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A Ride to Combine

Dec 25, 2016 - Feb 17, 2017

Hive will present our Special Exhibition, titled with A Ride to Combine, when applied to the ecosystem of art, refers to the close interaction between galleries 鈥 the primary market and artists, and to the way how the two parts become one essential impetus of art market and directions. This special exhibition is to examine and show the working paths and fruits of Hive Center for Contemporary Art since 2012 when Hive transformed from a non-profit institution into a commercial gallery.

Taking the aesthetics of Eastern art as its academic direction, and approaching from perspectives such as the examination of art history, the conditions of the field where contemporary art happens and the aesthetic interest in artists鈥 art-making, Hive has launched large-scale group exhibitions, including 鈥淟ightness鈥, 鈥淏idirectional Punctum鈥, 鈥淚llusion Image鈥, 鈥淰ariation鈥, 鈥淭he Immortal Scenery鈥, 鈥淓diting the Spectacle鈥, 鈥淭he Boundaries of Order鈥, 鈥淭oo Loud a Solitude鈥, 鈥淧ost-80s Artists Invitation Exhibition鈥 , trying to pre-judge the tendency of contemporary art waves, to integrate the creational directions of artists groups and to propel Chinese contemporary art. 

At the same time, Hive pays attention to important artist cases in contemporary art practice, especially to those who were neglected by art history and art market for some particular historical reasons, reveals the root of their inner thinking and their artistic attainments by retrospective, and puts them back to the positions they deserve in art history. The practices of these artists started basically from 鈥溾85 New Wave鈥 and are still alive in the present, most of which embody non-socialist realism in art. The retrospectives not only systematically and academically sort out their artistic creations, but also make us realize the art legacies excluded from the mainstream art history are more diversified and abundant.     



Hive will present our Special Exhibition, titled with A Ride to Combine, when applied to the ecosystem of art, refers to the close interaction between galleries 鈥 the primary market and artists, and to the way how the two parts become one essential impetus of art market and directions. This special exhibition is to examine and show the working paths and fruits of Hive Center for Contemporary Art since 2012 when Hive transformed from a non-profit institution into a commercial gallery.

Taking the aesthetics of Eastern art as its academic direction, and approaching from perspectives such as the examination of art history, the conditions of the field where contemporary art happens and the aesthetic interest in artists鈥 art-making, Hive has launched large-scale group exhibitions, including 鈥淟ightness鈥, 鈥淏idirectional Punctum鈥, 鈥淚llusion Image鈥, 鈥淰ariation鈥, 鈥淭he Immortal Scenery鈥, 鈥淓diting the Spectacle鈥, 鈥淭he Boundaries of Order鈥, 鈥淭oo Loud a Solitude鈥, 鈥淧ost-80s Artists Invitation Exhibition鈥 , trying to pre-judge the tendency of contemporary art waves, to integrate the creational directions of artists groups and to propel Chinese contemporary art. 

At the same time, Hive pays attention to important artist cases in contemporary art practice, especially to those who were neglected by art history and art market for some particular historical reasons, reveals the root of their inner thinking and their artistic attainments by retrospective, and puts them back to the positions they deserve in art history. The practices of these artists started basically from 鈥溾85 New Wave鈥 and are still alive in the present, most of which embody non-socialist realism in art. The retrospectives not only systematically and academically sort out their artistic creations, but also make us realize the art legacies excluded from the mainstream art history are more diversified and abundant.     



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798 Art District Chaoyang - Beijing, China
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