On?March?5,?2016,?“Wings”?Youth?Promotion?Project?by?China?Sculpture?in?the?Second?Season?Touring?Exhibition”,?which?is?the?finale?of?the?second?season?of?“Youth?Promotion?Project”?after?the?touring?show?was?on?display?in?13?locations,?opened?at?the?Inside-Out?Art?Museum,?the?exhibition?is?hosted?by?Inside-Out?Art?Museum,?China?Sculpture?Institute?and?Artron.com,?co-organized?by?Central?Art?Museum?in?Nantong,?Wu?Hongliang?and?Tang?Xiao?serve?as?the?curators?of?the?exhibition.?As?a?finale?show,?it?does?not?only?adjust?the?choice?of?work,?highlighting?the?conceptual?sculptures?and?installations,?and?also?matches?the?internal?space?of?Inside-Out?Art?Museum,?trying?to?choose?more?diversified?works.

Youth?Promotion?Project?by?China?Sculpture?Institute?aims?at?building?a?powerful?platform?for?the?show,?strictly?selecting?a?group?of?young?artists?who?just?graduated?or?will?graduate,?from?the?universities?and?colleges?of?art?across?the?country,?the?exhibited?works?are?unique?and?creative,?and?the?exhibition?continues?the?youth’s?response?to?“sculpture”,?through?a?variety?of?forms,?different?formal?disseminating?ways?in?the?future?and?the?possibility.?The?project?first?started?in?798?Art?Zone?in?September?2010,?and?it?has?now?entered?the?seventh?year,?it?has?featured?a?total?of?31?exhibitions?during?this?period,?and?it?has?promoted?106?young?artists,?while?the?footprints?of?the?exhibition?cover?nearly?half?of?China.

Youth?Promotion?Project?by?China?Sculpture?Institute?is?a?growing?artistic?project,?on?the?one?hand,?the?project?itself?has?vitality,?gradually?becoming?a?high-profile?art?phenomenon?on?the?basis?of?short?funding?support?and?failed?the?business?objective,?and?even?the?Chinese?Sculpture?Academy?was?awarded?2012?AAC?Art?China?–?Influence?Award?because?of?this?project.?On?the?other?hand,?the?artists?participating?in?the?project?also?grow?both?in?terms?of?artistic?creation?and?life?experiences.?Vice?President?of?CAFA?and?sculptor?Wang?Shaojun?addressed?the?opening?ceremony?and?said?that?he?was?delighted?to?see?the?young?people?growing?to?become?mature?artists?under?the?protection?and?guidance?of?the?“promotion?project”.?At?the?same?time,?he?admitted?that?the?project?unfolded?in?poor?conditions,?which?embodied?a?feeling?and?ideal,?although?each?event?might?be?a?small?matter,?it?was?a?big?deal?so?it?continued?to?persist?for?many?years,?forming?a?continuous?observation?of?the?sculpture?for?the?youth,?because?it?had?offered?a?referent?standard?for?the?youths?in?the?development?of?Chinese?contemporary?sculpture.

This?art?project?makes?the?curator?Wu?Hongliang?think?a?lot,?it?originated?from?a?simple?idea,?overcoming?a?variety?of?difficulties?and?he?joked?that?the?exhibition?album?was?“palm-sized”?because?of?funding?problems,?but?it?toured?across?the?country?with?the?support?of?many?art?fellows,?and?was?attended?by?all?the?parties?involved,?many?young?sculptors?were?concerned?because?of?the?“Youth?Promotion?Project”,?and?their?works?were?collected?by?art?museums.?Wu?Hongliang?described?this?course?in?this?way:?Not?afraid?of?slowness?or?weakness,?the?most?important?thing?was?advancing?bravely?with?a?clear?goal?and?task.?Observed?from?the?exhibited?works,?although?the?artists?that?have?newly?graduated?or?are?still?studying?in?the?academy,?they?all?embody?the?various?thoughts?of?the?young?artists?working?in?contemporary?sculpture,?perhaps?the?inheritance?of?the?traditional?techniques,?perhaps?the?expression?of?humanistic?ideas,?or?the?innovation?of?the?new?material,?or?the?transformation?and?implementation?of?ideas.

As?the?pusher?of?the?“Youth?Promotion?Project”,?Inside-Out?Art?Museum?has?been?committed?to?creating?an?open?platform?focused?on?the?development?trend?of?Chinese?contemporary?art.?Director?of?Inside-Out?Art?Museum?Yuan?Zuo?said?that,?“Youth?Promotion?Project”?offered?academic?thoughts?on?the?creation?and?research?of?contemporary?sculpture,?and?also?helped?us?see?the?sculptural?growth?in?the?future.?As?an?organization?focusing?on?the?development?of?young?art,?Inside-Out?Art?Museum?will?also?hold?an?academic?seminar?entitled?“Youth?Art?Ecology”?on?March?19,?starting?from?a?sculptural?exhibition?that?discusses?the?development?of?the?youth?art?project.?The?exhibition?is?themed?“Wings”,?which?hopes?young?sculptors?will?be?able?to?fly?higher?and?higher.?The?exhibition?continues?to?March?27.

Text?and?photo?by?Zhang?Wenzhi/CAFA ART INFO

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