【ActionMedia】 Exhibition : Liu Wei - Colors | UCCA, Beijing, China
Liu Wei was born in Beijing in 1972 and trained as a painter at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou in the 1990s. He belongs to the generation of artists who began their careers amidst the flourish of visceral work and underground exhibitions that bookended the turn of the millennium. In the years since, he has become a singular presence on the global art stage, known for crystallizing the visual and intellectual chaos of China’s myriad fraught transformations into an artistic language as versatile as it is distinctive. Incised sheet metal, hastily welded barriers and frames, a maze of taut-canvas shapes, a seamless wall of LCD screens showing only gradient hues, a warren of precisely jagged mirrored surfaces, vast piles of books sawed to look like stone, and of course, monumental paintings that originated as digital compositions and were completed by many toiling hands: This is Liu Wei’s aesthetic universe, both of, and slightly removed from, this particular time and place. These are the colors that Liu Wei sees.
Duration: 2015.2.7 - 2015.4.17
Venue: Ullens Center for Contemporaty Art
Yung Ho Chang at UCCA and Che Guevara at Three Shadows Beijing
| In 798 Art Zone, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) presents 'Yung Ho Chang + FCJZ: Material-ism', the first retrospective of the pioneer of contemporary Chinese architecture. UCCA shows over 6 installations, 40 models and 270 drawings charting the cross-disciplinary work of Yung Ho Chang and his practice Feichang Jianzhu (FCJZ). Chang and FCJZ transform the UCCA Great Hall into six courtyard-like modules inspired by the 'hutong', the traditional Chinese neighbourhood network of narrow alleys between tile-roofed courtyard houses.
In Caochangdi Art District, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre displays the exhibition 'Che Photographer' curated by Jillian Schultz & Camilo Guevara. The exhibition consists of 232 photographs, both black & white and colour, achieved by Ernesto Che Guevara, the famous hero of recent history. In addition, the exhibition presents an extensive audiovisual component, featuring interviews with those who spent time whit Che and witnessed his passion for photography, as well as experts from various artistic fields. The opening will coincide with the 'Latin American Gala -- Experience Cuba', an international event will share the most significant elements of Cuban culture.
Ullens' Collection -- an auction of Chinese Arts by Sotheby's
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798 Art Zone & Caochangdi | Black Buddha (Beijing)
You can look, but don’t touch
Beijing is certainly ripe with opportunities to witness the artistry and craftsmanship of China’s great dynasties, but if you are looking for the excitement of China’s modern art movement, we have a couple of recommendations off the beaten path.
798 Art Zone (or Dashanzi Art District) is a sprawling 230,000 sq. meter complex filled with galleries, art exhibition spaces, artists’ studios, design firms and retail (fashion, restaurants, etc.). A decommissioned military factory from the 1950s, 798 Art Zone features a Bauhaus-influenced design born from a collaboration between China and East Germany. Who would have known that the “form follows function” aesthetic would provide the perfect backdrop to showcase China’s contemporary art scene. The outposts of established international galleries like TOKYO GALLERY (BTAP), PACE and GALLERIA CONTINUA attract the cognoscenti, but if you are looking for some attainable cool, the retail store of the ULLENS CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (UCCA) is worth a visit.
Another nearby artistic hotbed is Caochangdi – a ten minute cab ride from 798. Translated as “grasslands” in Mandarin, Caochangdi is a true artists community, home to a diverse group of residents, including migrant workers, farmers, students and artists, most notably, Ai Weiwei. Unlike the more uptown, commercialized feel of 798, Caochangdi displays more of a raw emotion and connection to humanity that certainly inspires creativity amongst its residents. THREE SHADOWS PHOTOGRAPHY ART CENTRE and GALERIE URS MEILE are among Caochangdi’s notable attractions.
Whether you are looking for inspiration, a space for quiet contemplation or just to get out and see something new, there is something here for you.
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UCCA Art Store - Amazing China Ep.13 - BONTV
In the 798 art zone, pictures, sculptures, images and many other kinds of artworks are displaced here. Some of them are elegantly hung on the white wall. Some of them are placed in the glass hoods. people like to appreciate them in the galleries, and of course, also want to own one at home. But every time they are stoped by the high price. Is it true that we can't afford the art? In this episode, Roseann will bring you to a place where the artworks are affordable to us.
