Exhibition: Dedicated to money makers

Dedicated to money makers | Li Ming, Lin Ke, Yang Junling

Opening: September 10th, 2010, Friday, 17:00

Exhibition dates: September 11th to 30th, Mon-Fri, 10:00-18:00

Venue: MadeIn Space

4/F, Bldg 7, 50 Moganshan Road, 200060 Shanghai

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“Dedicated to money makers” presents works by Li Ming, Lin Ke and Yang Junling. Three artists, three friends, who have been living and creating together, sharing their thoughts and ideas, since the first time they met in 2006 at the China Academy of Art.

Their works often focus on various aspects of their daily life, random objects and leisure games. Their videos, partly improvised, present them alternatively in the role of the artist or the subject (filming and being filmed), and reflect a tacit understanding, individual opinions and spontaneous attitudes.

In his videos, Li Ming (born in 1986) emphasizes basic, almost instinctive, human feelings and body-related details, or narrates semi-fictional stories taking place in a daily life environment. Lin Ke’s(b.1984) minimal installations propose new perspectives as well as insolite functions to common materials or objects, giving them a new definition. Videos and installations of Yang Junling (b.1983) present bewildering, unexpected scenes in an ordinary background.

This exhibition constituting MadeIn Space’s first exhibition will be held from September 10th to 30th, 2010.

MadeIn Space

MadeIn Space is a non-profit center for contemporary art established by MadeIn Company. Providing artists and art collectives with a venue for exhibitions and activities, MadeIn Space curates and organizes various art events in view of promoting young emerging artists, developing creativity and cultivating art knowledge.

MadeIn Company

MadeIn company was established in 2009 in Shanghai by Xu Zhen. This pluri-disciplinary cultural company is devoted to art creation, production, promotion, support and curation.

An-Xiong Qiu's Exhibition:Void and Existence

Nostalgia, a word full of imagination. As the theme of the exhibition is some scenes in the village, it gives me a sense of reminiscence. An-Xiong Qiu is the artist who creates these artworks, who is familiar with different formats of art creation. This time , his exhibition is titled “Void and Existence,” expressing his own view of changes in human society. The exhibition hall is not very big ,with all his paintings and videos on the walls. But the whole environment is calm enough to make you close to the real life in the creations.

The video called “Nostalgia.Snow” is what I like most among all the artworks. It is about 10minutes long and shows a scene of snow . It is not a heavy snow, so when it falls at a moderate speed , it creates a magnificent effect. It reminds me with the childhood, tranquil but full of surprise! I also appreciate his other realistic videos which describe the scenery of the farm. From my point of view, the scene of the villages is always on static state. But his creations are combined with some moving subjects, a drop of water, a bull eating grass or the falling snow. They maybe represent some moving changes in the peaceful world, sometimes they are easily observed but sometimes not.

In his paintings , we may have different ways thinking about the relations between human and nature. For two pictures of the similar theme, one is in warm color ,the other is almost in white and black, they tell us different relations between human and nature. The former is more promising and joyful but the latter is more despairing and hopeless. On the other hand , some of his paintings on canvas seem to be a little difficult for to understand ,even to get some ideas. Actually, this kind of art is always beyond me.

Fortunately, I get some surprising ideas after seeing the exhibition. The most ordinary life also contains the most profound hint.