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  • Someone Has Been Disarranging These Rose | 北丘当代美术馆

    Monster & The Nocturnal Pollinators someone has been disarranging these roses 2023.9.9-2024.1.18 Group exhibition Curator: yang naitian & liu lin Someone Has Been Disarranging These Rosesdelves into the historical and present context of BMCA’s site –Beijige Mountain, and investigates the pivotal role it has played in the evolution of meteorological science in China.Departing from the spectral atmosphere of the museum's locus, the exhibition brings together about 20 artists,architects, and researchers from six countries to create a constellation of artworks engaging with this historicallineage andoffering different perspectives towards the omnipresent reality of climate crisis. Hu Yun, Star , 2017-2018, Meteorite, 3D print, music box, acrylic box, 60×40×12 cm, Commission by OCAT Xi’an, Courtesy of the artist, HOW Art Museum and AIKE Gallery Kadambari Baxi & Research Group,Air Drifts , 2016, HD video accompanied bydrawings, diagrams, and texts, Research group includes Janette Kim, Meg McLagan,David Schiminovich, and Mark Wasiuta, In collaboration with scientists at NASAGlobal Modeling and Assimilation Office, Maryland, US, Courtesy of the artist Beijige serves as a point of convergence for the history and reality of Nanjing and China. It weaves together various elements, including ancient myths / Daoist traditions, solar terms / agricultural activities, modern meteorological science / intellectual individuals in China's modernization process (such as Zhu Kezhen, the founder of the Central Meteorological Observatory in Beijige), as well as civil defense projects / consumer spaces, collectively producing a complex, ambiguous, and romantic environment. The museum's existing spaces further consolidate this essence, blending together mountain terrain, air raid shelters, and the "white cube" gallery environment. The exhibition seeks to portray this compressed moment through image and sound, and to extract the dynamic imagery of wind, rain, cloud, etc. It evolves from the perception of such phenomenon to the intangible existence of data clouds, and ultimately to the cultural and political weather and climate at large. Architect Naitian Yang’s choreography of the exhibition space creates an experience that negotiates with theexisting concrete structure and resonates with the oscillating cadence of weather itself. In a time when weather andclimate issues have transcended theoretical discourse and become an urgent reality, the exhibition endeavors tointegrate people and weather into the same fluid, precarious, and crucial state. The artworks within the exhibitionallude to what might conventionally be termed "bad weather", yet the binary idea of "good / bad" is no longerapplicable to our judgments of weather. Beyond a human-centered perspective, the synthesis of chaos emerges asthe norm of weather, where "good" and "bad" coalesce. It pervades every aspect of existence, whether living or not. The participating artists in this exhibition include: Ben Rivers, Zike He, Yun Hu, James Benning, James Bridle,Kadambari Baxi & Research Group, Luo Li, Ke Lin, Philippe Rahm, Ling Wen, Zhen Xu, Ming Ya, Yang Yang,Yutaka Sone, Bo Zheng, and June Lee June LEE,Dragon Temple East Lake, 2015 ~ Now, Couplet, red, paper, ink,brochure, paper, black and white laser print, saddle stitch, Dimensions variable,Courtesy of the artist Lin Ke,Download Rain No.2, 2014, Video, performing arts, performance, 2 minutes34 seconds, Courtesy of the artist and BANKMABSOCIETY Xu Zhen,8848-1.86, 2005, Single-channel digital video (colour, sound)8 minutes, Courtesy of the artist and MadeIn Gallery YANG NAITIAN Curator Yang Naitian is an architectural designer currently living and working in New York City, USA. Focusing on the sensory experiences provided by architectural structures and materials and the power relations behind their formal language, he explores the role of belief systems in the built environment. He has worked at AWP Architects in Paris and Jianmeng Studio in Beijing. At Guy Nordenson and Associates Structural Engineering Company in New York, he participated in the design and construction of a number of public cultural buildings and art projects, including Day's End, a sculpture commissioned by David Hammons for the Whitney Museum of Art, and Shenzhen in collaboration with Sou Fujimoto Architects. The Reform and Opening Up Pavilion, and the Emnauel Nine Memorial designed in conjunction with Handel Architects. His writing has been published in Karma International, Serving The People and other platforms. LIU LIN Curator Liu Lin, writer and curator, currently lives and works in Shanghai. Recently, I have focused on exhibition production and technical theory, and tried to discuss the issue of "co-working" through cooperation with creators in different fields. From 2013 to 2021, he worked as a curator at Sifang Contemporary Art Museum and initiated and implemented the "Topography" (2015-2019) project. Some of the planned exhibitions are: "Yanzhong Art Museum" (2016), "Unfinished" (2019) and "Must Dream of This Blue Tonight" (2020), etc.; he regards writing as a method of action and tries to use it in different ways. Experiments were carried out in the field of writing, and some articles were published in media such as ARTFORUM Chinese website, Art News Chinese version, Art-Ba-Ba, Wallpaper, and The Paper.

