Geng Jianyi | Power Station of Art 2022
“Who Is He?” A Retrospective of Geng Jianyi’s works
November 10, 2022 through February 12, 2023
Curated by Karen Smith and Yang Zhenzhong
We are honored to announce a world premiere of Geng Jianyi’s “Studies 2016-2017” presented in “Who Is He?” A Retrospective of Geng Jianyi’s works at the Power Station of Art, on view from November 10, 2022 through February 12, 2023, curated by Karen Smith and Yang Zhenzhong.
“Who is He?” is a timely presentation of one of most influential pioneering artist from China, and one of the first Chinese artist with international recognition for his works. The exhibition covers key artworks from the start of his career in the mid-1980s through to the last projects he made in 2016-2017.
During the summer of 2016, Geng Jianyi began working with the process of physical transformation cycles of paper pulp and fibers and developed “organic dripping” of paper pulps to realize deeply personal works in “Studies 2016-2017”. This series is Geng Jianyi’s final artistic expression before his untimely passing and represent the artist’s most minimalistic and spiritual yet unyielding journey of his artistic creation.
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About the Artist
Geng Jianyi (1962-2017) was a pioneer of contemporary art in China, and a leading figure of the avant-garde. He graduated from Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts in 1985, and immediately became involved in seminal exhibition events such as “85 New Wave” and activities that changed the way art was understood. Following on from his early success, the focus of what Geng Jianyi chose to do art shifted away from conventional forms of expression, like painting, to the concept of the artist’s action, rather than on the end products that result.
Geng Jianyi also taught at China Academy of Art and his teaching philosophy led him to help students to find their own artistic expression. He also won 2012 China Contemporary Art Award, CCAA Outstanding Achievement Award in 2016. He also acquired AACArt China Annual Influence Award “Artist of the Year” recognition in 2018 and was posthumously awarded the “Zhe Craftsman Award” by China Academy of Art.
PSA新展预告 | 他是谁?耿建翌作品回顾展
2022年11月10日至2023年2月12日
我们荣幸的宣布，艺术家耿建翌的《做作2016-2017》系列将在上海当代艺术博物馆举办的展览“他是谁？”，这是上世纪80年代至今中国最具影响力的艺术家之一耿建翌的个人回顾展上首次展出，展览时间为2022年11月10日至2023年2月12日，展览由凯伦·史密斯与杨振中策展。
2016年夏天，耿建翌开始对纸浆和造纸纤维的循环转化进行研究，在“做作2016-2017”系列中试验出用纸浆“有机滴落”，创作出独具个人特色的作品系列。该系列是耿建翌生前的最后一次艺术表达，展现了这位艺术家坚韧持续的艺术创作历程。
关于艺术家
耿建翌（1962—2017年），是中国当代艺术杰出的先锋艺术家。1985年毕业于杭州浙江美术学院艺术系油画专业（中国美术学院）。其艺术生涯始于 中国“’85新潮”—个标志着艺术与艺术表达反思与创新的时代，在早期的成功之后，耿建翌的艺术创作形式从绘画转向摄影、装置等观念艺术，并创作了很多具有影响意义的实验作品。
同时，后期耿建翌亦任教于中国美术学院，其教学方法独特，一如其艺术风格。他帮助学生去感悟自己的想法，并找到自己的艺术表达方式。耿建翌获得了2012年中国当代艺术奖的CCAA杰出成就奖。2016年获AAC艺术中国年度影响力奖“年度艺术家”表彰。2018年被中国美术学院追授“哲匠奖”。
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