ShanghART Beijing will present "Shao Yi Is Here" on 1st May, 2016. The exhibition will present the artist’s latest installation works and will remain on view till 12th, June.
Shao Yi’s works always contain his thinking, utilizing of “objects” and materials. In the context of post-Industrialization, he reviews and reinterprets Chinese traditional cultural elements, taking advantage of simple or even shabby materials, such as metal, glass, wood, stone and mechanics and etc., to make them have qualitative changes and bring out new works by the method of breaking and reconstructing, transforming and creating. These works are sharp or implicit, heavy or light, thrilling or thought-provoking. And they artfully blend traditional civilization and industrial civilization together, connecting the past, now and future, therefore building a spiritually symbolic world of Shao Yi.
Different from the “construction site” of Totem Producing, Shao Yi Is Here is a panorama of Shao Yi. Shao Yi Is Here regards the works as pencils, bricks and gestures of Wugong. He stretches his self-portrait and lays fresh and blood on it until it’s vivid. He builds his spiritual world in the chaos, producing totem, firming beliefs. He practices his attitudes towards life and aesthetics, sometimes a heavy punch, and sometimes a gentle touch, and has various degrees of relaxation and pace.
Shao Yi Is Here is a declarative time section, anchoring Shao Yi and his works at this moment. The Back is past and the front is future. Shao Yi Is Here, right now, right here, is confronted with himself.About the exhibition
Opening: 1st May 2016, 4pm- 6pm
Duration: 1st May 2016 – 12th June 2016, 11am – 6pm (Closed on Monday)
Address: ShanghART Beijing, 261 Cao Chang Di, Old Airport Rd., Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
Courtesy of the artist and ShanghART Beijing, for further information please contact infobj@shanghartgallery.com | + 86 10 6432 3202 or visit www.shanghartgallery.com.
