新闻稿: “微征集”项目
Press Release: Micro Curatorial Project

“微征集”项目由杨锋艺术与教育基金会主办，旨在通过向海内外征集小规模的展览方案来反映当代艺术多元化发展，也映照如今互联网里各种“微”平台，寓互联网精神于此。同时，“微征集”希望提供机会并辅助新锐策展人实践他们独特的理念，为艺术家、批评家等艺术界人士提供一个展示与思想碰撞的平台。

“微征集”项目的专业评审团名单包括英国艺术评论家及策展人、OCAT西安馆的执行馆长凯伦•史密斯（Karen Smith）；OCAT深圳馆艺术总监刘秀仪（Venus Lau）；中国活跃的艺术评论家与独立策展人鲍栋、华南师范大学美术学院讲师、艺术家段建宇和杨锋艺术与教育基金会创始人、收藏家杨锋。这次评审团的主席由凯伦•史密斯（Karen Smith）担任。

评审从创意、策展思维、原创性，可行性和本地与国际化等方面综合评估、甄选方案，希望能够选出独立开放、具有实验精神的展览计划。此次项目征集共收取30份来自美国、英国、俄罗斯、意大利、波兰、中国等国家的方案，其中有效方案18份。目前，该项目已进入评选的最后阶段。入围名单（共九名，以字母顺序排名）包括卞卡（中国大陆）、Dasha Birukova（俄罗斯）、Franz Thalmair（奥地利）、Goedele Bartholomeeusen（意大利）、Hanna Laura Kaljo（英国）、Micol Di Veroli （意大利）、Sagi Refael（美国）、叶启俊（中国香港）和郑念缇（中国大陆）。

凯伦•史密斯（Karen Smith）表示首届杨锋艺术与教育基金会“微征集”项目收到了来自世界各地诸多策展人的选题。这一方面反映了当下中国在国际艺术领域的积极参与度，同时也表明了类似项目在推进国际交流合作方面具有潜力。基金会在建立的第一年中便获得了如此之多富有抱负的策展人的关注，这一成绩着实令人欣慰。非常有信心并期待评审团将选出一个同时体现基金会与“微征集”策展项目价值的方案。

最终入选方案的获选者将于7月中下旬公布。基金会将全力支持入选方案的执行，展览计划在今年秋季于南海意库有空间举行。
 

评审团

凯伦•史密斯（Karen Smith）

凯伦•史密斯是一位英国艺术评论家及策展人。作为中国当代艺术重要的国际推介者，凯伦从1992年定居中国以来一直致力于中国当代艺术的研究。她对中国当代艺术不同时期发展状态的客观呈现，为中国当代艺术家撰写的专著，以及在国内国际专业刊物上发表的大量文章都已成为国际社会了解中国当代艺术的重要渠道，包括2008年出版的《九人传：新中国先锋艺术的诞生》；2012年开始的 《发光体：亲历中国当代艺术现场》系列书籍；2013年，凯伦接受德国Taschen出版社的邀请，担任《Art Now Volume 4》中国部分的作者。
 
凯伦曾在中国及世界各地为中国当代艺术策划过多项群展和个展，包括展览“醍醐”（上海外滩美术馆，2013）、“目耳计划”（北京今日美术馆，2009），“微妙” （北京站台中国，2008）、大型群展“The Real Thing”（英国泰特利物浦美术馆，2007）、“国人：中国当代摄影和录像艺术”（德国沃尔夫斯堡艺术博物馆，2004）等，以及艾未未、刘小东、徐若涛、贾蔼力等众多当代艺术家个展；2005年，凯伦成为OCAT深圳馆的学术顾问，并于2012年被任命为OCAT西安馆的执行馆长。

刘秀仪 （Venus Lau）
 

刘秀仪是一位在深圳、北京生活和工作的策展人和作者，目前担任OCAT深圳馆艺术总监。她曾获得CCAA中国当代艺术奖评委提名奖，其获奖方案对中国语境下机构批评的策略进行反思，同时探讨了物性和本体论在艺术中的纽带。刘秀仪曾在北京尤伦斯当代艺术中心主持策划“不明时区三部曲”，该系列展览呈现了黄汉明、寇拉克里·阿让诺度才和梁慧圭三位艺术家的个展项目，探讨了地缘政治之外的时间性。此外，刘秀仪还曾策划群展“事件的地貌”，发掘中国土地与艺术之间的关系。刘秀仪曾与康喆明合作在香港Para/Site艺术空间策划展览“rites, thoughts, notes, sparks, swings, strikes. a hong kong spring”，并曾编辑《曹斐：锦绣香江》和《张培力：确切的快感》等艺术出版物。

