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Daily Pursuit ShanghART 13 May–9 July 2023 Westbund, Shanghai
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ShanghART is delighted to announce that the theme exhibition “Daily Pursuit” opens on 12 May, and will run through 9 July. Artists Chen Xiaoyun, Lu Lei, Liu Yue, Zhang Ding, and Zhao Yang will unfold their narratives respectively in five sections, presenting their new creations in recent years. Distilling clues from the studios of the five artists, the exhibition dwells on the artist’s working process from conception to creation where the audience may glance at the distinct qualities of the artists and their commonalities in parallel case studies.

In recent years, each of the five artists has adapted and adjusted to their unique working methods. Chen Xiaoyun lived in seclusion apart from the crowd in recent years. He cut copper and zinc panels into pocket-sized pieces so that he could carve wherever he went. In Lu Lei’s work, craft-making is an instinctive habit, and his creations always grow freely from the “unplanned” jobs. Liu Yue continues deconstructing and re-examining images by researching daily objects in an almost paranoid style. Zhang Ding gradually develops his studio into an almighty working battlefield, exploring new ways to actualize spatial ideas in his graphic works. Zhao Yang developed a 9 to 5 routine, which provided him with sufficient inertia, then brand new Zhao-style characters “birth out of nothing” from his mind......

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Cognitive Studies-Topology that is not in a standard classification 01 by Liu Yue contemporary artwork painting
Liu Yue <Cognitive Studies-Topology that is not in a standard classification> 01, 2006 Epson ultra giclee print, hahnemuhle photo rag baryta
150 x 200 x11 cm
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Chou Yin Mao Ji-2021-01 by Chen Xiaoyun contemporary artwork sculpture
Chen Xiaoyun Chou Yin Mao Ji-2021-01, 2021 Engraving on copper plate
15 x 9.6 cm
40 x 32.2 x4.5 cm (incl frame) ShanghART Request Price & Availability
Chou Yin Mao Ji-2021-02 by Chen Xiaoyun contemporary artwork sculpture
Chen Xiaoyun Chou Yin Mao Ji-2021-02, 2021 Engraving on copper plate
11 x 16.8 cm
43 x 40 x4.5 cm (incl frame) ShanghART Request Price & Availability
Chou Yin Mao Ji-2021-12 by Chen Xiaoyun contemporary artwork drawing
Chen Xiaoyun Chou Yin Mao Ji-2021-12, 2021 Engraving on zinc plate
19.6 x 17.7 cm
40.6 x 39 x4.5 cm (incl frame) ShanghART Request Price & Availability
Chou Yin Mao Ji-2021-16 by Chen Xiaoyun contemporary artwork sculpture
Chen Xiaoyun Chou Yin Mao Ji-2021-16, 2021 Engraving on copper plate
39.7 x 32.3 x4.5 cm (incl frame) ShanghART Request Price & Availability
Flora by Liu Yue contemporary artwork installation
Liu Yue Flora, 2023 Fruits, vegetables, plants
60 x 110 x18 cm
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Green Skull 7 by Zhang Ding contemporary artwork painting works on paper
Zhang Ding Green Skull #7, 2021 Mono print, digitally created image, acrylic, silkscreen print
33 x 24 x4 cm
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Hunter by Zhao Yang contemporary artwork painting works on paper
Zhao Yang Hunter, 2014 Watercolour on paper
29.5 x 21 cm
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Let the Overflow Close to Itself Infinitely x - 07 by Liu Yue contemporary artwork painting
Liu Yue Let the Overflow Close to Itself Infinitely x - 07, 2023 Epson ultra giclee print, hahnemuhle photo rag baryta
150 x 218 x11 cm
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The Witch Hunter J and the Smoking Hen No. BA by Zhao Yang contemporary artwork painting works on paper
Zhao Yang The Witch Hunter J and the Smoking Hen No. BA, 2023 Oil on canvas
170 x 197 cm
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The Witch Hunter J and the Smoking Hen No. CB by Zhao Yang contemporary artwork painting works on paper
Zhao Yang The Witch Hunter J and the Smoking Hen No. CB, 2023 Oil on canvas
130 x 104 cm
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The Witch Hunter J and the Smoking Hen No. CE by Zhao Yang contemporary artwork painting
Zhao Yang The Witch Hunter J and the Smoking Hen No. CE, 2023 Oil on canvas
130 x 104 cm
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Artists Exhibiting

Zhang Ding contemporary artist
Zhang Ding b. 1980 Follow +
Chen Xiaoyun contemporary artist
Chen Xiaoyun b. 1971 Follow +
Lu Lei contemporary artist
Lu Lei b. 1972 Follow +
Liu Yue contemporary artist
Liu Yue b. 1981 Follow +
Zhao Yang contemporary artist
Zhao Yang b. 1970 Follow +

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About the Gallery
ShanghART gallery was initiated in 1996 in Shanghai. It has since grown to become one of China’s most influential art institutions and a vital resource to the development of contemporary art in China with two spaces in 50 Moganshan Road (Main Space and H-Space), a public warehouse space in West of Shanghai (ShanghART Taopu), and a gallery space in Beijing and representing over 40 artists.

Being recognized for its importance ShanghART became the initial gallery from China participating in major international art fairs like Art Basel and Fiac, Paris. ShanghART gallery also enjoys the great respect of being among the 75 most influential galleries selected in Thames & Hudson’s publication ‘International Art Galleries: Post-war to Post-millennium.’
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Bldg.10, 2555 Longteng Avenue
Xuhui District
Shanghai
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Shanghai Bldg.10, 2555 Longteng Avenue, Xuhui District
ShanghART contemporary art gallery in Westbund Shanghai China
ShanghART
Bldg.10, 2555 Longteng Avenue, Xuhui District, Shanghai, China
+86 216 359 3923 / +86 215 424 9033
http://www.shanghartgallery.com

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