Multi-Archeology
1162 - 2162 Another Thousand Years
Conceptualist | Curator: Li Zhenhua
| Curatorial Eassy from Li Zhenhua
Art Works
| Ren Qinga <Hurray! Hurray! > 2007-2008
Hurray!Hurray!
Sculpture
Dimensions:
1. Length 210cm, Diameter 25cm
2. Length 205cm, Diameter 20cm
3. Length 95cm, Diameter 15cm
Materials:
Artificial fur, resin, glass, electronic sound system etc.
Date:
2007-2008
Artist Statement:
I have made 3 'wolf-missiles' which are the same size as three of my family members. They are breaking into the Palazzo Strozzi, and play recordings of the words 'hurray, hurray' in the Mongolian language every 3 minutes. The recordings were made by the 3 members of my family which the missiles relate to.
When the army of the Mongolian Empire travelled to the West the soldiers used the word ‘Hurray!’ to raise their morale, and provide inspiration for their campaigns. Over time the phrase came to be adopted by the European armies.
‘Hurray!’ is also a holy word, used by the Mongolians when they pray.
REN Qinga’s work in the Palazzo Strozzi has extended his piece ‘Long March Project’ in which he uses the body as an element. In ‘Long March Project,’ Ren tattooed the map of the Long March on his back, and continuously updated the tattoo with his advance. Ren also re-uses an element from one of his previous works called ‘Territory,’ in which the wolf is used as a representation of the spirit. In these new pieces, sound has also appeared in his work. He brings these two elements together in this piece.
Hurray!Hurray! livevideo>>>
performance
duration: 60mins
matierial: horse skin
2008
BIO
QIN Ga
1971 Born in Inner Mongolia
Lives and works in Beijing
Education
2005 MA Sculpture Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
1997 BFA, Sculpture Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
Solo Exhibitions
QinGa - The Miniature Long March, Long March Space, Beijing, China
Selected Exhibitions
2007
The Borders of Utopia, Beijing Today Art Museum, China
Practise - Chinese Video Exhibition, Julie Walsh Gallery, Chicago, U.S.A
Energy - Today’s Documents, Beijing Today Art Museum, China
Art Breakthrough: Asian Gallery Invitation Exhibition, National Agricultural Exhibition Center (New Hall), Beijing, China
Made In China - Works From The Estella Collection, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Shangri-la on the Horizon, FRAC Lorraine, Metz, France
Thermocline of Art: New Asian Waves, ZKM, Germany
dragon of differentiation, New York China-Square Art Center
Double-Shadow Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition (Bao Pao, Sui Jianguo, Qin Ga), TRA Gallery, Beijing, China
￥％……@￥！＃饿￥日- Contemporary Art Exhibition, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
2006
Double-Kick Cracker - Contemporary Art Exhibition, Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
Humanistic Shanshui - An Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture Art, Huizhou, China
Twelve - CCAA, Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
Size Decides Attitude - First 5X7” (Pingyao) Picture-Taking Biennial Project, China Pingyao International Photography Festival, Shanxi, China
Biennial Cuvée - Contemporary Art Exhibition, O.K Center of Linz, Austria
Long March Capital - Art Exhibition, Long March Space A, Beijing, China
2005
Renovation - Contemporary Art Exhibition, Long March Space, Beijing, China
Conspire - The 1st Exhibition of TS1 Contemporary Art Center, TS1 Contemporary Art Center, Beijing, China
Ten Thousand Years - Contemporary Art Exhibition, Post Modern City, Beijing, China
To Each His Own - Contemporary Art Exhibition, Zero Field Experimental Art, Center of 798 Art Factory, Beijing, China
Prague Biennale - Second Sight, National Gallery Prague, Czechoslovakia
Move up - Contemporary Art Exhibition From China, Toronto Art Exposition, Canada
2004
The Long March Pavilion, Le moine et le demon - Chinese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Lyon, France
Shanghai Assemblage 2000-2004, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Olso, Norway
Designed in China, Made in France, Espace Paul Ricard, Paris, France
2003
Drifting - A Contemporary Art Exhibition, Post Modern City, Beijing, China
2002
The Long March - A Walking Visual Display, different sites in China
2001
Dreaming to Country, Shanxi, China
2000
Fuck Off, Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai, China
Documentary Show of Chinese Avant-garde Art in the 1990s, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan
Fifth Lyon Biennale, Lyon Contemporary Art Museum, France
Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese Sculpture, Qingdao Sculpture Museum, China
Obsession with Harm, Sculpture Institute of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
1999
Century Gate - Invitational Exhibition of Chinese Art 1979-1999, Modern Art Museum, Chengdu, China
Second Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture, He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
Post-sensibility: Alien Bodies and Delusion, Shaoyaoju, Beijing, China.
1998
Inlays - Contemporary Art of Three Artists, Passage Gallery, Beijing, China
Yu Zi Paradise International Sculpture Symposium, Yu Zi Paradise, Guilin, China
1995
Hiroshima'95, International Conference Center, Hiroshima, Japan
Venue:
Palazzo Strozzi CCCS, Florence, Italy
Duration:
March 20th - May 4th, 2008
Special Thanks:
Tang Contemporary Art Centre
Wang Jianwei
Joe martin Hill
