上海艺术博览会国际当代艺术展

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上海艺术博览会国际当代艺术展

第五届展会: 探索上海当代，感受全新上海

- 2011年9月8 –10日/ 预览9月7 日

- 上海展览中心

       SH Contemporary 2011  “上海当代”将亚太地区最前沿的当代艺术展示给本地藏家、国际藏 家以及全球艺术领域展业人士。上海作为21世纪最炫耀最具适应力的城市，是举办展会的理想城市。

       在展会总监Massimo Torrigiani的全新指引下，第五届展会结合了一股新兴的创新力，增强了高度文化与通俗文化，学院派与实践派，新兴媒介与成熟媒介，知识分子与通俗之辈，国际化与本地化的地区流动。

       第五届展会聚焦亚太区艺术，届时，中国顶级画廊、精选的亚洲和欧美画廊携手共庆蓬勃向上的亚洲艺术世界。此次参展的部分画廊为北

       京现在画廊，北京公社，Boers-Li 画廊，Eigen+Art，常青画廊，科恩画廊，大未来林舍画廊，长征空间，Nature Morte 画廊，佩斯画廊（北京），对比窗画廊，北京艺门，红门画廊，香格纳画廊，索卡艺术空间，星空间，当代唐人艺术中心，沪申画廊，耿画廊/TKG+，凯旋艺术空间与空白空间等等。

       展会的特别策展项目由国际艺术机构Arthub Asia 的总监Davide Quadrio(乐大豆), DefneAyas 与邱志杰组织策划。策展项目中的四个主要部分展示了知名艺术家与新锐艺术家的作品：

- 热点板块展示的知名艺术家的大型作品将分布在展会各个角落，参展艺术家有鸟头组合(宋涛和季炜煜)，Carsten Nicolai，何岸，Heman Chong，蒋志，阚萱，李杰，梁远苇，庄辉&旦儿, 周啸虎以及邱志杰。热点板块中还特设一个区域集中展示以水墨形式制作的作品，艺术家有FXHarsono, 阳江组(郑国谷，陈再炎和孙庆麟)，马文，白宜洛，陈琦和秦风。感谢雅昌企业（集团）有限公司对Heman Chong 作品所用名片制作的大力支持。

- 首届展览–由绝对伏特加赞助–展示了在2010－2011年举办其首次个展的年轻艺术家的作品。参展艺术家有：陈敬元；双飞艺术中心，刘钢，刘任，吕淼，陆扬，宋陈，苏畅, 谢墨林，徐喆，叶楠以及郑强。

-  影像室里不间断播放的影像作品，精选自«艺术界»的编辑团队，策展人许宇，«周末画报»的叶晓薇与梁家俊，以及巴塞罗那Loop影像艺术节：

       影像室中由RogueArt策划的项目聚集了来自印度尼西亚，马来西亚和泰国的艺术家，其中包括Reza Afisina, Tanatchai Bandasak, Ade Darmawan, Martin Kristianto, Wattanapoom Laisuwanchai, Forum Lenteng, Eko Nugroho, Chatchai Suban, Tintin Wulia和Wok the Rock等。

       许宇所精选的名为旅程的项目精选来自艺术家程然、胡向前、李明、李青、刘窗、徐文恺 （Aaajiao ）、张鼎和章清的录像近作。

       由LOOP/Screen 策展的巴塞罗那LOOP 录像艺术节最新获奖作品精选，来自艺术家Aurélien Froment, Gary Hill, Uriel Orlow 与Julika Rudelius。

- 探索项目由马来西亚的RogueArt发起，是一个收集当代东南亚艺术实践和发展的资源和资料的试验性项目。

       在雄伟壮观的上海展览中心以外，展会还举办了一系列的附属活动，让藏家和全世界艺术爱好者感受上海乃至亚太地区艺术界无限的活力和朝气。展览期间一系列周边活动从美术馆展览；到画廊展览；从讲座到派对等等。首先感谢保时捷中国，独家赞助SH Contemporary 收藏家晚宴，还要感谢斯沃琪、绝对伏特加、民生美术馆、现代传播集团、K11、艾美品牌以及M on the Bund 等合作伙伴与赞助商对展会的信任与支持。2011 上海当代的开幕派对将在外滩罗斯福举办，由展会与现代传播集团与K11 合办，由绝对伏特加赞助。