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【ActionMedia】 Exhibition : Liu Wei - Colors | UCCA, Beijing,China
Liu Wei was born in Beijing in 1972 and trained as a painter at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou in the 1990s. He belongs to the generation of artists who began their careers amidst the flourish of visceral work and underground exhibitions that bookended the turn of the millennium. In the years since, he has become a singular presence on the global art stage, known for crystallizing the visual and intellectual chaos of China’s myriad fraught transformations into an artistic language as versatile as it is distinctive. Incised sheet metal, hastily welded barriers and frames, a maze of taut-canvas shapes, a seamless wall of LCD screens showing only gradient hues, a warren of precisely jagged mirrored surfaces, vast piles of books sawed to look like stone, and of course, monumental paintings that originated as digital compositions and were completed by many toiling hands: This is Liu Wei’s aesthetic universe, both of, and slightly removed from, this particular time and place. These are the colors that Liu Wei sees.
Duration: 2015.2.7 - 2015.4.17
Venue: Ullens Center for Contemporaty Art
【ActionMedia】 Exhibition : Michael Chow: Voice for My Father | UCCA Beijing,China
The story of Michael Chow (b. 1939, Shanghai) is that of an improbable icon, a global cultural actor decades before globalization became the norm. Chow is the son of Zhou Xinfang, celebrated Beijing opera master and founder of the Qi School of performance. Frustrated in his youthful ambitions to either follow in his father’s footsteps or carve out a space for himself within the London contemporary art scene, dreams cultivated in equal parts by his schooling at the Saint Martin’s School of Art and his father’s theatrical tutelage, Chow opened the first of his chic Chinese restaurants in London in 1968. Today, MR CHOW operates in six locations around the world and has become synonymous with both high-end Chinese cuisine and the diverse set of artists and cultural luminaries for whom the restaurant was (and remains) a social hub. Returning to fine art practice after a forty-six-year hiatus, Chow adopts a style as dynamic and eclectic as his history—one that embodies, physically and symbolically, a distinctly Chinese twentieth-century cosmopolitanism.
The exhibition comprises three sections. Twelve of Michael Chow’s paintings are dispersed throughout the Lobby, Nave, and Long Gallery. Chow’s style reflects the visual traditions of Chinese art, Western abstract expressionism, and, perhaps most significantly, the bold gestures of Qi School Beijing opera. Composed of household paint, precious metals, and kitchen errata, this “Qi School Expressionism” evokes a visceral sense of movement and object while conveying the artist’s passion for his father and his native culture. Linking the artist’s practice to his longstanding engagement with the contemporary art communities of New York and LA, the exhibition also contains several works from Chow’s portrait collection. These works, hainging in the Long Gallery, includes pieces by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, Urs Fischer, and many others, bearing witness to his friendship with and support of these artists from the 1960s onward. Also occupying the Long Gallery are more than one hundred archival photos of Zhou Xinfang and his performances. The Qi School of Beijing opera that he conceived has become a way of life for Michael Chow. Seen as both an artistic institution and a microcosm for a larger movement, the evolution of the Qi School reflects the complex history and cultural memory of modern China.
Duration: 2015. 1.23 - 2015.3.22
Venue: Ullens Center for Contemporaty Art
Ullens Center Beijing Opening Party
Ullens Center Beijing Opening Party
Virtual Christian Dior & Chinese Artists, UCCA Beijing
Ullens Center for Contemporary Arts opens their futuristic virtual museum space in RMB City with a virtual view of their exhibition Christian Dior & Chinese Artists, held at UCCA (Beijing) from Nov 2008-Jan 2009.
About this first exhibition in UCCA - Peoples Aerial Castle:
The video on view in the space has been created on the occasion of this exhibition, and gives a 3D tour through the installations.
Video credits: Creative Direction: Alexandre de Betak
Production: Bureau Betak
Xu Zhen & Armory Focus: China | Art21
Filmed for the occasion of Armory Focus: China at The Armory Show 2014 in New York City, curator Philip Tinari reflects on the work of Chinese artist Xu Zhen—the commissioned artist for the 2014 edition of The Armory Show. Tinari, director of The Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing and curator of Armory Focus: China, identifies Xu as an artist at the forefront of a generation that addresses Chinese identity as part of a larger global conversation. Tinari notes a humor found in the artist's work, as seen in the artist's Under Heaven (2013) series of paintings—as well as an element of discomfort, as seen in his video work, Shouting (1998). In his curation of Armory Focus: China, Tinari blended a mix of artists from China's On|Off generation—a term coined by Tinari to describe a newer generation of Chinese artists—with Chinese artists from older generations, in an attempt to shed light on the diversity of artistic practice in China right now.
Philip Tinari began a partnership with Art21 in 2009, interviewing artist Cao Fei in Beijing for Season 5 (2009) of the Art in the Twenty-First Century series. Tinari would again partner with Art21 to interview artist Ai Weiwei in Beijing for Season 6 (2012).
