The Biennale Interprets "Art in Beijing" [The opening of the first Beijing Art Biennale in 2022 will last until March 12]

　　Recently, the 2022 First Beijing Art Biennale officially opened at the National Foreign Cultural Trade Base (Beijing). Beijing audiences can use digital technology to see the magnificence of the Yungang Grottoes in the past, appreciate the technological sense of actor Tan Zhuo incarnated as a digital human, and walk in the century-old The landscape of Beijing described by painter Dai Ze... The exhibition will last until March 12, 2023.

　　The first Beijing Art Biennale in 2022, with the theme of "symbiosis", presented more than 390 works by 240 artists from 20 countries and regions, aiming to think about building a community with a shared future for mankind in the post-epidemic era, and explaining the harmony between human civilization and natural ecology A new development concept of coexistence, integration and development of digital technology and creative design.

　　The first Beijing Art Biennale in 2022 adopts the "1+2+3" model, namely: one main venue (National Foreign Cultural Trade Base), two sub-venues (Beijing Friendship Store, MWOODS Museum Qianliang Hutong), Three exhibition formats (theme exhibition, parallel exhibition, and satellite exhibition) continuously demonstrate the rich ecology and diverse features of Beijing as a cultural capital.

　　Full sense of technology

　　The symbiosis of digital technology and artistic creativity

　　The exhibition presents typical artistic topics and samples, enriching the meaning of the theme of "symbiosis" in two dimensions of space and time: First, "symbiosis" in space, showing the prosperity of the synchronic development of multiple art ecology in Beijing; The second is the "symbiosis" of time, interpreting the past, present and future of Beijing's art ecology.

At the same time, the "symbiosis" under the accelerated development of digital technology and network technology also includes the symbiosis between the virtual world and the real world, the symbiosis between digital technology and artistic creativity, and the symbiotic relationship between digital creativity and real life.

Digital technology breaks the boundaries of space and time, enabling human beings to understand and transform the world to an unprecedented extent.

　　This year’s Biennale invites active curators and scholars in various art fields to serve as section curators, and to explain the theme of “symbiosis” from seven sections.

"Visible Romance: Memories and Imaginations about Beijing" (Part 2) curated by Fang Fang, "Magic Square: Mutual Reflection of Art and Literature" curated by Shen Boliang, and "Heat Flow of the Earth" curated by Long Xingru : Visitors Back to the Sun Time" and "Heroic Posture" sections will open in Beijing Friendship Store on December 31, 2022.

The "Blueprint Beijing" exhibition unit curated by architect Ma Yansong will open on January 13, 2023 at M Woods Art Museum (Qianliang Hutong).

　　In the "Endless Conversation" exhibition area of ​​the National Foreign Cultural Trade Base at the main venue, curator Zhu Zhu brought the audience a collision of art and technology. On the first floor of the exhibition area, Liu Ye's painting "Littlefield Villa in the Evening" Parallel to Rebacca Horn's violin installation "DIE DREI GRAZIEN IM TANZ", the two artists, as classmates, "talked" across time and space at the first Beijing Art Biennale.

During the visit, a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily discovered that an installation art titled "Baguette of Infinite Possibilities" was the work of actor Tan Zhuo, and a rocket soaring into the sky carried Tan Zhuo's imagination.

Tan Zhuo said: "I like some strange and fantasy things, but my film and television works are all realistic. On the other hand, I am actually quite 'ha' technical, and I care about craftsmanship in my works. .Each artist has a different style, and I very much hope that my work can achieve a perfect state of 'seamless'." Behind this exhibit is a digital multimedia exhibit called "Tan Zhuo", a large screen showing a digital human Typing on the keyboard, she is constantly busy, but her creative prototype is the actor Tan Zhuo. It is really cool to have a digital clone.

　　Oldest work

　　"Moon Gate" Feel the Romance of Beijing

　　For a long time, Beijing has formed an artistic temperament of "harmony in diversity" that is both traditional and diverse with a broad, open and inclusive urban spirit.

