AIKE-DELLARCO is pleased to announce the new group exhibition, opening February 2nd and on view until March 15th 2013. The exhibition will showcase works by Hu Yun, Lee Kit, Liu Xinyi and Tang Dixin.”Not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personal losses.” (Fan Zhongyan,’On Yueyang Tower’ 1946) This ancient Chinese principal, also found in various cultures, says that a person should not be affected by the outside world and its ever-changing conditions. On the contrary, it proves the cruel truth, that people will indeed be influenced by their surroundings. Not surprising that the weather forecast appears in local newscasts first, before terror or politics.
Sharing weather information, the easiest and most universal topic of conversation brings people closer. The reason might be that it is one of the very few situations people still have in common. We must accept these natural conditions which can’t be violated or defied . The four artists presented here each address this concept in their own way.
Hu Yun, born in 1986 in Shanghai, lives and works in Shanghai. He is co-founder of the independent art e-journal PDF and Youth Sale Store, artists initiated pop up project.Hu had a three months artist-residency in the Natural History Museum London in collaboration with GASWORKS in 2010, and final outcome of residency project was on display in the Natural History Museum through out 2011. Hu had his first solo exhibition in the Magician Space in Beijing 2010; his works have also been exhibited at the 7th Shenzhen Sculpture Biennale (2012) and 4th Guangzhou Triennial (2012).
Lee Kit, born in 1978 in Hong Kong, lives and works in Taipei. Solo exhibitions include “Every Breath You Take” ,Minsheng Art Museum (Shanghai 2012) ; “This is not an easy thing”, Arrow Factory(Beijing 2012) ; “A suitcase” in AIKE-DELLARCO (Palermo 2009) ; Group shows include, among others, The Ungovernables, New Museum, New York (2012); “Print/Out”, MoMA (New York 2012). He has been selected to represent Hong Kong at the 2013 Venice Biennale by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council and the M+ museum.
Liu Xinyi, born in 1982 in Hang Zhou, lives and works in Hang Zhou. He had his first solo at White Space (Beijing 2012). A selection of group shows include the “ON|OFF CHINA’S YOUNG ARTISTS IN CONCEPT AND PRACTICE”, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (Beijing 2013) ; “Get it Louder”, LD Design Center( Beijing 2012) , “On the Way Home”, Zhongshan Park Project, Shanghai Biennale, Art Museum of Pudong Airport(Shanghai 2012) ; “Conscious Folly”, AM Art Space （Shanghai 2012）.
Tang Dixin, born in 1982 in Hangzhou, works and lives in Shanghai. A selection of group shows include the “ON|OFF CHINA’S YOUNG ARTISTS IN CONCEPT AND PRACTICE”, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (Beijing 2013) ; “Conscious Folly”, AM Art Space （Shanghai 2012), “Yun Lang Project”, AIKE-DELLARCO (Shanghai 2011) .
Artist: Hu Yun, Lee Kit , Liu Xinyi, Tang Dixin
Curator: Lu Jing
