The 6th Guanlan International Print Biennial China 2017 - Curtain I

Abstract

'In the past decade, Guanlan International Print Biennial has been successfully organized for 5 times, which won great support and appreciation from artists across the globe. As a cultural brand with international reputation, the Biennial has created a favorable environment for the international communication of Guanlan Printmaking Base and China Printmaking Museum. It also facilitates the academic exchanges of printmaking around the world, and promotes the development of Chinese print art and of the cultural industries in Shenzhen. As a permanent exhibition venue, China Printmaking Museum provides a first-class space for the selection and display of the Biennial. At the beginning of the second decade, the new Biennial will demonstrate its grand scale, fine quality and a splendid visual effect.'
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Name of Biennial: The 6th Guanlan International Print Biennial China 2017
Curator: Jiang Lu, Sheng Wei
Guanalan Print Biennial Committee received 4054 pieces of work from 2175 artists in 83 countries and regions. After two rounds of strict and fair selections, the jury selected 304 works. My large screenprint entitle ‘Curtain I’ was selected for inclusion.

About the work:
The print explore the phenomenon of the boundary. Through the experience of the drifter/follower and the person
being followed, the project examines the notion of borders as boundaries: between private and public, as separations and
as the outer layers of ourselves.
Curtain I depicting a curtain in a window of a hotel room is a border between the semiprivate place and the unknown city;
a border between the outsider and the life in the unknown location.