Theater of Crossroads
Artists｜Yuanyuan Yang
Curated by Rui Tang
交错剧场
展覽藝術家 | 杨圆圆
策展人 | 唐芮
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Exhibition/展期: 8.31 - 9.28.2018
Reception/開幕: 8.31.2018, 6-8 PM |
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| For Immediate Release
Chinese America Arts Council / Gallery 456 presents Theater of Crossroads, the first solo exhibition by Beijing-based artist Yuanyuan Yang in New York. On view from August 31 through September 28, 2018, the exhibition showcases photographs and a performance video from four different projects—10 Days in Kraków (2014), At the Place of Crossed Sights (2015-2016), Dalian Mirage (2017-ongoing), and Yang’s current research about a group of pioneering female performers of the Chinese diaspora. Interlacing the existing stories and historical events embedded in the works from these projects, the exhibition forms a cohesive narrative oriented around migration and war in the 20th century. Yuanyuan Yang highlights five prominent figures in relation to the aforementioned projects and, through these characters, the exhibition gives voice to individual stories and re-contextualizes the complex history of diaspora and cultural circulations.
These highly idiosyncratic and intricate narratives are embodied in each project in this exhibition. In a theater play format, Dalian Mirage stages stories of various figures from different eras in the context of the Sino-Japanese War and the colonial history of Dalian, China under Japanese occupation between 1905-1945. The work reveals the forgotten homecoming of displaced Japanese in China. By narrating stories of several photographers in Porto Alegre, Brazil in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and the artist’s personal encounters with them, At the Place of Crossed Sights explores the history of European and Chinese immigration to Brazil. The artist’s newly developed and ongoing project traces a lost 1939 film by female Chinese-American filmmaker Esther Eng. By assembling surviving fragments of the Chinese diaspora, Yang intends to unveil the backstage world of female performers in the Cantonese opera, film and entertainment scene between 1914-1970. Collectively, Theater of Crossroads sheds light on marginalized groups under the impact of colonial policy and identity politics.
The exhibition is organized by Rui Tang and supported by AIKE Gallery.
Yuanyuan Yang (b.1989, lives and works in Beijing)
Yang received a BA (hons) in photography at London College of Communications, University of the Arts London in 2013. Her work has been exhibited and published internationally. Yang is the 2018 artist-in-residence at Art in General in New York, supported by Asian Cultural Council. In 2016 She was shortlisted for the Huayu Youth Award. In 2015 she was shortlisted for Author Book Award at Rencontres d'Arles and Best Photobook of 2015 at Fototbookfestival in Kassel, and she received second prize at Gucang Dummy Award Martin Parr Edition in the same year. She was shortlisted for the first round selection at Bloomberg New Contemporaries in 2014; she was one of the UK winners of the Magenta: Flash Forward award in 2013; she received the Tierney Fellowship at Three Shadows Photography Award in 2012, and she received third prize at the Bar-Tur Award in 2011.
For additional information please contact Rui Tang (tangrui714@gmail.com), or Gallery 456 (info@caacarts.org), +1 212.431.9740.
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华美艺术协会 / 456 画廊呈现北京艺术家杨圆圆在纽约的第一个个展“交错剧场”, 展览将于 2018 年8 月31 日至9 月28 日展出。此次展览展出艺术家的四个作品系列：《在克拉科夫的十日》 (2014) 、《在视线交错之处》（2015-2016）、《大连幻景》（2017-至今），以及艺术家正在进 行中的关于离散华裔先驱女演员及舞者的研究。以这四个系列中的摄影与表演录像为主体, 展览构 建了一条以20 世纪移民和战争史为背景的线索，将这四组作品中的既有叙事和历史事件编连起来 。跟随这条线索，杨圆圆从四个系列中提取出五个重要的人物，以此为个体叙事发声并重新将移民历史和文化流通置于上下文中理解。
此次展览中的作品体现了艺术家这种个人化和错综的叙事： 以戏剧的形式展开，《大连幻景》关注了多位人物，他们的故事与中日战争及大连在1905 至1945 年间的日统殖民史紧密相连。通过他们的故事，作品揭示了被遗忘的遗华日侨的历史；通过几位在19 世纪末20 世纪初生活于巴西阿雷格里港的摄影师的故事及艺术家本人与他们的联系，《在视线交错之处》探索了欧洲和中国移民在巴西的历史。艺术家最近的研究以追溯一部目前已遗失的1939 年电影为起始点（这部电影由美籍华裔女导演伍锦霞创作）。 杨圆圆在多条时间和地点线索下进行研究，主要地点包括旧金山、纽约、哈瓦那的中国城。 通过搜集相关华裔离散群体的现存历史碎片，杨圆圆试图在新作中讲述关于一批曾于1914 年至1970 年活跃于粤剧、电影及娱乐界的华裔女性表演家的故事。围绕着这些作品， 《交错剧场》探索并关注那些受殖民政策及身份政治影响的边缘群体的故事。
展览由唐芮策划，上海艾可画廊提供支持赞助。
杨圆圆（出生于1989 年，北京）
目前工作居住于北京。她热衷于探索视觉叙事的可能性，将真实与虚构的元素结合，探索个人与集体记忆之间的交错地带。她的实践与城市历史有着紧密的关联，且通常起始于对多种档案研究。杨圆圆的实践包括多样的媒介：摄影、文字、录像、装置、艺术家书与表演，这些媒介彼此交织，以不同的形式出现在她的项目中。杨圆圆于2013 年获得伦敦艺术大学摄影本科学位。她的作品在国内外参展并出版。
杨圆圆于2017 年获得亚洲文化协会（Asian Cultural Council）纽约奖助金驻留项目，并于2018 年在纽约Art in General 进行半年的驻地；在2016 年，她获得华宇青年奖提名；2015 年，她获得阿尔勒摄影节获得最佳作者书提名（Author Book Award）（2015）、入选卡塞尔摄影书2015 年最佳摄影书以及马丁·帕尔谷仓摄影样书二等奖；在2013 年，她是Magenta: Flash Forward 摄影奖获奖者之一；在2012 年，她是三影堂摄影奖的美国特尼基金奖得主；2010 年，她获得英国的Bar-Tur 摄影奖的三等奖。
更多信息请联系唐芮 tangrui714@gmail.com, 或456 画廊info@caacarts.org， 电话212.431.9740 。
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