{"id":11662,"date":"2012-11-16T07:54:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-16T07:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.randian.art\/?p=11662"},"modified":"2023-04-27T07:57:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T07:57:10","slug":"what-atypical-represents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.randian.art\/zh-hant\/what-atypical-represents\/","title":{"rendered":"What \u201cAtypical\u201d Represents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cMagnanimity \u2014 a Collection of Atypical Works by 21 Chinese Artists\u201d<\/strong> (group show)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

White Box Museum<\/a> <\/strong>(798 Art District, No.2 Jiuxianqiao Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing).  Sep 9 \u2013 Oct 7, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the vast majority of contemporary artists, finding one\u2019s personal style and distinct aesthetic may be the only possible path towards success \u2014 even if style and distinctiveness are not sought by the artists themselves. Yet the exhibition \u201cMagnanimity \u2014 a Collection of Atypical Works by 21 Chinese Artists\u201d rejects this  conception by displaying the atypical works of some 21 artists. However, the title word \u201catypical\u201d has yet another level of significance (whether the curator agrees or not): that some artists have already established a \u201ctypical\u201d style or program. It is likely that exhibiting one\u2019s atypical or unusual works manifests self-confidence on a different level \u2014 since one\u2019s \u201ctypical\u201d works have already secured their place in the hearts of the masses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artists participating in the exhibition have included various practices in contemporary art, but all have also undertaken a change in medium, which one can imagine as some sort of \u201ccameo appearance.\u201d Ma Liuming and He Yunchang did not present archival videos of their performance art \u2014 not the \u201cFen\u2013Ma Liuming\u201d (1993) or the \u201cOne Rib\u201d (2008) that we all know \u2014 but instead produced a mixed-media painting (\u201cUntitled,\u201d 2012) and sculpture (\u201cHongtashan,\u201d 2008) respectively. Although such forms are atypical for the artists personally, this shift is quite common for Chinese performance art in general. In fact, Ma Liuming has long since stopped engaging in performance art, with his recent creative efforts devoted to painting; thus, painting has instead typified his recent work. Indeed, the transformation from the relatively avant-garde and experimental form of performance art to the more conservative art form of painting is not necessarily the result of artists\u2019 personal ideas; this transition better reflects the tastes of collectors and the structural changes in the ecology of art (such an argument that could be explored further elsewhere).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, atypical works are perhaps better at revealing the inner truths of artists as well as their familiar objects (like, for instance, Lu Zhengyuan\u2019s \u201cMagnify\u201d [2012], where the background is in fact the residential district of Fangzhouyuan near the Central Academy of Fine Art in Beijing). Or they could reveal the subconscious thought processes of the artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the \u201catypical\u201d here is not entirely so. For instance, Li Zhanyang\u2019s \u201c(Large) Rocking Chair\u201d (2007) is quite different from his other works like \u201cBonsai Human\u201d in terms of the concepts and the elements of the human body used: they remind one immediately of where they will be placed after they are collected. Zhao Nengzhi\u2019s wooden sculpture \u201cNo. 6\u201d (2012) also appears to be cut from the same cloth as his other paintings, all using the bloated head as a theme\/motif. Although the medium has switched from painting to sculpture, neither the medium nor the production appeared to have posed any serious problems within contemporary art. Similarly, viewers familiar with Miao Xiaochun\u2019s works will easily find that \u201cDeath Victorious Once More\u201d (2009) can hardly be called one of his \u201catypical\u201d works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The intended audience of this exhibition is likely those immersed in the art world; only with the knowledge of the typical works of these artists can one detect the discrepancies the curator attempted to present with these atypical works. Thus, \u201caytpical\u201d pinpoints certain phenomena and contradictions: on the one hand, well-established artists will perhaps discover new possibilities. Such \u201catypical\u201d works in recent years will be a safe journey of discovery for them, whereas it would still seem early for emerging artists to participate in such an exhibition. In the selection of exhibited works, there aren\u2019t many thematic connections, but the exhibit is about exhibiting an unfamiliar side of those with whom we are so familiar. Hence, the exhibition should be conceived as an exhibition of the artists, and not of their works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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