Exhibition Rock Host, Infrustructuring the Void TESTIMONY FOR THE FUTURE Gao Lei & Li Nu SOMEONE HAS BEEN DISARRANGING THESE ROSES Group Exhibition 21ST CENTURY HERBAL Artist: Emma Talbot MEMORIES AND DREAMS: MIRó'S GARDEN Artist: Joan Miró HEY,LOOK AT ME! I'M TOTALLY ENTANGLED WITH NOT-ME! Artist: Gabriel Rico BEYOND GENIUS: PICASSO’S PASSION AND CREATIVITY Artist: Pablo Picasso DIVING DEEP FOR LIGHT INTO DARKNESS Group Exhibition HUA HAO YUE YUAN Artist: Shen Jingdong HELLO!WORLD! Group Exhibition

What's on Read more Rock Host, Infrastructuring the Void GROUP EXHIBITION This initiative commissions curators to explore the intersection of art and geography through yearly exhibitions. This year, we have invited the curatorial duo, Iris Long and Zike He, to present an exhibition featuring seminal and recent works by 20 international and domestic artists who investigate realms of infrastructure, science fiction, and geology/environment-related topics. The exhibition also includes new works by artists who participated in the research project Under the Cloud organized by Long and He, showcasing the locality of scientific and technological infrastructure as well as its impact on the environment and our future as a quiet technology. Past Exhibitions Exhibition someone has been disarranging these roses 2023.9.9-2024.1.28 Tunnel project Inquisition valley 2023.9.9-2024.1.28 READ MORE TUNNEL PROJECT In 2023, the Beiqiu Museum of Contemporary Art unveiled a hidden annex within its premises, serving as a brand-new exhibition space. It launched the "Tunnel Project," inviting young creators to participate based on their interpretation of the tunnel space located on one side of a mountain, presenting site-specific individual artist projects. READ MORE Public Education READ MORE The Impression of Deep Blue : A Cyanotype Event Myth, Fairy Tales, and Dream Tales Someone Has Been Disarranging These Roses Store Shop All Address Catherine Park, No. 1 Beijing East Road, Nanjing Phone 025-86219156 Email admin@bmcanj.com Connect

diving deep for light into darkness 2022.3.18-2022.6.5 group exhibition Curator:yang tiange The exhibition "Diving Deep for Light into Darkness" takes the spatial geography and historical context of BMCA (which was once a bunker and is adjacent to the thousand-year-old Jiming Temple) as a jumping-off point for imagination, focusing on the body and the sensorial expedience in the environment, and presenting the undulating journey of the physical body sinking into obscurity and finding light in the dawn. As an extension of the museum's pre-existing setting, the exhibition space is intentionally painted obscure, with both tunnels and cloisters, in order to create a sense of direction while still being perplexing and disorienting. We feel our way through the dark bunker, wander through the gaps among the rocks, walk into the inner cavity of the rocky space, as well as penetrate the human flesh to look inward at ourselves. The exhibition distinguishes conceptually between the"bare body"and the"political body", and emphasizes the former which has a more universal meaning, namely the body with sensibility and of three chapters."Living Bodies, Unspeakable Illnesses”directly confronts the peculiarities of the body ,particularly the sick body and hidden aches: burnt faces or swollen limbs, suffering from insomnia or depression, yet leaving a glimmer of light amid the gloom."In Motion and Silence" is a collection of abstract paintings. Here, "abstraction"is interpreted as an accumulation of bodily gestures that point to a clear manifestation of spirituality. These works do not directly address the body as a subject but rather deal with the bodies and spirits of the artists behind the works:their works bear witness to a clear physical engagement, document the passage of time, present the accumulation of colors, and connect the thread of wandering lines- the art form and the creative process are the pivots between the body and the spirit."In the Wilds In the Mountains In the Sea" echoes the physical sense of being among the rocks of BMCA, presenting the people in the realm of nature and their subtle feelings in it, suggesting the state of connection and symbiosis between the body and all creatures of nature. In this context, intellectual activities such as gazing, interrogation, and investigation do not take precedence over bodily awareness such as experiencing, perceiving, and immersing. The exhibition attempts to build an organism: the most significant part is undoubtedly the artworks on display, which directly depict the body or indirectly indicate its existence; it also intends to awaken the viewer's imagination of the artists’ bodies at the time of their creation, so that the artists behind the works can be recognized; in addition, the spatial reality of the museum allows the viewers to be included in the exhibition, who is also among the bodies that the exhibition attempts to evoke and mobilize. In "Diving Deep for Light into Darkness",the triple forms of bodies interact with each other to create a chequered voyage between light and darkness. Artist: Miriam Cahn/Chen Dandizi/Duan Zhengqu/Feng Zhixuan/Owen Fu/Fanny Gicquel/Hu Wei/Lyu Zhi-Qiang/Ma Kelu/Ma Shuqing/Pejvak/Gabriel Rico/Niclas Riepshoff/Su Chang/Hiroshi Sugimoto/Wang Zhongjie/Wu Shan/Zhao Yao yang tiange Curator Tiange Yang is a Beijing-based curator and writer. He currently holds the position of curator-at-large at the Beiqiu Museum of Contemporary Art, Nanjing, and is enrolled in a Ph.D. in art history at Peking University. Yang has curated numerous exhibitions including Leisure of Auteur and Amateur; How many times, I have left my everyday life; Diving Deep for Light into Darkness; Contamination: Not for Perfection, but for Contamination; Buddhist Youths: United Collective Indifference, and There are Volcanoes Under the Sea at institutions including Cloud Art Museum, Beiqiu Museum of Contemporary Art, Inside-Out Art Museum, Goethe-Institut, Hua International and others. Yang is the inaugural recipient of the Mo Yuan: Art History Research and Writing Grant in the field of contemporary Chinese art writing from the New Century Art Foundation. His research explores issues of the body and the construction of identity, and nationalist formations in twentieth-century China and the contemporary world.

