Parkview Green Museum is pleased to announce the opening of the exhibition “CHALLENGING BEAUTY – Insights of Italian Contemporary Art”, featuring the most representative works of Mr. George Wong’s Italian Contemporary Art Collection. The exhibition curated by the internationally acclaimed curator and art historian Lorand Hegyi and will be held from July 16th.
“CHALLENGING BEAUTY – Insights of Italian Contemporary Art” is unique in its reflection of the complex, fascinating and eclectic Italian artistic practices from the 1960s to the present, which will be presented a number of fundamental works of artists from 4 generationsspanning artistic movements of Arte Povera, Transavantgarde, New Roman School, as well as artistic positions of younger generations which emerged during the 1990s and 2000s.
The exhibition “CHALLENGING BEAUTY – Insights of Italian Contemporary Art” does aspire to present the richness, the complexity and the eclectic, multifaceted nature of contemporary Italian art and to demonstrate the strong and widespread impact artists from these generations have had on a global level.
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▣Exhibition Information
Title | CHALLENGING BEAUTY – Insights of Italian Contemporary Art |
Curator | LorandHegyi (Director of Le Musée d'art moderne de Saint-Etienne) |
Artists | Roberto Barni，AlighieroBoetti，Paolo Canevari，PizziCannella，GuglielmoCastelli，Bruno Ceccobelli，Sandro Chia，Francesco Clemente，EnzoCucchi，Gianni Dessi，Giuseppe Gallo，UgoGiletta，JannisKounellis，FeliceLevini，Nicola de Maria， Carla Mattii，Mario Merz，Aldo Mondino，Nunzio，MimmoPaladino，Marina Paris，Giuseppe Penone，Michelangelo Pistoletto，PierluigiPusole，Salvo，Maurizio Savini， Mario Schifano，Francesco Sena，Marco Tirelli |
Opening | July 16, 2016 (Sat.) 15:00 pm
Gianni Dessi, Giuseppe Gallo, Marina Paris, Ugo Giletta
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Duration | From July 16, 2016 (Sat.), Opening Hours 10:00 ~ 19:00 Everyday，Free admission |
Venue | Parkview Green Museum L10, D Tower, Parkview Green, No.9 Dongdaqiao Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China +86 10 5662 8568 | www.parkviewgreenexhibitionhall.com |
Contact | Exhibition Part: Park Songyi (+86 10 5662 8553, songyi.park@parkviewgreen.com) Media Part: Zhang Meng (+ 86 10 5662 8565, meng.zhang@parkviewgreen.com) |
【Academic Colloquium】
CHALLENGING BEAUTY– Insights of Italian Contemporary Art
July 15, 2016 (Fri.) 16:00pm，ParkviewGreenMuseum
[ Theme 1 ]Sensitivity of History and Place of Creation
The importance of historical time andspace specificity in artistic development
Italian contemporary art during the1980s and 1990s
[ Main Topics]
Universalism—Genius Loci
[ Theme 2 ]Revisiting the Narrative of Contemporary Art
The new generations of the 2000s
Global narratives and tradition
[ Main Topics ]
Contemporaryhistorical development (global perspectives, internationalization of art) andthe existential condition of the individual in contemporary society.
Newperspectives and new possibilities in contemporary art.
[ Moderator ]
Lorand Hegyi (Director of Le Musée d'art moderne deSaint-Etienne)
[ Discussants ]
Shao Yiyang (邵亦杨, Deputy Dean and Professor ofSchool of Humanities, Central Academy of Fine Art)
Wang Duanting (王端廷, Research Fellow，Chief of the Section of Foreign Fine Arts，Institute of Fine Arts，Chinese National Academy of Arts)
Zhang Gan (张敢，Deputy Dean and Professor of Academy of Arts& Design, Tsinghua University)
Gianni Dessi(Artist)
Giuseppe Gallo(Artist)
Ugo Giletta(Artist)
Marina Paris(Artist)
LorandHegyi, born in Budapest in 1954, is one of the foremost European curators and art historians.
Currently the director of Le Musée d'art moderne de Saint-Etienne, he is the former director of the Museum ModernerKunst / Ludwig Foundation, Vienna, and founding director of the new Centre for Contemporary Art in Naples, il Palazzo delleArti (PAN).
