In Shanghai in June, the resumption of work and production went hand in hand with epidemic prevention and control. Although the art galleries in Shanghai are still closed, the "cloud" activity has never stopped. Since June, many offline exhibitions have been restarted, and it is expected that they will meet the public soon.
"We will aggregate the collections of brother art institutions, integrate our resources and work closely together to form a Shanghai art pattern, create a big scene and plan a big exhibition." Sean, curator of China Art Palace (Shanghai Art Museum), told The Paper Art Review.
It is reported that the exhibitions independently planned by Shanghai’s major art museums in the second half of the year rely on their collections, including The Chinese Art Palace (Shanghai Art Museum) "Picture Story and Great Wisdom Painting-Centennial Exhibition of He Youzhi’s Birthday", Shanghai Liu Haisu Art Museum "Hundred Rivers Returning to the Sea-110th Anniversary Exhibition of Shanghai Fine Arts College" and Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art (PSA) "10th Anniversary Collection Exhibition".
China Art Palace (Shanghai Art Museum) Exhibition Hall
He Youzhi’s works
Since March 11, various art galleries in Shanghai have been temporarily closed one after another, which has been nearly a hundred days. Over the past 100 days, how has the art museum continuously produced digital content to provide healing and nourishment for citizens living at home during the epidemic? How to continuously research and prepare for the new exhibition?
The Paper Art Review recently interviewed China Art Palace (Shanghai Art Museum), Liu Haisu Art Museum, Shanghai Oil Sculpture Academy Art Museum, Shanghai China Painting Academy Art Museum, Cheng Shifa Art Museum, Pearl Art Museum, etc., to see how they cope with the uncertainty and how to prepare for the resumption of opening.
Planned and continuously updated online activities
The blowout development of the "Cloud" Art Museum was after 2020, when the Spring Festival suddenly closed, so that the cultural feast originally prepared by the Art Museum for the public had to come online, resulting in panoramic exhibitions, live guided tours, online public education and other "Cloud" art projects.
Since then, while launching offline exhibitions and activities, the art museum has also cooperated with the promotion of online projects and normalized the online. After more than two years of construction, the "Cloud" Art Museum has long been not simply presenting the exhibition in three dimensions, but giving full play to the respective advantages of online and offline, and paying more attention to depth, breadth and richness on the "online".
Therefore, when the museum is closed again in 2022, there will be more layout and planning for online projects. Taking the China Art Palace (Shanghai Art Museum) as an example, three sections were created during the closing period, namely, "Art starts to see", "Art starts to learn" and "Art starts to travel", so that the citizens who are "at home" under the epidemic situation can feel the warmth and poetry of the cultural tourism service. On June 10th, Sean, curator of China Art Palace (Shanghai Art Museum), also held a live guided tour of Shanghai-style art works.
Sean, curator of China Art Palace (Shanghai Art Museum), gave a live guided tour.
Public activities of China Art Palace (Shanghai Art Museum) before its closure.
Since 2021, Shanghai Liu Haisu Art Museum has successively launched online columns such as "Xiao Su Shuo Exhibition", "Su Dian" and "Su Shuo". Among them, "Xiao Su Shuo Exhibition" directly hits the scene of the art museum through the most popular short video form, and makes a comprehensive interpretation and appreciation of the exhibition theme and exhibited works with narration, which brings an audio-visual experience to the audience who cannot visit the art museum in person.
During the lock-up period, relying on the collection of ancient works of art, the "Little History of Art: Air Workshop" was newly launched, and the online art healing project was jointly launched with the School of Psychology and Cognitive Science of East China Normal University to relieve psychological pressure through painting.
Shanghai Oil Sculpture Academy Art Museum has expanded its online art gallery category and launched albums such as "Classic Review of Oil Sculpture Academy". The Art Museum of China Painting Academy and Cheng Shifa Art Museum have also been improving their online aesthetic education during the three months since they closed. Further sort out the collection resources and key exhibition projects, and dig deep into academic research results. Six online exhibitions were launched through the official website, and cloud exhibitions, cloud teaching courses and calligraphy appreciation were promoted on the WeChat WeChat official account platform.