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TEstimony for the future special exhibition artist：gao lei & li nu In previous exhibitions at BMCA, the tunnel space was used for young people to work on personal projects. However, this time, since we have two artists, and especially because Gao Lei is particularly interested in the tunnel, he has taken over the space. Although the tunnel may seem small in size, there are actually quite a few works displayed inside. The main focus is a commissioned creation of five pieces located close to the mountainside. The images depict objects, but they are metaphors for human experiences. The hanging method resembles the aesthetics of train windows. The entire exhibition leads up to the second-to-last piece, located down the steps of the tunnel. It is a work by Gao Lei , designed in the style of a mani stone pile. This piece is an organic fusion of natural and crafted materials that he collected around Shanghai, combined with materials gathered during his travels to Tibet. We know that in Tibet, mani stone piles usually appear on high-altitude plateaus, but this time, we have placed the work at the lowest point of the entire North Hill, creating a dual contemplation—both upward and downward—between this piece and Li Nu’s work.

"Someone Has Been Disarranging These Roses" On September 8, 2023, the dual exhibition of BMCA opened simultaneously, and the forum event was successfully held on the afternoon of the opening day. This forum focuses on the current exhibition "Someone Has Been Disarranging These Roses" in the museum and the second phase of the tunnel project exhibition "Inquisition Valley". Exhibition artists, curators, and guests are invited to "shuttle" through the geographical landscape of BMCA, discussing from "climate" to "valley", and concluding with an experimental performance. At the beginning of the forum, Yang Tiange, a consultant curator at BMCA , introduced the annual exhibition plan "Art and Geography" initiated by Beiqiu this year. This exhibition plan starts with "Someone Has Been Disarranging These Roses " and presents a group exhibition with a research-oriented theme every year. Together with the youthful and experimental "Tunnel Project", it will build the core of academic exhibitions and content production with unique institutional characteristics at BMCA.

