[Opening Day] Curator and Artist Guided Tour

Introduction

On the opening day of 1/12 (Saturday), curator Zhang Wei will share the curatorial concept of "Silence and Vast: From Memory to History - Yang Beichen Solo Exhibition", and artist Yang Beichen will share the origin of his creation. We invite you to come to Yuxiu Art Museum on the opening day to appreciate the works of art together with the curators and artists, and have face-to-face discussions.

ways of registration

Participate freely. The opening day guided tour will begin at 14:30 on the first floor of the main building. Please use the online reservation system to make an appointment for the opening day visit.

Curator and Artist Tour

Yang Beichen/

A representative artist in the field of Chinese contemporary realistic sculpture, he is currently a full-time associate professor at the Sculpture Department of the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts in China. Yang Beichen is good at creating super-realistic wood carvings that are visually indistinguishable from falsehoods with meticulous techniques and complicated coloring techniques. Most of his creative themes are taken from ordinary objects in his own or others' daily life, and through extremely slow reproduction, he profiles or records the stories and life memories of the people behind the objects.

Yang Beichen has long been immersed in carving techniques, wood materials and colors, and has developed an amazing realistic carving ability. Coupled with the feelings for life and life, beyond the media and techniques, the texture of time and memory in the works, and the way of expressing the contemporary context with classical techniques, make the "old" a new state, and also make it The creation has a strong appeal, and it can be appreciated by both the refined and the popular, and everyone can see things and think about people. His repeated reflections on the meaning and level of "realism" make his works break away from traditional woodcarving and create a special contemporary nature.

In addition to "My Happy Pastry Shop", he has also authored books such as "Century Pastry Style Reappearance" and "Taiwan Time-honored Brand".

Zhang Wei/

Curator, well-known art critic, scholar of philosophy of art, doctor of curatorial planning theory, master of French contemporary philosophy, member of International Art Critic Association. The columns opened in Phoenix Art and major art media are known as one of the most influential columns in the contemporary art world. The Shanghai Pujiang OCT Public Art 10-Year Project, curated by him, is the largest public art project with the longest academic duration in China.

He has participated in the planning of the academic and theoretical parts of large-scale art exhibitions at home and abroad, such as the Shanghai Biennale, the China National Pavilion in Venice, and the "Hanya 100" Hong Kong Hanart House 30th Anniversary Exhibition. He has been invited for a long time to write international art reviews for major international biennales and art exhibitions such as Venice Biennale, Kassel Documenta, Istanbul Biennale, etc. He has won the "International Art Critic Award IAAC" and "Shanghai Power Station of Art Young Curator Award". Named as one of the "100 New Pioneers" who will influence China's future by "Shangliu TATLER" magazine. He used to be a lecturer in the contemporary art section of the China Auction Association, an academic consultant for the China Installation Art Forum, and a consultant for the China Urban Public Art Exhibition (International Art Fund Project). In January 2018, the monograph on the philosophy of art "The Nature of Games" published by Shanghai Sanlian Publishing House is the first book on game studies in China with a complete methodology.