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《轻》
阚萱作品
展出时间：2009年4月15日－2009年6月7日
箭厂空间从本月15日开始，将展出艺术家阚萱的新作品系列。在“轻”这样一个主题框架之下，阚萱将箭厂空间作为实践她近期概念与想法的一个“试验场”，在其中只呈现一些尚处于未完成状态的以及正在进行中的作品。在大约6周的时间里，将陆续展出四到五件作品，每件作品只有十天左右的时间面对公众。与箭厂空间之前的项目从一开始就呈现已完成的作品不同，这个项目中的作品都是被艺术家称之为接近于完成的，它呈现出异于通常展览模式的另一种相反模式，艺术家在此不再关注于“完成”的概念，而是趋向通过持续不断的变化从而使得观者得以更加深层地关注于艺术的创作过程。
阚萱毕业于中国美术学院，从90年代后期开始主要致力于影像艺术的创作与实践。她的作品广泛地展出于国内外的各种展览当中，其中包括2007年威尼斯双年展中国馆的展览，伊斯坦布尔双年展（2007），长征空间NONO展（2007），中国发电站展（2006－2008）。她参加了位于阿姆斯特丹的 Rijksakademie van Beeldende艺术家驻扎计划并在2005年赢取了荷兰的艺术奖项 the De Prix de Rome Prize。阚萱目前工作生活在中国北京与荷兰的阿姆斯特丹。
“箭厂空间”是一个由独立策展人和艺术家组织策划的艺术橱窗项目。空间位于北京市中心的胡同里，原本是个小商铺，经过改造后拥有10平方米的展出面积。“箭厂空间”首先希望通过橱窗这种特殊的展示方式，为艺术家的创作方法提供一种新的可能，空间内定期更新的艺术作品将会在这里每天面对不同的社会群体和文化情境。其次项目自身也试图探讨艺术与日常生活之间的美学关系，尝试艺术创作与公共空间的有机对话，促进当代艺术的试验，交流与研究。“箭厂空间”将会积极地邀请国内和国外的艺术家提供现场装置和项目。
Light
Works by Kan Xuan
Dates: April 15 – June 7, 2009
Beginning April 15, Arrow Factory will present a series of temporary projects by Beijing-based artist Kan Xuan. Gathered under the collective title “Light”, Kan Xuan will use the space of Arrow Factory as a testing ground for a variety of ideas and concepts, showing only semi-finished work or works-in-process that are continually modified over a fixed period of time. Over a period of six weeks, Kan Xuan will present four to five different projects, each on view for a period of ten days or less. Instead of exhibiting a finished work at the beginning, the work will only reach completion at the end, representing an inverse model of the conventional static and unchanging exhibition format. Working with artists under these provisional conditions, Arrow Factory hopes to open new modes of exhibition-making by diverting attention away from a finished artwork towards something that evolves within the space and that gives the viewing public a deeper look into the artistic process.
Kan Xuan (b.1972) is a graduate of the China Academy of Art specializing in video and video installation. Her work has been exhibited widely in China and internationally, notably in the Chinese Pavilion of the Venice Biennale (2007), 10th International Istanbul Biennial (2007), NONO at the Long March Space, Beijing (2007) and China Power Station I, II, III in various locations (2006-2008). She completed a residency at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende in Amsterdam and was the winner of the De Prix de Rome Prize in Holland in 2005. She lives between Beijing and the Netherlands.
Arrow Factory is an independently run alternative storefront space that seeks to advance artistic collaboration, exploration and experimentation across different cultural contexts and viewing publics. Located in a small hutong in Beijing’s city center, Arrow Factory reclaims existing commercial space to present artworks that stimulate dialogue between art and contemporary urban space. Aimed at reaching a diverse public made up of local residents, as well as local and international art audiences, our modestly sized space (approx 10 square meters or 100 square feet) is intended to create new avenues for artistic production in China and further aesthetic relationships between contemporary art and everyday life. Arrow Factory will invite artists living inside and outside of China to create site-specific installations and projects that will be available for view in its storefront location 7 days a week
箭厂空间
箭厂胡同38号 (国子监街内)
北京 100007 中国
Arrow Factory
38 Jianchang Hutong (off Guozijian Jie)
Beijing, 100007 China
arrowfactory@gmail.com
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