HEY! LOOK AT ME! I'M TOTALLY ENTANGLED WITH NOT-ME! 2023.8.13-2023.11.13 artist: gabriel rico The theme of this exhibition, I'M TOTALLY ENTANGLED WITH NOT-ME! , is derived from the quantum entanglement effect in physics. Despite being in Mexico, the artist's work and his way of thinking about the world are presented in parallel in the art museum in China. The arrows and mathematical symbols in the artworks make visual comparisons between different objects, suggesting an internal logic and provoking thought. The selection of these works and the design of the exhibition are inspired by Mayan myth as told in the Popol Vuh, illustrating the connection between technology and art with human knowledge through the myth of the "Twin Gods" of Mexican culture and Mayan civilization. Hunahpú and Ixbalanqué, the Twin Gods in the myth, had a legendary origin. They bothered the Lords of Xibalbá when playing at the court of the Mayan Ball Game their father had built and were called to visit the Underworld. They went through several trials and defeated the Ajawab of Xibalbá. After their victory in the Underworld, Hunahpú became the Sun and Ixbalanqué became the Moon. No podemos ver el interior del sol directamente , 2022, Brass, rock, neon and etc., 155×155×9 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin Sesenta y tres from the series - Reducción objetiva orquestada, 2022, Mixed media and neon, Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin The artist's decision to stage his first solo exhibition in China at the Beiqiu Museum of Contemporary Art is significant. Located in Huangya Catherine Plaza in Xuanwu District, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, the museum is backed by Jilong Mountain and is a unique art museum set on a hill in the heart of the city. The BMCA features a collection, exhibition, research and development, and education of contemporary art. The art museum has been restored and reinforced over the years, and the interior of the concrete-poured pavilion presents a collision of industrial and primitive. History, nature, and reality intertwined, pioneers and traditions constantly tested, the localization, multimodality, and unpredictability of contemporary art are all addressed here. Located on the uppermost level of the last century's bunker, the art museum retains the original architectural structure from more than twenty years ago. The exhibition space has the sense of a cave or subterranean, comparable to the space where the Twin Gods defeated the Ajawab in Mayan mythology's Underworld. Both Mexico and China are ancient civilizations. Southeastern Mexico and Nanjing are geographically apart, but they share a rich history, culture, and art. The implication of the works and the location of the exhibition give rise to a coherence between time and place. Cynthia Gutiérrez, a close friend of Gabriel Rico and fellow outstanding Mexican contemporary artist, has written a beautiful text for this exhibition. Her poetic language leads the viewers into the world of Gabriel Rico's art. In the emptiness of the desert emerge cactus with golden pitayas and pencas made of ground and stuffed viscera. Thirst for gold. In the sky, a square sun. The loop is broken. History stops repeating itself. The wheel of nature does not turn. Spears of light piercing and illuminating the totem of the end of time. Consumed idols carrying dead nature in a sea of sand.Dazed and sad bird, giddy hare. Animals persist, but only as trophies. They look at us, still. They pose on worlds simulated by colored balls, elevated by golden rays emerging from rocks surrounded by rings of light. Holograms. Appearance. Death that looks at you. Illusory uprising. Artificial return. False landscapes do not deceive me. Let the birds fly in the dissected world! Has everything died? The shadow of the world is a plane. I walk it painting ghosts. Paths, paths, trajectories. The tireless search for knowledge. The absurd explanation of an inexplicable world. Ink that suffocates songs, that clouds the senses, that numbs our being. My head is a book. Silence, unbearable weight, monument to permanence, to immobility. My head is a stone. I have anticipated you VI (The object, constructor of the social, expelled from the social world, attributes to a transcendent world what is, however, not divine, 2021, Cedar wood carving with steel core, polychrome oil painting, gold-plated ceramics and etc. 210×90×90 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin I have anticipated you VI (The object, constructor of the social, expelled from the social world, attributes to a transcendent world what is, however, not divine), 2021, Cedar wood carving with steel core, polychrome oil painting, gold-plated ceramics and etc. 210×90×90 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin To compound the small differences, 2022, 100×100×6 cm, Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin gabriel rico Artist GabrielRico is regarded as one of the most talented artists of contemporary Latin America. Born in Lagosde Moreno, Mexico in 1980, he currently resides and works in Guadalajara, Mexico. His sculptures and installations have been shown in a number of international exhibitions, and in 2019, he participated in the 58th Venice Biennale. Being an architect by training, Rico has a strong affinity for natural elements and specializes in incorporating the min his creations. Through a combination of ready made and man-made objects,Rico explores the mesranging from intangible forms of sound spectrum to the production and consumption of everyday food, provoking us to think about our own culture through the asymmetry of things. He pays homage to the post-surrealist and poverty art movements through his use of neon, taxidermy, ceramics, stone, tree branches, and personal belongings. In this exhibition, Gabriel Rico combines the creation of natural and non-natural objects, inviting the viewer to reflect on the juxtaposition of the se elements of human civilization in a poet i can d humorous way.

