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Shanghai Galaxy II

2017.11.10 - 2018.02.11

Exhibition

	2017.11.10 Friday - 2018.02.11 Sunday

Artist	BIRDHEAD, CHEN Shaoxiong, CHEN Wei, HU Jieming, HU Weiyi, HU Yun, LIANG Yue, LIANG Quan, LIAO Fei, Michael LIN, LIU Jianhua, LIU Ren, LIU Yi, NI Youyu, SHI Qing + Radical Space, SU Chang, WANG Xin, WANG Xingwei, Ming WONG, YU Youhan, ZHANG Peili, and ZHOU Xiaohu.
Exhibition period	November 10th, 2017 – February 11th, 2018
Venue	Yuz Museum, No. 35 Fenggu Road, Xuhui district, Shanghai
Ticket price	￥60

Artist

BIRDHEAD, CHEN Shaoxiong, CHEN Wei, HU Jieming,

HU Weiyi, HU Yun, LIANG Yue, LIANG Quan, LIAO Fei,

Michael LIN, LIU Jianhua, LIU Ren, LIU Yi, NI Youyu,

SHI Qing + Radical Space, SU Chang, WANG Xin,

WANG Xingwei, Ming WONG, YU Youhan, ZHANG Peili,

and ZHOU Xiaohu.

Exhibition period

November 10th, 2017 – February 11th, 2018

Venue

Yuz Museum, No. 35 Fenggu Road, Xuhui district, Shanghai

Ticket price

￥60

Yuz Museum will launch the second large-scale exhibition of the “Shanghai Galaxy”

series – “Shanghai Galaxy II”, exhibiting nearly 50 works by 22 artists from home and

abroad on November 10th, 2017 to February 11th, 2018. This exhibition follows the

concept of a group exhibition, “Myth / History II: Shanghai Galaxy”, curated by Wu

Hung in 2015. Considering the museum and where it is located towards a global

perspective, the exhibition presents the latest works of Shanghai-based artists and the

topics related to the city, delving into the historical development process of contemporary art in Shanghai, and reviving the charm and sensation in it with the uppermost immediacy and locality.

Shanghai relies on China’s rapid development and has gradually become an ideal soil for

artistic innovation while preserving the unique characteristics and openness of the city.

However, “Shanghai Galaxy II” is not just a reference to a geographical sample survey, it

belongs to a continuous exhibition project, which focuses on the current development of

Shanghai contemporary art and aims to provide more platforms and opportunities for

Shanghai-based artists and Shanghai-related artworks, enhancing a closer tie between

museums, artists and the city.

Michael Lin

Forever (For Sale)

Courtesy of Leo Xu Projects, Shanghai.

Photography: JJY Photo

Most of the works in this exhibition were created between 2016-2017 with various materials and art forms such as painting, installation, sculpture, photograph, video and

performance, etc. The exhibition content contains four types of Shanghai related

contemporary artworks, one being works created by artists who were born, raised or educated in Shanghai; the second being works by artists who have migrated to live and work in Shanghai, or who is involved in the contemporary art in Shanghai; the third being works related to the history and reality of Shanghai; the fourth being site-specific

artworks created specifically for Yuz Museum. The four types confine the exhibition with

a fundamental frame and scope, but it does not refrain the works of each artist. The

personal experiences, historical memories, knowledge structures, and cultural backgrounds of each artist have infused their works with either uniqueness or relevance,

reflecting the diversified artistic perspective and cultural ecosystem of Shanghai, and

stimulating boundless imagination and possibility.