2018年CRI Paddy Film first included in Exhibition of Annual of China's Contemporary Art

 

An exhibition that serves as a panorama¹ of various exhibitions last year is now underway at the Beijing Minsheng Art Museum.

Curator of the exhibition, Zhu Qingsheng, has unveiled two major highlights of the annual event in an exclusive interview with CRI.

The exhibition brings together representative art creations from around 140 Chinese contemporary artists.

They include Mao Chenyu's project titled "Paddy Film," which includes documents and videos from the films set in the big forest about Paddy.

"Paddy Film became first included in this Annual of Contemporary Art exhibition. It is an unprecedented² endeavor of making film an art project, to be accurate, a comprehensive art management program. My team has designed to accommodate it into a special structure and this process endows the Paddy Film-related artwork with a fresh meaning," explains Curator Zhu Qingsheng.

In preparation for the exhibition, Zhu Qingsheng and his team surveyed 37-hundred-76 exhibitions that took place nationwide in 2017.

They then came up with a list of artists who would be short-listed for the event.

Organizers say they hope people will get a better understanding of the latest developments in the Chinese contemporary art scene through last year.

Zhu Qingsheng says the exhibition also has elements for children.

"The interpretation³ for each piece of art on display is made both in English and also children's voiceover. We set up a special workgroup that dedicates to specify⁴ the relationships between these artworks and children. For children visitors, they may get interested in scanning to have a listen at their peers' interpretations⁵. As children offer their perspectives towards the artwork and world in their interpretations, they may also guide us onto a new path of artistic⁶ creations."

The exhibition of Annual of China's Contemporary Art is the main exhibition of the Beijing Minsheng Art Museum.

It's supported by the China National Arts Fund.

This year's exhibition will run until August 24th.

1 panorama   

n.全景，全景画，全景摄影，全景照片[装置]

参考例句：

• A vast panorama of the valley lay before us.山谷的广阔全景展现在我们面前。
• A flourishing and prosperous panorama spread out before our eyes.一派欣欣向荣的景象展现在我们的眼前。

2 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

3 interpretation   

n.解释，说明，描述；艺术处理

参考例句：

• His statement admits of one interpretation only.他的话只有一种解释。
• Analysis and interpretation is a very personal thing.分析与说明是个很主观的事情。

4 specify   

vt.指定，详细说明

参考例句：

• We should specify a time and a place for the meeting.我们应指定会议的时间和地点。
• Please specify what you will do.请你详述一下你将做什么。

5 interpretations   

n.解释( interpretation的名词复数 )；表演；演绎；理解

参考例句：

• This passage is open to a variety of interpretations. 这篇文章可以有各种不同的解释。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The involved and abstruse passage makes several interpretations possible. 这段艰涩的文字可以作出好几种解释。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6 artistic   

adj.艺术(家)的，美术(家)的；善于艺术创作的

参考例句：

• The picture on this screen is a good artistic work.这屏风上的画是件很好的艺术品。
• These artistic handicrafts are very popular with foreign friends.外国朋友很喜欢这些美术工艺品。