UCCA Beijing

ON | OFF: China's Young Artists in Concept and Practice

2013.1.13 - 2013.4.14

About

Location:  Great Hall, Central Gallery, Long Gallery, Nave

Chinese artists born after 1975 have grown up, toggling between extremes, in a rising society and globalized culture. The title ON | OFF, which comes from the graphical interface of a common VPN software used to scale China's Internet firewall, represents this binary condition at its simplest and most direct. Representing a striking diversity of practices and positions, this generation is the first to come of age in a post-Opening, post-Reform China, a group with instant access to information about artistic developments around the world and ample opportunities to travel abroad. Occupying all four exhibition spaces at the UCCA, ON | OFF is a large-scale group exhibition featuring the work of fifty young Chinese artists who together offer a collective portrait of this important generation. Co-curated by Bao Dong and Sun Dongdong. To be accompanied by two publications, a video documentary, and a series of public programs.

For more information, please read the "ON | OFF: China's Young Artists in Concept and Practice" press release.

Works in the exhibition

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Xin Yunpeng

No Problem

2013
PVC inflatable model, silica gel, pneumatic equipment
500 x 500 cm

Wu Junyong

7 o’clock

2012
acrylic on wood
270 x 260 x 120 cm

Birdhead

Today 2/3/4/5/6/7

2013
gelatin silver print, mahogany, python skin, chamois leather/gelatin silver print, mahogany, python skin, calf skin, velvet/gelatin silver print, mahogany, horsehide, velvet/gelatin silver print, mahogany, calf skin/gelatin silver print, mahogany, leather mounted with alligator skin, velvet/gelatin silver print, mahogany, leather mounted with pearl gourami skin, silk
100 x 78 x 6 cm/47.5 x 60.5 x 7 cm/78 x 65 x 12 cm/65.5 x 80.5 x 7 cm/80 x 60 x 8.5 cm/50 x 63 x 6 cm
Courtesy of Shanghart Gallery

Chen Wei

Mossy Room/Coins in Fountain Basin/Half of the Statue/Coins #1/Coins #2

2011/2011/2012/2012/2012
archival inkjet print/
150 x 180 cm/150 x 180 cm/150 x 180 cm/150 x 120 cm/150 x 120 cm

Chen Yufan and Chen Yujun

Mulan River | Home

2012
wooden board, books, corrugated paper, polyester foam, plexiglass, cotton rope
1000 x 890 x 52 cm
Courtesy of Boers-Li Gallery

Chen Zhe

Bees

2010-2012
photographs, letters, journals, dimensions variable
Funding for Bees was provided in part by The Magnum Foundation’s Inge Morath Award.

Chen Zhou

Muhammad Ali, Superman, and the Secret of Banana

2012
4-channel video, oil paintings

Ge Lei

Photography in China (1850s-1890s)

2012
Albumen-print carte de visite, elm showcase, acrylic, mirror carrier
96 x 136 x 48 cm x 3 pieces

Urban-Rural Fringe Group(Gong Jian, Li Jinghu)

Urban-Rural Fringe Group Prologue

2012
Fabric strips, resin, iron nail, acrylic on wood
Dimensions variable

Huang Ran

Maybe We Just Care About the Feeling of Caring

2013
Stainless steel, bubble machine, bubble soap, high-voltage generator
Dimensions variable

Jiang Pengyi

Everything Illuminates No.9/Everything Illuminates No. 10

2012
Archival inkjet print
251 x 180 cm

Jin Shan

A Brief History of Hooliganism

2012
4-channel video
10’28″

Lee Fuchun

B2B2C

2010-2012
Mixed media
Dimensions variable

Li Liao

Consumption

2012
Performance, ready-made materials
Dimensions variable

Cheng Ran

Existence Without Air, Food or Water

2013
Single-channel video
10’45″

Li Shurui

Heiqiao Tower of Babel

2012
wood, acrylic, marker, paint
412 x 244 x 136 cm

Liu Chuang

Untitled (Midnight Flight)

2013
Aluminum
750 x 285 x 280 cm
With support from Tang Contemporary Art Center

Lu Yang

UterusMan OP/UterusMan Posters

2013
Animation, music by SQUARELOUD (IDMONN x TUNELEE)/digital print, dimensions variable
Original design and layout by the artist, drawing by hhuuaazzii

Ma Qiusha

Oh, Be Sweet

2013
Polyethylene resin, animal furs, cutting machine, stainless steel
Dimensions variable

Qiu Xiaofei

Recurring

2012
oil on canvas/oil on canvas, wood/oil on canvas, wood, metal
300 x 400 cm/100 x 120 cm/141 x 100 x 46 cm/30 x 20 cm, 400 x 8 cm, 12 x 12 x 12 cm (metal head)
Courtesy of Boers-Li Gallery

Shang Yixin

By the Sea

2012
Iron, board, ETC lighting, plexiglass
Dimensions variable

Shi Wanwan

An Istanbul Painter

2010-2011
Text, sketches
18.2 x 25.7 cm x 55 pieces, 25.3 x 35.3 cm x 1 piece

Song Yuanyuan

Las Vegas/Public Area

2012
Oil on canvas
340 x 250 cm/250 x 180 cm

Wang Sishun

Uncertain Capital

2009
Coins
Courtesy of SO YOUNG COLLECTION

Wen Ling

One Day in My Life

2012
ink on paper
109 x 79 cm x 20 pieces

Xu Qu

It’s Not a Matter of Time

2012-2013
Black marble pedestal, coffee cup, plaster sculpture, stainless steel installation, bucket of purified water, fire axe, knife, 2 staff workers
Dimensions variable

Yang Jian

Sooner or Later, Lightning Will Strike Us All

2011-2012
Video installation, single-channel HD video
8’46″

Zhang Ding

Control Club

2013
High density board, metal support, speaker, bronze bell, power amplifier, sound console, frequency divider, telephone, wires
500 cm x 500 cm x 490 cm, 50 cm x 52 cm x 120 cm, 50 cm x 125.5 cm x 100 cm

Zhang Liaoyuan

Light Changed by Image

2012
Installation
Dimensions variable

Zhao Yao

Expectations of Form

2013
Performance, installation
Dimensions variable

Zhao Zhao

Repetition

2012
White marble, limestone
150 x 150 cm

Zhou Tao

Collector

2012
Video installation, single-channel HD video
18’37″

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