BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//EVDB//www.eventful.com//EN VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Landscape Topology: The Opening Exhibition of Magee Art G allery (Beijing) in Beijing\, China at Magee Art Gallery - Eventful BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20081018T000000 DTEND:20081206T000000 DTSTAMP:20081019T153554Z SUMMARY:Landscape Topology: The Opening Exhibition of Magee Art Galler y (Beijing) DESCRIPTION: Opening: 2008.10.18 Time: 16:00-19:00 Artists: Cui Xiu wen\, Dong Wensheng\, Gao Shiqiang\, Jiang Zhi\, Li Chao\, Li Xiaosong \, Ma Qiusha\, Tu Hongtao\, Wu Guangyu\, Zhao Zhao Curator: Su Wenxia ng Magee Art Gallery (Beijing) is a branch institute of Magee Art Gal lery (Madrid). The new space is located in the famous 798 Art District . Choosing this place shows the determination of Magee Art Gallery to enter contemporary Chinese art market. Magee Art Gallery (Madrid) is s ituated at C/Antonio Maura7-Bajo Izquierda\, Madrid\, Spain\, the muse um area of the city\, adjoining to the renowned museums\, Prado Nation al Museum and Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum. Magee Art Gallery (Beijing|M adrid) is dedicated to the exchange and promotion of Chinese contempor ary art in Europe and the world\, especially focusing on young emergin g artists\, with the goal of bringing a broader international vision o f Chinese contemporary art\, increasing the recognition of Chinese con temporary art among the Western public\, and facilitating the spread o f Chinese visual culture worldwide. Magee Art Gallery (Beijing|Madrid )\, with sincerity and determination\, takes full responsibility for t he artistic activities it is involved in and for its important linking role between collectors and artists in art field. Magee Art Gallery a ims to realize its values by playing an active role in promoting artwo rk for worldwide attention and recognition through support for and mut ual understanding with the artists. Magee Art Gallery takes as its pro fessional ethic to offer the collectors guidance in academic values an d reliable information on art market to ensure their maximum interests are met. And the Gallery is committed to the mission of presenting di verse Chinese contemporary art and enhancing the global understanding of Chinese culture through its daily efforts. Up until now\, Magee Ar t Gallery (Madrid) has organized a series of contemporary Chinese art exhibitions in Spain\, inviting Cao Fei\, Cui Xiuwen\, Dong Wensheng\, Gao Shiqiang\, Jiangzhi\, Li Qing\, Li Wei\, Qiu Zhijie\, Zhang Xiaot ao\, Han Lei\, Wang Yabin and Tu Hongtao\, etc\, who are young Chinese artists of a new generation. These exhibitions have created a sensati on in Spain. After Magee Art Gallery(Beijing)entered 798 Art District in May\, our first exhibition will be opened in October 18 after four months' preparation. The exhibition is named “Landscape Topology” and it invites young artists Cui Xiuwen\, Dong Wensheng\, Gao Shiqiang\, Jiang Zhi\, Li Chao\, Li Xiaosong\, Ma Qiusha\, Tu Hongtao\, Wu Guangy u and Zhao Zhao to participate. There are 13 works exhibited including painting\, photography and video installation. Magee Art Gallery (Bei jing) attempts to continue to devote itself to the development of cont emporary Chinese art through this exhibition with academic content\, u nique angle and young energy. Exhibition Introduction: Since the beg inning of the intentional description (appreciation and aesthetic port ray) of history by human beings\, landscape/nature has never been igno red. The creation of art in related to landscape later developed into a major category after the classification of art. As a very important part of the basic materials of artists\, landscape is described again and again. Because of its abundant linguistic meaning\, landscape was once used for metaphorizing social reality. It is often referred as la ndscape in close relation to people's participation result in a social meaning. In the field of contemporary art where conception is admired \, landscape often becomes a metaphor for conservative and inferior fo rce in the eyes of radical artists and is seldom mentioned. Even if it appears in some historical narration\, it is usually at the edge of h istorical analysis. As the opening exhibition of Magee Art Gallery (B eijing)\, the landscape discussed by “Landscape Topology” is not a pur e and single landscape in an absolute sense. However\, landscape/natur al environment occupy important length of writing in the structure of these works. What is obvious is that they are not creations with the i nitial intention to directly interpret “landscape”. Some of these work s are creations using natural landscape as media\; some discuss how to re-observe the landscape\; some directly use traditional and culture metaphorical natural landscape as materials for creation… “Landscape Topology” does not intend to evaluate every artwork from the angle of sociology or humanist criticism. This exhibition chooses works with vi sual expression of “landscape/nature” as the center of discussion. In the series of landscapes chosen or re-constructed by the artists\, hea ven and earth\, grass and trees\, and clouds and water form a topology picture about landscape. The changes in spatial structure and form an d visual differences include many contents of thought history that are often omitted. The discrepancy shown after the collective appearance of these works may help us search for those traces about landscape. \n LOCATION:Magee Art Gallery @ 798 Art District No 4 Jiuxianqiao RoadCha oyang District, Beijing, Beijing Beijing, China SEQUENCE:1224430554 UID:E0-001-016782449-0 URL:http://eventful.com/E0-001-016782449-0 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR