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Summer Wind Flirts among Words 夏风惹来一堆字 ShanghART 27 July–28 August 2019 Westbund, Shanghai
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ShanghART Gallery is pleased to present group exhibition Summer Wind Flirts among Words from 27 July to 28 August 2019, showcases works that involve languages, speech and characters by sixteen artists. This is the first exhibition in theme of text at ShanghART Gallery. Exhibited artists include Geng Jianyi, Li Pinghu, Li Ran, Lin Aojie, Ouyang Chun, Shao Yi, Shen Fan, Shi Yong, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Wu Yiming, XU ZHEN®, Xue Song, Yang Zhenzhong, Zhang Ding, Zhang Qing and Zhou Tiehai.

While texts are symbol systems carrying ideas, narratives and languages, reading is a cognitive process to interpret the text based on personalised knowledge structure. However, works in this exhibition, in mediums such as video and installation, break the routine of reading, and replace it through character transformation, order disruption, instant built-up, sound and image presentation and so on. These approaches endow the behaviour of ‘reading’ with rhythm instead of intuitively presenting the content. As the carrier of specific meanings, texts are transformed by artists into the construction and interpretation of concepts, while viewers are offered the opportunity to decipher the clues as they read and listen in their respective context.

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Selected Works

2014.6.21part 11 by Shao Yi contemporary artwork mixed media
Shao Yi 2014.6.21(part 11), 2014 The crushed mirror glasses by the fist, silk screen printing (words excerpt from Benjamin), handwriting comments by red marker pen
80 x 60 cm
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Calligraphy Impression by Xue Song contemporary artwork works on paper
Xue Song Calligraphy Impression 意象书法, 2008 200 x 200 cm
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Continue to Write A Story In The Exhibition Hall by Li Ran contemporary artwork
Li Ran Continue to Write A Story In The Exhibition Hall 续写一则展厅中的故事, 2014 Video installation, monitor, bench, projection, microphone, loudspeaker box
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Duang by Wu Yiming contemporary artwork works on paper
Wu Yiming Duang, 2015 Ink and colour on xuan paper
125 x 145 cm
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Facetiae 1 1 by Li Pinghu contemporary artwork mixed media
Li Pinghu Facetiae 1 小说 1, 2010 Crystal, nonwovens
115 x 85 cm
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Fiction by Apichatpong Weerasethakul contemporary artwork moving image
Apichatpong Weerasethakul Fiction, 2018 Single-channel video glass projection
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GOLD CAN MOVE THE GOD by Zhang Ding contemporary artwork sculpture
Zhang Ding GOLD CAN MOVE THE GOD, 2017 Stainless steel plated golden-titanium
317.8 x 330 x 60 cm
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My Romance No.2 No.2 by Ouyang Chun contemporary artwork painting
Ouyang Chun My Romance No.2 我的罗曼史No.2, 2014 Pencil and oil on canvas
145 x 170 cm
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New Focus Method by Zhang Qing contemporary artwork installation
Zhang Qing New Focus Method 新阅读对焦法, 2007 Multi-channel video installation, stainless steel, car painting, screen
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Now is the Best Time to Invest in Chinese Art ... by Zhou Tiehai contemporary artwork print
Zhou Tiehai Now is the Best Time to Invest in Chinese Art… 现在是投资中国艺术的最好时机..., 1997 Cardboard print
29 x 186 cm
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Punctuation-002 -002 by Shen Fan contemporary artwork works on paper
Shen Fan Punctuation-002 标点-002, 2014 Acrylic on newspaper
90 x 360 cm
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Reading Material 166-2 166-2 by Geng Jianyi contemporary artwork works on paper
Geng Jianyi Reading Material (166-2) 读物 (166-2), 1990 86 double pages each book
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Spring Story script by Yang Zhenzhong contemporary artwork works on paper
Yang Zhenzhong Spring Story (script) 春天的故事（手稿）, 2003 Handwriting on printed form, 20 pieces
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Spring Story Siemens by Yang Zhenzhong contemporary artwork moving image
Yang Zhenzhong Spring Story (Siemens) 春天的故事 (西门子), 2003 Single-channel video
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Three Hundred Characters by Shi Yong contemporary artwork installation
Shi Yong Three Hundred Characters 三百个字, 2018 Neon light installation
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Three Things by Lin Aojie contemporary artwork moving image
Lin Aojie Three Things 三件事, 2018 Single-channel video
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We Come in Peace by Xu Zhen contemporary artwork mixed media
Xu Zhen® We Come in Peace 我们是和平地来, 2019 Mirror finish stainless steel, metal chains
110 x 150 x 6 cm
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Artists Exhibiting

Geng Jianyi contemporary artist
Geng Jianyi 1962-2017 Follow +
Li Pinghu contemporary artist
Li Pinghu b. 1976 Follow +
Li Ran contemporary artist
Li Ran b. 1986 Follow +
Lin Aojie contemporary artist
Lin Aojie b. 1986 Follow +
Ouyang Chun contemporary artist
Ouyang Chun b. 1974 Follow +
Shao Yi contemporary artist
Shao Yi Follow +
Shen Fan contemporary artist
Shen Fan b. 1952 Follow +
Shi Yong contemporary artist
Shi Yong b. 1963 Follow +
Apichatpong Weerasethakul contemporary artist
Apichatpong Weerasethakul b. 1970 Follow +
Wu Yiming contemporary artist
Wu Yiming b. 1966 Follow +
Xu Zhen contemporary artist
Xu Zhen® b. 1977 Follow +
Xue Song contemporary artist
Xue Song b. 1965 Follow +
Yang Zhenzhong contemporary artist
Yang Zhenzhong Follow +
Zhang Ding contemporary artist
Zhang Ding b. 1980 Follow +
Zhang Qing contemporary artist
Zhang Qing b. 1977 Follow +
Zhou Tiehai contemporary artist
Zhou Tiehai b. 1966 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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Xuhui District
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Shanghai Bldg.10, 2555 Longteng Avenue, Xuhui District
ShanghART contemporary art gallery in Westbund Shanghai China
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Bldg.10, 2555 Longteng Avenue, Xuhui District, Shanghai, China
+86 216 359 3923 / +86 215 424 9033
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