Hegyi is a respected art historian and art critic specialized inmodern and contemporary art in Central and East Europe as well as in theItalian and French art scene. He curated several exhibitions for leadingartists from Central and East Europe (such as Roman Opalka, IlyaKabakov,BracoDimitrievic, Marina Abramovic, ZdenekSykora, KarelMalich,Laszlo Feher, TamasHencze, Hermann Nitsch, Günter Brus, Franz West, Lois Weinberger)as well as Italian and French artists (such as Michelangelo Pistoletto,AlighieroBoetti, Bertrand Lavier, Jean-Pierre Reynaud, Claude Viallat,Jean- Marc Bustamante and Anne et Patrick Poirier).
His exhibitions include: “The Coexistence of Art: Central EuropeanContemporary Art” (Venice Biennale in 1993), "Abstract/Real - Reference: Malevich, Duchamp,Beuys" (Vienna,1996),"The House, the Body, TheHeart - Construction of Identities" (Vienna, 1999),"Concepts of Space"(Barcelona,2002), "Solares: TheIdeal City or the Optimism" (Valencia Biennial, 2003), "Settlements: Search for PossiblePlaces" (Saint-Etienne, 2004), "PassageEurope: Art from Central and East Europe" (Saint-Etienne, 2004), “The Giving Person”(Napoli, 2004), “Micro Narratives” (Belgrade, SaintEtienne 2007), “Islands Never Found”(Saint Etienne, Geneva, Thessaloniki 2012), “Intriguing Uncertainty- Contemporary Drawings” (Saint-Etienne2016) .
Beside hiscuratorial activity, he wrote numerous books and articles about contemporaryart and cultural criticism focusing on the social and political context ofartistic praxis in Central and East Europe as well as on the anthropologicaldiscourse of contemporary art. His publications include: "NewSensibility - Change of Paradigm in Contemporary Art"(Magreto, Budapest 1993), "RomanOpalka's Places" (Prestel, Passau 2000), "The Courage to Be Alone - Re-inventing of Narratives inContemporary Art" (Charta, Milano 2004), “Fragility of Narratives” (Skira, Milano 2008), “Central European Art” (Silvana, Milano2011, “Contemporary Art on Show” (Silvana, Milano 2012), “RomanOpalka’s Universalism” (Aragno, Torino 2015), “Significant Uncertainty” (Hapax, Torino 2016).
Parkview Green Museum is pleased to announce the opening of the exhibition “CHALLENGING BEAUTY – Insights of Italian Contemporary Art”, featuring the most representative works of Mr. George Wong’s Italian Contemporary Art Collection. The exhibition curated by the internationally acclaimed curator and art historian Lorand Hegyi and will be held from July 16th.
“CHALLENGING BEAUTY – Insights of Italian Contemporary Art” is unique in its reflection of the complex, fascinating and eclectic Italian artistic practices from the 1960s to the present, which will be presented a number of fundamental works of artists from 4 generationsspanning artistic movements of Arte Povera, Transavantgarde, New Roman School, as well as artistic positions of younger generations which emerged during the 1990s and 2000s.
The exhibition “CHALLENGING BEAUTY – Insights of Italian Contemporary Art” does aspire to present the richness, the complexity and the eclectic, multifaceted nature of contemporary Italian art and to demonstrate the strong and widespread impact artists from these generations have had on a global level.
|
▣Exhibition Information
Title | CHALLENGING BEAUTY – Insights of Italian Contemporary Art |
Curator | LorandHegyi (Director of Le Musée d'art moderne de Saint-Etienne) |
Artists | Roberto Barni，AlighieroBoetti，Paolo Canevari，PizziCannella，GuglielmoCastelli，Bruno Ceccobelli，Sandro Chia，Francesco Clemente，EnzoCucchi，Gianni Dessi，Giuseppe Gallo，UgoGiletta，JannisKounellis，FeliceLevini，Nicola de Maria， Carla Mattii，Mario Merz，Aldo Mondino，Nunzio，MimmoPaladino，Marina Paris，Giuseppe Penone，Michelangelo Pistoletto，PierluigiPusole，Salvo，Maurizio Savini， Mario Schifano，Francesco Sena，Marco Tirelli |
Opening | July 16, 2016 (Sat.) 15:00 pm
Gianni Dessi, Giuseppe Gallo, Marina Paris, Ugo Giletta
|
Duration | From July 16, 2016 (Sat.), Opening Hours 10:00 ~ 19:00 Everyday，Free admission |
Venue | Parkview Green Museum L10, D Tower, Parkview Green, No.9 Dongdaqiao Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China +86 10 5662 8568 | www.parkviewgreenexhibitionhall.com |
Contact | Exhibition Part: Park Songyi (+86 10 5662 8553, songyi.park@parkviewgreen.com) Media Part: Zhang Meng (+ 86 10 5662 8565, meng.zhang@parkviewgreen.com) |
【Academic Colloquium】
CHALLENGING BEAUTY– Insights of Italian Contemporary Art
July 15, 2016 (Fri.) 16:00pm，ParkviewGreenMuseum
[ Theme 1 ]Sensitivity of History and Place of Creation
The importance of historical time andspace specificity in artistic development
Italian contemporary art during the1980s and 1990s
[ Main Topics]
Universalism—Genius Loci
[ Theme 2 ]Revisiting the Narrative of Contemporary Art
The new generations of the 2000s
Global narratives and tradition
[ Main Topics ]
Contemporaryhistorical development (global perspectives, internationalization of art) andthe existential condition of the individual in contemporary society.
