Things From The Gallery Warehouse 4

Duration: 1PM-6PM. Feb 11– Mar 31， 2012.

Venue: ShanghART H-Space， 50 Moganshan Rd.， Bldg 18 Shanghai

Artists: Shi Qing， Li Pinghu

In past 3 years， the series exhibitions “Things from the gallery warehouse” presented large-scaled installation works that stored in the warehouse from ShanghART gallery. After celebrating traditional Chinese New Year， ShanghART Gallery is so pleased to present “Things from the gallery warehouse 4” to public.

The installation work “Plant Republic” by Shi Qing is a quite complicated and unique system since plant is created as ecological structure and organizational system. Seemingly disordered wood combinations build a sense of order. Video work “Flight Line” by Li Pinghu presented in the exhibition address an interest in the spaces between places and objects and between the work and the viewers. Hope it could bring viewers different thoughts and experience when they entering the space.

Shi Qing， born in 1969 in Baotou， Inner Mongolia， lives and works in Beijing. Recent exhibitions: Not long enough， Space Station， 798 Art District， Beijing (2010); Halfway House， Shi Qing Solo Exhibition， ShanghART Beijing (2009).

Li Pinghu (b. 1976) lives and works in Shanghai. Recent exhibitions: A Pile of Passion， ShanghART Gallery (2011); FIAC， Grand Palais， Paris， France (2010).

THE UPPER REGIONS – Wu Yuntie Painting Exhibition

Essay: Lin Hai

Opening: 16:00 - 18:00 / 11. 02. 2012

Duration: 10:00 - 18:00 / 11. 02. 2012 – 23. 03. 2012

Address: ANART. 2F， Building 13， 50 Moganshan Rd， Shanghai， 200060

Wu Yuntie barely makes his paintings according to sketches， photographs or other pictures. He has a very strong visual memory and unrestrained expressions in painting. Only when facing the canvas does he feel at ease. He always starts from a corner of the canvas following the flow of ideas， keeps adding or erasing forms and allows various images spread out themselves， finding their own spaces on the canvas. Therefore， his process approximates to the Surrealistic ‘a(chǎn)utomatic writing’. Once the brush starts to move， Wu Yuntie will intently follow his hand to proceed and enter an unexpected strange world， which is yet straight from the bottom of his heart. Thus the painting process is also the pro- cess for him to recognize， suspect or prove himself. As he said， such process carries a function of ‘self medical treatment’.

Compared with many selfcentered young artists， Wu Yuntie doesn’t present the restless psychological subject， the claustrophobic illusion and narcissistic sentiment in his paintings. Instead， the works have a private game nature as well as serious psychoanalysis. At the same time as he faces himself， he also points out the extrinsic root which creates the ego， so that his self-analysis includes criticizing and surpassing the reality. Wu Yuntie is no doubt more like a surrealist.

Extracted from A Surrealist in Post-industrial Age – Wu Yuntie Recent Works by Lin Hai

Apichatpong Weerasethakul: For Tomorrow For Tonight

Date: November 26th 2011-February 10th 2012 Venue: UCCA Middle Room

Curator: Jér?me Sans， UCCA Director

Assistant Curator: Joy Bloser

For Tomorrow For Tonight， a new installation by leading Thai film director Apichatpong Weerasethakul leads visitors through a cinematic narration of night. Night， a time for sleep， darkness and quiet， is the natural space for dreams and desires， a time as the art- ist says， “when you can’t see and your mind takes over.” Weerasethakul leads us with his subtle language of suggestion to consider a compressed reality of memory and dreams， which is both immediate and infinite. For Tomorrow For Tonight blends video， images and sound from three of his original films and one sound work to create an intensely lyrical atmosphere. The photographs that accompany the video works allow us to pause and contemplate these “frozen moments”， and the jarring sound evokes the stark contrasts found in contemporary Thailand. With a potency of imagery， Weerasethakul relies on feelings and abstraction rather than a linear narrative to draw the audience into the memory of a shared cinematic dream.

Apichatpong Weerasethakul， born in Bangkok in 1970， received his degree in architecture from Hon Kaen Univer- sity and his M.F.A. from the Chicago Institute of Art. He has been creating his own films since 1994. His numerous awards include the prestigious Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or (2010) for Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives， the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize (2004) for Tropical Malady， and many others. In addition to his films and art installations， Weerasathekul actively promotes independent Thai filmmaking through his company Kick the Machine， founded in 1999.

Original Singing and Dancing Poem The Painting of Four Beauties

Time: 2012/2/11-2012/2/14

Venue: NCPA-Theatre

Price: RMB 200/320/480/580/680/880 Tel: 400-610-3721; 6417 7845

The Four Great Beauties engraves on Chinese mind for more than a millennium and enriches Chinese descendants’ boundless imagination. Why can they emerge as the symbol of delicacy and beauty[.] This is not only because they are endowed with admirable looking， but also distinctive and legendary experience: their fates are closely linked with those of their states. Beauty is more than static features， arched eyebrows， piercing eyes and cherry-shaped lips， but rather dynamic options and choices.

Born in trouble times， when the Four Beauties either entice the enemies into trouble or save their nation out of imminent perils， the individual affection and their lives are reduced into the meaningless vacancy. What they leave are traces of solicitude and attachment toward their motherland， which warm and inspire numerous later generations， and trigger our endless associations in mind.

