《輕》

　　闞萱作品

　　展出時間：2009年4月15日－2009年6月7日

　　箭廠空間從本月15日開始，將展出藝術(shù)家闞萱的新作品系列。在“輕”這樣一個主題框架之下，闞萱將箭廠空間作為實踐她近期概念與想法的一個“試驗場”，在其中只呈現(xiàn)一些尚處于未完成狀態(tài)的以及正在進行中的作品。在大約6周的時間里，將陸續(xù)展出四到五件作品，每件作品只有十天左右的時間面對公眾。與箭廠空間之前的項目從一開始就呈現(xiàn)已完成的作品不同，這個項目中的作品都是被藝術(shù)家稱之為接近于完成的，它呈現(xiàn)出異于通常展覽模式的另一種相反模式，藝術(shù)家在此不再關(guān)注于“完成”的概念，而是趨向通過持續(xù)不斷的變化從而使得觀者得以更加深層地關(guān)注于藝術(shù)的創(chuàng)作過程。

　　闞萱畢業(yè)于中國美術(shù)學(xué)院，從90年代后期開始主要致力于影像藝術(shù)的創(chuàng)作與實踐。她的作品廣泛地展出于國內(nèi)外的各種展覽當(dāng)中，其中包括2007年威尼斯雙年展中國館的展覽，伊斯坦布爾雙年展（2007），長征空間NONO展（2007），中國發(fā)電站展（2006－2008）。她參加了位于阿姆斯特丹的 Rijksakademie van Beeldende藝術(shù)家駐扎計劃并在2005年贏取了荷蘭的藝術(shù)獎項 the De Prix de Rome Prize。闞萱目前工作生活在中國北京與荷蘭的阿姆斯特丹。

　　“箭廠空間”是一個由獨立策展人和藝術(shù)家組織策劃的藝術(shù)櫥窗項目。空間位于北京市中心的胡同里，原本是個小商鋪，經(jīng)過改造后擁有10平方米的展出面積。“箭廠空間”首先希望通過櫥窗這種特殊的展示方式，為藝術(shù)家的創(chuàng)作方法提供一種新的可能，空間內(nèi)定期更新的藝術(shù)作品將會在這里每天面對不同的社會群體和文化情境。其次項目自身也試圖探討藝術(shù)與日常生活之間的美學(xué)關(guān)系，嘗試藝術(shù)創(chuàng)作與公共空間的有機對話，促進當(dāng)代藝術(shù)的試驗，交流與研究。“箭廠空間”將會積極地邀請國內(nèi)和國外的藝術(shù)家提供現(xiàn)場裝置和項目。

　　Light

　　Works by Kan Xuan

　　Dates: April 15 – June 7, 2009

　　Beginning April 15, Arrow Factory will present a series of temporary projects by Beijing-based artist Kan Xuan. Gathered under the collective title “Light”, Kan Xuan will use the space of Arrow Factory as a testing ground for a variety of ideas and concepts, showing only semi-finished work or works-in-process that are continually modified over a fixed period of time. Over a period of six weeks, Kan Xuan will present four to five different projects, each on view for a period of ten days or less. Instead of exhibiting a finished work at the beginning, the work will only reach completion at the end, representing an inverse model of the conventional static and unchanging exhibition format. Working with artists under these provisional conditions, Arrow Factory hopes to open new modes of exhibition-making by diverting attention away from a finished artwork towards something that evolves within the space and that gives the viewing public a deeper look into the artistic process.

　　Kan Xuan (b.1972) is a graduate of the China Academy of Art specializing in video and video installation. Her work has been exhibited widely in China and internationally, notably in the Chinese Pavilion of the Venice Biennale (2007), 10th International Istanbul Biennial (2007), NONO at the Long March Space, Beijing (2007) and China Power Station I, II, III in various locations (2006-2008). She completed a residency at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende in Amsterdam and was the winner of the De Prix de Rome Prize in Holland in 2005. She lives between Beijing and the Netherlands.

　　Arrow Factory is an independently run alternative storefront space that seeks to advance artistic collaboration, exploration and experimentation across different cultural contexts and viewing publics. Located in a small hutong in Beijing’s city center, Arrow Factory reclaims existing commercial space to present artworks that stimulate dialogue between art and contemporary urban space. Aimed at reaching a diverse public made up of local residents, as well as local and international art audiences, our modestly sized space (approx 10 square meters or 100 square feet) is intended to create new avenues for artistic production in China and further aesthetic relationships between contemporary art and everyday life. Arrow Factory will invite artists living inside and outside of China to create site-specific installations and projects that will be available for view in its storefront location 7 days a week

　　箭廠空間

　　箭廠胡同38號 (國子監(jiān)街內(nèi))

　　北京 100007 中國

　　Arrow Factory

　　38 Jianchang Hutong (off Guozijian Jie)

　　Beijing, 100007 China

　　arrowfactory@gmail.com