Art Shenzhen 2016 announcedthe list of participating institutions, reflectingthe new trend of contemporary art market
Art Shenzhen 2016 will be held from 16 to 19 September 2016 in Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center Hall No.6 (Futian District, Shenzhen Fuhua Third Road). The VIP Preview will be openingfrom 4pm to 9pm on 16 September,it will bring a high-quality visual feast for the art lovers.
Art Shenzhenis hosted by China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industries Fair Organizing Committee Office, and undertaken by Shenzhen Press Group and Shenzhen International Cultural Industries Fair Co., Ltd. After the successful holding of the first session in 2013, after two years of market exploration and research, Art Shenzhen made a successful transition in 2015. After the transition, Art Shenzhen is supported by a large number of galleries and art institutions, causingwide repercussions in art industry.
On the basis of Art Shenzhen 2015, Art Shenzhen 2016 continues to strengthen up, and further optimizes theparticipating institutions, amongthe numerous applying institutions, after carefully selection, the organizerhas determined56 art institutions to participate the fair. (Exhibitors list see below). Meanwhile, the works exhibitedare more diversified comparing to last year, covering multiple categories like oil painting, ink painting, printmaking, sculpture, installation and video art. Not only in various forms, the selection of works also gives full consideration to market positioning, multi-tier and diversification presented in exhibiting works have taken the needs of different groups of collectors into account.
The continuous participation of pastexhibitors, enhances the confidence and motivation ofArt Shenzhen
Art Shenzhen 2016 is no lack of many past institutions participating once again, such as Tang Contemporary Art, A Thousand Plateaus Art Space, Artaste, Fine Arts Literature Art Center, Parkview Green Art, 55, Art Depot, Yi Yuan Space, Topred Gallery, Fuyan Commune, ZizaiSpace Gallery, FMArt Space, 5 Art, Horizon Art Space, PaTa galleries, etc. The continuous participation and support of many regular customers, not only shows the approval of the concept and service of Art Shenzhen, but also proves that they are full of confidence in the art market of Shenzhen.
Substantialgalleriescollectively debutin Shenzhen,the showwill be more professional and international
In addition to previous partners, there are many branding galleries debuting in Shenzhen. Many substantial galleries are found to join Art Shenzhen 2016in the exhibitors list, such as ShanghArt Gallery, Galleria Continua, Boers-Li Gallery, De Sarthe Gallery, White Space Beijing, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Da Xiang Art Space, Galerie Du Monde, Mizuma & One Gallery, Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Gallery Yang, Longmen Art Projects, HDM Gallery, Leo Gallery, and Line Gallery, the first collective appearance of these galleries, makes the current lineup of Art Shenzhen exhibitors more professional and international. These professional art institutions from Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Chengdu, and Hong Kong, Taiwan and other area are willing to make the detour choice to participate in Art Shenzhen, demonstrating the longing and expectation about the future prospects in the art market of Shenzhen.
Pay attention to the growth of localinstitutions and cultivate the art ecology in Shenzhen
Art Shenzhen has always attached great importance to the promotion and cultivation of local art ecology. Compared with Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen’s art market started relatively late, and relatively weak, but the overall development of the art market in Shenzhen istightly related to the activity of local art institutions. Art Shenzhen has always attached importance to based on the local community, local institution like Bridge Gallery, e Center for Contemporary Art, 1618 Gallery, Highlight Gallery, Boxes Art Space,33 Space, Bamboo space, 318 Art Space, MeichengGallery strike the pose together, will demonstrate the comprehensive new look as much as possible of the art ecology in Shenzhen, and reflect the new trend of the contemporary art market of Shenzhen.
In addition to the fair, during the exhibition, themed seminars, art forums, lectures, VIP previewsand other activities related to the fair and art market will be held at the same time. Besides, “Micro Experience -China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industries Fair Young Artists Promotion Platform” as the annual “Young Artists Cultivation" program will continue, “Micro Experience” devotes to explore the artworks with the highest potentiality in creativity, meanwhile builds a platformfor young artists to interact.
Shenzhen Art 2016 will cooperate with galleries and other major professional art institutions, art media as well as cultural and creative enterprises to create a new round of culture and art exchange platform, and bringnew possibilities to the art market of Shenzhen and contemporary art fairs. In addition, the audience can obtain background introduction, show guide, VIP service and latest infomation from the official website of Art Shenzhen(www.artshenzhen.com)as well as theWeChat Public Number (Art_Shenzhen).