      “上海当代”是一个不断探索与发展的项目，展会尽全力来构建一个令人兴奋并充满前景的平台。为了达到这个目标，展会还新设了一个摄影板块，从而吸引更多潜在的新一代年轻观众。该板块由专业国际画廊，艺术家个展，专题讨论会等多个环节呈现。届时，艺术展还将颁发第一届亚太区摄影奖(APPP)。获奖作品为新作，艺术家要求来自亚太地区或曾经创作过与亚太地区相关的艺术项目，将从来自25 个画廊36 个艺术家的作品中选出。奖金为5,000 欧元，评审团将选出一位获奖艺术家，今年的评审团包括艺术家Olivo   Barbieri  ，策展人Cristopher Phillips，策展人Emma Reeves 和编辑叶晓薇*。

       在展会最后一天（9 月10 日下午4－6 时）在外滩M on the Bund 举办摄影资讯: 新的一代过去十年和未来十年的炼金术论坛，为摄影板块画上完美的句号。发言人有鸟头组合(艺术家组合), 陈维(艺术家), 刘钢(艺术家), Steven Harris (上海M97 画廊总监), 杨培明(藏家, 海报宣传艺术中心), 许宇(策展人及画廊主), Olivo Barbieri (艺术家, 亚太区摄影奖评审)以及Emma Reeves(编辑及策展人, 亚太区摄影奖评审)。论坛由Arthub 亚洲总监Defne Ayas 与展会总监Massimo Torrigiani 主持。

       论坛将审视摄影的美学与文化的变化。在如今这个每年有数十亿的照片产生的年代，谁在重新审视摄影艺术中扮演主要角色？谁能成为炼金术士去开创一种富于原创，个性张明，高识别度的视觉风格？当代中国和亚洲摄影艺术的重要性和价值在艺术爱好者以及藏家心中还有很大的提升空间。摄影经常被认为是其它艺术实践的附属品，具有相对薄弱的经济效益。摄影资讯讨论的主要内容是在过去十年间，中国乃至全球的当代摄影艺术中不断变化的风景。新一代中国摄影艺术家如何看待这个世界的？他们是从何处得到灵感的？编辑，策展人和收藏家如何面对互联网给摄影的生产模式，展览形式，分销渠道和接待模式的影响？这些是如何改变我们看待策展，收藏和保存照片的方式？

       作为展会的赞助商及合作伙伴的公司与品牌，也着手致力于教育、慈善与当代艺术项目。

       保时捷中国在展会中呈现其“保时捷溢彩心”公益之举：2008 年四川汶川大地震后，保时捷构建了“保时捷溢彩心”这一慈善平台。保时捷在灾后重建初期向联合国儿童基金会捐助50万欧元，用于赈灾救援。随即“保时捷溢彩心”启动了两个长期教育援助项目，投入了超过1000万的资金以及捐赠4 台Cayenne 作为“移动教育资源与培训中心”的工作车辆。“移动教育资源与培训中心”——由保时捷中国与联合国儿童基金会合作，旨在帮助遭受汶川及甘肃地震灾害影响的人群，持续资助对贫困儿童教学的改善工作，帮助他们获得教育机会并持续提供教学资源。在2010 年12 月，保时捷将4 辆Cayenne交付给联合国儿童基金会作为“移动教育资源与培训中心”项目用车，这一项目将由联合国儿童基金会与教育部合作开展，为遭受2008 年地震灾害影响的偏远地区儿童提供更多更好的教育资源。至今，该项目已使四川和甘肃两省四县的391 所学校受益，培训超过7,000 名教师，并为超过10 万名学生提供高质量的教育资源。