 

段建宇
 

段建宇，中国青年艺术家，1970年生于河南，1995年毕业于广州美院油画系，现为华南师范大学美术学院讲师，工作生活于广州。她曾于2010年获得CCAA最佳艺术家奖。近期展览包括《杀、杀、杀马特》（维他命空间，2016年）、CCAA中国当代艺术15年（上海当代艺术博物馆，2014年）、《醍醐：段建宇、胡晓媛双个展》（上海外滩美术馆，2013年）。

 

鲍栋

鲍栋是中国活跃的艺术评论家与独立策展人，现工作生活在北京。从2005年进入中国当代艺术界至今，他的评论文章广泛见于国内外艺术期刊，批评文集以及艺术家专著；他曾为众多国内外艺术机构策划展览，其中包括UCCA北京尤伦斯当代艺术中心、朱拉隆功大学艺术中心、广东时代美术馆、上海民生现代美术馆等等；2014年，他荣获亚洲文化协会（ACC）艺术奖助金；同年成为国际独立策展人协会（ICI）独立视野策展奖候选人。同年，他发起并联合创办了《中国当代艺术研究》学刊。

他近期展览实践主要包括：“ON | OFF：中国年轻艺术家的观念与实践”（ UCCA北京尤伦斯当代艺术中心，2013年，联合策展）、“积极空间”（广东时代美术馆，2014年）、“第三世界的世界III”（朱拉隆功大学艺术中心，2014年）、“语言亭”（上海民生现代美术馆，2016年）。2016年他发起了以手机端移动平台为基础的“文化馆”艺术计划，以及旨在支持当代影像艺术家的电影短片项目“艺术家的电影”。

 

杨 锋

中国青年收藏家，于2015年初在香港创立杨锋艺术与教育基金会，着力推动当代艺术收藏、研究与教育。现是UCCA北京尤伦斯当代艺术中心赞助理事会成员及香港Para Site好友。

Micro Curatorial Project_Press release

Presented by Frank F.Yang Art and Education Foundation, Micro Curatorial Project aims at reflecting diversity in the development of contemporary art through an open call for small scale exhibition proposals, a project that resonates with the various “micro” platforms on the internet and its allegorical significance of being an information hub. Meanwhile, Micro Curatorial Project hopes to provide an opportunity to the new and emerging curators in executing their unique concepts and a platform for artists and art critics to exhibit their works and spark new ideas.

The jury for this edition of Micro Curatorial Project, chaired by Karen Smith, art critic and curator, executive director of the Xi’an OCT Art Terminal, include art director of the Shenzhen OCT Art Terminal, Venus Lau; art critic and independent curator, Bao Dong; lecturer of the Art Institute of The Huanan Normal University, Duan Jianyu and collector and founder of the Frank F. Yang Art and Education Foundation, Frank Yang.

The evaluation on the proposals takes creativity, curatorial concept, originality, feasibility, relevance to the local and international contexts into consideration, in hoping to discover an exhibition project that is open-minded, independent and experimental in spirit. We have received more than 30 proposals from the U.S., U.K., Russia, Italy, Poland and China, out of which, 18 are complete proposals. As of now, the project has entered its final phase. The curators who have entered the final round of selection are (listed in alphabetical order), Bian Ka (Mainland China), Dasha Birukova (Russia), Franz Thalmair (Austria), Goedele Bartholomeeusen (Italy), Hanna Laura Kaljo (U.K.), Micol Di Veroli (Italy), Sagi Refael (U.S.), Yip Kai Chun (Hong Kong) and Zheng Nianti (Mainland China).

Karen Smith, the chairperson of the jury, says: “The first curatorial call for the Frank  F.Yang Foundation has drawn submission from a diverse group of individual curators located in many different part of the world. In part this reflects the level of China’s current engagement with the international art world but it also reveals the potential for this type of project to further that engagement. It is a credit to the foundation that within its first year it has gained a profile deserving of attention of many aspiring curators. I am confident the jury will select a project worthy of the effort that has gone into creating both the foundation and the curatorial project so far.”

The finalist and his/her proposal will be announced at the end of July. The foundation will provide its full support in the execution of this proposal, and the exhibition will be presented subsequently at the You space (Nanhai E-Cool) in the coming fall.

