"Exposition d’art France- Chine" , organized jointly by the embassy of France in China and the Sichuan institute of fine arts, was inaugurated on September 20, 2024 at the Art Museum of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute. With cultural exchange as rhyme and transnational friendship as cordon.
The exhibition invites internationally renowned Chinese and French artists to participate, to explore together the similarities and differences between the arts of the two countries in the context of globalization and their origins, and to witness the "harmony and difference" between eastern elegance and French romanticism. The form of the works on display involves intertext in media, painting, photography, sculpture, devices, multimedia, new media, sound and other artistic fields, which present both interwoven chronological indices and contextual migrations of the time, but also how artists perceive the outside world, and how they choose to live in reality.
The academic organization of the exhibition revolves around three axes: The first is based on mutual learning between Chinese and French art in the artistic creation of Chinese masters who studied in France in the 20th century, represented by artists like Xu Beihong, Lin Fengmian at the beginning of the century, then Wu Guanzhong before and after the establishment of the new China, then Huang Yongping, Yang Jiechang, Shen Yuan and the young artists currently active between China and France; The second is based on the perspective of "French" artists and cultural workers, through French artists and cultural workers living in China, and Chinese artists and cultural workers living in France, to present mutual reflections and aspirations; And the third takes the Sichuan institute of fine arts and its achievements in teaching since the 20th century as an index, because the art institutes since the 20th century constitute a field of practice where Chinese and western cultures are inspired and mixed, and in the era of mutual learning of cultures, artists and cultural workers interact, in teaching and practice, Art is becoming international and constantly intertwined to produce a multitude of contemporary aspects.
Tong Kunniao
Tong Kunniao, born in 1990 in Changsha, Hunan Province, received his BFA from No.3 Studio, Department of Sculpture at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 2015. In 2016, he went to graduate school and dropped out in the same year. He currently lives and works in Beijing.
Tong Kunniao’s works across installation, performance, video, sculpture, and painting. He is adept at using “excess products” generated by the modern world—a perpetual waste-making factory, and “leftovers” that have been found in resale shops, the flea markets or on the streets. He concerns about how the complex social structure has determined our social status and eaten up our individual identities. By decomposing ready-made objects and reassembling them in tandem or keeping them perfectly in balance, Tong aims to demonstrate the individual consciousness (the free spirit) behind the objects as well as the multiplicity and fragility of the system. In an era when commodity fetishism and symbol consumption are prevalent, and information is overloaded, Tong’s work extends beyond formal boundaries of reconstruction and presents it in a quirky and seemly absurd manner.
Exposition d’art France- Chine
Organized by
Embassy of France in China
Sichuan institute of fine arts
Hosted by
Sichuan institute of fine arts art museum
Faculty of fine arts, Sichuan institute of fine arts
Consulate general of France in Chengdu
Curators
He Guiyan | Li Zhenhua
Executive Curator
Fu Zhouyang | Yu Tingting
Artists
(order by first letter of name)
Agnès Varda丨Anaïs Martane丨Bernard·Faucon丨Cai Lei丨Fan Bo丨Gao Shiqiang丨Huang Yongping丨Jiao Xingtao丨LeiLei&Thomas Sauvin丨Li Youxing丨Lin Fengmian丨Liu Wei丨Liu Zhenchen丨Luo Zhongli丨Michel Madore丨Ryoji Ikeda丨Pang Xunqin丨Shen Yuan丨Tang Yong丨Tong Kunniao丨Victoria Jonathan &Philippe Jonathan丨Wang Lingjie&Hao Jingfang丨Wang Xiaosong丨Wang Yigang丨Wu Guanzhong丨Xu Beihong丨Xu Zhen丨Yang Jiecang丨Yao Qingmei丨Zhou Chunya丨Zhou Wenjing
Duration
20 September - 20 November, 2024
Venue
Hall 7/8/9, Sichuan institute of fine arts art museum