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    The Impression of Deep Blue : A Cyanotype Event Myth, Fairy Tales, and Dream Tales Someone Has Been Disarranging These Roses

  • MEMORIES AND DREAMS: MIRó'S GARDEN | 北丘当代美术馆

    MEMORIES AND DREAMS: MIRó'S GARDEN 2022.12.10-2023.3.10 artist: joan Miró Joan Miró's creative style underwent transitions from Fauvism and Realism to Surrealism. During his youth, Miró lived in Paris for an extended period, where his interactions with Surrealist poets were immensely beneficial. Poetry broadened his horizons, leading him away from the Realist creative philosophy. This exhibition displays three series of Miró's original pictorial poems. In these works, poetry and painting form a whole, with painting enhancing the expressiveness of the text and the text enhancing the narrative quality of the painting. The ingenious combination of the two creates an infinite space of imagination for the audience. The flight of the lark , 1973, Mixed technique:GOUCHE AND INK ON PAPER, 30 x 25cm © Successió Miró/ADAGP, Paris-SACK, Seoul, 2022 Some Flowers for Friends , 1962, Lithograph printed in color and pochoir, 41 x 32.5cm © Successió Miró/ADAGP, Paris-SACK, Seoul, 2022 E mma Talbot, 21st Century Herbal, 2022, Acrylic on silk, Overall dimensions variable, Courtesy of the artist Joan Miró (1893-1983) is one of the significant figures in the 20th-century Modernism art movement. As a pioneer of Surrealist art, Miró often employed colors and forms in a symbolic manner, crafting intricate compositions and fluid linear styles. He combined abstract elements with recurring motifs (such as birds, eyes, and the moon) to depict the rich and variable inner world of humanity. As an abstract artist of renown, on par with Picasso, Miró's paintings are filled with irrational artistry, with lines and colors freely flowing from the artist's brush, resembling poetry composed of dream-like associations and arbitrary wordplay. This exhibition has carefully selected 20 exemplary works created by Miró, utilizing a variety of materials including watercolor, gouache, Chinese ink, oil paint, and even textiles, showcasing the comprehensive style of Miró's paintings in a highly representative manner. Miró's themes include children, the sun, the moon, stars, birds, eyes, and ladders. The artist simplifies shapes, lines, and colors in his paintings, minimizing the elements to schematize figures and objects. In Miró's view, form is more important than color in painting; he believed that once the form is established, colors will naturally emerge. This exhibition has meticulously selected 20 exemplary works by Miró, created using a diverse range of materials such as watercolors, gouache, Chinese ink, oil paint, and even textiles. These pieces showcase the comprehensive style of Miró's painting, embodying a significant representativeness. Untitled, 1981, Oil, gouache, India ink and charcoal on paper, 54.6 x 40cm © Successió Miró/ADAGP, Paris-SACK, Seoul, 2022 Behind the Mirror . Paintings on Cardboard, 1965, lithograph printed in color, 37.8 x 57.2cm © Successió Miró/ADAGP, Paris-SACK, Seoul, 2022 Joan Miró Artist Joan Miró (1893-1983) was one of the prominent figures in the 20th-century modernist art movement. As a pioneer of Surrealist art, Miró often used color and form in symbolic ways to create complex compositions and flowing linear styles. He combined abstract elements with recurring motifs such as birds, eyes, and the moon to express the rich and ever-changing inner world of humanity. Renowned alongside Picasso as an abstract painter, Miró's works are filled with irrational artistry, with lines and colors flowing freely from his brush like a poem composed of dreamlike associations and whimsical wordplay. This exhibition meticulously selects 20 exemplary works by Miró, showcasing the artist's holistic painting style through various materials such as watercolor, gouache, Chinese ink, oil paint, and even textiles, making it highly representative of his oeuvre.

