As a prologue to UCCA’s upcoming 2013 exhibition “ON | OFF: China’s Young Artists in Concept and Practice,” SEE / SAW presents many of the individual artists to be included in ON | OFF within the context of Chinese contemporary art’s most recent collaborative efforts. For this iterative project, which examines the production processes and decisions involved in creative collaborations, fourteen invited artist groups will rotate in and out of a shared space. Selectively juxtaposed, the collectives each independently conceive week-long exhibitions, many of which occur outside of their allotted space. In focusing on the concept of the “group,” SEE / SAW explores notions of co-dependence and reaction, and viewers are encouraged to observe how the exhibition’s weekly reincarnations may or may not play off one another.

Participating collectives include Double Fly Art Center, A Diaodui, Museum of the Unknown, Zuzhi, North Village Independent Workshop, Irrelevant Commission, 8mg, TOF, Art Praxis Space, LVXIAO, Nanshan Painting Group, GUEST, Hexie Baroque, and Cell Art Group.

Throughout the ON | OFF exhibition period, UCCA will hold a series of public programs in which different artists and collectives are invited to join dialogues themed around ideas of self-organization and self-expression.

On December 18th, we invited young artists fromNan Shan Painting Group, LVXIAO, and Three Minutes Art Groupto our join our dialogue, hosted by curator Sun Dongdong.

This series is sponsored by Mercedes smart

Nan Shan Painting Group

Nanshan Painting Group, formed by He Chi, Hu Liu, and NingHaoxiang in Beijing in 2011, is a collective that is devoted to producing and researching paintings. As a reference to the questions “what to paint” and “how to paint,” this exhibition focuses on the questions “what to look at” and “how to look at it.”

LVXIAO

Founded in Beijing in 2002, LVXIAO is an open artist collective that organizes art salons, parties, and exhibitions. For this exhibition, the collective presents a self-curated group show of small paintings, drawings, and prints. The collective at present comprises twenty members: LüXinni, Wen Ling, Wang Xiaobing, LuoChenyang, Lü Dali, LüYifei, Jiao Jian, TianDongming, Liu Xing, Gao Feng, Zhu Hui, Li Jun, Teri Gele, Liu Xiao, Liu Bo, CengZiheng, Li Yan, Yao Jianjiang, and Li Xiang.

He Chi (Nan Shan Painting Group)

Wen Ling (LVXIAO)

Chen Zhou (Three Minutes)