Ren Lun’s First Solo Exhibition in London Opening July 3 at the Gallery on the Corner

TEXT:Sue Wang    DATE: 2015.6.24

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So You Can’t See is Ren Lun’s first solo exhibition in London. Continuing his research into the relationship between individuals’ physical, mental and daily environments, this exhibition investigates issues raised by current media art during the post-internet age. The gallery space will be reconstructed into an immersive video laboratory, giving the audience a different dimension: one different from everyday visual experience. So You Can’t See focuses on criticizing current media art; the over use of “flashing” as a technique. There are two main reasons for this phenomena, the first being contemporaneity. We are living in an ever-expanding digital society where people face countless screens on a daily basis including cell phones, tablets and computers. Every screen flickers and our eyes are blinded by a superficial sensory overload. We see but we don’t know – Ren Lun describes us as “the blind generation”.

The second is “artistic expression”. The flashing screen as a kind of technique was a great discovery during the 1970s when video art was born. Nowadays it is found everywhere in video art works. However some artists do not use this particular technique to express their concept, instead using it as a way to announce they have made video art. Since we are living in a time when too much “strobe flash” occupies our eyes, the artist suggests that video art should go back to its true self. Using concepts of time, space and movement brings the media back to what it should be – something more than just flashing lights.

His recentwork, (Action 1-3) he recorded three different types of actions and by expanding them in time through the lens, suggests how video art can effect the perception of time and space.

Solo Exhibition by Ren Lun So You Can't See

About the artist

Lun Ren (Allen)

1989 Born in Shanxi Province, China.

2008- Present Lives and works in London, UK.

Academic

2014—2015 Master of Fine Art, University of the Arts London, Chelsea College of Arts. London, UK.

2008—2012 Bachelor of Video Art, China Central Academy of Fine Arts. Beijing, China.

Internship

2010-2011 Ullens Center for Contemporary Art.

2011-2012 Siemens China Institute.

Exhibitions

2014 Print, “Office Party” Contemporary Art Exhibition, London

2014 Sound, “Tangent” MA Fine Art Introductory Exhibition, London

2014 Video, Hou Sha Yu Era The Hidden Moving Image, Beijing

2012 Print, White Box Space, Beijing

2012 Video, Film Showcase of The New Generation, Beijing

2012 Video, “Secret Scene” Super Media Art Exhibition, Beijing

2011 Video, “Cold memory” Space Media Art Exhibition, Beijing

2010 Video, 2010 Art Beijing, Contemporary Art Fair, Beijing

2010 Video, The Second Yangerber International Art Festival, Hebei

2010 Video, China Video Art Annual Exhibition 2010, Beijing

2009 Video, “Creative Lama Temple” Art Festival of Fangjia Hutong 46# Art Festival, Beijing

Curatorial Project

2014 Curator,Dream London Art Exhibition, London.

About the exhibition

Duration: 3 July – 5 July 2015

Private view: Friday 3 July 2015, 18.30 – 21.30pm

Opening Performance I Want You To See: Friday 3 July 2015

Venue: The Gallery On The Corner

Address: 155 Battersea Park Road, London SW8 4BU

Courtesy of the artist and the Gallery on the Corner.