21 GRAMS
Venue
When
Audience
Category
21 GRAMS
BeCraft Galerie, Belgique
23.06.2019 → 08.09.2019
An exhibition initiated by the China Academy of Art, in collaboration with BeCraft, the Handwerk München Gallery (DE), the Legnica Gallery of Art (PL) and the CODA Museum (PB)
Does the soul exist? If so, what is its consistency? And where will she lodge?
Rational or not, the answer depends on the personal beliefs of everyone. At the beginning of this hypothesis, that of the weight of the soul - which should be equivalent to 21 grams - a series of world artists set the tone.
Driven by aspirations (in) consciously influenced by their cultural baggage, they show with simplicity and humility jewels reflecting deep human concerns, beyond the materiality of existence and diktats of consumption.
"So I know that the saying that life and death are the same is both false and absurd, that the saying of a long life and a short life as indistinguishable is totally made. It is unfortunate that our future generations see the present as we see the past. [...] Even if the world changes and things are different from now on, the spirit I use to make my heart speak is constant. "
Excerpt from a poem from the Orchid Pavilion highlighted by Xu Jiang, Chairman of the Academic Committee of the China Academy of Art.
Commissariat:
Ruudt Peters
Artists:
Paul Adie, Helen Britton, Peter Bauhuis, Bifei Cao, Carla Castiajo, Xu Chenqian, Zhang Chenzhi, Weng Chumeng, Aaron Decker, Peter Deckers, Patricia Domingues, Iris Eichenberg, Nedda El-Asmar, Sara Gackowska, Adam Grinovich, Sophie Hanagarth, Ann-Kathrin Hartel, Li Heng, Nils Hint, Meiri Ishida, Koen Jacobs, Sun Jie, He Jing, Jun Won Jung, Lauren Kalman, Heejoo Kim, Zhang Kun, Seulgi Kwon, Helena Lehtinen, Urmas Lüüs, Suska Mackert, Kadri Mälk, Lilian Mattuschka, Hsu Mei-ing, Wu Mian, Jiang Min, Chequita Nahar, Evert Nijland, Ted Noten, Seth Papac, Suzanne Pugh, Pavel Opocensky, Ruudt Peters, Annika Petterson, Karen Pontoppidan, Estela Saez, Nina Sajet, Fabrice Schaefer, Robert Smit, Nadja Soloviev, Tore Svensson, Anneleen Swillen, Edu Tarin, Terhi Tolvanen, Fabrizio Tridenti, Vivi Touloumidi, Frank Verkade, Florian Weichsberger, Ni Xian'ou, Liu Xiao, Wang Xiaojia, Wang Xiaoxin, Wang Xiaoxue, Zhai Xihan, Guo Xin, Jin Xueling, Yanli Duan, Li Yinliang, Zhang Zaozao, Wang Zhenghong and Zhang Zhi.
Exhibition Run
23.06.2019 - 08.09.2019
Venue
BeCraft
Site des Anciens Abattoirs
17/02, Rue de la Trouille
B-7000 Mons
Belgique
