China News Service, Beijing, March 10 (Reporter Ying Ni) The large-scale solo exhibition "Keep Out" by the artist duo Craig & Karl was officially opened to the public in Beijing on the 9th, with more than 100 dazzling works covering 2,000 square meters. In the large exhibition hall of square meters, the colorful colors make every visitor unable to help but jump for joy, turning Beijing Times Museum into a fantasy paradise in an instant.
"Keep Out" exhibition site.
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Craig and Carl are an international artist duo whose creations involve design, illustration, animation and art installations. They convey subtle ideas and delicate emotions in a playful way. They are famous for their bold colors and innovative visual language. , known as the "Color Magician".
The name of this exhibition is "INSIDE OUT", which is translated as "Don't See Outside" in Chinese. It has a humorous pun meaning and literally means "You are welcome, please feel free to do so". On a deeper level, it hopes that the audience can relax and enjoy themselves. exhibition.
In this exhibition, the artist created a mini golf course with an area of nearly 500 square meters in the Beijing Times Museum. The audience can actually play golf in the space, participate in interactions, and experience the fun of the game through the interaction of art installations.
The audience can also shuttle between "zooming in" and "zooming out" to see familiar daily objects being "familiarized" and observe the world from another perspective.
In the "Zoom-Up" exhibition hall, the artist moved his creative studio to the Times Museum in Beijing. Objects on the table, such as pencils and water glasses, were enlarged to unusual scales. As a result, ordinary objects became strange and mysterious, allowing the audience to explore them. Artist's daily creative life.
In the "shrinking" exhibition hall, the artist got inspiration from traditional Chinese architecture, imitating archways and stone pillars to create a colorful courtyard-like space, shrinking the huge building complex into the exhibition hall.
"Keep Out" exhibition site.
Photo courtesy of Beijing Times Museum
The "You and Me" exhibition hall presents the artist's classic series of portraits. People of different countries, races, and genders have their own colors and shapes, showing the diverse and inclusive side of the world.
In the world premiere work "Island" at Times Museum in Beijing, the artist placed the Chinese cultural elements dragon and panda on his own colorful island to express his blessings for the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese Lunar Calendar.
At the same time, the 4-meter-high giant gesture sculpture "Peace" stands in the exhibition hall, conveying the artistic ideal of optimism, positivity, and harmony.
Liu Weiwei, executive deputy director of Times Museum, said that for public art, its "intrinsic value" is the artistry and aesthetics of the work itself, while its "external value" is being seen. "We hope to put art The inner beauty is presented externally to everyone, establishing emotional connection and resonance.”
A giant hand gesture sculpture called "Peace" at the "Keep Out" exhibition.
Photo courtesy of Beijing Times Museum
It is reported that the exhibition will last until May 26.
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