2008102020091112..8:35...
Past exhibition
Overview
LIU Ren
Feel-Traces 手感-轨迹, 2005
Manifold paper, water paper, pencil, glue, copy paper 蓝印纸，水彩纸，铅笔，签字笔，胶水，拷贝纸
Don Gallery is honored to present a local young artist Liu Ren’s solo exhibition “2008102020091112..8:35...” from December 18th, 2009 to January 31st, 2010. Distinct works of Liu Ren since 2005 will be exhibited.
After awarded Luo Zhongli Scholarship and Shanghai “Creative M50” Silver Award in 2007, this year Liu Ren’s new pieces of work are successively audacious and broad-minded, with a critical perspective on culture and social reality, which looks like utterance of respect to Dadaism. Fragile eggs as the pick of material, and the highly involved behaviors, jointly recount his personal memory of growth “full of mixed pain and hope”, living in the contemporary China facing the great crash of internationalization.
Liu Ren’s art has experienced phases from grand narration to care for individuals. The current plane paintings are in different context of discussion with his installation works in the past. And Liu’s interest has gradually shifted to the challenges and doubts of the meaning of language as a whole, and the transition of its relation with the daily existence of people. Meanwhile, Liu Ren found his new identity as a narrator in the process of continuous rehearsal, and finally emancipated himself from being an involved player “on the edge of collapse at every moment”, in the name of art.
After awarded Luo Zhongli Scholarship and Shanghai “Creative M50” Silver Award in 2007, this year Liu Ren’s new pieces of work are successively audacious and broad-minded, with a critical perspective on culture and social reality, which looks like utterance of respect to Dadaism. Fragile eggs as the pick of material, and the highly involved behaviors, jointly recount his personal memory of growth “full of mixed pain and hope”, living in the contemporary China facing the great crash of internationalization.
Liu Ren’s art has experienced phases from grand narration to care for individuals. The current plane paintings are in different context of discussion with his installation works in the past. And Liu’s interest has gradually shifted to the challenges and doubts of the meaning of language as a whole, and the transition of its relation with the daily existence of people. Meanwhile, Liu Ren found his new identity as a narrator in the process of continuous rehearsal, and finally emancipated himself from being an involved player “on the edge of collapse at every moment”, in the name of art.
Works
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LIU RenFeel-Traces 手感-轨迹, 2005Manifold paper, water paper, pencil, glue, copy paper 蓝印纸，水彩纸，铅笔，签字笔，胶水，拷贝纸 -
LIU Ren100 Notes 100个信息, 2008-2009Earthenware, sign pen, paper, 502 glue, slightly bigger than an eggshell 陶，签字笔，纸，502胶水，略大于一般蛋壳100个
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LIU RenIron Bowl 铁饭碗, 2006Aluminum lunch box, eggshell, sign pen 铝饭盒，蛋壳碎片，签字笔13 x 22 x 4 cm
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LIU RenNothing 空, 2008Pencil on paper 纸上铅笔12 x 25 cm x 12 x 12 cm x12
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LIU RenWhite Matrix 白色方阵, 2005Formboard, half of an eggshell, sign pen, glue 模型纸板，半个鸡蛋壳，签字笔，胶水5 x 5 x 4 cm (box）, 100 eggshell 5 x 5 x 4 cm (盒子）100个蛋壳
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LIU Ren365's Annoyance 365天的烦恼, 2005-2006Exercise book, mark pen, glue, cardboard, English examination paper 练习簿，签字笔，胶水，硬板纸，英语考卷22.3 x 18.5 x 360 cm
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LIU RenGreat Effort 真功夫, 2007-2008Paper, mark pen 草纸，签字笔21.5 x 17.1 cm
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