Shanghai Waves: Historical Archives and Works of Shanghai Biennale
Prior to the grand opening of the 13th Shanghai Biennale 鈥淏odies of Water鈥� this fall, the Power Station of Art is going to hold 鈥淪hanghai Waves: Historical Archives and Works of Shanghai Biennale鈥� representing more than sixty works by 51 domestic and foreign artists and groups, including paintings, installations, videos, etc. Most of these exhibits are from the collection of previous editions of the Shanghai Biennale held in the China Art Museum,Shanghai and the Power Station of Art.
The exhibition is built on two cross-referential documentary threads, which serve as the development course of the era linked up by major events, and personal objects, photos, materials and other documents at the courtesy of many artists. By converging personal memories into a historical narrative framework, the exhibition shall present the history of the Shanghai Biennale with feelings and evolutions, in order to inspire and enlighten viewers by revisitng the past and considering the present in the post-pandemic period when they are forced into a slowdown and standstill.
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Prior to the grand opening of the 13th Shanghai Biennale 鈥淏odies of Water鈥� this fall, the Power Station of Art is going to hold 鈥淪hanghai Waves: Historical Archives and Works of Shanghai Biennale鈥� representing more than sixty works by 51 domestic and foreign artists and groups, including paintings, installations, videos, etc. Most of these exhibits are from the collection of previous editions of the Shanghai Biennale held in the China Art Museum,Shanghai and the Power Station of Art.
The exhibition is built on two cross-referential documentary threads, which serve as the development course of the era linked up by major events, and personal objects, photos, materials and other documents at the courtesy of many artists. By converging personal memories into a historical narrative framework, the exhibition shall present the history of the Shanghai Biennale with feelings and evolutions, in order to inspire and enlighten viewers by revisitng the past and considering the present in the post-pandemic period when they are forced into a slowdown and standstill.
Artists on show
- Birdhead
- Chang Qing
- Chen Junde
- Chen Shaoxiong
- Chen Zhen
- Ding Yi
- Fang Lijun
- Gagandeep Singh
- Gu Wenda
- Hao Hong
- Hsia Yan
- Hsiao Chin
- Hu Xiangcheng
- Huang Yong Ping
- Ji Dachun
- Leandro Katz
- Liang Shaoji
- Liang Shuo
- Luo Yongjin
- Mao Yan
- Moinak Biswas
- Polit-Sheer-Form Office
- Qiu Anxiong
- Qu Fengguo
- Raqs Media Collective
- Regina José Galindo
- Shang Yang
- Shen Fan
- Surabhi Sharma
- Tejaswini Niranjana
- Wang Tiande
- Weng Fen
- Willem de Rooij
- Xia Junna
- Xiang Liqing
- Xu Zhen
- Yan Pei Ming
- Yang Zhenzhong
- Yasumasa Morimura
- Zhang Enli
- Zhang Huan
- Zhang Jian-Jun
- Zhang Peili
- Zhang Zhenggang
- Zhou Changjiang
- Zhou Chunya
- Zhou Tao
- Zhou Tiehai
- Zhou Xiaohu
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