Pensando en materiales, exposición de intercambio de arte material contemporáneo español y chino

Abstract

La Exposición de Intercambio de Arte Material Contemporáneo China-España es la cuarta de las Exposiciones Internacionales de Intercambio de Arte Material Contemporáneo Chino. Las obras de arte centradas en el tema de materiales de 40 artistas de China y España se reunirán con el público. La razón por la que elegimos el arte material como el punto de partida para un intercambio cultural internacional se basa en los siguientes tres puntos: El primero es el lenguaje común del material. El material, como medio y portador más esencial para los artistas, es también el punto de partida de la creación artística. Traer nuevas formas y modos narrativos en la creación artística es exactamente comunicar sobre una base y una preocupación común del diálogo, promover intercambios y entendimiento profundo entre países y compartir los logros avanzados de diferentes civilizaciones. El segundo es el modo de pensar enfocado en lo material. Al mismo tiempo de dar mucha importancia a la subjetividad y la iniciativa de los materiales, los artistas también privilegian las interacciones, los vínculos y las resonancias entre la vida individual y los materiales, a fin de transferir la visión del desarrollo de la armonía ecológica post-antropocentrista. El tercero son las diferentes perspectivas que aportan los materiales. Las voces de los países orientales, el tercer mundo, las mujeres y los grupos minoritarios y las voces regionales, fueron marginadas por el arte dominante a largo plazo. Se les debe dar más oportunidades para expresarse, lo que también nos da la posibilidad de reconstruir y reentender el arte contemporáneo.

“China-Spain Contemporary Material Art Exchange Exhibition” is the fourth edition of the Chinese Contemporary Material Art Exchange Exhibitions. Artworks focusing on “materials” by 40 artists from China and Spain will meet the audience. As for the reason why we choose material art as the entry point for international cultural exchange. It is based on the following three points: The first one is the common language of material. Material, as the most essential medium and carrier for artists, is also the starting point of artistic creation. To bring new forms and narrative modes is exactly to communicate on a common basis and common concern of dialogue, to promote in-depth exchanges and understanding between countries and draw lessons from the advanced achievements of different civilizations. The second point is the materialist way of thinking. While making much of the subjectivity and initiative of material art made from real physical matter, artists also take seriously the interactions, links and resonances between individual life and materials, to transfer the development view of post-humanist ecological harmony. The third point is different perspectives brought by materials. Voices from oriental countries, the third world, females and minority groups and regional voices, were marginalized by mainstream art in a long term. They should be given more opportunities to express themselves, which also gives us the possibility to reconstruct and re-understand contemporary art. In this exhibition, we find that artists go beyond the traditional concepts, which aim at instrumentalizing and mechanizing materials and materialized processes. They pay more attention to the moving, accidental, and spiritual sides of materials and try to build dialogue between materials. Their thoughts on how materials shape our lives and our relationships with ourselves, with others, and the world, are especially significant. These works also show a deliberate reflection on the anthropocentrism advocated by modernity and an upgrade to the post-anthropocentrism ecological development context. At the same time, the voices of female artists are prominent in the works from both countries, especially Spain. This is due to the expansion of materials, from traditional artistic media to flexible materials such as textiles and fibers and has accommodated more female arts and minority arts and delivered more diversified values.