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Victor Wang 王宗孚

木木美术馆非常荣幸地宣布委任Victor Wang王宗孚先生为木木美术馆的艺术总监和首席策展人，任期始于2019年10月。王宗孚将与木木美术馆的创始人林瀚和雷宛萤密切配合，筹划和发展木木美术馆未来的事业，其中包括木木美术馆798馆与木木艺术社区（木木美术馆钱粮胡同馆），前者所在的798艺术区因聚集大量最为成熟完备的艺术机构已成为北京著名艺术地标，后者所在的北京隆福寺地区，则因承接文化老城的底蕴而代表了木木美术馆在城市中心地带的发展版图，木木美术馆钱粮胡同馆的巨大空间将为其未来包括专门的音乐、表演、电影放映和餐饮空间提供更多发展潜力与挑战。

作为往返于东亚和欧洲的的独立策展人，王宗孚今年在木木美术馆798馆策划了Richard Tuttle的研究型展览。他将主导木木美术馆两个场馆空间的展览项目的发展并拓展包括舞蹈、电影、表演、音乐和谈话在内的跨界项目。

雷宛萤曾提道：“王宗孚属于新兴一代的策展人，他们在重新定义我们如何看待中国艺术以及艺术家如何跨越地域和历史进行创作。这样一位出色年轻策展人的加入对我们美术馆继续向前发展是至关重要的，有助于我们反思作为一家国际化美术馆的意义。”

王宗孚谈到：“近年来越来越多的中国美术馆开始反思一家全球化的美术馆意味着什么。经过与伦敦泰特现代美术馆的成功合作以及近期木木艺术社区的扩张，我非常期待发展出在此区域内支持当代艺术的新路径。

王宗孚在加入木木美术馆之前已发展出自身一套重要的独立策展实践体系，并与当代艺术家合作策划了许多重要的展览，其中包括：Haroon Mirza在南京四方美术馆的展览；Richard Tuttle在北京木木美术馆；Michael Dean在上海香格纳画廊；Katja Novitskova在伦敦白教堂画廊；Jac Leirner在上海当代艺术馆；Neïl Beloufa在上海chi K11美术馆。以及许多在欧洲展出中国艺术的著名群展，比如 “微纪元” （柏林国立美术馆，2019）（联合策展人）、“当代艺术”（伦敦里森画廊，2019）以及“中国2185“（伦敦赛迪HQ画廊，2017）。王宗孚担任了近期出版的《东亚行为艺术史1960-1990》（DRAF 2018）的编辑，同时也是亚洲表演艺术学院的创始人。他在东京艺术大学、伦敦考陶德艺术学院、伦敦大学金史密斯学院等大学教授策展和中国当代艺术，并现任北京中央美术学院的客座讲师。王宗孚毕业于伦敦皇家艺术学院，取得了当代艺术策展专业的硕士学位。

M WOODS Museum is pleased to announce the appointment of Victor Wang as the Artistic Director and Chief Curator of both museum locations in Beijing, M WOODS 798 and the newly established M WOODS ART COMMUNITY beginning in October 2019. Victor Wang will be working closely with founders of M WOODS Lin Han and Lei Wanying, to embark on the future development of M WOODS including the M WOODS 798 and M WOODS Art Community (M WOODS Hutong). M WOODS 798 is located in Beijing’s landmark art district 798, where many renowned art institutions have settled and grown. To further integrate the cultural heritage and history of the city, the newly inaugurated M WOODS Art Community in Beijing’s city centre represents the museum’s strategy to situate contemporary art in the city’s centre. The larger of the two museums, M WOODS Hutong, is designed to also host live music, performance art, screenings and a restaurant, that will bring more exciting potential for museum visitors. 

Wang, who has established himself as an independent curator moving between East Asia and Europe, and who recently curated a survey exhibition of Richard Tuttle at the museum, will spearhead M WOODS exhibition program across both museum spaces—and expand on the museum’s multidisciplinary program that encompasses dance, film, performance, music and talks.

"Wang is part of an exciting generation of curators that are redefining how we think about art from China, and how artists move between geographies and histories” says Lei Wanying. “Adding an extraordinary young curator whose expertise in this area is essential for us moving forward, and rethinking what it means to be an international museum”. 

 

Recently more museums in China are rethinking what it means to be a global museum”, says Victor Wang. “And after a successful collaboration with Tate Modern, London, and the recent expansion with the M WOODS ART COMMUNITY, I look forward to developing new ways of supporting contemporary art in this region”.

Wang joins M WOODS after developing a strong independent curatorial practice curating notable exhibitions with contemporary artists such as Haroon Mirza at Sifang art Museum, Nanjing (2019); Richard Tuttle at MWOODS, Beijing (2019); Michael Dean at ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai (2018); Katja Novitskova at Whitechapel Gallery, London (2018); Jac Leirner at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Pavilion, Shanghai (2016); Neïl Beloufa at chi K11 art museum, Shanghai (2016); amongst others. And notable group exhibitions that presented Chinese art in Europe such as ‘Micro-Era’ for the Nationalgalerie Berlin (co-curator 2019); ‘Dangdai Yishu’, Lisson Gallery, London (2019), and ‘Zhongguo 2185’ at Sadie Coles HQ, London (2017). Wang was editor of the recent publication ‘Performance Histories from East Asia 1960s–90s‘ (DRAF 2018) and founder of the ‘Institute of Asian Performance Art’. He has lectured on curating and contemporary Chinese art at universities such as Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, Goldsmiths, University of London, and is currently a Visiting Lecturer at Central Academy of Fine Art (CAFA), Beijing. Wang holds an MA in Curating Contemporary Art from the Royal College of Art, London. 

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作者：MWOODS