公司协办，上海国际机场股份有限公司承办，驻沪多国总领事馆支持。《回家的路》由第九届上海双年展总策展人邱志杰、策展人沈其斌、“中山公园计划”特邀策展人肖戈（肖歌）三人联合策划，并邀请了40多位有过海外学习、工作、生活经历的活跃艺术家参展。展出地点选择在上海浦东国际机场，是基于这里具有国内与国际，本土和全球交接点的属性，这也是本届上海双年展与世界最直接连线的窗口，以一种全新的诠释方式来呈现海归艺术家的群体现象，并深入探讨处于全球化时代信息爆炸时代有关文化寻根的话题。可以说，这次展览将是迄今为止中国当代艺术史上规模最大的一次海归艺术家群展。

一百多年来，“海归”们一直主导了中国文化的发展，比如李叔同、林风眠、徐悲鸿、刘海粟等第一代“留洋”的艺术家的归来，带来了中国艺术格局的全面改变。改革开放之后，又有一批艺术家出国学习，其中一部分长期定居海外，形成了中国艺术的“海外兵团”现象。近几年来，随着经济全球化格局的形成，以及中国经济的快速增长，一方面越来越多的青年人有条件远渡重洋求学；另一方面，也有越来越多的海外华人艺术家们开始频繁回国，形成了一股新的“海归”热潮。

            根据本届双年展的主题“溯源”、“复兴”、“造化”和“共和”，我们选择“回家的路”作为此次海归艺术家群展的主题，是基于以下的思考：艺术家出国学习，同时也是被“洗脑”—通过方法论、价值观、历史观的植入，思想被改变、被丰富，不自觉中也被殖民。海归艺术家们似乎面临着失去自己的文化根基、文化冲突的危机。他们在心理上会感到纠结，矛盾，并且不断追问：我们的精神家园在哪儿？属于我们自己的方向、可能性是什么？回家的路在哪儿？继续走出去？还是走回来？可又是回到哪里去？中华民族拥有几千年的文化积淀，但中国当代艺术在今天的不自信，是因为当代艺术与这几千年的传统文化之间还有一层窗户纸没有被捅破，这就需要我们来打通一条“回家的路”。

            我们认为，浦东国际机场既是一个国际出发与回归的物理空间，更是精神上出发与回归的心理空间，用做探讨这些海归艺术家“回家的路”的展览场地，必将是意味深长的；也必然会引发所有迎来送往的机场过客和参观者的强大共鸣。同时，国际机场是连接本土与国际的节点，而这也正是中国艺术一个多世纪以来的重大命题。

         这次展览在艺术家的选择上趋于多元化、开放性；艺术家的年龄跨度从50后至80后，他们曾留学、旅居的国家包括法国、美国、德国、英国、澳大利亚、加拿大、日本、以色列等。他们是：安晓彤、曹萍、丁力、房奇、管怀宾、高洁、高岩、郭颢、何昊远、黄含康、计洲、李迪、李芳、李青彬、刘广云、刘文涛、刘辛夷、刘真辰、林玉燕、马翀、彭小佳、沙子鉴、沈少民、沈怡、孙寅杰、陶轶、王成良、王度、王戈、王水泊、王玉、吴沁沁、奚建军、肖鲁、应海明、杨劲松、杨千、叶甫纳、张春红、张春勃、张洁白、张骐凯、张战地；另外还特别邀请了定居上海的德国艺术家柯罗夫（Rolf A. Kluenter）以一位“旁观者”的眼光来参与这次文化溯源的讨论与展示。参展作品的类型，包含了从传统的布面油画、到互动装置、影像、现场行为表演在内的各种媒介，较为全面地展现了当下海归艺术家的创作与思考。这些艺术家在亲历了东西方文化差异的不同时期、不同地域之后，对于“全球化”、“多元”的阐释，或许有着更为直接与真切的体验。

我们相信在上海双年展这个多元文化聚集的背景下，在上海浦东国际机场这个特殊的场景里，将这些具有双重或多重的文化、艺术背景，曾一度游离于中国本土之外的艺术家们的作品集中展示将会产生很特殊的效应，具有极为深远的意义。

本届上海双年展的“中山公园计划”，是于2012年9月10日于上海中山公园启动的，接着扩展到瑞金宾馆、M50视界艺术中心……直到上海浦东国际机场、虹桥高铁等地；旨在展示作为“陌生人”的海归艺术家们的身份认同，以及一系列外国人在上海的艺术生涯。同时，“中山公园计划”向南将到达闽南漳州、厦门、泉州城市群的各个中山公园，再向东穿越海峡，在金门、花莲、淡水的的相关机构展示各地艺术家的创作。最后所有“中山公园计划”的展览作品将于12月底回到上海，汇总精选后将进入上海当代艺术博物馆的5楼展出至2013年3月31日。

2012第九届上海双年展特别项目“明园·中山公园计划”

《回家的路—上海浦东国际机场特展》

主办方：2012第九届上海双年展组委会

协办方：上海证大集团、上海证大文化发展有限公司

承办方：上海国际机场股份有限公司

赞助方：明园集团

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支持单位：法国驻上海总领事馆

          美国驻上海总领事馆

          德国驻上海总领事馆

          澳大利亚驻上海总领事馆

          意大利驻上海总领事馆

          ......(待确认）

策展人：邱志杰、沈其斌、肖戈

参展艺术家：

安晓彤、曹萍、丁力、房奇、管怀宾、高洁、高岩、郭颢、何昊远、黄含康、计洲、李迪、李芳、李青彬、刘广云、刘文涛、刘辛夷、刘真辰、林玉燕、马翀、彭小佳、沙子鉴、沈少民、沈怡、孙寅杰、陶轶、王成良、王度、王戈、王水泊、王玉、吴沁沁、奚建军、肖鲁、应海明、杨劲松、杨千、叶甫纳、张春红、张春勃、张洁白、张骐凯、张战地（按姓氏拼音顺序排列)

特邀艺术家：

柯罗夫 Rolf A. Kluenter（德国）

项目策划：高峰

项目执行：黄晖

“中山公园计划”项目负责人：谭彬、袁文珊

策展助理：马真正、谭彬、韦星翼

展务统筹：韦星翼

执行助理：张昕、李成、张骁

媒体推广：谷静、任琳琳

平面设计：瞿玲黎、刘丽娜

画册设计：吴玮禾

画册编辑：肖戈、韦星翼

英文翻译：孙越

文本整理：郑逸越、汤瑭、高致宇

志愿者负责人：郑逸越

志愿者：王路、张亦融、龚熹、张顺茜、王静、季纯子、林亚运、孙若程、方庆南、吴勇

开幕时间：2013年1月11日15：00

展期：2013年1月11日— 2013年3月31日

地点：上海浦东国际机场T2航站楼（浦东新区机场镇启航路900号）

      上海浦东国际机场美术馆