      “保时捷溢彩心”艺术作品征集活动——由保时捷中国携手四川美术学院共同举办，该活动为中国青少年的教育和发展提供长期支持。首届“保时捷溢彩心 ‘艺术作品征集活动于2010 年9月至11 月举行，为中国新生代青年艺术人才提供施展风采的平台。本届上海当代艺术展将展出来自首届艺术作品征集活动的10 幅获奖作品，其创作源泉均来自“保时捷溢彩心”这一项目，尽显青年艺术家的才华与天赋。

       由Nicolas G. Hayek 先生于1983 年创立并现由Arlette-Elsa Emch 女士执掌的全球最受欢迎的瑞士时尚腕表品牌Swatch，自第一枚腕表的诞生起，就以其创新的精神与丰富创意不断给人们带来惊喜。Swatch 以充满创造性的时尚与艺术基因，与全世界70 多位知名艺术家合作并创作出影响后世、令人振奋的时尚艺术作品；同时也深深影响当代艺术家的灵感源泉，并将这种灵感碰撞和澎湃火花延续至今。此次上海当代艺术展上特别展示的Swatch 与Keith Haring、Alfred Hofkunst、Mimmo Rotella、Alessandro Mendini，以及最近合作的Ivan Navarro 和Markus Linnenbrink 等艺术家所合作的特别珍藏腕表，将Swatch 这一“腕上艺术”完美呈现，也必将成为当代艺术展上无可比拟的最大亮点。

       上海当代2011 首次联合民营美术馆联盟并邀请28 位来自中国民营当代艺术美术馆的馆长。对馆长们的款待得到了上海世茂皇家艾美酒店的支持。联盟将共济一堂联合对公众介绍主要发起的成员的活动。联盟的成立是中国艺术美术馆历史上的一座里程碑。一方面它设立了关于行业自律机制的协议。另一方面它们共同制定了一个长期发展的战略规划。而且，私人博物馆联盟，作为一个产业公会，将进一步推动对杰出艺术作品的投资以及在未来发展更多联合服务与项目。联盟旗下28 家美术馆为：今日美术馆，北京炎黄艺术馆，北京时代美术馆，北京伊比利亚当代艺术中心，尤伦斯当代艺术中心，元典美术馆，和静园美术馆，上上国际美术馆，德美术馆，北京寺上美术馆，上海民生现代美术馆，上海喜马拉雅美术馆，上海外滩美术馆，上海当代艺术馆，广东美术馆时代分馆，华美术馆，本色美术馆，苏州画院美术馆，南通市中心美术馆，成都A4当代艺术中心，中国美术馆青岛分馆，鄂尔多斯美术馆，湖北美术馆，石家庄当代美术馆，一澈艺术机构，宁波美术馆，长沙谭国斌美术馆，哈尔滨卢禹舜美术馆。

       艾美自2005年被喜达屋酒店与度假村国际集团收购。这一起源于法国的酒店品牌，现今在世界50个国家和地区拥有104家酒店，并对品牌进行了全新定位，包括任命法国艺术大师杰罗姆•桑斯(Jérôme Sans) 为全职文化策展人，转换一系列宾客体验，为宾客打造独特的互动空间。

* 第一届亚太区摄影奖(APPP)评审团委员

Olivo Barbieri 1954 年出生在意大利。自从1971 年开始，他开始对摄影感兴趣，在欧洲和东方的城市他把最初的研究专著于人工照明上。从1989 年起他频繁到远东地区旅行，特别是中国。在1993，1995 和1997 年他参加了威尼斯双年展。在1996 年在德国埃森Folkwang 博物馆他举办了他的首次回顾展。在90 年代中期，他采用了一个可以使他保持只聚焦一个固定范围内的图像的新的摄影技术：被拍摄的景象，通常是在一驾直升机上拍摄的，通过穿越一系列比例的模型得到惊人的和有距离感的景象。在2003 年他开始了新的持续的特殊地点的拍摄项目，其中包括了十几个城市：罗马，都灵，蒙特利尔，安曼，拉斯维加斯，洛杉矶，上海，塞维利亚，纽约，旧金山，巴西利亚，曼谷，底特律，里约热内卢，墨西哥等。他的作品在欧洲和美国被公开展出，被私人以及博物馆收藏。

