Invited by the well-known Italian art project “Venice Project”, Zhong Biao, a well-known contemporary artist will launch a grand comprehensive art project “The Universe of Unreality: Zhong Biao’s Visions 2013 in Venice”, a combination of various elements such as painting, installation, video, music and interactive design, at Santa Maria Church in Venice, Italy, on May 31 through to October 27, 2013.

The art project is hosted by Today Art Museum, in cooperation with Winshare Art Museum, and Prof. Xu Gang, Head of the Department of East Asian Studies of the University of Illinois, the noted active international curator serves as the curator, Prof. Jonathan Feinberg, the famous American art historian serves as the academic advisor, Associated Press journalist Daniel Wagner serves as the international media consultant. The English album of Zhong Biao is published by Charta, the world-renowned press company and issued in Venice during Venice Biennale 2013.

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Born in Chongqing, on November 11, 1968, Zhong Biao is one of leading artists emerge from the late 1960s generation. His works are full of passion and strong visual imagination. He studied in the Department of Oil Painting at the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts (now the China Academy of Art) from 1987 to 1991, and is currently an associate professor of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, he lives and works in Beijing and Chongqing. Zhong Biao experiences the limits in society, and understands the infinite limits of the universe, combining the view of life in the real world and the view of the universe in the world of energy.

Venice Projects is officially organized by the municipal government of Venice, to promote the tradition of Venice, creating a space for international contemporary art in Venice. Part of the project was found by the Berengo Center for Contemporary Art and Glass, as an independent academic contemporary art project, it has held a number of important exhibitions worldwide, and plays an important role in the Venice Biennale. Santa Maria Church is next to many large scale academic institutes and important collections in Venice, and initially opens as an art exhibition.

The press conference of “The Universe of Unreality: Zhong Biao’s Visions 2013 in Venice”, was held on the 2nd floor of Building 2, at 16:00 on April 28, 2013. Curator Xu Gang, artist Zhong Biao, Xie Suzhen, Director of Today Art Museum, and Zhang Daxing, Director of Winshare Art Museum were invited to present at the press conference.

Xie Suzhen said it was a relative international action to initiatively go abroad, and wished everyone could achieve his/her own Chinese dream.

Zhong Biao and Xu Gang respectively introduced the overview of the exhibition from various angles, and had a discussion on the items. In addition, Zhong Biao made use of a slideshow to present the installation for the show at the Santa Maria Church for the media.

Translated by Chen Peihua and edited by Sue/CAFA ART INFO

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