SPY...MAGNIFY!: Fresh Vision 2015 Exhibiting at Shenzhen OCT Art and Design Gallery

TEXT:Sue Wang    DATE: 2015.8.24

SPY...MAGNIFY!

Fresh Vision is an annual exhibition program founded in 2004. The 2015 Fresh Vision art project has invited curators Hu Bin and Liu Qingyuan to jointly curate the exhibition. Between June and July, they visited the top ten Chinese art academies in Beijing, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Tianjin and other cities, attending their graduate exhibitions where they selected outstanding artists and artworks to form this exhibition. The exhibition features over 40 pieces of works including sculpture, experimental art, print, Chinese painting, design and so on.

The OCT Art & Design Gallery is China’s first gallery themed in pioneer design, officially launched on 1st September, 2008. The OCT Art & Design Gallery is built on purpose to drive forth and develop the vanguard design, which involve varied design industries such as graphic and space design, product and fashion, digital and animation design and targeting many other dynamic and contemporary art events. The gallery is putting itself on the frontier, bringing in the best new design ideas from around the world and discovering, revealing, publicizing and developing the latest trends and talent through involvement in themed exhibitions, public seminars, academic forums, international academic exchange activities and education.

The OCT Art & Design Gallery is invested and built by OCT Group, with its completion, The “Art Triangle” that OCT Group aims to create a window to Chinese culture has finally revealed. “He Xiangning Art Museum”, China’s top-notch national art museum; “OCT Contemporary Art Terminal” featuring the cutting-edge artworks while the latest “OCT Art & Design Gallery” taking the lead of developing pioneer design. The “Art Triangle” is joining in effort to formalize a full-dimensional showcase for art composition and will certainly become a significant window for the world to approach the diverse art and culture of China.

About the exhibition

Dates: August 29 — October 25, 2014

Location: OCT Art and Design Gallery, Shenzhen

Address: 9009 Shennan Road, Overseas Chinese Town, Shenzhen

Host: OCAT Shenzhen

Support: Shenzhen Overseas Chinese Town Corporation Ltd.

Curators: Hu Bin, Liu Qingyuan

Participating Academies: China Central Academy of Fine Arts, Tsinghua University Academy of Art and Design, China Academy of Art, Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Hubei institute of Fine Arts, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts

Participating Artists: (in alphabetic order by name)

Chendan Dizi, Chen Shimin, Cai Huiyi, Cui Yanbin, Huang Xiaoxi, Huang Zihu, He Lixiao, Hu Si, Jia Ru, Lin Jing, Li Lichuan, Li Bolin, Li Yang, Lv Qian, Liu Hange, Liu Yeheng, Liang Yuan, Liao Binbin, Maria, Qu Yi, Qiu Yiwen, Shi Sanben, Song Gewen, Sun Yu, Shen Zhicheng, Wang Xiaoman, Wang Zilu, Wan Duoyun, Xingxing, Yu Shuiyu, Zhong Zixin, Zhou Shengyu, Zhou Hui, Zhu Lingyun, Zhang Mingshi, Zhang Hua, Zheng Lingling & Zhou Hui

Courtesy of the artists and OCT Art and Design Gallery.