  • Deep Blue Impression | 北丘当代美术馆

    The Impression of Deep Blue Starting from September 16th, BMCA will provide visitors with a "Deep Blue Impression" art experience. Take you through time and space, exploring the wonderful connection between Prussian blue and weather changes. Gain a deeper understanding of how this ancient way captures the magical light and shadow of nature.

  • 21 century Herbal | 北丘当代美术馆

    21ST CENTURY HERBAL 2023.4.3-2023.6.11 Artist: emma talbot curator: wells fray-smith This exhibition brings together paintings on silk, three-dimensional forms, animations and drawings made in the last three years that reflect on the power of the natural world and experiences of living in flux and transformation. Emma Talbot makes work that is about processing what it means to be alive, to think, to feel, and to notice the world in which we live. Her work is rooted in personal experience and fact, but often presents alternate realities or suggests ways to live differently. E mma Talbot, 21st Century Herbal, 2022, Acrylic on silk, Overall dimensions variable, Courtesy of the artist E mma Talbot, 21st Century Herbal, 2022, Acrylic on silk, Overall dimensions variable, Courtesy of the artist The central work in the exhibition, 21st Century Herbal, presents a figure experiencing the effects of eleven plants on her body while written text explains the magical or medicinal properties of those plants, and how they may help or harm us. Rosemary slows Alzheimers and dementia, while stinkweed is a toxic plant that produces amnesia and confusion. Across fourteen panels, Talbot takes us on a journey through nature of discovery full of truth, wisdom and hope, revealing that humans and the natural world are deeply connected and plants may be the key to our survival. Talbot is a storyteller with a distinctive painterly language that combines colourful, swirling lines and patterns, direct text, and a female figure who explores and navigates imagined landscapes and worlds. The figure in Talbot’s work faceless, acting as both an avatar of Talbot and a surrogate for ourselves. The imagery in Talbot’s work is direct and hand-drawn on silk, relating to her inner landscape of personal thought and emotional responses to subjects ranging from technological advancement and grief, to nature and aging. The central work in the exhibition, 21st Century Herbal, presents a figure experiencing the effects of eleven plants on her body while written text explains the magical or medicinal properties of those plants, and how they may help or harm us. Rosemary slows Alzheimers and dementia, while stinkweed is a toxic plant that produces amnesia and confusion. Across fourteen panels, Talbot takes us on a journey through nature of discovery full of truth, wisdom and hope, revealing that humans and the natural world are deeply connected and plants may be the key to our survival. E mma Talbot, 21st Century Herbal, 2022, Acrylic on silk, Overall dimensions variable, Courtesy of the artist E mma Talbot, Floral hangings, 2022, Acrylic on silk, Overall dimensions variable, Courtesy of the artist E mma Talbot, 21st Century Herbal, 2022, Acrylic on silk, Overall dimensions variable, Courtesy of the artist EMMA TALBOT Artist Emma Talbot (b. 1969, Stourbridge) lives and works in London. She studied at the Birmingham Institute of Art & Design and Royal College of Art. Working in drawing, painting, animation and sculpture Talbot often articulates internal narratives as visual poems or associative rumination, based on her own experience, memories and psychological projections. Incorporating her own writing and references toother literary and poetic sources, Talbot’s work considers complex issues such as feminist theory andstorytelling; ecopolitics and the natural world; and pertinent questions regarding our shifting relationshipsto technology, language and communication. Wells Fray-Smith Curator Wells Fray-Smith is Curator at the Barbican Art Gallery, London. Prior to Barbican, Wells held similar positions at Whitechapel Gallery, Pace Gallery, London and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.At Whitechapel Gallery, she was the co-curator of Emma Talbot’s Max Mara Art Prize for Women winning exhibitionThe Age/ L’Età and was also the curator ofThe London Open(2022) and Helen Cammock: Che si puófare (2019). She was the curator of Real Life at Galerie Sofie Van de Velde in Antwerp, Belgium, for which she also wrote the catalogue. Wells writes extensively on modern and contemporary art, recently contributing catalogue essays on the artists Tess Jaray (2022), Secundino Hernandez (2022), Prabhavthi Meppayil (2022) and Fabienne Verdier (2020).

