‘A marvelous memory’, Jiushi Art Space, Shanghai

On 22 September 2022, the large-scale group exhibition "A Grand Memory" was opened at Jiushi Art Space, Bund18, organized by Shanghai Jiushi Art Museum, Shanghai Jiushi Culture Communication Co. The exhibition is curated by Lu Xiangyi and directed by Tong Yan Runan, and features 19 outstanding artists including Cai Lei, Feng Juejia, Gao Hang, Luo Dan, Leng Guangmin, Liu Lu, Li Qing, Ma Ruocong, Wu Danbo, Wang Xiyao, Wu Wei, Xuan Chenhao, Xue Feng, Xu Qu, Xie Xuanxuan, Zhang Haoyin, Zhang Yutel, Zheng Zihao and Zhang Zhaoying. The exhibition opened to the public on 23 September and will remain on display until 15 November 2022.

 

The exhibition, A Grand Memory, is a group exhibition that discusses and sorts out artists from different eras, from art theory to media diversity, in an attempt to take a comprehensive look at a multicultural art phenomenon that is taking place in China.

 

The works in the exhibition are selected from artists born between the 1970s and the 1990s, whose works are contemporary and forward-looking, each of them is a very different individual, and they all bring their own samples of memory with them. "The story is then told in the context of current topics and technology.

 

The search for the contemporary meaning of real life and the exploration of human emotions and psychological awareness are the eternal spiritual core of art research. This exhibition uses 'memory' as an entry point to connect history and reality, humanism and technology, presenting each artist as an individual with his or her own 'memory history' and a grand picture of memory that converges.