Christopher Phillips 从2000 年起一直到现在担任纽约国际摄影艺术中心的策展人。在2004 年，他和芝加哥大学的巫鸿组织了首届美国展出的中国当代摄影展：‘在过去和现在之间，中国新一代的摄影和视频’。近些年，他还策划了2010 年的‘H20:大自然地平线上的艺术’和2011年的‘王庆松：当文字相撞击’等展览。他还作为ICP 当代摄影和影像三年展的策展团队的一员分别组织了2003，2006 和2009 年的展览。他还作为纽约大学个巴纳德学院的客座讲师教授摄影历史和评论的课程。

Emma Reeves 从事特约创意顾问的工作，工作包括了从策展到为品牌拍摄照片的工作。之前她曾是伦敦的Dazed&Confused, Another,以及Another Man 杂志的摄影总监。她现在居住在纽约。她是Fantom 杂志的特约编辑，她作为一个‘文化主义者’也经常为T 杂志网络版撰写文章。她也是瑞士学院的董事会董事，并将在2011 年的9 月开始在SVA 学校教授MFA 课程中新开设的时尚摄影课程。

叶晓薇是现代传播集团编辑总监 （生活版）。现代传播集团是中国最杰出的独立出版集团。周末画报是集团的旗舰刊物，自1995 年发行以来，其已成为中国最具影响力的生活类出版物并发行将近750,000 份。在编辑总监叶晓薇的带领下，杂志给中国最顶尖的读者呈现了最新的国际新闻以及潮流趋势，现象并在风格和文化方面的领域进行了讨论。叶晓薇在2003 年开始居住在上海，在经过数十年在纽约的独立出版后，她开始为VOGUE 中国的发行做准备。她在2005 年进入现在传播集团之前，曾接管PRADA 中国方面的沟通交流工作。

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日期与时间

预览（邀请函）
9 月7 日 星期三 5pm-7 pm

开幕 （邀请函）
9 月7 日 星期四 7pm-10pm

公众日 （入场券）
9 月8 日 星期五 11am-6pm
9 月9 日 星期六 11am-6pm
9 月10 日星期日 11am-5pm

       SH Contemporary 上海艺术博览会国际当代艺术展由上海市国际文化传播协会促进，上海艺术博览会组委会，东上海国际文化影视集团，联袂意大利博洛尼亚展览集团旗下的公司BF International Fairs 共同主办。博洛尼亚展览集团是欧洲展览会主办机构的领头羊之一，是主办大型高品质生活方式展会的资深专家，在美国、俄罗斯及中国涉有分支机构。在中国，该集团已成为了主要外方展会主办者之一。

       Massimo Torrigiani 是Boiler Corporation 的创始人之一兼总经理，该公司是一家从事有关当代视觉艺术与文化的出版企业与创意机构，在米兰与纽约出版发行季刊摄影杂志Fantom - Photographic Quarterly。Torrigiani 先生曾担任国际性艺术杂志Boiler 的编辑以及意大利生活时尚杂志Rodeo 的主编。也是VOGUE（男士）、ROLLING STONE、PURPLE FASHION 和GO STYLE 等意大利杂志在艺术、音乐和时尚方面的撰稿人。他曾开展有关文化政策与城市形成发展之间关系的学术研究，在意大利及其它国家举办各类艺术活动与论坛，并担任众多出版、时尚与设计公司的战略公关顾问。Torrigiani 先生于1966 年出身于意大利巴里市，现居住于米兰市。

       作为一个非营利当代艺术机构，Arthub   Asia 旨在推广亚洲当代艺术创作，该机构由专业策展人及制作人队伍Davide Quadrio, DefneAyas  以及邱志杰领衔。通过与美术馆及其它私人、公共艺术机构合作，Arthub Asia持续与行为艺术家以及新媒体艺术家进行交流，从而创造并推出项目。

