Carte Blanche
05.22 - 05.25Beijing Dangdai Art Fair
—— National AgriculturalExhibition Center A11
Beijing Dangdai Art Fair, for the first time, launched the art program “Beijing 108 Hours”, collaborating with other art activities, such as Gallery Week Beijing and ART021 BEIJING, to build the “Beijing Art Season,” positioning Beijing as a key destination on the global art map in May.
This year's art fair brought together 121 institutions from 32 cities across 12 countries worldwide, which took place from May 22 to 25 at Hall 11 of the National Agricultural Exhibition Center.
The art fair continues its exploration and discovery of the depth and diversity of contemporary art value, with the theme “Concave-Convex.” This theme symbolizes the complementarity and harmony between different local cultures, as well as the connection and collaboration between various entities, showcasing diverse aesthetic perspectives and the multifaceted ecosystem of the art.
Guillaume Talbi
He creates sculptures and watercolors that blendEastern and Western aesthetics;
His artworks explore lightness and innovative beautythrough depicting abstract forms of plants and animals;
He has maintained a long-standing active involvement inthe field of contemporary Sino-French art.
Zhao Meng
He is an associate in Research at the Fairbank Centerfor Chinese Studies, Harvard University.
He is the first artist to become a finalist at PremioFaenza in Italy.
He explores the development of ceramic arts in the contemporaryart field based on traditional cultural contexts.
Chloé Silbano
She is a cross-media experimental artist.
She depicts the interrelated postures of the human bodyand objectswithinspecific contexts, imparting emotional and distinctive narratives to herartworks.
Lionel Sabatté
He explores the fragility of nature and life throughdiverse imagination.
Dust, oxides, and natural pigments are his materials.
He challenges people’s perceptions of familiar objectsthrough primal and abstract demonstration.
Ken Eastma
Most of his works are “containers” formed through clayslab construction, resembling a fusion of landscape, the human body, andarchitectural forms such as castles. They reflect the understated simplicityand quiet restraint characteristic of British ceramic artstyle.
The five artists of Carte Blanche, like fiveindependent threads, weave a tapestry of contemporary art ecology whereindividuality and collectivity, tradition and experimentation, and Eastern andWestern differences coexist, presenting a visual dialogue about matter, memory,and art ecology.
