James Cohan Gallery Shan-SANTA'S WORKSHOP SHANGHAI
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James Cohan Gallery Shanghai
SANTA'S WORKSHOP SHANGHAI
James Cohan Gallery Shanghai
1/F, Building 1, 170 Yue Yang Rd.
(Between Jianguo Xi Rd. and Yong Jia Rd.)
RSVP: +86 21 54660825
Email: Judy Zhu at jzhu@jamescohan.com
Capturing the imaginations of children, and in the spirit of Christmas, Santa's workshop has officially announced its relocation from the North Pole to Shanghai. In an effort to help Santa Claus keep up with the global demand for new and usual gifts, a selection of special editions by artists, Ai Weiwei, Francis Alÿs, Olaf Breuning, Pawel Althamer, Mariko Mori, among others, published by the prestigious critical art journal Parkett Editions, as well as works by Shanghai-based Yang Zhenzhong and Xiao Jun presented by Shopping Gallery will be on view. A special Christmas boutique has been set up inside the gallery, showcasing works made by artists such as Laurie Anderson, Carsten Höller, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Luc Tuymans, Zhao Bandi that cross over various disciplines like fashion, design and music. Also included in this show will be legendary American artist Vito Acconci's large kaleidoscopic puzzle Blown-Up Baby-Doll and a series of silkscreened laser discs by the ground-breaking pioneer of video art Nam June Paik.
Vito Acconci's Blown-Up Baby-Doll, 1993
As a centerpiece to this exhibition is Shi Jinsong's motorized, stainless steel Christmas tree. Shi's tree, titled Design 2007•Merry Christmas, turns the traditional holiday symbol into an ominous and elaborately embellished potential weapon. In addition, the gallery has commissioned artists Chen Wei, Guo Hongwei, Li Shurui, Liang Yuanwei, and Qiu Xiaofei to create Santa's Post Office with handmade Christmas cards—drawings, photographs, collages—which revisit the special moment when the celebration of Christmas, and the huge consumption of Christmas cards, by young Chinese was initially deemed as major components of massive western cultural imports in the late 1980s. Visitors will also be able to write and send cards directly to Santa's workshop using an edition of special postcards which will be available during the exhibition.
Bill Owens's Untitled, 1972
Other works on view will include a Richard Hamilton-inspired silkscreen print by Shanghai-based artist Yu Youhan and photographs from the 1970s by the American photographer Bill Owens, whose images of American suburban life (and during the holiday season) have become cult classics. Two extraordinary contemporary tapestries by Fred Tomaselli and Beatriz Milhazes, debuted at this year's ShContemporary fair, will also be on view.
Shi Jinsong's Design 2007•Merry Christmas
James Cohan Gallery Shanghai
SANTA'S WORKSHOP SHANGHAI
James Cohan Gallery Shanghai
1/F, Building 1, 170 Yue Yang Rd.
(Between Jianguo Xi Rd. and Yong Jia Rd.)
RSVP: +86 21 54660825
Email: Judy Zhu at jzhu@jamescohan.com
Capturing the imaginations of children, and in the spirit of Christmas, Santa's workshop has officially announced its relocation from the North Pole to Shanghai. In an effort to help Santa Claus keep up with the global demand for new and usual gifts, a selection of special editions by artists, Ai Weiwei, Francis Alÿs, Olaf Breuning, Pawel Althamer, Mariko Mori, among others, published by the prestigious critical art journal Parkett Editions, as well as works by Shanghai-based Yang Zhenzhong and Xiao Jun presented by Shopping Gallery will be on view. A special Christmas boutique has been set up inside the gallery, showcasing works made by artists such as Laurie Anderson, Carsten Höller, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Luc Tuymans, Zhao Bandi that cross over various disciplines like fashion, design and music. Also included in this show will be legendary American artist Vito Acconci's large kaleidoscopic puzzle Blown-Up Baby-Doll and a series of silkscreened laser discs by the ground-breaking pioneer of video art Nam June Paik.
Vito Acconci's Blown-Up Baby-Doll, 1993
As a centerpiece to this exhibition is Shi Jinsong's motorized, stainless steel Christmas tree. Shi's tree, titled Design 2007•Merry Christmas, turns the traditional holiday symbol into an ominous and elaborately embellished potential weapon. In addition, the gallery has commissioned artists Chen Wei, Guo Hongwei, Li Shurui, Liang Yuanwei, and Qiu Xiaofei to create Santa's Post Office with handmade Christmas cards—drawings, photographs, collages—which revisit the special moment when the celebration of Christmas, and the huge consumption of Christmas cards, by young Chinese was initially deemed as major components of massive western cultural imports in the late 1980s. Visitors will also be able to write and send cards directly to Santa's workshop using an edition of special postcards which will be available during the exhibition.
Bill Owens's Untitled, 1972
Other works on view will include a Richard Hamilton-inspired silkscreen print by Shanghai-based artist Yu Youhan and photographs from the 1970s by the American photographer Bill Owens, whose images of American suburban life (and during the holiday season) have become cult classics. Two extraordinary contemporary tapestries by Fred Tomaselli and Beatriz Milhazes, debuted at this year's ShContemporary fair, will also be on view.
Shi Jinsong's Design 2007•Merry Christmas
Nam June Paik's a series of silkscreened laser discs
Ai Weiwei's A Flyer Swatter
Ai Weiwei's A Flyer Swatter
Visitors could buy these Christmas Card designed by artists and send the cards to their friends.
A Black Board in hands of Artist Yan Zhenzhong