Armory Focus is a specially curated section of The Armory Show that highlights the artistic landscape of a chosen geographic region. For The Armory Show 2014, Philip Tinari curated Armory Focus: China, shining new light on the country's contemporary cultural practice.
CREDITS | Producer: Eve Moros Ortega. Interview: Eve Moros Ortega. Camera: Rafael Salazar. Sound: Ava Wiland. Editor: Morgan Riles. Artwork Courtesy: Xu Zhen and MadeIn Company; He Xiangyu, White Space Gallery; Chen Yufan & Chen Yujun, Aye Gallery; Li Shurui, Aike-Dellarco; Zhao Zhao, Chambers Fine Art; Zhao Liang, Pékin Fine Arts; Ma Ke, Platform China; Xu Qu, Tang Contemporary Art; Song Yuanyuan, Platform China; Zhang Ding, Galerie Krinzinger/ShanghART; Double Fly Art Center, Space Station; Liang Shuo, Gallery Yang; Lu Pingyuan, Madein; Wang Yuyang, Tang Contemporary Art; Nadim Abbas, Gallery EXIT; and Jin Feng, Tianrenheyi Art Center. Archival Images Courtesy: Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Huang Rui, Wang Keping, and Li Xiaobin. Thanks: Philip Tinari, The Armory Show, Christopher Mao, John Tancock, and Chambers Fine Art. Theme Music: Peter Foley. © Art21, Inc. 2014. All rights reserved.
Project 798 - New Art In New China (Trailer) - A documentary by Lucius C. Kuert
Among the most comprehensive and original movies about the Chinese Contemporary Art scene. Shot on location in 798 Beijings unique Art District where it all took shape.
Project 798 New Art In New China' explores Chinese society and culture, as well as many forms of artistic expression, ranging from oil painting to cutting-edge
performance art, through the eyes of the artists themselves. With the participation of China's most acclaimed artists!
A Documentary by Lucius C. Kuert
Curator Philip Tinari Discusses China's Newest Generation of Artists
On March 11, 2013, Philip Tinari gave a lecture titled ON|OFF: The Double Consciousness of China's Newest Generation of Artists at the Vancity Theatre in Vancouver. The talk was part of the Asia Contemporary Speaker Series, presented in partnership by the Canadian Art Foundation and the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and its sponsors. This particular lecture was also presented in collaboration with the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Philip Tinari is Director of the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), an independent museum in Beijing's 798 Art District with an annual attendance of more than half a million visitors. He is also Founding Editor of the art magazine LEAP, Contributing Editor to Artforum, and Adjunct Professor in the College of Humanities at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. Since joining UCCA in 2012, he has curated exhibitions and projects with artists including Gu Dexin, Yun-Fei Ji, Wang Mai, Kan Xuan and Yung-Ho Chang. He recently co-edited the books The Future Will Be... China Edition (curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist) and Ai Weiwei: Dropping the Urn. Having lived in Beijing for much of the past decade, he has written and lectured widely on contemporary art in China.
The rise of Asia on the international scene is one of the most compelling stories in contemporary art. Provocative artworks command ever-higher prices as markets expand, and impressive new museums, schools and biennials continue to proliferate. Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai, Tokyo and Beijing have established themselves as major art-world hubs, competing directly with London and New York. In order to understand this phenomenon and its connection to global movements of economic and political power, the Asia Contemporary Speaker Series was created to take place at venues across Canada from November 2012 to April 2013.
Other lectures in this series included Vishaka Desai of the Guggenheim Foundation at the Art Gallery of Ontario on November 14, 2012; Jane DeBevoise of Asia Art Archive at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal on January 23, 2013; Mami Kataoka of the Mori Art Museum at the Art Gallery of Ontario on March 15, 2013; and Zheng Shengtian of Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art at the Glenbow Museum on April 18, 2013.
To enjoy videos of other talks in this series, please visit To learn about upcoming events presented by the Canadian Art Foundation, visit
Guy Ullens, my love affair with China
Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) founders Baron and Baroness Guy and Myriam Ullens de Schooten are among the world’s leading art collectors. Their deep affection for China led them to build one of the world’s most comprehensive collections of Chinese art, and in turn an art center that would promote the development of this art.
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Full Moon Liu Shiyuan
Kvadrat's first art collaboration in China: Full Moon, by the Copenhagen based artist Liu Shiyuan, at Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing (UCCA).
Created in collaboration with Bibi Zhou, Liu Shiyuan brings the spatial and sound installation Full Moon to the exhibition Lunar Phases (November 13th - December 4th, 2019). Through the combination of five Kvadrat textiles; Revive 2, Atom, Sprinkles, Pilot, and Galaxy, the artist has created 8 tunnel-like spaces for audiences to explore.