The recall on beauties reveals the query and deliberation raised by modern people. Is beauty eternal[.] If it is not， we should cherish beauty rather than destroy it. The vanishing of beauty is irresistible， what can do is to cherish. Youth is beautiful， time is beautiful， friendship is beautiful， and trust is beautiful...

The beauty starts from elegance， which turns into grandeur， and then pathos， and finally pageantry. Li Yugang is the watcher of beauty， and even the watcher of love. Without this faithful watch， the four distinctive styles of beauty are hard to be unveiled. The sentiments of our watcher are unleashed through five interlinked modern poems.

Music dance works display the beauty of beauties， while the modern poems express the beauty of Li Yugang as a beauty watcher， which are integrated via screen and stage， shadow and form， with a view to uttering his query for beauty differentiated from others.

Moonglow Cabaret February Hits Beijing -Swedish Super Band Opeth 2012 Beijing Concert

Time: 2012/2/11

Venue: TanGo

Price: RMB 300/380

Tel: 400-610-3721; 6417 7845

Opeth is a Swedish heavy metal band from Stockholm， formed in 1990. Though the group has been through several personnel changes， singer， guitarist， and songwriter Mikael ?kerfeldt has remained Opeth’s driving force throughout the years. Opeth has consistently incorporated progressive， folk， blues， classical and jazz influences into their usually lengthy compositions， as well as noticeable influences from black metal[1] and death metal， most notably in their early works. Many songs include acoustic guitar passages and strong dynamic shifts， as well as both death growls and clean vocals. Opeth rarely made live appearances supporting their first four albums; but since conducting their first world tour after the 2001 release of Blackwater Park， they have led several major world tours.

Opeth has released ten studio albums， three live DVDs， three live albums (two in conjunction with DVDs)， and two boxsets. The band released its debut album Orchid in 1995. Although their eighth studio album， Ghost Reveries， was quite popular in the United States， Opeth did not experience major American commercial success until the 2008 release of their ninth studio album， Watershed， which peaked at number twenty-three on the Billboard 200， and topped the Finnish albums chart in its first week of release.

World Violin Virtuoso Nigel Kennedy Asia Tour Concert 2011

Time: 2012/2/16

Venue: Beijing Exhibition Theater

Price: RMB 180/280/480/680/880/1080/1280 Tel: 400-610-3721; 6417 7845

For over twenty-five years， Nigel Kennedy has been acknowledged as one of the world’s leading violin virtuosos andis， without doubt， one of the most important violinists Britain has ever produced. His virtuoso technique， unique talent and mass appeal have brought fresh perspectives to both the classical and contemporary repertoire. He is the best selling classical violinist of all time.

Nigel Kennedy is a passionate Aston Villa fan and attends as many games as his schedule allows. He has one son， is married to Polish lawyer， Agnieszka， and they divide their time between homes in London and Krakow.

Sven Vath’s 30 Years Deejay Celebration Hits Beijing

Time: 2012/2/17

Venue: TanGo

Price: RMB 200/300

Tel: 400-610-3721; 6417 7845

With more than 30 years experience as a DJ， label owner， promoter and ambassador of the arts， Sven Vath is one of the most important protagonists of German music culture and one of its most respected ambassadors abroad. Cool DJ Agency is thrilled to announce that Sven Vath， will coming to Beijing to play a very special show at Tango Club on Friday， February 17， 2012

In honor of three decades spent behind the decks， the Cocoon founder will play a very special show in China. Sven Vath has always had a thing about themed parties—Cocoon’s summer residencies at Amnesia， for instance， have gone through concepts like Disco Invaders， Freakshow and Party Animals， all of which come with photo shoots that show what good sports Richie Hawtin and Ricardo Villalobos can be. Much like the 10 Years of Cocoon motif from 2009， the concept behind Vath’s trek across Asia is a commemorative one， honoring the three decades he’s spent behind the decks. Based on a lengthy post he wrote for Cocoon’s website， the milestone seems to have put Vath in a nostalgic mood. “I can vividly recall when I heard Kraftwerk for the first time in 1981 at the Dorian Gray，” he writes. “It literally blew my skullcap!”

Westlife Greatest Hits Farewell Tour 2012

Time: 2012/2/22

Venue: MasterCard Center (Formerly the Wukesong Arena) Price: RMB 288/388/488/588/1088/1288

Tel: 400-610-3721; 6417 7845

The Greatest Hits Tour is the twelfth concert tour by Irish boy band， Westlife. The tour， visiting the United Kingdom and Ireland， will support the group’s compilation album， Greatest Hits. When the tour is complete， the group will disband after performing for 14 years.

In October 2011， the group revealed plans for the release of a compilation album， spanning their entire career. Many media outlets speculated the band would tour the album. An official announcement was made on 18 October 2011， a mere week after ending their previous tour in Southeast Asia. On the statement released on the group’s website， it reported they would perform all 14 of their number one hits along with other favorites. After announcing the tour， tabloids rumored the band would breakup after their tour was done. On 20 October 2011， the members of the band made an official announcement of their disbanding. They responded:

“We see the greatest hits collection and the farewell tour as the perfect way to celebrate our incredible career along with our fans. We are really looking forward to getting out on the tour and seeing our fans one last time. We would like to thank our fans who have been with us on this amazing journey and are part of our family too. We never imagined when we started out in 1998 that 14 years later we would still be recording， touring and having hits together. It has been a dream come true for all of us.”