Group Exhibition Whitebox Art Center
Over-Painting: Mitigating the Dilemma of Contemporary Art The Whitebox Art Center and Zhu Naizheng Research Center of Art jointly announce that the exhibition “Over-Painting: Mitigating the Dilemma of Contemporary Art”, is on display in the Whitebox Art Center at 798 Art Zone from July 9th 2016 through August 9th 2016. The scholarly research and construct, and curation of this exhibition were accomplished by social art historian, Tsao Hsingyuan. The fifteen artists who participate in this exhibition are: Cai Jin, Ding Yijun, Huang Liyan, Li Di, Monique Rollins, Ma Kelu, Ma Shuqing, Sun Changwu, Wang Qiong, Wang Yigang, Xiao Daniu, Xia Yu, Yin Zhaoyang, Zhang Fangbai, and Zhai Liang.
This exhibition demonstrates to its audiences that the concept of "Over-Painting" maybe a means of mitigating the dilemmas in contemporary painting. Along with the rapid development and semi-universalized methods of communication technology, the 21st century is an era of expressing self experiences and choices that are not circumscribed by traditional social limitations. Instead, with its renewed forms and ways of thinking, art in our time again questions and describes who we really are as individuals in the context of speedy global communications.
Through the works, within the punctual global communication environment, this exhibition will articulate Tsao Hsingyuan's new concept of "Over-Painting" in four sections, which are: (1) Painting as individually oriented social engagement; (2) Painting as personal social experiences; (3) Painting as individuals’ artistic experimentations; (4) Painting as artists' self expectations.
The organizers of this event will also host a one-day workshop on 25th July, 2016 at The Whitebox Art Center and the theme is "Zhu Naizheng Art Prize Forum: Can We Mitigate Contemporary Dilemmas through Easel Painting？" This event is designed to commemorate Zhu Naizheng who had devoted his life-long art practice to the pursuit of walking along the social margins as a way to define himself, and who also loudly called to our attention that "we don't need the approve of the West." Zhu Naizheng Art Prizes will be issued to selected artists from the exhibition. There are three types of prizes: the Zhu Naizheng Originality Prize; the Zhu Naizheng Innovation Prize; and the Zhu Naizheng Recognition Prize.
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