       贯穿于整个上海展览中心的公共区域以及策展区域是由Nunzia Carbone 和得道设计特别为2011 上海当代设计的。由Carbone 于2001 年创立的得道设计是一家活跃在上海的国际建筑设计事务所。它的作品包括室内设计、建筑、城市基础设施和家具设计并以战略思考著称。Nunzia Carbone 尤其擅长商业住宅项目的独家解决方案以及旧厂房和历史建筑的修复工作。

2011年8月29日

 

SH CONTEMPORARY

SHANGHAI CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR

5TH EDITION: ALL THAT IS NEW IN SHANGHAI

- 8- 10 SEPTEMBER 2011 / PREVIEW 7 SEPTEMBER

- SHANGHAI EXHIBITION CENTER

       SH Contemporary 2011 presents primarily the best Asian and Asia-Pacific cutting-edge contemporary art to the scrutiny of local and international collectors and of the global art community. Shanghai - one of the most creative and ambitious capitals of the 21st century - is its ideal stage.

       Under the new direction of Massimo Torrigiani, the 5th edition of the fair captures and amplify the new wave of creativity which is running through the region. Mixing high and popular culture, the academic and the experimental, the established and the emerging, new and old media, highbrow and lowbrow, the global and the local.

       The focus of the 5th edition of “The Asia Pacific Art Fair” embodies this vision with the renewed  participation of the leading galleries of China together with a selected group of other Asian, European and American galleries. Among others:Beijing Art Now, Beijing Commune, Boers-Li, Eigen+Art, Galleria Continua, James Cohan, Lin & Lin, Long March, Nature Morte,Pace Gallery Beijing, Pearl Lam Fine Art, Pékin Fine Arts, Red Gate, Shanghart, Soka, Star, Tang Contemporary, Shanghai Gallery of Art, Tina Keng/TKG+, Triumph and White Space.

       An international curatorial team lead by Arthub Asias directors Defne Ayas, Davide Quadrio  and Qiu Zhijie complements thegalleries show with special projects divided into 4 main sections, dedicated to renown and emerging artists:

- Hot Spots presents monumental and site-specific works by established artists like Birdhead (Song Tao and Ji Weiyu), CarstenNicolai, He An, Heman Chong, Jiang Zhi, Kan Xuan, Lee Kit, Liang Yuanwei, Zhuang Hui & Dan Er, Zhou Xiaohu and Qiu Zhijie. A special Hot Spot is dedicated to ink painting-inspired works by FX Harsono, the Yangjiang Group (Zheng Guogu, Chen Zaiyan and Sun Qinglin), Jennifer Wen Ma, Bai Yilu, Chen Qi and Qin Feng. Special thanks to the support of Artron, a Service of Printing, Internet, Publishing and Popularizing in Art on the production of the name cards for Heman Chong's work.

- First Issue - sponsored by Absolut Vodka - is built around the newest works by young artists who had first solo shows or important presentations in 2010-11. It features: Chen Ching-Yuan, Doublefly, Liu Gang, Liu Ren, Lv Miao, Lu Yang, Song Chen, Su Chang, Xie Molin, Xu Zhe, Ye Nan and Zheng Qiang.

- The Video Room holds screenings selected by a group of contributors, including, among others, the Leap magazine editorial team, curator Roguart, Leo Xu, Shaway Yeh and Karchun Leung of Modern Weekly, and Loop Festival - Screen from Barcelona.

       The programme curated by Rogueart features artists from Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand including Reza Afisina, Tanatchai Bandasak, Ade Darmawan, Martin Kristianto, Wattanapoom Laisuwanchai, Forum Lenteng, Eko Nugroho, Chatchai Suban, Tintin Wulia and Wok the Rock, among others.

       Leo Xus selection - titled Voyage - inlcudes videos by Cheng Ran, Hu Xiangqian, Li Ming, Li Qing, Lu Chuang, Xu Wenkai (Aaajiao), Zhang Ding and Zhang Qing.Loop Festival - Screen selection features works by Aurélien Froment, Gary Hills, Uriel Orlow and Julika Rudelius.