ABOUT The Beiqiu Museum of Contemporary Art (BMCA) is situated on the hillside garden at Catherine Park in the Xuanwu District of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, with its back against the Chicken Cage Mountain near the Beiji Pavilion. It stands as the first art museum in the nation to be located on a city center's hillside, combining contemporary art collection, exhibition, research and development, and education in one facility. The museum's principal structure has preserved its original appearance from over twenty years ago and underwent restoration and reinforcement six years prior. The 1,100 square meter area is ingeniously integrated with the verdant hillside garden. The interior of the exhibition halls, constructed with exposed concrete, reflects a blend of industrial and natural aesthetics. This place is a nexus where history, nature, and reality converge, fostering a dialogue between the avant-garde and tradition. Here, the Beiqiu Museum of Contemporary Art (BMCA) engages with the concepts of locality, multimodality, and the uncertainty of contemporary art.

Tunnel project admin@bmcanj.com Open Call for Submissions! Open Call for Submissions! Open Call for Submissions! The Tunnel Space is located alongside the main exhibition hall of BMCA and is a narrow space (about 3 meters wide and 20 meters long) resembling a tunnel, with one side facing a mountain. We have preserved the space's original load-bearing beams and old pipes, only renovating the walls and adding lighting tracks. This maintains the potential for various experimental interventions in this space. The "Tunnel Project" is characterized by the keywords : youthful, experimental, an d local. As an art museum, we aim to provide young artists with opportunities to showcase their creations , while also addressing the u rgency of self and locality . In this project, we do not limit the mediums of the artwork and are even more encouraging of experimental mediu ms, hoping these works will exhibit an unusual energy in this unique space. As an institution based in Nanjing, we are open to collaborating with artists related to Nanjing, but we also welcome exhibition projects with fresh ideas from all over the cou ntry . We hereby extend a sincere invitation for open recruitment and welcome everyone to submit their exhibition proposals to us, hoping we have the opportunity to assist in realizing them. In addition to the use of the space, we will provide professional staff support for the project implementation, as well as meet the equipment and construction needs of the exhibition. Requirements Application Mate rials Artwork and exhibition proposal and explanation; Artist's resume and port folio. Application Time and Method This project is open for long-term recruitment, and we welcome your projects at any time! Please send your materials to the official email: exhibition@bmcanj.com Email subject: Tunnel Project + Applicant's Name More Space Information Moisture: The space is damp, with seepage from the mountain on rainy days. Pipes: Various pipes crisscross the space, unavoidable. Windows: There are opaque windows through which the opposite vertical cliff can be vaguely seen. Columns: The space is not fully open due to intersecting columns that obstruct the view.

Myth, Fairy Tales, and Dream Tales On August 26, 2022, the 21st offline event of Cforabc was successfully held at BMCA in Nanjing. Xiang Shoujing, founder of Cforabc and partner of Star Space, had a conversation with Professor Zhang Weijie and artist Xu Maomao from the Spanish Language Department of Nanjing University, titled "Myth, Fairy Tales, and Dream Tales", to discuss Gabriel Ricco's artistic works and the cultural symbols contained therein. This conversation takes place in the exhibition space of the new exhibition "Gabriel Ricco: Look! I'm Entwined with Non Self" at the Beiqiu Contemporary Art Museum. Half an hour before the event starts, the audience gradually enters the exhibition hall to get up close and admire Gabriel Ricco's artworks. Starting from the respective backgrounds of the guests, this lecture provides three ways for the audience to understand art through the similarities and differences in the works of two artists. It explores the connections between different cultures from Asia to Latin America, from language to symbols, from material to soul, and from individual subconsciousness to collective unconsciousness. Cici starts with the theme of Gabriel Ricci's work itself, and by interpreting the most representative work "Ricci's Formula," it triggers discussions between guests and audiences about the meanings of various symbols in the work.