ShanghART Gallery 香格纳画廊
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You Cannot Clone It, but You Can Buy It (The New Image of Shanghai Today)

On “Show Window - You Cannot Clone, but You Can Buy It”, statement of work:

It’s better that we use our new look, as we have contemporary Chinese characteristics;
It’s better that we use souvenir sculpture, as it’s convenient for us to step out of China, and embrace the world;
It’s better that we are displayed in show window, as display may bring more opportunity;
It’s better that we are human scale, as the match with real size makes us indestructible;
It’s better that we have salutatory attitude, as we need to attract foreign investment;
It’s better that we are for trade, as we can batch production;
It’s better that we have patent claims, as good brands should be ensured stable yields.
As the saying goes: rich water should be kept in one’s own fields.

P.S. This work is motivated by a declarative article, “Rent Collection Courtyard Denies Cloning” on a domestic arts magazine. In fact, we do not really want to deny anything, but because we care too much. This is the reality that we are confronting.

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Related Exhibitions:
Hans van Dijk: 5000 Names, UCCA, Beijing; Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 05.24, 2014 -08.10, 2014
Starlight, ShanghART Main Space, Shanghai 01.08, 2014 -02.17, 2014
Portrait of the Times, Power Station of Art, Shanghai 08.17, 2013 -11.10, 2013
Big Draft-Shanghai, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland 11.19, 2010 -02.06, 2011
A Group Exhibition of ShanghART Artists, ShanghART Beijing, Beijing 07.03, 2009 -08.18, 2009
Pin, ShanghART Beijing, Beijing 01.16, 2009 -03.08, 2009
Earthquake Charity Auctions, Poly Auction and Guardian Auction, Beijing 05.25, 2008 -05.27, 2008
The Heaven ּ The World, ShanghART H-Space, Shanghai 09.17, 2004 -10.22, 2004


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