1，Ariel ，Ph.D., Academy of Fine Arts, Tsinghua University, Independent Curator.
Ms. Ariel’s project -NEST PLANING is the first large-scale installation exhibition focusing on women’s art in China.It is based on the interaction between female art and installation art. It exhibits 14 contemporary experimental samples and tries its best to present a new look of female experimental art.Nest, as a female symbol and metaphor of certainty, represents the power of territorialization。
2.TAO AIMIN
Tao Aimin (born 1974) works across media often combining installation with oil painting and video. Tao has worked on several projects which employ an anthropological perspective and aim to explore the personal histories and daily lives of women in rural China.
Her work is a work that combines the daily necessities of Chinese women’s life “laundry washboard”. The author went to the countryside to collect 60 old washboards, printed the image of the user of the washboard on the washboard, and displayed it in a dark space. The background music was the sound of washing machines in contemporary family life, which made the audience very It is convenient and natural to associate this appliance with women. The old woman in the photo taken alone is displayed together with the installation, in order to show the way of life of women and the relationship with the position of women in history. The washboards are juxtaposed, like a meandering river, and the image of the wrinkled old woman in the photo symbolizes the history and living conditions of women.
3.Cui Xiuwen
(1976-2018) was born in Heilongjiang. Cui Xiuwen is a Beijing-based artist who uses a variety of media techniques. His creative direction is mostly in the field of human gender and spirituality. Her experimental creation involves photography, video, and painting, and is a reflection on the self and the soul as the same object and subject. As the first Chinese artist to be invited to an exhibition at Tate Britain, Cui Xiuwen is undoubtedly regarded as a very important and innovative figure in Chinese contemporary art.
The Wonderful Existence of a Vacuum is Cui Xiuwen’s photography series since the publication of the “Angel” series in 2006. This series is a continuation of Cui Xiuwen’s self-exploration and artistic expression of women’s experiences in today’s Chinese society.
4.Xiang jin
When talking about academic propositions such as “contemporaneity and traditional media”, “women’s identity and universal human nature”, “seeing and being seen”, and “inner desire”, Xiang Jing and his creations are an unavoidable case.
through various research，I can found that Europe has a relatively mature support mechanism for women’s art.Such as feminist organizations, groups, foundations, societies.As a result, female artists can get more financial support, exhibition opportunities, and a more reasonable evaluation mechanism.In China, the female art ecology is more wild and scattered, the corresponding support mechanism has not been established, and there are few special funds and support plans. It is difficult to maintain the continuity of creation by relying only on female artists to fight for opportunities, even with the help of some critics and curators.
On the other hand, some young artists have gradually emerged in recent years and have begun to pay more attention to the private feelings of women, and tap the power of women through different art forms, rather than just calling for equality between men and women.Against this background, it seems necessary to form a feminist artist club.
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