- The Search project initiated by RogueArt (Malaysia) displays the ways in which Southeast Asian art is categorized through literature, exhibitions, archival projects, the market and the media.Beyond the walls of Shanghai Exhibition Centre an array of satellite events will give art lovers a sense of the energy crossing Shanghai and the Asian and Asia Pacific art worlds; from museum presentations to gallery shows, from talks to parties. Organized in conjunction with sponsors and partners: first and foremost Porsche China - which hosts the SH Contemporary Collectors Dinner - and Swatch, alongside Minsheng Art Museum, Modern Media Group, K11, Le Méridien and M on the Bund. The opening party of SH contemporary 2011 will take place at The House of Roosevelt on the Bund, co-hosted by the fair along with Modern Media Group and K11 and sponsored by Absolut Vodka.

       SH Contemporary is a research and development-based enterprise striving to amplify, empower and add value to contemporary artistic production and the growth of the internal and international market. To achieve this goal, the fair has identified in photography a new segment with the potential of reaching out to a new, younger audience. This year sees therefore the launch of a new photography section, with a group of specialized international galleries, solo shows and the establishment of the Asia Pacific Photography Prize (APPP). The award is dedicated to the most recent production of Asia Pacific artists and to artists who have developed Asia Pacific-related projects. 25 different galleries among those exhibiting at the fair submitted new works by 36 artists. The 5,000 euros prize will be granted to one artist only by an international jury composed by artist Olivo Barbieri, curators Christopher Phillips and Emma Reeves and editor Shaway Yeh*.

       The photography focus of the fair is concluded by a panel session hosted by M on the Bund on the last day of SH Contemporary(September 10, from 4-6): Photography Update: The New Generation. Alchemists in the Last and Next Decade. With Birdhead(artist collective), Chen Wei (artist), Liu Gang (artist), Steven Harris (director, M97 Gallery Shanghai), Yang Pei Ming(collector, Propaganda Poster Art Centre Shanghai), Leo Xu (curator and gallerist), Olivo Barbieri (artist, APPP jury member)and Emma Reeves (editor and curator, APPP jury member). Moderated by Defne Ayas of Arthub Asia and Massimo Torrigiani, fair director.

       The panel will look at and beyond the exciting shifts in the aesthetics and culture of photography. In an age when billions of pictures are produced yearly, who are the key players re-imagining the art of photography? Who are the alchemists who can invent an original, personal, instantly recognizable visual style? A lot still needs to be done to assess the importance and increase the value of contemporary Chinese and Asian photography among the region's art professionals, art lovers and collectors as photography is often (considered) ancillary to other artistic practices. And still of lesser economic (and speculative) value. Photography Update is a round-table on the changing landscape in contemporary photography in the past decade in China and around the globe. How does the new generation of Chinese artist-photographers see the world? Where do they draw their inspiration from? How do editors, curators and collectors cope with the impact of Internet on the modes of production, exhibition, distribution and reception of photography? How does all this change the way we think of curating, collecting and preserving photography?

       In   teaming   up   with sponsors   and   partners,   SH   Contemporary   priviledges   companies,   brands and initiatives committed to education, charity and contemporary art programs.

       Porsche Chinas booth at the fair will exhibit its Empowering the Future initiative. After a  massive earthquake struck Sichuan Provinces Wenchuan County in 2008, Porsche China  created „Empowering the Future. First delivering an initial donation of 500,000 Euros to UNICEF as relief aid for post-earthquake reconstruction work, Porsche quickly followed up by launching its „Empowering the Future initiative, which comprises two long-term projects. Porsche China is contributing over RMB 10 million and has donated  four Cayenne SUVs to the Mobile Educational Training and Resource Unit (METRU) programme.The Mobile Educational Training and Resource Unit (METRU) programme is executed in collaboration with UNICEF and aims to aid victims of the Wenchuan and Gaunsu earthquakes. The METRU programme was designed to fulfil Porsche Chinas goal to continually help disadvantaged children throughout the country gain access to education and brighter futures. In December 2010, Porsche China gave four Cayenne SUVs to UNICEF to serve as METRU. Conducted in collaboration with UNICEF and the Ministry of Education, the METRU programme has has already benefitted 391 schools across four counties in Sichuan and Gansu provinces. To date, the programme has trained more than 7,000 teachers and improved the quality of education for more than 100,000 students.