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    25 items found for "" Past Exhibitions | 北丘当代美术馆 Exhibition Monster & The Nocturnal Pollinators 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 Tunnel project | 北丘当代美术馆 Tunnel project admin@bmcanj.com 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. Exhibition Inquisition valley Exhibition A Mountain of closeness visit | 北丘当代美术馆 Visit Information Opening Hours Tuesday to Sunday :10:00 AM - 10:00 PM Entry stops at 5:30 PM daily (Closed on Mondays, open on holidays as usual) ​ Address No. 1 Beijing East Road, Xuanwu District, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, Catherine Park(above Uni Café) ​ Customer Service Number 025-86219156 ​ Transportation Information Public Transport Subway: Line 1, 4 Bus:Line 3, 11, 20, 26, 30, 46, 47 You can take Subway Line 1 or Line 4 to Gulou Station. Exit from Exit 4B and walk 700 meters to reach Catherine Park, where BMCA is located within the park. ​ Self-Driving You can navigate to the underground parking lot of Catherine Park, take the elevator to 1F , and then walk to the Beiqiu Museum of Contemporary Art. Store | 北丘当代美术馆 Open Recruitment | 北丘当代美术馆 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. Admission | 北丘当代美术馆 ADMISSION ADMISSION For On-site Purchases Visit the service desk at BMCA , located on the 3rd Floor of Catherine Park ​ For Online Purchases F ree Admission Policy: ​ ​ Buy Tickets Children: Youth under the age of 12 (excluding 12-year-olds) can enter for free with valid identification documents. Seniors: Individuals aged 60 and over (including those who are 60) can enter for free with valid identification documents. Persons with Disabilities: People with disabilities can enter for free with valid identification documents. Note: Children under 12 (excluding), seniors, those with mobility issues, and persons with severe disabilities must be accompanied by an adult with the ability to ensure safety. The accompanying adult must enter with a ticket. Military Personnel: Active duty soldiers, veterans, retired military officers, and retired non-commissioned officers of the People's Republic of China, as well as recipients of national pensions and subsidies, can enter for free with valid identification documents. Fire and Rescue Personnel: Fire and rescue personnel (including those who are active, retired, disabled, students of fire and rescue academies, and full-time government firefighters) can enter for free with valid identification documents. Museum and Art Gallery Staff: Registered staff of both state-owned and private museums and art galleries can enter for free upon presenting valid identification documents. Free Admission Process: Present the reservation QR code and a valid ID at the service desk on the 8th Floor of Deji Plaza Phase II to activate your ticket and exchange it for a paper ticket. Entry is granted by scanning the QR code on the paper ticket. Museum store | 北丘当代美术馆 天才之外:毕加索展览 | 北丘当代美术馆 beyond genius: ​picasso's passion and creation 2023.8.13-2023.11.13 artist: pablo picasso ​curator:wang chunchen Pablo Picasso (Málaga, Spain, 25 October 1881 - Mougins, France, 8 April 1973), is one of the great geniuses of 20th century art, with unlimited talent and a voracious need to create. His imagination feeds on everything around him. His inspiration finds its sources in ancient cultures, in distant civilizations, or in the environment that surrounds him. He takes the simplest forms of everyday life and turns them into art. ​ This Picasso' Passion and Creation exhibition brings the visitor closer to the ingenious universe created by the artist through his paintings, etchings, ceramics and photographs. Picasso was equally skillful at all of these techniques; he worked on new approaches to Art that led to innovative creative processes and pioneer forms of expression.As a painter, he started out from Academicism, he created Cubism, and passed through Classicism,Surrealism and Expressionism in what was a constant process of change and rupture, in his never-ending quest for freedom. The human figure, or more specifically portraits, and still lifes were Pablo Picasso’s main themes