READ: Why Yell Space? (by Huang Kui, one of the cofounders of Yell Space)

Yell Space is a new non-profit artist-run space located in Shanghai M50 art district. It serves as a “third space” between the studio and the gallery, aiming to create an independent, liberal and open gathering space where artists can share ideas and present work.

The exhibition will be an ongoing project, and the art program will be ordered in stages and displayed. The program’s solicitation period will be long-term; we will work with artists, establish an artists’ program library, and through the spectacle of display, become popular in the mainstream of the moment, as we concentrate more on the boundaries of documents and on artists’ experience of mutual growth. This is a test of endurance, but also very meaningful and fun. By then, we hope we all can gather together in Yell Space.

“Yell Space Programme Exhibition – Partial Archive” is our inaugural exhibition and a discussion of our programming. How would artists deal with or subvert the relationship between our conceptual programme and our physical space? How would they go beyond the style and concept of our “common sense”? In a sense, these are the challenges that we all have to face in life. Perhaps the “Programme Exhibition” is neither a juxtaposition of descriptions and sketches, nor the presentation and transformation of documents. It is, perhaps, how the two come to be caught off guard. It is exception, provocation, and growth.

The Programme Exhibition has no theme. We considered that the best theme would be the artists themselves, as well as the current problems the artists are thinking about, caring about, and acting on.

The Programme Exhibition is an ongoing project, helping artists to develop and document projects, with various elements ordered and displayed in stages, including the establishment of an artists’ library.

We eschew the spectacle of display, instead concentrating on the boundaries of documents and documentation and fostering mutual growth between artists.

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“要空间方案展——局部档案”展览现场
“Yell Space Programme Exhibition, Partial Archive”, installation view

“要空间方案展——局部档案”展览现场
“Yell Space Programme Exhibition, Partial Archive”, installation view

Participating Artists:

Bian Ka, Cao Kai, Cui Xiuwen, Chen Dingqian, Chen Xiao, Chen Qiang, Chang Yuhan, Cai Peng+Tao Tao,Dai Jianyong, Deng Yuejun, Ding Li, Dong Wensheng, Gao Mingyan, Gao Jie, Huang Songhao, Huang Kui, He Xiangyu, He Ji’er, He Yu, Han Yu, Jin Feng(1962), Jin Muyan, Jian Guo Xiong Di, Ji Wenyu, Jiang Tengtao,  JocJonJosch,  Kyungryul Park, Lu Mingjun, Li Zhenhua, Li Lun, Li Tingwei, Li Qing, Li Xiaofei, Li Songhua, Li Yuzhuo, Luo Qing, Liang Ban, Lu Pingyuan, Liu Jianhua, Liu Weiwei, Liu Zhifeng, Liu Yujia, Mao Weixin, Ma Jie, Ma Yongfeng, Ma Lijiao, Mo Shuwen, Pathproject, Ren Qian, Sheng Jianfeng, Sheng Jun, Sun Chang, Song Xi, Song Yongxing, Shen Han+Berlin school of painting, Shen Yichen, Susana, Shao Yi,  Tang Guozhi, Wang Sishun, Wang Zi, Wang Ruoru, Wu Yiming, Wu Qiong, Wu Shaoying, Xiao Xiong, Yang Xinjia, Yu Ji, Yan Hongchi, Yi Lian, Zhou Bing, Zhou Xiaohu,  Zheng Limin, Zhangshu, Zhang Yehong, Zhang Lehua, Xu Zhe

Yell Space is a new non-profit artist-run space located in Shanghai M50 art district. It serves as a “third space” between the studio and the gallery, aiming to create an independent, liberal and open gathering space where artists can share ideas and present work.