In addition to the original online exhibitions and lectures, Shanghai Pearl Art Museum launched two series of online lectures in early April, namely, "PAM Art Begins to Read Paintings", "PAM Love Shanghai" and "PAM Tour Art History", which are constantly being updated. At that time, we can look at the city and art from the perspective of "travelers" while staying at home.
"Whether it is the impact of the epidemic, the help of 5G technology, and the rise of the concept of’ meta-universe’, the art museum has paid more attention to the development of both offline and offline positions. But in the final analysis, the function and mission of the art museum is still to produce knowledge, inspire wisdom, cultivate sentiment and develop’ beautiful productivity’. " Li Dandan, director of Shanghai Pearl Art Museum, said, "However, face-to-face with the original works of art and the exchange of emotions and ideas between people are hard to be completely replaced by digital technology. Looking forward to the haze of the epidemic as soon as possible, we can not only continue to provide nutritious content for everyone online, but also receive everyone offline. "
Epidemic prevention and disinfection during the exhibition of Shanghai Pearl Art Museum
The disrupted extension and uncertainty are the biggest challenges.
The Pearl Art Museum originally planned to launch a new exhibition "Long-term Design: Thinking and Practice" in March, but the exhibition is expected to be postponed to July due to the closure of the epidemic. The concept of "Long Life Design" was put forward by Oka Xianming, a Japanese design activity parent. He said, "We should treat things with care and understand the value of things that can stand long-term use. "Although the epidemic has forced the exhibition to be postponed, I think this project has a new context, and everyone will have the opportunity to re-examine’ one device, one thing’,’ one vegetable, one meal’, rediscover the charm of’ regional design’, re-feel’ cherishing things’ and’ long love’, and learn a lot of fresh and concrete concepts and methods." Li Dandan said.
"Long-term design" selection
The exhibition will also be a dialogue designed by Japanese and China. Some works of the exhibition need to be transported from Tokyo to Shanghai. These works were still on the way when the Art Museum was temporarily closed on March 11th, and later they were stranded in the Shanghai warehouse of the logistics company because of static management. "This makes us very worried about the damage or loss of our works. Fortunately, the problem was solved later. Because our librarians were all locked at home, the security guards who were left behind in the art museum finally received the works on March 29. " At present, "Long-term Design: Thinking and Practice" is being exhibited, but an international exhibition originally scheduled for the end of the year has to be cancelled because it has been uncertain about the extension period.
Sean also mentioned to "The Paper" the trouble of the exhibition schedule of China Art Palace (Shanghai Art Museum): "This epidemic has disrupted the original exhibition and related activities, and adjustment is inevitable. Several important exhibitions will basically be postponed, some of which involve borrowing works from other art institutions, such as two exhibitions, Shanghai Modern Art Works and Shanghai Modern Calligraphy Works, as well as related exhibitions that have delayed artists’ creation due to the epidemic, such as the exhibition "Opening the World-Chinese Creation Myth". "
"The Art Museum of China Painting Academy has been closed for renovation since the end of 2021, and the overall impact is not great. However, the Cheng Shifa Art Museum originally planned to launch the’ Shanghai Chinese Painting Research Exhibition’ in July, which is expected to be postponed to the first half of next year; Another important case study project, Xie Zhiliu and Chen Peiqiu Art Exhibition, is scheduled to be launched before the end of this year. " The relevant staff of Shanghai China Painting Academy said.
During the closing period, the museum staff still studied and studied in various ways, and strengthened the combing and research of the collected works of art. The staff of Shanghai China Painting Academy and Cheng Shifa Art Museum are promoting the combing and research of Shanghai-style Chinese painting and Shanghai local art creation.
The exhibition site of Shanghai China Painting Academy Art Museum last year.
In 2017, the exhibition hall of "There are so many beauties in Jiangshan", the permanent exhibition of China Art Palace.
The Chinese Art Palace (Shanghai Art Museum) will continue the exhibition form of "the moon, grown full now over the sea" and "There are so many beauties in the country" based on collection research, and will continue to launch exhibitions focusing on collections in the future. "At the same time, for several existing important exhibitions, we will further deepen the curatorial plan and make dynamic plans in terms of work adjustment and budget control." Sean said.
Heavyweight exhibitions are already in preparation and will be unveiled in the second half of the year.