 

The Jury

 

Karen Smith

 

Karen Smith is a British art critic and curator, an avid promoter of Chinese Contemporary art. Since her relocation to China in 1992, Karen has been devoted in the research of this field. Her presentation on the status of development of contemporary Chinese art in its various phases, her publications on the works of the artists, as well as the large volumes of texts published on international periodicals have become a critical channel for the world to learn about Chinese contemporary art. Her works include, Nine Lives: The Birth of Avant-Garde Art in New China; the book series, As Seen: Notable Works by Chinese Artists. In 2013, Karen has accepted the invitation of the German publisher Taschen, to be the contributor for Art Now Vol.4. on China.

 

Karen has organized and curated numerous group and solo exhibitions on Chinese contemporary art in China and around the world, that include, A Potent Force: Duan Jianyu and Hu Xiaoyuan (Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, 2013), Eyes and Ears (Today Art Museum, Beijing, 2009), Subtlety (Platform China, Beijing, 2008), The Real Thing (Tate Liverpool, U.K., 2007), The Chinese: Photography and Video Art from China (Kunst museum, Wolfsburg, 2004), as well as solo exhibitions of contemporary Chinese artists such as Ai Weiwei, Liu Xiaodong, Xu Ruotao, Jia Aili. In 2005, Karen became an academic advisor for the Shenzhen OCT Art Terminal, and was appointed the executive director of the Xi’an OCT Art Terminal in 2012. 

 

Venus Lau

 

Venus Lau is a curator and writer based in Shenzhen, where she is artistic director of OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, and Beijing. She won the Chinese Contemporary Art Award jury's prize with her proposal to rethink strategies of institutional critique within a Chinese context while exploring the links between ontology and objecthood in art. She is the curator of the “Secret Timezones Trilogy” at Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (Beijing), an exhibition series comprised of solo presentations by Korakrit Arunanondchai, Ming Wong, and Haegue Yang, exploring alternative temporalities. Lau also curated "Digging a Hole in China", a group exhibition on the relationship between art and land in China. She co-curated “rites, thoughts, notes, sparks, swings, strikes. a hong kong spring” with Cosmin Costinas at Para Site, Hong Kong. She is the editor of publications including Cao Fei: Splendid River and Certain Pleasures: Zheng Peili Retrospective.

 

Duan Jianyu

 

Born in 1970 in Henan Province, Duan Jianyu is a Chinese artist that graduated from the oil painting department of the Guangzhou Art Academy. She currently is a lecturer of the Art Institute of the Huanan Normal University. Her recent exhibitions include, Sharp, Sharp, Smart (Vitamin Creative Space, Guangzhou, 2016); CCAA: 15 Years of Contemporary Chinese Art (PSA, Shanghai, 2014), A Potent Force: Duan Jianyu and Hu Xiaoyuan (Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, 2013).

 

Bao Dong

 

Bao Dong is an art critic and independent curator based in Beijing. In contributing essays to the artistic dialogue and other forms of involvement, Bao has established himself as a leading curator and critic of work by the new generation. His articles have been widely published in art journals and artist monographs both at home and abroad. He has curated many exhibitions for a wide range of art institutions including Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, the Art Center of Chulalongkorn University, Guangdong Times Museum, Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum, etc. He was awarded Asian Cultural Council (ACC) fellowship grant in 2014, and became a nominee of Independent Curators International’s (ICI) 2014 Independent Vision Curatorial Award. In 2014, he initiated and co-founded Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art Studies, an annual academic publication with a special focus on facilitating alliance among art professionals and non-profit art institutions across the country.

 

His recent exhibition experiments include, ON | OFF: China’s Young Artists in Concepts and Practice” (UCCA, 2013, group exhibition), Positive Space (Times Museum, Guangzhou, 2014); The World III in the Third World (The Art Center of the Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 2014); Linguistic Pavilion (Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, 2016). In 2016, he launched the art project “Wen Hua Guan”, an online platform through mobile phone portals, as well as the “Artist’s film project” aimed at supporting contemporary video artists making short films.

 

Frank F. Yang

 

Frank F. Yang is a young Chinese collector, who founded the Frank. F. Yang Art and Education Foundation in Hong Kong in early 2015. Devoted in promoting the collection, research and education of contemporary art, Yang is a member of the board of trustees of the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art and FRIEND and patron of the non-profit organization, Para Site.