Metamorphosis: Huang Zhuan Memorial Invitational Exhibition Opens

2017-04

"Metamorphosis: Huang Zhuan Memorial Invitational Exhibition" is in memory of the founder of OCT Contemporary Art Terminals (OCAT) and art historian and Professor Huang Zhuan (1958-2016). The exhibition opening of April 13th, 2017 marks one year since he passed away. The exhibition was initiated by four artists Wang Guangyi, Zhang Xiaogang, Sui Jianguo, and Wang Youshen to show 28 pieces of works from 18 artists. These works have their sources from Huang Zhuan's most representative curatorial practice and academic research since mid-1980s, and are exhibited in OCAT Shenzhen, in condolence of "an idealist who marched against his times in his life". The exhibition runs until June 4th of 2017. The invited artists include: Wang Guangyi, Wang Youshen, Wang Luyan, Fang Lijun, Feng Feng, Lu Hao, Zhu Jia, Xiang Jing, Wang Jianwei, Zhang Xiaogang, Zhang Chunyang, Jiang Jie, Gu Dexin, Xu Tan, Zhan Wang, Sui Jianguo, Zeng Hao, Wei Guangqing.

Artworks shown are the most important works of each participating works. In the view of the organisers, the motivation of this exhibition comes from "some kind of value judgement and purpose of living epitomised by Huang Zhuan". "Each artist has spoken or written in length to interpret our artworks to public in the past, but for this occasion, all of these seem to retreat to the back of our emotion. Upon deciding to organise this exhbition, each artist contributed the most important key work to the show, unconditionally." In this sense, the organiser of the exhbition should be Huang Zhuan himself. 

Your Body by Xiang Jing participates in the exhibition. This work was shown in "Jiang Hu - A Survey Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art" (2006, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York), organised by Huang Zhuan, and also is regarded as one of artworks of transitional significance by Xiang Jing. 

The images on the right are 1) Huang Zhuan and Xiang Jing at the opening of the "Jiang Hu" exhibition in 2006 in New York; 2) Huang Zhuan, Xiang Jing and friends at New York Central Park; 3) Xiang Jing at the opening of "Metamorphosis" in 2017 in OCAT in Shenzhen.