Painting, architecture, sculpture, literature, music, drama... All kinds of art forms have built a flourishing art ecology in this city, and interact and promote each other with other fields.

Starting from the concern for the destiny of all mankind and the coordinates of the new development of human civilization, this Biennale strives to explore the world and the local, the city and the spirit, concept and technology, youth and creation, ecology and aesthetics, tradition and avant-garde, nation and civilization and other multiple topics, through the form of a comprehensive art exhibition to achieve the symbiosis of various art forms and concepts, and finally present the brilliant contemporary culture of China and the world.

At the same time, the first Beijing Art Biennale in 2022 also demonstrates the courage and sense of responsibility of Beijing, as the capital, to undertake the new mission entrusted by the times and to constantly create new prospects for culture and art.

　　How to present the subject of "Beijing" at the Beijing Art Biennale, the curator Fang Fang explained in a "romantic" way, "Beijing is a capital of art, which has attracted generations of artists to work and live here. Therefore, I started from' From the perspective of "visible romance", it presents the creations of several generations of Beijing artists since the founding of New China related to this city." Fang Xiangfang, a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily, said that the oldest exhibit of the first Beijing Art Biennale in 2022 is "Century-year-old painter" Dai Ze series of iconic landscape paintings about Beijing.

This time, the house invited Mr. Dai Ze to present a number of Beijing landscapes drawn from 1950 to 1980 to show the romance of Beijing.

Fang Fang said: "I like "The Central Academy of Fine Arts (Old Academy of Fine Arts) at No. 5 Xiaowei Hutong, Wangfujing, Beijing" painted by Mr. Dai Ze the most in this group of paintings. One of those romantic places."

　　In order to show the "romantic" of Beijing, Fangfang used the "Moon Gate" that can be seen everywhere in Beijing as the connection of the exhibition, "This is the romance that can be seen everywhere in Beijing, and I use this romance to describe Beijing's works." From Dong Xiwen in 1958 From the sketches drawn for the Ming Tombs Reservoir Project in Beijing in 1999 to Wang Yuping’s sketches on Gulou East Street in 2022, the works of 39 artists from different generations gathered together to show their romantic memory and imagination of Beijing in differentiated styles .

　　This biennale will last until March 12, 2023.

During the three-month exhibition period, the Organizing Committee of the Biennale will also cooperate with many art institutions and major art schools in Beijing to present more than 20 activities for the audience, and hold lectures, forums and other forms of public education. activities to jointly create an artistic city atmosphere in the capital.

　　Voice of the year

　　How to understand the theme of "symbiosis"

　　Member of the Art Committee of the Biennale, Central Academy of Fine Arts

　　Zhang Zikang, curator of the art museum

　　"Holding the first Beijing Art Biennale in 2022 is not limited to showing the face of contemporary art in Beijing. The theme of 'Symbiosis-Digital Creativity and Ecological Civilization' proposed by this Art Biennale, on the one hand, covers ancient Chinese civilization, The exhibition content of various art forms such as red art and contemporary art presents Beijing's rich and diverse artistic outlook; on the other hand, it is also trying to integrate the spiritual core presented by these exhibitions into Beijing's cultural life and urban spirit—— This kind of attempt makes people see the novelty and sincerity of this Biennale."

　　Magic Square: "Mutual Reflection of Art and Literature"

　　Panel Curator Shen Boliang

　　"In the past year, everyone has worked together, dealt with various problems, experienced various challenges, and finally made such a large-scale exhibition happen, which just echoes the "symbiosis" of our biennale. The general theme. Each of our curators starts from their own different angles, expertise, and research fields to explore how human civilization, natural ecology, and digital technology coexist, which is an urgent issue for contemporary people. At the same time, as the 2022 For the first Beijing Art Biennale, we also hope to highlight the all-encompassing characteristics of the city of Beijing. Through different units, it presents a state of integration of history, present and future, bringing many details for the audience to explore. "

　　Text/Reporter Wang Lei Coordinator/Liu Jianghua

　　"Beijing Youth Daily" January 3, 2023, page A07