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Art adorns OH Bay
    2020-12-15  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

Cao Zhen

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WHILE the much-anticipated Ferris wheel at OCT OH Bay in west Shenzhen has not opened to the public yet, the coastal entertainment spots in the Coastal Cultural Park remain ideal for weekend leisure. Now, 10 art installations from “Boundaries Ahead: OH Bay Art Project” curated by Shangqi Art are on display to imbue more cultural and art elements into the coastal area.

Created by domestic and international artists and architects, the artworks together with four giant landscape structures are scattered by the sea, exploring the boundaries between the public and private spaces and between the city and nature.

The artists and architects are Eric Chen from Taiwan, Lan Ziyan+LLS (Labland Society) from Hangzhou, Yang Yong from Shenzhen, Yin Xiuzhen, Zhuang Ziyu and Zhang Xinyi from Beijing, Laura Boles Faw, Asma Kazmi and Masako Miki from the United States and Atelier Bow-Wow from Japan.

Zhang’s “The Man of the Crowd” attracted many selfie lovers since she placed figures from Georges Seurat’s most famous painting, “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte,” on the grass.

The young artist has long been playing with Western classical oil paintings in her creations. In the past few years, she has used simple cartoon-like strokes and bright, warm colors to reproduce famous paintings. She once said that modern people can look up classical paintings on the Internet, but it only provides an ambiguous outline of the work, not the details of the masterpieces. Under the influence of cyber aesthetics, she keeps the main plot of each masterpiece using friendly warm colors and simple strokes, and throws away the details of the classics.

The bright colors and cartoon-like figures in “The Man of the Crowd” reflect the aesthetic characteristics of the Internet era, in which any classic works can be copied, circulated and clicked on like icons. Connecting the past and the present, the work also attempts to explore how classic art works become ordinary images in the process of dissemination and how these images lose details and significance when perceived over time.

Artist Miki placed installations in the shapes of Roc’s feathers, a peach, a lotus root and a gourd on the grass. She said these objects are referencing Chinese cultural iconography embedded with a rich history. The nickname of Shenzhen is “Pengcheng” (“the City of Roc”) and the Roc is a giant mythical bird.

“Both peaches and gourds are considered good luck in Chinese culture. These familiar crops represent the idea of traditions and connections to the land and nourishment for the people. Feathers are based on the mythology of Roc. Shenzhen’s new booming economy involving new technologies could only be possible because of the open and entrepreneurial spirit. The root of the lotus flower is a metaphor that Shenzhen has blossomed by the immense efforts of many generations who believed in new visions for their futures,” she said.

Artist and curator Yang is the founder of Shangqi Art in Shenzhen and has participated in more than 130 exhibitions in 20 countries since 1999. He created the installation “Entry Plan” for the exhibition. “I attempt to discuss and update the morphological relationship and significance in a multidimensional context. After a to-be-open daily space is reorganized with saturated colors and concise cubes, the relationship between colors and the environment, as well as the 3D geometry will be recognized. This work can not only mark the entry as a physical space, but also opens up endless possibilities for resetting the visual language and spiritual space,” he said.

Many children played inside architect Zhuang’s “The Cloud Maze 4.0 — Cloud Atlas,” a maze that Zhuang created to make a dialogue between the city and nature by probing into the relationship between artificial environments and nature. A graduate from Columbia University, Zhuang is the lead architect of RSAA/Büro Ziyu Zhuang.

Giant cloud-shaped structures designed by Pablo Laguarda in the Celebration Square of the park and structures with the shapes of shells, waves and fish designed by David Paul Thompson by the sea provide ideal relaxing places for visitors in the park.

Dates: Until March 28, 2021

Venue: Coastal Cultural Park, OH Bay, Bao’an District (宝安区欢乐港湾海滨文化公园)

Metro: Line 5 to Baohua Station (宝华站), Exit A1

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