Organized by Redtory Museum of Contemporary Art, curated by the celebrated art critic Pi Daojian and the young scholar Yan Yong, the large-scale international art exhibition entitled “Being and Inking: Documenting Contemporary InkArt (2001-2016)”, will be launched on RMCA at the afternoon of June 5th, 2016. At the date of the opening ceremony, the renowned art critics Liu Xiaochun, Wang Huangsheng, Lu Mingjun, Hu Bin, Wei Xiangqi, and so on, will be invited to conduct an academic dialogue “The Ink Character in InkArt”.
This exhibition is the most important thematic exhibition of literature and artworks of contemporary ink arts after the exhibition “China: 20 Years of Ink Experiment(1980-2001)” launched 15 years ago on Guangdong Museum of Art and planned by Pi Daojian and Wang Huangsheng, the former head of GMoA. The artworks part of this exhibition is composed of 2 sections, Tianxia (“the world”) and Wanglai (“Departing-Arriving”), which are organized thematically into 5 units, “Savoring Hsiang”, “Viewing Tao”, “New World”, “Substance-Function” and “Circulation-Alternation”. The exhibits include works by 61 artists from America and Japan, as well as from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China. The curators believe that, since the turn of the 21st century, ink character, spirit and manner have manifested themselves into a variety of modern and contemporary approaches, which are a critical venture to discover “other modernities” in our time made possible by the cultural heritage of the East, through the reciprocal gestures of cultural gifting and the cross-referencing in the diverse cultural and historical context. The exhibition tries to reveal the diversity of contemporary arts from the perspective of Tianxia, and offer an understanding of various on-going changes in InkArt in the context of Wanglai, thus clearly showing the InkArt system and its development in the open, future-oriented and global vision of art.
The more than 60 exhibits includes paintings, digital video arts, installation and performance arts. Two installation-performance arts will be conducted on opening ceremony. For the first, the artist Sherman Lin will invite the curators, as well as some famous artists and critics with significant contribution to InkArt, to finish his work together; and the second is the artist Song Dong’s new work Blank Stele which is awaiting interaction with audiences. Taking place in 4 halls in Redtory Art District, the “Being and Inking” exhibition will also introduce as part of itself another special show “A Legacy of Ink Lui Shou-kwan 40 Years On”. Further, the literatures part of the exhibition includes records of important exhibition activities and artistic events, and selects documents of significant discussions of artistic criticism concerning the development of InkArt from 2001 to 2016.
During the exhibition period, The Organizer will hold another two academic dialogues, “The Contemporariness of InkArt” (by the end of June) and “On ways and senses of Circulation-Alternation and Substance-Function” (in the middle of July).
The exhibition will last until August 8.
Academic Schedule
Being and Inking – Documenting Contemporary Ink Art (2001-2016)
Sunday, June 5th, 2016
11:30， [E7 Gallery] The interaction of Blank Stele performance and installation
Guest: Song Dong
14:30，[Hall 1, RMCA] Academic Dialogue: The Ink Character in InkArt - Savoring Hsiang and Viewing Tao
Host: Pi Daojian
Guests: Liu Xiaochun, Wang Huangsheng, Lu Mingjun, Hu Bin, Yan Yong, Wei Xiangqi
17:00，[Hall 1, RMCA] Opening Ceremony
The behavior creation of The Wall
Guests: Sherman Lin, Pi Daojian, Wang Huangsheng etc.
18:00，[Hall 1, RMCA] Docent tour with curator
Guest: Pi Daojian
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Venue: Hall 1&2, Redtory Museum of Contemporary Art (RMCA), E7 Gallery, D6 Gallery (Redtory Art District, No. 128 Yuancun Siheng Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, China)
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由广州红专厂当代艺术馆（RMCA）主办、著名艺术评论家皮道坚和青年学者颜勇共同策划的大型国际艺术展览“天下•往来：当代水墨文献展（2001-2016）”将于2016年6月5日下午在红专厂当代艺术馆开幕，并邀请艺术评论家刘骁纯、王璜生、鲁明军、胡斌、颜勇、魏祥奇等艺术理论家出席以“当代水墨艺术的水墨性”为专题的学术对话会。
本次展览是继2001年广东美术馆，由皮道坚与时任馆长王璜生共同策划的“中国•水墨实验二十年：1980-2001”展览以来最重要的当代水墨艺术专题文献研究展。艺术作品部分则分“天下”、“往来”两大专题，下属“味象”、“观道”、“新世界”、“体用”、“通变”五个单元。参展的61位艺术家来自中国大陆、香港、台湾以及日本、美国等地区和国家。策展人认为，新世纪以来的当代水墨艺术是在东西方文化你来我往、相互馈赠、相互比较的纷繁视野及复杂的上下文关系中，由东方传统文化精髓为当代天下纷繁图景增添“另一些现代性”的重要途径。而此次展览试图从“天下”的视角揭示当代艺术存在的多样性，并在“往来”的情境中理解水墨艺术领域正在进行的各种变革，清晰地呈现出一个开放的、面向未来的、全球化视野的当代水墨艺术系统及其发展态势。
参展作品60余件，包括绘画、影像、装置、行为等艺术样式，其中开幕当天包括两场行为：其一为艺术家林学明的装置、行为艺术作品由艺术家本人邀请策展人及对当代水墨艺术发展有重要贡献的一些著名艺术家、批评家共同完成；其二为艺术家宋冬对新作《无痕碑》行为装置与观众互动。展览以四个互为呼应的展区单元来共同呈现60多位艺术家的作品。展览还将引入特别个案、香港艺倡画廊主办的“吕寿琨水墨传奇四十年”作为此次展览的一个组成部分。展览的文献部分收录2001-2016年与当代水墨艺术相关的重要展览活动和艺术事件，并遴要呈现艺术批评界关于当代水墨艺术的重要讨论。
主办方还将在展览期间举办以“当代水墨艺术的当代性” （六月底）及“当代水墨的通变与体用之思”（七月中）为专题的学术对话会。
展览持续到8月8日。
学术日程
天下•往来——当代水墨文献展（2001-2016）
2016年6月5日（周日）
11:30， [E7 馆] 《无痕碑》装置行为互动
嘉 宾：宋 冬
14:30，[1号馆] 学术对话：当代水墨之水墨性——味象与观道
主 持：皮道坚
嘉 宾：刘骁纯、王璜生、鲁明军、胡斌、颜勇、魏祥奇
17:00，[1号馆] 开幕式
《墙》现场行为创作
嘉 宾：林学明 / 众人
18:00，[1号馆] 策展人导览
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广州红专厂当代艺术馆 | RMCA 一号馆 / 二号馆 / E7馆 / D6馆
（广州市天河区员村四横路128号红专厂艺术区内）
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周二到周五 11:00 - 19:30
周六到周日 9:30 - 19:30
