Rumination
Qu Guangci

Exhibition period: September 18 – October 11 2008
Mon – Sat 11am – 7pm
(Closed on Sunday and Public Holidays)

Exhibition @ Tang Contemporary Art
Unit B-28, Silom Galleria Plaza
919/1 Silom 19 Road, Bangkok 10500 Thailand

EXHIBITION BACKGROUND

With the diluting historical mission of political image, China is vigorously displaying, in rapidly changing stage, great achievement to the public by hosting Olympic Games. It seems that neither has the past supreme authority, nor the historical conflicts concerning ideology and political views have already gone away. Then how to review and interprete again all such beautiful things in peaceful order? Sculptor Qu Guangci expressed his idea in the new show, “Rumination”.

Rumination, the special digestion of ruminant mammals such as cow and sheep, etc, refers to vomiting the food digested firstly in stomach back into mouth for re-chewing. As for people, we ruminate the understanding of political and ideological concept, for it is necessary to rethink and recall the special occasions when the seemingly past and digested idea comes into mind. In current context, although the daily life seemingly has nothing to do with politics, there is always a hidden and invisible huge power of “pan-politics” influencing social ideology. Take the Beijing Olympic Games hosted in full swing for example. This seemingly ordinary thing is connoted with much political significance of ideology.

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A.W.C.
A contemporary photography exhibition by Ralf Tooten
Curator: Josef Ng

Exhibition Duration: August 14 – September 6 2008

Exhibition @ Tang Contemporary Art - Bangkok
B-28 (Basement), Silom Galleria
919/1 Silom 19 Road, Bangkok 10500 Thailand
Mon – Sat 11am – 7pm
(Closed on Sunday and Public Holidays)

NOTE: This exhibition is in partnership and co-sponsored by the German Embassy, Goethe Institute Thailand, Ulrike Crespo Foundation and Helvetia Wealth / Switzerland.

In the exhibition, simply titled after the series, there is symbolic as well as humanist photography on view with each subject averaging around 3-4 shots. Looking through the images closely, one obvious commonality is that all faces are being covered – masked, for lack of a better word – with various clothing fabrics. Ski masks, t-shirts, sun hats & glasses etc, there is a direct approach pertaining to the subject being photographed. As fanciful yet unassuming in how the people create ways to hid part of their heads and faces, the absolute beauty lies simply on the clear accessibility unleashed by the photographer’s click. As renowned German author/essayist Roger Willemsen expressed, “The accomplishment of this stunning series lies in its recognition of the workers’ creative will; bringing them together and highlighting their uniqueness and dignity.”

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Radiancy
Feng Zhengjie
3 April - 30 April 2008

Radiancy is a solo exhibition chronicling past and present aspects of the artistic odyssey of Feng Zhengjie, one of the most recognisable names in Chinese Contemporary Art today. With innumerable participations in international expositions, both group and solo, Feng has gained a formidable reputation for his visual metaphor towards the flashy, commercial nature of modern China.

Rather than a retrospective in nature, this project is more of an overview representation of the artist’s oeuvre, dating back 16 years when he assembled his first complete series of paintings. To date, Feng Zhengjie has created more than 7 series of artworks and some of the reputable ones include “Romantic Trip”, “Butterfly in Love” and “China Series”, the last of which he is still continuing to produce.

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surFACE: in transit
Ling Jian
27 February - 25 March 2008

Ling Jian was born in Shandong Province, China in 1963. He graduated from Qinghua University Art College, Beijing in 1986. Later, He has spent more than 15 years in Europe, before returning to Beijing to set up a studio. He now straddles between Beijing and Berlin. His recent solo exhibitions include “Last idealism”, Gallery Volker Diehl, Berlin and “Red Vanitas”, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong, both were held in 2007.