CHEN Xiaoyun：Twenty-one Poems of Lenin
at ShanghART Shanghai
Opening: Saturday, Apr 19th, 2014, 4 – 6pm
Duration: Apr 19th – Jun 11th, 2014, 10am – 6pm
Venue: ShanghART Gallery, Bldg 16, 50 Moganshan Rd., Shanghai, China
ShanghART is pleased to present Chen Xiaoyun’s solo exhibition, Twenty-one Poems of Lenin, which runs from April 19th to May 26th, 2014. On view will be a series of recently created works, including sculptures, paintings and photographies.
With sculpture as its main line, the exhibition unfolds from a virtual proposition, Twenty-one Poems of Lenin. Twenty-one Poems originates from a non-ideological tale, in the end of which, a shepherd speaks to a cuboid: “I have made up my mind to be a silent object.”
Works presented here follow Chen Xiaoyun’s poetic narrative style, and extend from the most basic geometrical shapes to a strongly correlated metaphysical site, a mini animistic fairy tale, a portable utopian illusion. Meanwhile, in addition to his usual practice of photography and painting, Chen Xiaoyun adds sculpture to the exhibition, enhancing the depth of the theme and engendering a ritual sense.
Chen Xiaoyun was born in 1971 in Hubei province. Now works and lives in Beijing. Chen Xiaoyun received New Photography of the Year Prize of Lianzhou Foto 2012.
