“Groundwork Community” Group exhibition with Hu Xiaoyuan, Sui Jianguo, Wang Sishun, Xin Yunpeng, Yang Guangnan, Yang Xinguang and Zhao Zhao
Taikang Space (Red No.1-B2, Caochangdi, Cuigezhuang, Chaoyang District, Beijing), Jun 27 – Aug 17, 2013
One of the reasons this exhibition is entitled “Groundwork Community” is because all of the pieces on show represent the most basic structures in their shape. These include Sui Jianguo’s “One Cubic Meter of Darkness” (2011), Yang Xinguang’s “Sharp Point” (2012), Wang Sishun’s “Integrate with Deity, and Share Its Purity and Immortality” (2013). Although Cézanne said “Treat nature in terms of the cylinder, the sphere, and the cone,” the viewer will not be able to connect these geometric bodies with nature through any stretch of imagination. On the contrary, the message of the show seems to be the entanglement of violence (as seen in Zhao Zhao’s “Fragments,” 2007) with the fields of business and politics, and the implications thereof (Xin Yunpeng’s “Internal Supply,” 2009). The overall atmosphere of the show is masculine, bold, and chilling.