Newperspectives and new possibilities in contemporary art.
[ Moderator ]
Lorand Hegyi (Director of Le Musée d'art moderne deSaint-Etienne)
[ Discussants ]
Shao Yiyang (邵亦杨, Deputy Dean and Professor ofSchool of Humanities, Central Academy of Fine Art)
Wang Duanting (王端廷, Research Fellow，Chief of the Section of Foreign Fine Arts，Institute of Fine Arts，Chinese National Academy of Arts)
Zhang Gan (张敢，Deputy Dean and Professor of Academy of Arts& Design, Tsinghua University)
Gianni Dessi(Artist)
Giuseppe Gallo(Artist)
Ugo Giletta(Artist)
Marina Paris(Artist)
LorandHegyi, born in Budapest in 1954, is one of the foremost European curators and art historians.
Currently the director of Le Musée d'art moderne de Saint-Etienne, he is the former director of the Museum ModernerKunst / Ludwig Foundation, Vienna, and founding director of the new Centre for Contemporary Art in Naples, il Palazzo delleArti (PAN).
Hegyi is a respected art historian and art critic specialized inmodern and contemporary art in Central and East Europe as well as in theItalian and French art scene. He curated several exhibitions for leadingartists from Central and East Europe (such as Roman Opalka, IlyaKabakov,BracoDimitrievic, Marina Abramovic, ZdenekSykora, KarelMalich,Laszlo Feher, TamasHencze, Hermann Nitsch, Günter Brus, Franz West, Lois Weinberger)as well as Italian and French artists (such as Michelangelo Pistoletto,AlighieroBoetti, Bertrand Lavier, Jean-Pierre Reynaud, Claude Viallat,Jean- Marc Bustamante and Anne et Patrick Poirier).
His exhibitions include: “The Coexistence of Art: Central EuropeanContemporary Art” (Venice Biennale in 1993), "Abstract/Real - Reference: Malevich, Duchamp,Beuys" (Vienna,1996),"The House, the Body, TheHeart - Construction of Identities" (Vienna, 1999),"Concepts of Space"(Barcelona,2002), "Solares: TheIdeal City or the Optimism" (Valencia Biennial, 2003), "Settlements: Search for PossiblePlaces" (Saint-Etienne, 2004), "PassageEurope: Art from Central and East Europe" (Saint-Etienne, 2004), “The Giving Person”(Napoli, 2004), “Micro Narratives” (Belgrade, SaintEtienne 2007), “Islands Never Found”(Saint Etienne, Geneva, Thessaloniki 2012), “Intriguing Uncertainty- Contemporary Drawings” (Saint-Etienne2016) .
Beside hiscuratorial activity, he wrote numerous books and articles about contemporaryart and cultural criticism focusing on the social and political context ofartistic praxis in Central and East Europe as well as on the anthropologicaldiscourse of contemporary art. His publications include: "NewSensibility - Change of Paradigm in Contemporary Art"(Magreto, Budapest 1993), "RomanOpalka's Places" (Prestel, Passau 2000), "The Courage to Be Alone - Re-inventing of Narratives inContemporary Art" (Charta, Milano 2004), “Fragility of Narratives” (Skira, Milano 2008), “Central European Art” (Silvana, Milano2011, “Contemporary Art on Show” (Silvana, Milano 2012), “RomanOpalka’s Universalism” (Aragno, Torino 2015), “Significant Uncertainty” (Hapax, Torino 2016).