Australian artist brolga's distinctive dreamy graffiti appears on the dome in a 3D version for the first time. The mysterious black box and artist nobody sausage's "dancing sausage" send you a warm invitation... On September 6, Shanghai K11 Shopping Art Center opened in On the occasion of its 11th anniversary, a total of 36 artists from home and abroad gathered together to kick off the second Openfile Contemporary Visual Art Festival with the theme of "Brave New World", creating a fantasy adventure full of miracles and creativity.
openfile is committed to strengthening exchanges between international talents. By connecting different artistic fields, it has become an important platform to showcase innovative visual culture and promote cross-cultural exchanges. "Brave New World" invites the audience to explore these complex areas and experience unprecedented "whims and wonders."
k11 Art Museum has built an exhibition area covering six major exhibition halls, five major theme chapters, with a total area of 2,000 square meters, displaying up to 100 sets of works and groundbreaking creative achievements by 36 artists from all over the world, including hand-painted works and sculptures. , cutting-edge digital works and artificial intelligence, etc., opening up a "brave new world" full of miracles and infinite possibilities. Among them, many overseas artists have their first exhibition in China here.
Animation artists danny casale and nobody sausage, who have tens of millions of fans around the world, are here with their popular works. German ghost artist christoph niemann presents a masterpiece with full imagination. Italian national treasure artist emiliano ponzi brings a brand new immersive art installation, which is well-known. The international line magician Shantell Martin expresses new inspirations with free and casual brushstrokes, and Chinese young artists Ma Ming, Zhang Quan, Huang Heshan, Shen Tianyu, etc. also bring new interpretations of works. Artists have reimagined people's relationship with space, time and the digital world, presenting a new century visual feast with unique creative perspectives and artistic language.
Interesting and creative art walls can be seen everywhere, including the passionately dancing sausage man, the dog emperor in new clothes, and colorful cute cats... Each artistic image exudes strong dopamine happiness, which makes people feel happy. Immerse yourself in a multi-sensory experience. In addition to the immersive visual experience, the exhibition also cleverly integrates interactive magic, with rich and interesting interactive check-ins at many places in the venue. The exhibition also features joint brand exhibition areas, art salons and peripheral shops, as well as a series of creative and interesting art workshops brought by many artists, providing more rich and diverse art experiences for visitors to the exhibition.
"Cultural retail" pioneer k11 has never stood still, constantly breaking through and innovating, opening up new art, new business formats, new spaces, new ways of playing, and new experiences. As the first project of the k11 brand in the mainland, Shanghai k11 allows art exhibitions, brand renewal, retail updates, etc. to all take place in this commercial art space, continuing the in-depth expression of culture and art, and providing new business formats and experiences for A new cultural venue is presented to the public.
In the future, Shanghai k11 will continue to lead a new benchmark in the "cultural business district", with an open and inclusive attitude, inviting artists and audiences from all over the world to go on a journey of creative inspiration and explore the infinite possibilities of the "brave new world".
Author: Fan Xin
Text: Fan Xin Picture: Exhibition site Editor: Xu Yang Editor in charge: Li Ting
