Winding Wall – Sucrose Series Niamh Cunningham 2021
“Silent and Soft – It moistens everything -New Deconstruction of Art and Heritage”
This current exhibition held at the Couples Garden Retreat which is one of the nine World Heritage Gardens in Suzhou Classical Gardens .
The exhibits involve sculpture, painting, calligraphy, photography, video and installation. These works of art use contemporary art language and garden heritage dialogue, in the deep courtyard of classical gardens, “moisten things silently” into the garden, into the world cultural heritage.
A special thank you to curator Rong Chen, and all the Suzhou team involved.
Thank you also to artist friend 朱志刚 Zhu ZhiGang
For a long time, I have been fascinated by the complicated and often disorienting landscapes of Chinese gardens. In these highly regarded gardens, scholars borrow from the Confucian geometric order, the Taoist search for an elixir (which is closer to the natural world than Confucian ceremonial). Gardens can also assist in meditation, as in Buddhism. The picture extends in an uncanny way in time and space, revealing long-ago insights into the natural world.
Participating artists:
DIRD / Cai Dongdong / Chen Rong / Chen Naiqian / Cong Yunfeng / Donal Turner / Dai Jiafeng / Ding She / Fang Minyao / Guo Kewei / Hang Tianyi / Liu Changming / Liang Yajie / Lu Junzhou / Luo Bonian / Ni Fu Ruilian / Qian Ruya / Rushi Humanity Space / Sun Cunming / Tang Huawei / Tong Yan Runan / Wang Dameng / Cao Yonghua / Wang Qingsong / Wang Yabin / Wumen Aesthetic Art Institute / Wu Mengyuan / Yang Lidan / Zhu Xinyi / Naga Art Studio / Zhao Rongjun / Zhu Zhigang
The UNESCO World Heritage Training and Research Center in the Asia-Pacific Region (WHITRAP) is UNESCO’s Category 2 International Institution (Category 2 Centre), the first professional institution in the field of heritage protection established in a developing country. It serves the signatory countries of the World Heritage Convention in the Asia-Pacific region and other UNESCO member states, and is committed to the protection and development of world heritage sites in the Asia-Pacific region. The UNESCO World Heritage Training and Research Center in the Asia-Pacific Region is composed of three centers in Beijing, Shanghai and Suzhou. Suzhou Center (contracted by the Suzhou Municipal Government) is mainly responsible for traditional building technology and restoration, analysis of protection materials, and restoration and maintenance of historic gardens.
润物细无声
艺术与遗产新解构
Silent and soft, it moistens everything
New Interpretation of Art and Heritage
2021.6.12 — 7.11
开幕时间：6.12 下午1:00-2:30
分享时间：6.12 下午2:30-3:30
苏州耦园
苏州市姑苏区仓街小新桥巷6号
主办单位 Organizer：
联合国教科文组织亚太地区世界遗产培训与研究中心（苏州）
The World Heritage Institute of Training and Research for the Asia and the Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO(Suzhou)
苏州对外文化交流促进会园林文化专业委员会
Suzhou Association for the Promotion of International Cultural
Exchanges, Suzhou Gardens Committee
苏州吴门美学艺术研究院
Suzhou Wumen Institute of Art and Research
承办单位 Undertaker：
苏州市耦园管理处
Management Office of the Couple’s Garden Retreat
支持单位 Support unit：
西湖当代美术馆
Moca Westlake
骆伯年艺术基金会
Bonian Luo Art Foundation
如石人文空间
Rushi Cultural Space
To view all the participating artworks in this project the below links can be autotranslated into English