Shun Art Gallery Shanghai “Shunga Yobai” will be held from July 25th to September 6th
Duration : 2020.7.25（Sat）- 2020.9.6（Sun）
Opening : 12:00 – 20:00 (Closed on Mondays)
Venue : Room 108, No. 3, Lane 1363, Middle Fuxing Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai
Tel : +86 (0)21 5496 1918
Web : https://shunartdesign.com/
Artist :
柴 一茗 CHAI Yiming
裴 晶 PEI Jing
余 启平 YU Qiping
内田 江美 Emi UCHIDA
佐藤 令奈 Haruna SATO
Zoom meeting
3pm (Shanghai, China)
4pm (Tokyo, Japan)
4pm (Seoul, South Korea)
9am (Florence, Italy)
8am (London, UK)
Meeting ID: 861 5575 7959
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Opening
2020.7.25 (Sat) 4pm-7pm
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柴 一茗 CHAI Yiming | 变形記 | 水墨 | 33.7×11cm / 頁 | 共15頁 | 2013
Yobai: Erotica at the Ukiyo-e era in Japan
“The Tale of Genji” by Murasaki Shikibu is one of the classical Japanese novels, as the equivalent of “Dream of the Red Chamber”, in the book the character Hikaru Genji was alike to Jia Baoyu from the “Red Chamber”. Many episodes appear in the novel as “Yobai: Crawling at night” which refers to a man sneaking into the chamber of a woman that he attracted to in the middle of the night for coitus, and leave quietly before the dawn. This was a custom in Japan abolished until modern times. Minorities in China seem to have a similar custom but it only has happened at the maternal clan tribes.
Philosophers through ages pondering art or lust would eventually bring up the functionalism – an ultimate form of play. From the verbal game to the physical collision, people extend their lives through a cognitive excitement and imagination, longing for surreal pleasures, which separated from the functional reality of “breeding”. In the book of “The Explanation of Dreams”, Freud’s description of functionalism and the discussing of “perversion of goals” and “perversion of purpose”; Behaviors goes beyond normal which bordering on the “pathological” or “perverted” were characterized vividly at Bataille’s novel “Le bleu du Ciel”. His appraising and inheritance of Freud’s works is an important part of the histories of philosophy and art. The influence of thoughts incarnates into a theoretical life.
柴 一茗 CHAI Yiming | 变形記 | 水墨 | 33.7×11cm / 頁 | 共15頁 | 2013
By the starting of the 2020 summer season, more than 12 million people worldwide had infected the COVID-19 and the death toll exceeded half of a million. Is this tragedy coming by accident or has it been lurking for a while? At this time almost everyone is concerned about social distance. Primary infections, mass infections, one word about epidemic after another are warning people to not contacting with one and another. However, as for humans’ history began at a collective living style, the virus keeps the constant collective contagion over and over again. Interestingly, at the current a large percentage of the collective contagion around the world came from clubbing or drinking. The social movement of BLM induced the pondering of racism retroactively and reflectively, it may create some positive effects on the nowadays human society. The maintenance of social distance leads to human intimacy facing an unprecedented level of forbiddenness. But the taboo is precisely what human beings were most interested in exploring since the beginning of time.
In this particular period, we curate a group exhibition including five Chinese and Japanese artists. The theme of the exhibition, Shunga Yobai, has always been an interest of us. We also hope to tour the exhibitions both in Japan and Korea after the Shanghai station.
Pei Jing’s works are theatrical and stage-like. In the depiction the exposure of characters is pop-art alike and age countering. Part of the desire and stimulation originated from the body’s character of “plumpness breast and arm”. The surrounding environment is being depicted traditionally and aesthetically, within the contrast it became the true essence of the work.
裴 晶 PEI Jing | 兰花 / 含情 / 白云 | 水彩 | 54×39cm | 2019
The playfulness, humor, and the hidden diversity of Chai Yiming’s works will allow you to find new, as enlightening as when you were a child, reading the forbidding books or other acts that defied the norms. Freshness is the highlight of his works, they are versatile and high taste, which is the cultural heritage of his works carrying.
柴 一茗 CHAI Yiming | 点绛唇 | 水墨 | 35×17cm | 2007
The literati temperament and relaxes in Yu Qiping’s works originated from the restraint and peace of the whole picture. Elegance, wabi-sabi, those characters were brought by the Chinese traditions and the charm of ancient capital Kyoto. The emptiness and vertigo of the ancient temples and forest, siding with the surreal serenity in the picture lead to a casual, free, and liberating state.