throughout his career.His drawings and etchings are one of the most important parts of his career, perhaps because it depicted the restless and risky, tenacious and passionate spirit that characterised him. For Picasso, engraving provided the means with which to depict his most profound desires, emotions and thoughts. ​ Everything imaginable and even everything he failed to acknowledge as imagined is reflected in his graphic works. The different personal and artistic obsessions that haunted him throughout his life find an escaperoute here and allow us to track him through each phase of his life and his creative art. Picasso’s graphic art comprises more than 2000 works. He frequently used a mixture of techniques, such as etching and drypoint, or etching and aquatint. ​ As a ceramist, Picasso established an open dialogue with his sculptures. Ceramics allowed him to exercise his drawing skills, his extraordinary dexterity as a painter, and his subtle talent at modelling shapes. Itsplastic flexibility, together with an avant-garde spirit and his capacity for innovation, carry it beyondtraditional consideration of pottery as a craft to attain the category of Art. Picasso is undoubtedly the most revolutionary and tireless artist of the 20th century. With his creativeforce and his artistic potential, he challenged the norms of his day and broke new ground in the Historyof Art. pablo picasso Artist Pablo Picasso(25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker , ceramicist , and theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France . One of the most influential artists of the 20th century, he is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture ,[8] [9] the co-invention of collage , and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore. Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) and the anti-war painting Guernica (1937), a dramatic portrayal of the bombing of Guernica by German and Italian air forces during the Spanish Civil War . wang chunchen Curator Professor, PhD supervisor, Doctor of Art History, art critic, and curator. Graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts, currently working at the Art Museum of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, engaging in research on modern art history and contemporary art theory and criticism. In 2012, appointed as a special curator by the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, where they curated an exhibition of contemporary Chinese art. Art in America magazine referred to them as "the first Chinese curator from mainland China to be appointed by an American art museum." Membership | 北丘当代美术馆 Visit MEMBERSHIP Invite you to join the BMCA Membership ! Membership Plan ​ ​ Free Viewing of Regular Exhibitions Year-Round: Members can enjoy free viewing of regular exhibitions for 365 days from the activation date. Simply reserve your "visit time" in advance and enter with your membership reservation code. Daily Plus-One Free Entry: When visiting regular exhibitions, members can bring one guest for free (limited to one guest per day). Exclusive Discounts on Special Exhibition Tickets: Members enjoy an exclusive 20% discount on special exhibition ticket purchases. More Exclusive Benefits to Look Forward to: Priority Access to Exciting Member Events: Members get early access to sign up for exciting events. Priority Qualification for High-Quality Cultural Activities: Members have priority in obtaining registration qualifications for BMCA lectures, forums, opening receptions, and public courses, with the opportunity to enjoy one free experience. One Free Professional Guided Tour: Members can enjoy one free professional guided tour during their membership period (advance reservation required). PUBLIC EDUCATION | 北丘当代美术馆 The Impression of Deep Blue : A Cyanotype Event Myth, Fairy Tales, and Dream Tales Someone Has Been Disarranging These Roses About | 北丘当代美术馆 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. Member Page | 北丘当代美术馆 We can’t find the page you’re looking for This page doesn’t exist. Go to Home and keep exploring. Go to Home Previous 1 2 3 Next

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