C-Space, Beijing Explained

C-Space Beijing (Chinese: C-空间) is a contemporary art gallery in the artist district of Caochangdi, in Beijing China.

History

C-Space was founded in 2008 by Melle Hendrikse and is dedicated on creating exhibitions with young and emerging or established artists, both from the West and China. In making these combinations, the shows have an extra dimension, they become unique little dialogues between two cultural backgrounds.

Selection of Past Exhibitions

2010

• In November 2010 it marked China's "first show for Germany's performance and media artist Ulay":^[1] Great Walk Talk. It includes works he produced in China from 1986 to 1988.
• From June to September 2010 C-Space brought together two renowned graffiti artists Blade from the U.S. and Zhang Dali from China: From New York to Beijing: Graffiti - Blogging in the Street. "The exhibition at C-Space does not pose specific questions about the complexity of being a street artist in a dictatorship but provides a low-key celebration of the subculture that flourished in New York during the early 1980s."^[2]
• April to May 2010: Also Space. "It'd be easy to mistake the exhibition in C-Space for a living quarters, and much of the natural layout of the space has been used in the creation of art, or a place for people to interact." ""I'd like people to feel free to navigate the building. I'd like them to feel free to counter what they're expecting to see and re-appropriate what they're looking for," adds Vanhoe." Also Space is a proposal taking into account the various formats of organizations in the art world such as spaces and exhibitions. What it addresses is that if the formats of spaces, exhibitions and other forms of organizations that we usually see and know existing in the art industry have been accepted arbitrarily and unconsciously as rules, orders, standards and levels of judgments, can we still propose other forms of organizations within the grids of such rules and standards."^[3]
• March/ April 2010, Woody van Amen: Language as a medium for Art. "Christened by Western media as the Father of Dutch Pop Art, van Amen became fascinated with Chinese characters after he was diagnosed with cancer in 2003."^[4]

2009

• Sagi Groner: The Culture of Make Believe, September/ October 2009. "It consisted of a group of tiny sculptures placed before blue screens. Some of the figures are scenes from well known Hollywood productions (there is one from the Wizard of Oz) while others are representative of Greek/Roman gods." "The pieces were theatrical and engaging."^[5]

2008

• Strategies for concealing. November 2008 - February 2009. "C-Space special curator Maria Rus Bojan mounts an exhibition about the popularity of reality TV, and online communities, acting as camouflage that allows viewers to blend into contemporary, mediated surroundings and conceal themselves from the ‘enemy’. This group show consists of photographs, videos, paintings and sculptures subtly hiding desperation, loss and anxiety."^[6]

Artists

• Woody van Amen
• Hans van Bentem^[7]
• Cang Xin
• Aaron van Erp
• Sagi Groner
• Boukje Janssen
• Ana Maria Micu^[8]
• Catalin Petrisor^[9]
• Nicolas Provost
• Adriaan Rees^[10]
• Marike Schuurman^[11]
• Sui Jianguo
• ^[12]
• Vroegop / Schoonveld^[13]
• Carine Weve^[14]
• Xing Danwen^[15]
• Liu Gang
• Sun Ping
• Zhang Shujian
• Zhang Dali

Address

Red No. 1 – C1 & C2Cao ChangdiChaoyang DistrictBeijing, 100015, China

External links

• C-Space website

Notes and References

1. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/metro/2010-12/13/content_11691140.htm 1 China Daily - Ulay at C-Space
2. Web site: 2 Riksutstallningar - Beijing's Art District Expands: Opening at C-Space . 2010-12-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721234131/http://www.riksutstallningar.se/Templates/ExtNews____38019.aspx . 2011-07-21 . dead .
3. Web site: 4 After Gallery - Liu Ding: In Also Space. 2010-12-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20110811052431/http://aftergallery.ru/text/0003/?lng=en#. 2011-08-11. dead.
4. Web site: 5 Beijing Today -Chinese characters muse of Dutch pop artist . 2010-12-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110707014037/http://www.beijingtoday.com.cn/tag/woody-van-amen# . 2011-07-07 . dead .
5. Web site: 6 Big RED & Shiny - GALLERY ADVENTURES IN CAOCHANGDI, BEIJING . 2010-12-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110708000341/http://www.bigredandshiny.com/cgi-bin/mobile.cgi?section=out-of-town&issue=118&article=200910115225035058976780# . 2011-07-08 . dead .
6. Web site: 7 Time Out -Strategies for concealing: Shock and awe - C-Space provokes . 2010-12-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110316154617/http://www.timeout.com/cn/en/beijing/aroundtown/feature/6549/strategies-for-concealing.html# . 2011-03-16 . dead .
7. Web site: Hans van Bentem. hansvanbentem.nl. 2010-12-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20110724152930/http://www.hansvanbentem.nl/#. 2011-07-24. dead.
8. Web site: Ana Maria Micu. anamariamicu.com.
9. Web site: Cătălin Petrișor. catalinpetrisor.com.
10. Web site: Home. adriaanrees.nl.
11. Web site: Marike Schuurman : Home. xx. marikeschuurman.com.
12. Web site: Henk Visch. henkvisch.nl.
13. Web site: VROEGOP / SCHOONVELD, the Dutch visual artists Matty Vroegop & Ed Schoonveld are working together as an artists-duo since 1992.. vroegop-schoonveld.com.
14. Web site: Carine Weve - beeldend kunstenaar. Diederik. Weve. carine-weve.nl.
15. Web site: Xing Danwen . danwen.com.