余 启平 YU Qiping | 思文 | 水墨 | 24.0×33.0cm | 2018
Japanese artist Emi Uchida’s work mixes Shunga compositions from the Ukiyo-e era paints with contemporary Japanese anime characters, which let the portrait figures bypassing the eras. In her works, the usual charcoal lines conceal the Shunga’s entanglements.
内田 江美 Emi UCHIDA | Spring | Ink,Pen,Pencil | 57×77cm | 2011
Haruna Sato’s works tend to sense the warmth and sensuality of the image, softly. But during the creation the artist strongly beat the canvas, blended with pigments. If you don’t concentrate when you see the painting, you couldn’t tell what’s in there. The function hidden in the abstraction, waited for you to observe.
佐藤 令奈 Haruna SATO | Secret & pleasure | μ-Ground, Colored pencils, Pastel and Emboss on Colored paper | 24.2×30.3cm | 2020
It’s a shame that I can’t come back to Shanghai from Tokyo to appreciate the charms of those original works at the moment, and I admire you who can in Shanghai.
I miss Shanghai, hope to return soon in 2020, the year of turmoils.
Shun, wrote at Tokyo Studio in a wild windy weather
Midsummer 2020
About Artists
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Chai Yiming, 1965 Born in Harbin. 1987 Graduated from the Department of Design, Shanghai Institute of Business Studies. Now working and living in Shanghai.Exhibitions have been held since 1991. Over the years, he has devoted himself to use the Chinese painting materials to represent surreal images. Combining modern elements and the Chinese ink ,creates a unique style. Solo Exhibition: Wang Chunfeng,798 Art Stack, Shanghai China(2019); Pick Up The Legacy, ANYI Gallery, Shanghai China(2018); Group Exhibition: Yu Qiping / Song Kexi / Chai Yiming Works Exhibition, Dehoy Contemporary Art Center, Shanghai China(2018); Post-Pen-InkEra: Chinese Landscape Group Exhibition, Zhejiang Art Museum, Hangzhou(2018).
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Pei Jing,1962 Born in Beijing. 1983 Graduated from the Stage Design Department of shanghai Drama Academy. Solo Exhibition: Old paintings by Mr.Pei/PeiJing drawing, Power Station of Art, Shanghai China(2013); The great life of Pei,Shengling Art Gallery, Shanghai China(2010).
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Yu Qiping, 1980 Enrolled in Fine Art Dept. of Nanjing University of The Arts, major in Chinese Painting. 1984 Graduated from Nanjing University of The Arts. Worked at Jiangsu Fine Arts Publishing House, Editor of “Jiangsu Art Monthly Pictorial”. Solo Exhibition: Wandering about in the romantic, ANYI Gallery, Shanghai China(2019); Exert Yourself, HaitangArtSpace, Nanjing China(2019); Group Exhibition: FIVE YEARS OF THRIVING STARS——EXHIBITION ON THE RESEARCH OF THE CURRENT AND FUTURE CHINESE INK PAINTING,Liu Hai Su Art Museum, Shanghai China(2019); Yu Qiping / Song Kexi / Chai Yiming Works Exhibition, Dehoy Contemporary Art Center, Shanghai China(2018).
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Emi Uchida, Born in Yamanashi-ken, Japan. Solo Exhibition: Winter is coming Can spring be far behind?-Emi Uchida Solo Exhibition, Shun Art Gallery,Shanghai(2011);Contracted with Onishi gallery and solo Exhibition,Chelsea,New York(2009); Group Exhibition: Young Artists JapanVol.4, Tokyo Japan(2011); Art project <the summer moon>in Honjima Island, Gallery ARTE, Kagawa Japan(2011).
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Haruna STAO was born in Japan in 1984, she was graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Tama Art University in 2008. Now she is the enrolled student in Master of Oil painting and Printing course of Aichi Prefectual University of Fine Arts. Solo Exhibition: Slightly but quite different, Gallery KIDO Press, Japan (2017); BABIES, Gallery Bundo, Korea (2012); Group Exhibition: Wakaba Luster, Blue Roof Museum, China (2018); Nakanojo Biennial 2017, Japan (2017).
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