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Jungle III - Common

05 Nov - 17 Dec 2017

Jungle III - Common, Exhibition View
©Platform China Contemporary Art Institute
Jungle III - Common, Exhibition View
©Platform China Contemporary Art Institute
Jungle III - Common, Exhibition View
©Platform China Contemporary Art Institute
Jungle III - Common, Exhibition View
©Platform China Contemporary Art Institute
JUNGLE III - COMMON
5 November – 17 December 2017

Artist(s): BI Jianye , Duan Jianwei , FU Jingyan , Ge Hui , Gong Ming , He Xun , JIA Aili , Ji Xin , HUANG Liang , Liang Shuo , LIAO Fei , Lin Cong , Liu Cong , Liu Gangshun , LIU Xiaohui , LOU Shenyi , MA Ke , QIN Qi , QIU Ruixiang , QI Wenzhang , SHEN Zhenglin , SONG Yuanyuan , SUN Xun , Sun Yitian , TANG Dayao , Tang Hui , Tan Ping , Tong Tianqing , WANG Yin , Wang Zhiyuan , Wu Weijia , XIAO Bo , Xu Cheng , Xu Dawei , Yang Maoyuan , Ye Qing , Yu Xing , ZHANG Yexing , ZHAO Gang , Zhao Tingyang , ZHAO Zhao , ZHOU Yilun

Platform China Contemporary Art Institute is honored to announce the group exhibition Jungle III - Common. The exhibition will be on view from 5th November to 17th December, 2017.

“Jungle” Project till now has spanned 8 years to this day. In 2010, Platform China launched the 1st Jungle Exhibition, aimed to explore the circumstance of Chinese Modern Art. 82 artists, media and art institutes was involved at that time. In 2013, the second Jungle exhibition “Jungle II - A Thriving Morphology” used “Thriving” to describe its sense of form and space. As an annual project, it was framed by over 10 independent exhibition which constituted of works of different medium and forms.

Common, in Chinese, “Xún Cháng”, are 2 length measurement units in ancient China. 8 feet means "Xún", 16 feet means “Cháng”. The meaning of “Xún” has gradually evolved from a noun into a verb. And “Cháng” extended to a more complex dimension, the meaning is hard to clarify, sometimes it means long or many, sometimes it means short or small, but over the evolvement of its meaning, it is now used as an adjective, with different combination such as Ri Chang meaning Daily, Wu Chang meaning Uncertain, Yi Chang meaning Unusual, Shi Chang meaning Not performing well, Jing Chang meaning Often, Ping Chang meaning Ordinary, Xun Chang meaning Common, Chang Shi meaning Common Sense, Chang Tai meaning Common Status, Chang Li meaning Common Knowledge and so on. So, the meaning of “Cháng” is not simply many or few, neither big or small; It means not being fixed in an extreme condition. As for “Cháng”, it often represents the border of status, stands for standard, dimension, principle, time, space and eternity. Hence, “Cháng” has become a standing point in our judgment system.
 

Tags: Tang Hui, Qiu Ruixiang, Liang Shuo, Zhou Yilun, Wang Yin, Zhao Zhao, Gang Zhao, Wang Zhiyuan