See You Orinoco
2024.5.25 - 2024.6.23
Artist: DING GUANGYU,DONG WENFEI,FENG JUEJIA,HUANG YIFAN,HUANG ZHENHAN,LV HUIYAO,LIU FANGXIANG,LIU ZIFENG,LIU XIZI,LI BAIGE,MIAO SHUIXIAN,MARENE STEYN,QUAN NENGQI,WANG ZICHEN,WANG KEYING,WANG ZILING,ZHANG TIANYUVenue: D06, Middle 2nd St., 798 Art Zone, No. 2 Jiuxianqiao Rd, BJOpening hours: Tuesday-Sunday 10:30-18:30
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Tong Gallery+Projects will open "See you, Orinoco" on May 25, 2024, and run until June 23, 2024. The exhibition will feature the works of 17 artists.
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Orinoco River Basin, located in Venezuela and Colombia, is the third largest river in South America. With its vast drainage area and rich ecological environment, Orinoco supports a diverse array of flora and fauna, brimming with countless forms of life and endless possibilities. Each artwork is like an independent yet interwoven tributary within this basin, forming an integrated ecosystem that creates a world of uninhibited growth.
"Reality," "Fantasy," and "the In-Between" may perhaps succinctly summarize the three dimensions of human perception. In Orinoco, "reality" is vegetation - the backbone of the entire rainforest, where dense foliage grows freely under the uninhibited sunlight. These plants, with their diverse forms, sway gracefully and dance with the wind, existing in vast, connected patches. When viewed, they present an almost unbelievable dreamlike vision. "Fantasy" is vapor - areas shrouded in mist. The mist consists of heavy molecules and large particles suspended in the air, drifting and changing with the sunlight; it alternates between thinning and thickening, like a veil draped over the rainforest. When you stand within it, it clings to your face and body, tangibly present. "The in-between" is wetland - the most direct combination of vegetation and water. In these areas, plant roots intertwine, and water flows slowly, mixing the fluidity of water with the solidity of the land. Looking at it, one senses a natural balance and harmony, but it's best not to delve too deeply.
Through the river, basin,and rainforest; through strokes, colors, and lines, everything blurs the boundaries between reality and fantasy, creating the unique essence of Orinoco. Reality and fantasy are not opposites – they are intertwined, with real elements in fantasy and fantasy elements in reality, blending and mixing together. Viewers can freely traverse within, leaping from one experience to another. Thus, every beginning heralds an end, and every adventure has a moment of farewell. Just as this rainforest awaits its next explorer, Orinoco awaits the next encounter.
So, goodbye. So see you. See you, Orinoco!
