The political elements in Liu Xinyi’s artworks primarily come from extracting aesthetic forms out of visual and linguistic representations, by exchanging the contexts of the certain details in popular and media culture Liu creates paradoxical and satirical tension. For the “Excitation Wave” project, Liu Xinyi appropriated the bottled soft drinks found on everyday consumer market and thepropaganda slogan of “Don’t Forget to Vote” – these two symbolisms of real politics and media politics - installed them in the Light Pavilion space in their exaggerated execution. Whether the colorful liquids that we are familiar with and trust, injected into our digestive system, or the accustomed political slogans we hear on the media, Liu Xinyi has assigned the tonality of alienation and differentiation to their physical wavelength.
Liu Xinyi, born in Hangzhou in 1982, graduated from the Sculpture Department of the China Academy of Fine Art in 2007. In 2010, he graduated with a M.F.A from Goldsmith College in London. He is now living and working in Beijing, China.
| LIGHT PAVILION PROJECT |
“Light pavilion” is located on the second floor of Taikang Space. As a newly found project space, “Light pavilion” focuses on supporting artists to realize their grand yet difficult project proposals and presenting their most recent creative experiments, with which to provide a platform for new voices among contemporary Chinese artists and their experimentations. Meanwhile, metaphorically refers to those who are exposed under daylight and their experiences in tumultuous times.
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Liu Xinyi, Gems, 2013, installation (stainless steel frames, soft drinks and fruit juice beverages), dimensions variable -
Liu Xinyi, Gems, 2013, installation(detail) -
Liu Xinyi, Don't forget to Vote, 2013, double-channels video (loop), 1'43"
Liu Xinyi: EXCITATION WAVES
2013.06.27 - 2013.08.17
Artist(s)：Liu Xinyi
Curator(s)：Xu Chongbao
2017
- Light Pavilion Project / Ce. Zhenhao: Fong Fo Film Studio
- Drawing Pogo
- Light Pavilion Project / Jiu Jiu: Fantastic Grounds - Tomorrow
- Light Pavilion Project / Good Painting
- Portrait Hot: Taikang Photography Collection
2016
- Taikang New Generation Curator Program / Toward the Emergence of Resistance
- Light Pavilion Project / Liu Zhangbolong: La Gaya Scienza
- Centennial Presents in Return: Exhibition of Alumni Donation from Chen Dongsheng and Li Yifei
- Light Pavilion Project / Wang Tuo: A Little Violence of Organized Forgetting
- Light Pavilion Project / Yang Guangnan: Dyspepsia
- LOVE-ADDICT
- The Weight of Spirit: Selection of Taikang Collection 2016
- Ghost in Flash: After Photography
- Light Pavilion Project / Hu Qingtai: Two Parts
- Light Pavilion Project / Liang Ban: Slightly Concussed
- Light Pavilion Project / Hao Jingban: Over-romanticism
- Bio-archiving: Underground Music in Shenyang 1995-2002
2015
- POLIT-SHEER-FORM MEETING: THE 10th ANNIVERSARY OF POLIT-SHEER-FORM
- Norman Bethune: Coevolution of Hero and Photography
- Back Home, Run Away: A Sample of Artistic Geography
- Fusion: Chinese Modern and Contemporary Art since 1930s
- At China: Early Photography And Photographic Techniques
2014
- THE FIRST DAWN
- LOVE STORY
- SLOW SHUTTER
- Xu Qu: Tennis Court
- Poppy: Zhang Hai'er Photography
- Pull Left: Not Always Right
- You Are Damn Wrong
- Transience: Intractable Objects
2013
- Jia Xiaoding: ENDLESS
- From Fuxingmen to Caochangdi: Taikang Space 2003—
- Wang Zhenfei: CONTROL
- Liu Xinyi: EXCITATION WAVES
- Groundwork Community
- Pessimism or Resistance?
2012
- Rural North China 1947-1948
- Cai Dongdong: PULLING TO THE LEFT
- Sunset Vacuum Plug
- Gao Weigang: SUPERSTITION
- Painting: Jin Shangyi & Zhang Shujian
- La Chambre Claire
2011
- Three Openings of Xiangqian Art Museum
- EXHIBITION
- Holy Land of Revolution & Legends of Shanghai: 4th Retrospective Photography Exhibition of Wu Yinxian
- IMAGE·HISTORY·EXISTENCE——TAIKANG LIFE 15th ANNIVERSARY ART COLLECTION EXHIBITION
- Present Continuous Past(s)
- Valiant & Heroic Peripateticism: 3rd Retrospective Photography Exhibition of Wu Yinxian
- 51㎡：16 Emerging Chinese Artists
2010
- 51㎡: No.16 Wang Yuyang
- 51㎡: No.15 Liang Yuanwei
- 51㎡: No.14 Yan Bing
- Genuine Colors & Images•All Sorts of Flowers Are in Bloom: 2nd Retrospective Photography Exhibition of Wu Yinxian
- 51㎡: No.13 Liu Chuang
- 51㎡: No.12 Ma Qiusha
- 51㎡: No.11 Xu Qu
- 51㎡: No.10 Lu Zhengyuan
- 51㎡: No.9 Pei Li
- 51㎡: No.8 Xin Yunpeng
- 51㎡: No.7 Hu Xiangqian
- 51㎡: No.6 Cai Weidong
- 51㎡: No.5 Li Mu
- In Between: Han Lei Photography Exhibition
- 51㎡: No.4 Wang Sishun
2009
- 51㎡：3# Zhao Yao
- 51㎡：2# Su Wenxiang
- Beijing Hotel and the Great Hall of the People: 1st Retrospective Photography Exhibition of Wu Yinxian
- 51㎡：1# Zhao Zhao
- Subjective Images
- Luo Yang
2008
- Lost Fuchun Mountain: Shu Hao Solo Exhibition
- Peppermint: Drawings by Yan Cong
- Spirit | Life: Jiang Jianjun’s Aesthetic Narrative
- Good Times: Chen Hongbo Solo Exhibition
- Chen Weiqun: Photo-Chromato
2007
- One Work: Propitiation of Liu Wei + Chen Haoyu
- Illusion–Running Away: Shu Hao’s Exhibition
- Box Space, Space Box: Ma Qiusha’s Photographs
- TIME LAPSE
- Mirage: Sun Hongbin Solo Exhibition
- Beautiful Plan: Han Yajuan Solo Exhibition
