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“IN and Out Reel ShanghART,” an exhibition featuring a cluster of installations, photos, paintings and videos created by 40 contemporary artists including big names such as Zhou Tiehai, Xu Zhen and Shi Yong, is now being showcased at Reel Shopping Mall.
Co-organized by ShanghART Gallery and Reel, this exhibition aims to introduce the concepts and ideas of contemporary art to more people.
“Here is a public space that everyone can enjoy. If they are patient enough, they can find the 40 artworks scattered around the shopping mall,” says Helen Zhu, one of the organizers of the exhibition. “Some are interactive works that invite participation.”
‘Flying Q’
Shi’s “Flying Q” is a prime example. The installation resembles a flying saucer. The content shielded by the “flying saucer” is inaccessible to viewers unless they lie in one of the saucer’s six holes.
Inside the installation there is a revolving inflated pink bone, coupled by the sound recording of interviews with Shi and the other 17 artists.
The work was intentionally designed so that when all the holes are occupied by people it appears as a large turtle.
The installation asks questions about illusion and reality.
Another eye-catching piece is Zhu Jia’s “Forever.”
‘Forever’
Zhu readapted an old-fashioned tricycle into the installation with a small video camera fixed on its left wheel. The tricyle and camera were used to record Beijing’s urban landscape. Accompanied by a noisy snore, the rhythm of rotation was controlled mainly by traffic on the roads, leaving viewers dragged into a giant vortex of dizziness.
Completed in 1994, “Forever” enjoys an international reputation as an experimental video work in early Chinese contemporary art.
It has been exhibited at the New York Museum of Modern Art and other big venues around the world. The artist concentrates on “the relationship between images and psychological and visual experiences.”
Attaching the camera to the wheel changes the perspective of viewers, forcing them to look at street life in a different way.
Date: Through June 30, 10am-10pm
Address: 1601 Nanjing Rd W.
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