2019年“退火”,
攀登当代艺术界的“珠穆拉玛峰”
2019年12月03日
2019年11月3日,上海玻璃博物馆当代艺术项目“退火”的本年度展览正式开幕。今年,上海玻璃博物馆非常荣幸地邀请到了两位艺术家——孙逊和朴庆根(韩国),以玻璃为主线进行创作。在H18当代艺术馆内,两位艺术家分别为我们呈现两个名为《塞上(下集)》和《我是我的镜子》的精彩个展。
当日下午五点,艺术家论坛在新落成的穆拉诺西餐厅二楼举办,上海玻璃博物馆馆长张琳、项目艺术总监李力、本年度“退火”合作艺术家孙逊和朴庆根(韩国)出席了本次见面会。张琳馆长表示,往往以日常姿态出现的玻璃与当代艺术的相融令人振奋,并对年轻的“退火”项目寄予厚望。李力女士指出,“退火”不仅是艺术家为玻璃这一传统材料赋予新概念的过程,也是打破了当代艺术界限的尝试。孙逊表示,突破自我知识结构与经验认知,将自我想法融入玻璃创作是一个狼狈又有趣的过程,也是对于心理的巨大挑战与考验。朴庆根和观众们分享了参与“退火”时因文化差异发生的一些趣事,玻璃成为了他从私人化视角探讨女性角色的切入点。
当日晚间,上海玻璃博物馆广邀各行各业媒体嘉宾、业内闻人及艺术爱好者们欢庆这个时刻,一同先行参观本年度“退火”大展。随后,声音艺术家王长存、音乐人pink; money、ollo-MAM的现场表演将活动气氛炒至深夜,开幕派对画下圆满句点。
“退火”,作为践行博物馆使命的项目,不仅致力于为公众呈现以“物”的视觉欣赏为导向的展览,更希望能为公众带来引发思考、触动灵魂的体验。突破自我,超越极限,上海玻璃博物馆将不断邀请更多艺术家在作品中植入各种生命力,进而攀登当代艺术界的“珠穆拉玛峰”。
Opening of Annealing 2019
December 03, 2019
On November 3, 2019, Annealing 2019, the contemporary art project of Shanghai Museum of Glass was officially opened. The Museum was honoured to invite two artists, SUN Xun and Kelvin Kyung Kun PARK (Korea), to create under the mainline of glass. As a result, in the Contemporary Art Hall 18, two artists brought their solo exhibitions, Frontier Part II and Double Mirror respectively.
At 5 pm, the Artist Forum was held on the second floor of the newly renovated Murano Café & Restaurant. The Museum Director ZHANG Lin, the Art Project Director Lise LI, and the two artists in collaboration of Annealing 2019, SUN Xun and Kelvin Kyung Kun PARK attended the Artist Forum. Mr. ZHANG Lin mentioned that the fusion between glass, a usually mundane material, and contemporary art would be intriguing, and expressed his great expectations on the young Annealing Project. As Lise LI argued, the Annealing Project was not only a process of giving new concept on glass as a traditional material, but also breaking the boundary of contemporary art. SUN Xun noted that breaking the knowledge structure and experiential cognition, and blending one’s own ideas into glass creation is a process awkward yet interesting, a great challenge to artist’s mentality. Kelvin shared the anecdotes of cultural difference during the Annealing Project with the audience; therein glass has become the start point of a private perspective of looking into female characters.
In the evening, Shanghai Museum of Glass hosted the media, professional audience and art lovers to enjoy the opening, previewing the yearly Annealing Exhibition together. After the preview, the performance by sound artist WANG Changcun, musician pink; money and ollo-MAM brought the audience a lively after party until late night, and the opening ended successfully.
As a project applying the museum’s mission, Annealing aims to not only presenting object-focused and visually pleasant exhibitions but also bringing a thought-provoking and soul-touching experience to the public. Out of the comfortable zone and beyond the limits, Shanghai Museum of Glass will keep inviting more artists to plant vitality to artworks, and then to climb the highland of contemporary art.