Theme:

Making Space

Address:

Multi-function room, Long Museum (West Bund)

Time:

1:30-3:00 PM, September 8, 2017

Guest Speakers:

Antony Gormley, Richard Noble

Moderator:

Shen Qilan

Language:

English and Chinese (Simultaneous interpretation will be provided)

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Is sculpture an occupation of space or a construction of space?

Is the body the origin of sculpture or the container for sculpture?

Antony Gormley is widely acclaimed for his sculptures, installations and public artworks that investigate the relationship of the human body to space. His work has developed the potential opened up by sculpture since the 1960s through a critical engagement with both his own body and those of others in a way that confronts fundamental questions of where human beings stand in relation to nature and the cosmos. Gormley continually tries to identify the space of art as a place of becoming in which new behaviours, thoughts and feelings can arise.

On the occasion of his exhibition ‘Still Moving’ at The Long Museum, Gormley will be in conversation with Professor Richard Noble to discuss the work on show in Shanghai and the ideas that have driven his 40 year career. Professor Richard Noble, Head of the Art Department at Goldsmiths College, who has extensive knowledge of Antony’s works, will also be at the lecture to share his finding of utopia within Antony's works.

Antony Gormley

Antony Gormley is widely acclaimed for his sculptures, installations and public artworks that investigate the relationship of the human body to space. His work has developed the potential opened up by sculpture since the 1960s through a critical engagement with both his own body and those of others in a way that confronts fundamental questions of where human beings stand in relation to nature and the cosmos. Gormley continually tries to identify the space of art as a place of becoming in which new behaviours, thoughts and feelings can arise.

Gormley’s work has been widely exhibited throughout the UK and internationally with exhibitions at the National Portrait Gallery, London (2016); Forte di Belvedere, Florence (2015); Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern (2014); Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia (2012); Deichtorhallen, Hamburg (2012); The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg (2011); Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria (2010); Hayward Gallery, London (2007); Malmö Konsthall, Sweden (1993) and Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark (1989). Permanent public works include the Angel of the North (Gateshead, England), Another Place (Crosby Beach, England), Inside Australia (Lake Ballard, Western Australia) Exposure (Lelystad, The Netherlands) and Chord (MIT – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA).

Gormley was awarded the Turner Prize in 1994, the South Bank Prize for Visual Art in 1999, the Bernhard Heiliger Award for Sculpture in 2007, the Obayashi Prize in 2012 and the Praemium Imperiale in 2013. In 1997 he was made an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) and was made a knight in the New Year’s Honours list in 2014. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, an Honorary Doctor of the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity and Jesus Colleges, Cambridge. Gormley has been a Royal Academician since 2003.

Antony Gormley was born in London in 1950.

Richard Noble

Richard Noble is Professor and Head of the Art Department at Goldsmiths College. He was trained and worked as a political philosopher for many years, before moving into the field of contemporary art. He has written about a number of contemporary artists: Antony Gormley, David Batchelor, Mona Hatoum, Rachel Whiteread among others, and his current research focuses on utopian strategies in contemporary art production and contemporary art education. His is the editor of Utopias (London: Whitechapel/MIT, 2010) and the author of articles on utopian strategies in contemporary art and art education. In his capacity as Head of Art at Goldsmiths Professor Noble is overseeing the building of a contemporary art gallery for the College, and is in this respect very concerned with issues around building and maintaining audiences, different types of audiences and the obligations and rights inherent in institutional/audience relations.

Dr. Shen Qilan

Dr. Shen Qilan is a leader in culture and art. She is a famous writer, curator and art critic, TEDx Speaker. She founded "UnderstandA" online art platform is one of the most influential digital art media in China.

Dr. Shen Qilan received her Ph.D. from University of Münster, Germany. She is a renowned art critic, publishes articles on several renowned magazines. She was the director of editorial department of Art World Magazine and later chief editor of Art Dept. at Insight Media. Mrs. Shen is now one of the editorial board members of Book Town.

She publishes her art critics and interviews on several international art magazines and different catalogues. Her art critic can be often read on Art World magazine, Bazaar Art, Art and Design, Vogue, Numéro, Noblesse, Robb Report, Life Magazine, Book Town, and Art Collection and Design. She collaborates with Goethe Institute an online cultural column, which has different language versions. She is chief advisor and co-author of book Europe-China Cultural Compass --Orientation for Cultural Cooperation between China and Europe.

In 2014, she was invited by Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai to co-curate Aura of Poetry. In 2016, Mrs. Shen was invited by the German foreign ministry to curate The Shapes of Power exhibition. She is the academic consultant for Masterpieces from the Centre Pompidou 1906-1977.

She curates and moderates international forum and cultural programs for different museums and institutions. She is invited by Center for International Light Art Unna in Germany, act as Member of ILAA International Light Art Award-Recommendation Committee . She is expert lecturer for “Hu Tan” program, a German-Chinese Exchange Program for cultural managers hosted by Goethe-Institut and Stiftung Mercator. She is awarded "Grenzgaenger" Scholarship from Bosch foundation.

She continues making UnderstandA short film series. She closely collaborates with various international cultural and art institutions on exhibitions and events.

She is one of leading figures who contributes to the communication between China and the world.