The 2nd Shanghai Urban Contemporary Sculpture and Device Art Expo was launched

From September 25, 2022 to March 26, 2023, the "Light of the City -20122 Shanghai Urban Contemporary Sculpture and Device Art Expo" will be exhibited in Shanghai Xiyingmen. This expo gathered 72 representative artists in contemporary China, with more than 300 works. Many heavyweight works were publicly displayed or appeared in Shanghai for the first time. The concept of gathering magic capital, bringing the most comprehensive contemporary sculpture device to the Shanghai public. The expo was hosted by Shanghai Xiyingmen, and the general plan was announced. The curator Li Xiaofeng, the academic host Jia Fangzhou, Chen Xiaoxin, Wang Lin, Liu Chun, Sun Zhenhua, Yang Xiaoyan, Wang Duanting, Yang Wei.

"Light of the City -20122 Shanghai City Contemporary Sculpture and Device Art Expo" includes a theme exhibition called "Regeneration" focusing on ecological environmental protection; the two thematic exhibitions of "living" and "Huaiyuan" that preach the oriental aesthetics; Named "Different Realms", "Sauce Purple", "Color", "Life", "Amazing", "World", "All Lives", "Ideal Country", "Myth", "Legend", "Future Poetics Research" , "Spring" twelve special exhibitions; a special art project called "Butterfly Change"; an art derivative area called "Art Green Code"; and the opening forum of the theme of "Art Expression of the Business Age" Essence

The 18 -dimensional expansion of the eighteen keywords presents the eighteen paths of art and commercial symbiosis. It not only comprehensively shows the latest creative results of Chinese contemporary artists, but also shows that the curator sorted out the contemporary art landscape of Chinese art. Good intentions. In order to strengthen the emotional links of art and the public, compared with the first Shanghai urban contemporary sculpture and installation art expo, this expo is more targeted and comprehensively integrated into Xiyingmen, and even directly embedded in the shop. This makes this expo more like a different art exhibition, sculpture art, installation art, comprehensive art, cross -border art, digital art and products, products, famous products, luxury goods coexistence, eliminating the gap between art and business It also closer the distance between the commercial building and the art museum. The commercial building has become an art museum, and the brand center has become an art hall. The boundaries of art and life are completely blurred. The public travels in the commercial building, as if inadvertently entered the art garden in life, and encounters the wonderful works.

This expo shows several vital aspects -on the one hand, it continues the context of traditional Chinese aesthetic development, incorporates it into the logic of contemporary curatorial, and presents the ductility of Chinese aesthetics; on the other hand, focusing on the current social issues, Propositions such as the natural and environmental of the social development of the social development of the ultra -wide perspective, and the life in the post -epidemic era. Continue to tradition, care for the present, Shanghai Xiyingmen presents its own artistic perspective and expression as a commercial institution.

The 2nd Shanghai Urban Contemporary Sculpture and Installation Art Expo is multi -dimensional. "Different realms" create a fantasy dream different from the real context; "ideal country" builds a peach blossom source for the public; "myth" will lead people to the ancient people's spiritual fabrication and exploration of mysterious forces; "Legend "It refers to the unpredictable feelings of the infinite extension of human power.

The exhibition special art project "Butterfly Change" makes the exhibition feel free in a cultural change; "Art Green Code" is to tease the era of humor to face the post -epidemic era today. In addition, the forum "the artistic expression of the business era" will explain the theme of the theme from the relationship between business and art. (Photo/Yi Xuan)

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