       The „Empowering the Future Art Contest, is conducted in collaboration with the Sichuan Fine Art Institute (SFAI) and provides educational support and opportunities for emerging young artists in China. The inaugural „Empowering the Future Art Contest ran from September to November 2010. This year, ten award-winning artworks from the Art Contest will be on display at SH Contempoary, where pieces inspired by the „Empowering the Future initiative will showcase the talent of Chinas up-and-coming artists.

       The first Swatch watches surprised everyone with their provocative spirit and creative design and proved enormously successful. Deeply affected by contemporary art, the Swiss watch and jewelry makers have worked with more than 70 renowned artists to produce a great number of works about fashion and art. During SH Contemporary 2011, the concept of "art on the wrist" will be revealed at Swatch booth displaying the exciting cooperations with Keith Haring, Alfred Hofkunst, Markus Linnenbrink, Alessandro Mendini, Ivan Navarro and Mimmo Rotella. Launched by Nicolas G. Hayek in 1983 and operating today under the presidency of Arlette-Elsa Emch, Swatch is one of the world's most fashionable brands.

       SH Contemporary 2011 premiers also - with the support of Le Royal Méridien Shanghai - the first joint venture of the PrivateArt Museum Alliance, hosting 28 directors from Chinese private contemporary art museums.  The alliance collaborated on a joint lounge to introduce the activities of its members to the public of the fair. The establishment of the alliance is a milestone in the history of art museums in China. On one hand it has produced an agreement regarding a set of self-regulatory rules. On the other hand it has created a shared long-term strategic plan. Moreover, the Private Art Museum Alliance, as an industrial union, will promote further investments on outstanding artworks and develop joint services and projects in the future. The 28 participating museums are:Today Art Museum, Yanhuang Art Museum, Times Art Museum, Iberia Center for Contemporary Art, UCCA, Yuan Art Museum,Hejingyuan Art Museum, Sunshine International Art Museum, De Art Museum, Minsheng Art Museum, Himalayas Art Museum, Rockbund Art Museum, MOCA Shanghai, Guangdong Art Museum – Times Branch, The Oct Art&Design Gallery,True Color Museum, Suzhou Art Academy Museum, Nantong Central Art Museum, A4 Contemporary Arts Center, Zhongguo Art Museum-Qingdao Branch, Ordos Art Museum, Hubei Museum of Art, Shijiazhuang Contemporary Art Museum, Yi Che Art, Ningbo Museum of Art, Tan Guobin Art Museum and Lu Yushun Art Museum.

       Le Méridien was acquired by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. since 2005. This Paris-born hotel brand currently represented by 104 properties in 50 countries, has gone through a brand re-launch, which included appointing a full-time Cultural Curator - French arts-provocateur Jérôme Sans - and transforming numerous guest touch points, thus bringing unique and interactive experiences to its guests.

* The jury of the first edition of the Asian Pacific Photography Prize (APPP)

       Olivo Barbieri was born in Italy in 1954. Since 1971 he developed an interest in photography concentrating his research initially on artificial illumination in European and Oriental cities. From 1989 he has regularly travelled to the Far East,especially to China. In 1993, 1995 and 1997 he participated to the Venice Biennale. In 1996 he held his first retrospective at the Folkwang Museum in Essen (Germany). In the mid-nineties, he adopted a new photographic technique, allowing him to maintain into focus only certain areas of the image: the landscapes photographed, often from aboard a helicopter, come across as a series of scale models providing surprising and estranging visions. In 2003 Barbieri starts the ongoing project site  specific_ which involves several cities: Rome, Turin, Montreal, Amman, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Shanghai, Seville, New York, San Francisco, Brasilia, Bangkok, Detroit, Chicago, Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City… His works are included in public and private collections and museums  in Europe and the U.S.