This year marks the 110th anniversary of the establishment of Shanghai Fine Arts College. Liu Haisu Art Museum and Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts jointly sponsored the "China Modern Fine Arts Education Context Exhibition", and the "Hundred Rivers Returning to the Sea-110th Anniversary Exhibition of Shanghai Fine Arts College" is scheduled to be exhibited in September. "As the annual exhibition of Liu Haisu Art Museum, the exhibition is characterized by reviewing the history and development characteristics of Shanghai Fine Arts College on the basis of combing the context of modern fine arts education in China and tracing the origin of the development of Shanghai-style art, so as to explore the significance and influence of Shanghai Fine Arts College in the development of modern fine arts education in China." Bao Weihua, curator of Liu Haisu Art Museum, said.
According to reports, the exhibition will focus on the experience of Liu Haisu Xiasanyo and its significance. A special section will be set up to show the bright stars in the history of modern art education in China and the development of Shanghai Fine Arts College (including Lv Fengzi, Guan Liang, Wu Fading, Wang Jiyuan, Chen Hengke, Zhang Xian, Wang Geyi, Qian Shoutie, etc.). Among them, the collection "The Handwritten Instructions of Li Ruiqing’s Commandments to Students" will be publicly exhibited for the first time.
Li Ruiqing’s Handwritten Instructions to the Students (Partial) Liu Haisu Art Collection 1908-1910
As a derivative exhibition to commemorate the 110th anniversary of Shanghai Fine Arts College, Liu Haisu Art Museum will hold "Muqin Career-Literature Memorial Exhibition of Ding Quan’s 130th Birthday" (tentative name) at the end of 2022. "Ding Quan was the first provost of Shanghai Fine Arts College, a pioneer of Shanghai visual culture, a practitioner of commercial culture and a leader of urban culture in the Republic of China. By observing the literary ecology at that time through his diverse identity, we will be able to obtain more vivid details about the development of the’ Shanghai School’ culture. " Bao Weihua said, "The audience can get a glimpse of the origin and grand occasion of the new culture of Shanghai School."
Ding quan’s comic manuscript
A few days ago, Shanghai was selected as one of the three projects in the Catalogue of Exhibition Season of National Art Museum Collection in 2022 published by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and the exhibition of 110th Anniversary of Shanghai Fine Arts College is one of them, and the other two Shanghai Contemporary Art Museums, the exhibition of 10th Anniversary Collection of Shanghai Contemporary Art Museum and the exhibition of He Youzhi’s centenary birthday, are the Chinese Art Palace (Shanghai Art Museum).
He Youzhi painted himself (album)
After the Chinese Art Palace (Shanghai Art Museum) resumed its opening, in addition to the existing "There are so many beauties in the country" and "the moon, grown full now over the sea", it also prepared two new exhibitions, "Notes on the Magic Capital" and "Endless Fangfei". The former is a large-scale work that shows the theme of Shanghai in these years, while the latter is a selection of paintings with quiet and cheerful themes in the collection, among which there are many masterpieces by Lin Fengmian, Zhao Wuji and Wu Guanzhong. The works of these two exhibitions can give visual pleasure and spiritual comfort to the audience affected by the epidemic.
Jiang Mei, vice president of Shanghai Oil Painting Sculpture Institute, said: "The main exhibitions to be completed this year include four of the six exhibitions of Shanghai Oil Painting Sculpture Institute’s Sculpture Academic Series Exhibition, Welcome to the Top 20-Shanghai Oil Painting Sculpture Institute’s Special Exhibition, Changing Environment-Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Women’s Paintings in the Yangtze River Delta, and the public education project" Early Mang Plan ".At present, the related work of these exhibitions is progressing in an orderly manner. Once informed by the superior that the Art Museum will be reopened, the first exhibition will be the 6th Shanghai Oil Painting Sculpture Institute Sculpture Academic Series Exhibition-Unknown: Yuan Kan’s solo exhibition, which is also the first exhibition of this sculpture academic series exhibition, followed by the’ Early Mans Plan’. "
Exhibition is a continuous and collaborative work. It can be seen from the exhibitions published at present that under the uncertainty, the art museum began to look inside and dig out rich exhibition and public education models from the research of its own collections. Starting from its own characteristics, it also curates independently from different angles, creating more artistic beauty in the limited.
Attachment: Li Ruiqing’s "Handwritten Instructions for Commandments to Students"(Horizontal screen appreciation is recommended)
