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‘Overpop’ a dialogue on contemporary art
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IN the wake of its successful Giacometti show, and just weeks ahead of a highly anticipated Warhol exhibit scheduled for October, Yuz Museum is hosting “Overpop,” a multi-media showcase of works from 20 contemporary artists.
Opened in 2014, by Chinese-Indonesian entrepreneur, philanthropist and collector Budi Tek, the Yuz Museum hasn’t wasted any time establishing itself as one of the most exciting new additions to Shanghai’s art scene. Situated on the West Bund, the museum was designed by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto and built on the former site of the Longhua Airport.
The concept for “Overpop” comes from the renowned American art expert Jeffrey Deitch, who advised Tek and helped curate this ongoing show.
Incorporating works in the Yuz Collection and the curatorial dialogue derived from them, this exhibition features nearly 20 Eastern and Western artists and presents around 60 new art works in a variety of media created after 2010. The list of participating artists includes He An, Liu Yefu, Alex Israel and Helen Marten, who are defining new contemporary aesthetics and extending their vision through painting, sculpture, film and performance. The show incorporates the historical tradition of Pop Art in addition to responding to the accelerated spread of digital imagery.
“Their work embodies an intensification of the Pop tradition, portraying an enhanced reality. These artists are responding to the impact of the Internet on the visual environment, but their work is more than ‘post-Internet’,” explained Deitch, who is also one of the two curators of the exhibition.
Deitch has been involved with modern and contemporary art for more than 40 years as an artist, writer, curator and gallerist. His exhibition of Andy Warhol’s portrait in Hong Kong in 1982 was the artist’s first exhibition in China. Deitch also presented the first American gallery show of Shanghai artist Chen Zhen in 1996, and while at the Museum of Contemporary Art, he curated a major exhibition with Cai Guoqiang.
The show’s other curator is Karen Smith, a Chinese contemporary art expert who has been based in China for over two decades. Deitch selected artworks from artists based in the US and Europe, while Smith curated pieces from artists based in China. Seen together, the exhibition can be read as a dialogue of sorts between the two experts.
“‘Overpop’ emphasizes precision of craft and execution. The artist’s hand is generally subsumed within an aesthetic of industrial and artisanal fabrication techniques,” said Deitch.
According to Smith, the exhibition was realized after two year’s of effort by Tek and his team, which included numerous studio visits, extensive fieldwork and intellectual dialogues with artists.
“It is with confidence that these works can be displayed at the Yuz Museum, where they can be described as arguing for the complexities of this era,” said Tek.
Date: Through January 15, 10am-9pm (Tuesday to Sunday), 10am-12pm (Friday and Saturday)
Address: 35 Fenggu Road
Admission: 80 yuan
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