       Christopher Phillips has been the curator at the International Center of Photography in New York City since 2000. In 2004, he and Wu Hung of the University of Chicago organized the first major U.S. exhibition of Chinese contemporary photography,"Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China." In recent years he has curated such exhibitions as “H20: Art on the Horizon of Nature”  (2010) and “Wang Qingsong: When Worlds Collide” (2011). He  has also served as a member of the curatorial team that organized the 2003, 2006, and 2009 editions of the ICP Triennial of Contemporary Photography and Video. As adjunct faculty member at New York University and Barnard College, he teaches classes in the history and criticism of photography.

       Emma Reeves is a freelance creative consultant working in a broad field from curation to photographic commissioning for brands. Former photographic director at London-based Dazed&Confused, Another Magazine and Another Man she currently lives in New York. She is a contributing editor to Fantom magazine and a regular contributor to T Magazine online as 'The Culturialist'. She is also on the board of the Swiss Institute in New York and from September 2011 will be a lecturer on the newly created MFA course in fashion photography at the SVA (School of Visual Arts, NYC).

       Shaway Yeh is the editorial Director (Lifestyle) of Modern Media Group, Chinas most prominent independent publishing group.Modern Weekly, the groups flagship publication since 1995, is Chinas most influential lifestyle magazine with circulation close to 750,000. Under Yehs editorial direction, it reaches Chinas elite readers with the latest internationals news,trends, phenomena and discussion in the fields of style and culture. Yeh moved to Shanghai in 2003, after several years of independent publishing in New York, to prepare for the launch of Vogue China. She later helmed communication in China for Prada before joining Modern media Group in 2005.

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Venue:
Shanghai Exhibition Center
No.1000 Yan An Middle Road, Shanghai

Date & Time:
Preview (by invitation):
Wednesday 7th September 5pm-7pm

Vernissage (by invitation):
Wednesday  7th September 7pm-10pm

Public Days (by ticket):
Thursday      8th September 11am-6pm
Friday        9th September 11am-6pm
Saturday     10th September 11am-5pm

       SH Contemporary is organized by BF International Fairs, a Bolognafiere Group company, in cooperation with Shanghai International Cultural Communication Association (SICCA), Shanghai Art Fair Organization Committee and Eastern Shanghai International Culture Film & Television Group. Bolognafiere Group is one of Europe's leading fair organizers and experts in large-scale exclusive lifestyle fairs. Headquartered in Bologna, Italy, it has branches in the US, Russia and China, where it has become one of the main foreign trade show organizers.

       Massimo Torrigiani, Fair Director, is co-founder of Boiler Corporation, a publishing company and creative agency focused on visual arts and culture based in Milan, which also produces Fantom Photographic Quarterly. He was previously the co-editor of international art magazine Boiler, editor-in-chief of Italian “fashion & contemporary culture” monthly Rodeo, and a contributor to LUomo Vogue, Rolling Stone, Purple Fashion and GQ Style magazines. He has carried out academic research on the relationship between cultural policies and urban regeneration, organized cultural and art conferences and events, and worked as strategic and communication consultant for fashion and design companies. He was born in Italy in 1966 and lives between Milan and Shanghai.

       Spearheaded by  a dynamic team of curators and producers - Davide Quadrio, Defne Ayas and Qiu Zhijie - Arthub Asia is a non-profit organization devoted to contemporary art creation across Asia. In collaboration with museums and other public and private spaces and institutions, it initiates and delivers projects through a sustained dialogue with performance and new media.

       The communal and curatorial areas punctuating the Shanghai Exhibition Center for SH Contemporary 2011 are designed by Nunzia Carbone and DEDODESIGN. Established by Carbone in 2001, DEDODESIGN is an international architecture and design practice based in Shanghai. It is recognised for its work in interior design, architecture, urban infrastructure, furniture design and strategic thinking. Nunzia Carbone specializes in designing exclusive  solutions for residential and commercial projects, and the restoration of former industrial spaces and historical buildings.

29th August 2011