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艺术季在标志性的市中心拉开帷幕 2022-12-25
The ongoing RanRan Art Season in downtown Shanghai showcases more than 50 artworks by 23 artists. It will run through Feb 5, 2023.
The 2022 RanRan Art Season kicked off in the landmark area of Xintiandi in downtown Shanghai on Dec 3, with a series of exhibitions and public events, which will run through Feb 5, 2023.
It was jointly presented by the area and art institution UCCA.
The Xintiandi community has been a center of fashion lifestyle and commerce in the city over the past two decades.
In August, the place's operator Shui On Xintiandi announced the collaboration with UCCA to start the three-year RanRan project that nurtures and supports young contemporary artists through a series of competitions, residency programs, art seasons and cross-over collaborations.
The art season is presenting the fruits of the project — RanRan: Songs of the Return — showcasing more than 50 artworks, created by 23 artists, in the outdoor public spaces of the area.
It has hosted events themed "created in China" over the years, and held a variety of campaigns and scholarship programs to provide support for young artists, according to Zhang Bin, CEO of the area's developer and operator.
"We hope the project can provide a long and sustainable platform for young artists to exhibit and communicate with the public, and with our joint efforts, we will help them to access more international resources and 'fly higher and farther'," he says.
Toward that purpose, 11 renowned artists, scholars and industry leaders were invited to form the jury panel for this year's RanRan Young Artist Prize. Three winners are Yang Mushi, Tan Quanquan and Xin Yunpeng.
The ongoing RanRan Art Season in downtown Shanghai showcases more than 50 artworks by 23 artists. It will run through Feb 5, 2023.
Their artworks are on display alongside other creations from all 15 shortlisted artists.
These works of digital art, installations and an interactive game device are showcased in one of the area's historical buildings that encapsulates Shanghai's shikumen architectural style that first appeared in the city in the 1860s. Shikumen literally means "stone-framed gate".
Also featured are three artists in residence who have been invited to spend four weeks observing and working in the area from September.
Among them is Yin Yi, a 44-year-old from Shanghai who prefers to present his visual arts with music as a melodic background.
He has invited an amateur band of retirees to play live music every day during the exhibition.
As visitors stroll through the artworks, old-time melodies are played on the saxophone, guitar and flute.
An occasionally missed note can remind people of hearing music-loving neighbors practicing an instrument on their balconies.
The art season also consists of new site-specific artworks created for the community by five groups of artists. Scattered in the central square, back lanes and street corners, these artworks invite visitors to touch, look and play with them.
The landmark area's development plan integrated the early 20th-century shikumen architecture with contemporary urban lifestyle and fashion elements, as well modern features and facilities.
According to Zhang, one of the planned areas strategically covers a space of 1.2 square kilometers, connecting the People's Square and Yu Yuan Garden.
As a mixed-use area in the heart of the city, with historical and cultural significance, as well as a strong connection to Shanghai's urban spirit, the community is an experimental field for the arts and an open environment for young artists to present their works and explore interdisciplinary experimentation, Zhang says.
Source: China Daily