See more about Kvadrat's collaborations with international artists here: kvadrat.dk/collaborations
Jianguo Sui, Red Dinosaurs, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, UCCA
You can find more information at beijingart.info and shanghaiart.org about art in public space in Beijing and Shanghai.
If you like to see statues in cities like Amsterdam, London, New Delhi, New York, San Francisco etc. choose the YouTube channel Art AtSite.
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Red Dinosaurs. What is it? Towering next to the entrance of the UCCA is a three-storey cage holding three ferocious plastic dinosaurs. The piece is designed by Sui Jianguo, former professor of sculpture at CAFA. Branded with the words ‘Made in China’, the powerful and constrained dinosaur statues have clear political overtones. The expert opinion: ‘Best known for his iconic hollow Mao suits and red dinosaurs, Sui’s gigantic red T-Rexes are a tower of power, or a relic of a time gone by.’ James Elaine, founder, Telescope exhibition space. Time Out says: It may well have deep political meaning, but every time we see it we can’t help wanting to climb up that frame and a ride a T-Rex. Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), 4 Jiuxianqiao Lu, Chaoyang district 朝阳区酒仙桥路4号.
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Sui’s Red Dinosaurs or Jurassic Age series have also become a trademark of his work. These dinosaurs focus more on China’s recent exporting nature, allowing Sui to evaluate the contemporary Chinese export culture. According to 798 ART district the “Made in China” stamped on several of the dinosaurs midsection “relates directly to some topics on economical relations”. Sui intends to get the audience to consider who is making a product, where is it going, and why so. At the same time Sui sometimes cages the dinosaurs. When asked about this Sui stated that he was suggesting that China’s economic expanse in some ways is not so good for China, for the environment and human life… I don't want him to continue getting bigger”. The dinosaurs themselves are usually made out of fiberglass and can stand up to 310 cm tall. Sui Jianguo (隋建國, or Sui JianGuo), professor and ex-chairman of the Department of Sculpture in Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, is a contemporary Chinese artist.
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The artist Sui Jianguo, Jurassic Age, 2006 designed these enormous toys highlighting the economic boom. Dinosaur toys are designed and made in China for the world.
【ActionMedia】ActionMedia Project : Do you dare to watching the contemporary art? | Beijing,China
“Do you dare to watching the contemporary art? is a Christmas Charitable clip that 14 galleries and art organizations participatied in 798 art zone,
which planed and shot by ActionMedia, to appeal to the public that better to read the relevant information about the art works as much as possible during the exhibitions.
PARTICIPATED GALLERIES:
ARK ART AREA
WHITEBOX ART CENTER
GALLERIACONTINUAD
TANG CONTEMPORARY ART
HIVE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART
PHOENIX ART PALACE
ART SEASONS
SPACE STATION
MAGICIAN SPACE
ULLENS CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART
GALLERY YANG
YANG GALLERY
ARTDEPOT
BEING 3 ART GALLERY
ARTIST TALK : TERENCE KOH @ ULLENS CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ART. 29TH MAY 2010, BEIJING. PART 1
Vanguard Artist Terence Koh will speak about his art and creative process.
Terence Koh，Terence Koh (b.1980, Beijing) graduated from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver, BC. He currently lives and works in New York. Terence Koh's work includes sculpture, installation, performance and artist books to address the beauty and sublime transcendence of emptiness, the intertwining of all realms of life and death, and the constellations of dark matter that create the isolated worlds in which we live. He often employs performance as a means of awakening his artworks, to act as the living or ethereal representation elaborating upon the physical element, whereas the sculptural component functions as the tangible emblem of the larger artwork. For Koh, ideas of the unknown or secret are prevalent as metaphorical passages into another world.
ARTIST TALK : TERENCE KOH @ ULLENS CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ART. 29TH MAY 2010, BEIJING. PART 2
Vanguard Artist Terence Koh will speak about his art and creative process.
Terence Koh，Terence Koh (b.1980, Beijing) graduated from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver, BC. He currently lives and works in New York. Terence Koh's work includes sculpture, installation, performance and artist books to address the beauty and sublime transcendence of emptiness, the intertwining of all realms of life and death, and the constellations of dark matter that create the isolated worlds in which we live. He often employs performance as a means of awakening his artworks, to act as the living or ethereal representation elaborating upon the physical element, whereas the sculptural component functions as the tangible emblem of the larger artwork. For Koh, ideas of the unknown or secret are prevalent as metaphorical passages into another world.