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- Ma Jun is an artist.
DO A BOOK (group)
OVERVIEW
| Date | ... closedFeb 18, 2012 - Mar 18, 2012 |
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| Venue(s) |
White Space Beijing (Beijing, China) |
| Curator(s) | Chang George, Don Katherine |
| Artist(s) | Tom Bell, Lukas Birk, Chang George, Chen Longbin, Ain Cocke, Guo Hongwei, Hong Hao, Huang Min, Ravikumar Kashi, Kong Guoqiao, Leung Chi Wo, Liu Ren, Ma Jun, OUT , Qing Qing, Kiki Smith, Sarah Sze, Terry Winters + Ben Marcus, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Tsang Kin-Wah, Heimo Wallner, Wang Chao, Xu Bing, Zhang Nengjie |
| Organizer(s) |
White Space Beijing (Beijing, China) |
EXHIBITION SYNOPSIS
About Do A BookWe are honored to announce the opening of “Do A Book” which is devoted to exploring the medium of artists books and text-based art works. Curated by George Chang and Katherine Don, “Do A Book” provides a unique opportunity to reconnect with an important tradition of creative expression explored by artists both in China and abroad. The exhibition will be open to the public February 18 – March 18, 2012.
The purpose of this display is to create a dialogue about the tradition of the “artist book” and the genre of the book medium. The artist book is an art form and a medium widely unexplored by contemporary artists in China, but is not absent from current practice. An artist book does not refer to a publication used to augment an exhibition, rather it is an object produced as an art work itself, often as a unique or limited edition. This project is a survey of objects that are related to books by contemporary artists from cities around the world. This exhibition highlights the varied interpretations of the book form: as a vessel for information or narrative, as an abstract form that transcends function, or as a medium referring to a book’s social function.
WORKS (9)

(Series: works with no series)
painting
ARTIST: Rirkrit Tiravanija

Too Late(Series: works with no series), 2008
Cast cotton rag pulp, ink and photocopy transfer, 280x355mm
ARTIST: Ravikumar Kashi

Ceramic Book Series-Manifesto of the Communist Party(Series: works with no series), 2011
Hand-painted ceramic, 285x207x45mm
ARTIST: Ma Jun

Impurities(Series: works with no series), 2010
Oil on paper, 215x144mm
ARTIST: Liu Ren

(Series: works with no series), 2007
ARTIST: Kong Guoqiao

(Series: works with no series), 2000
174x3110mm|174x222mm
ARTIST: Kiki Smith

Gun Ying China still can say no(Series: works with no series), 2008
installation, Handcarved bound books_ Courtesy of Chen Longbing, 406x203x230mm
ARTIST: Chen Longbin

(Series: works with no series)
ARTIST: Terry Winters + Ben Marcus

Post Testement(Series: works with no series), 1993
Printed and bound book, 305x228x50mm
ARTIST: Xu Bing
2012(2)
- Do A Book (artist, group)
2012.02.18 - 2012.03.18... closed
White Space Beijing(1)(9) - Yang Gallery Wished You a Happy Chinese New Year! (artist, group)
2012.01.22 - 2012.02.07... closed
Yang Gallery
Yang Gallery(7)
2011(1)
- Extract The 3rd Stall Keeper Show (artist, group)
2011.03.20 - 2011.04.17... closed
C5 Art
participating as Ma Jun + Huang Min(36)
2010(3)
- Conquer (artist, group)
2010.09.08 - 2010.10.08... closed
Yang Gallery(5) - COMMIT - The 2nd Stall Keeper Show (artist, group)
2010.04.09 - 2010.04.30... closed
C5 Art
participating as Ma Jun + Huang Min - The Possibility of Uncertainty - 798 and the Surrounding Community Youth Art Exhibition (artist, group)
2010.01.01 - 2010.03.20... closed
Song Zhuang Art Center(58)
2009(9)
- Three Understandings of "Jin" (artist, group)
2009.12.27 - 2010.01.31... closed
C5 Art(1)(25) - All the Great Modern Things - Chinese Pop (artist, group)
2009.10.24 - 2010.01.03... closed
Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche - Monuments in Time (artist, group)
2009.10.21 - 2010.01.21... closed
Michael Schultz Gallery (Beijing)(10) - Stall (artist, group)
2009.09.19 - 2009.10.12... closed
(8) - China Sculpture Exhibition (artist, group)
2009.09.10 - 2009.10.08... closed
Bamboo Art Space - Kick - T-Art Players' Exhibition (artist, group)
2009.09.06 - 2009.10.03... closed
M50 Creative Garden Shanghai(18) - All the great modern things: CHINA TOTAL (artist, group)
2009.08.22 - 2009.10.04... closed
Kunsthalle Rostock - Ma Jun China • Car (artist, solo)
2009.06.18 - 2009.09.18... closed
Michael Schultz Gallery (Beijing)(7) - Urbanite - Ma Jun's Oil Painting Exhibition (artist, solo)
2009.04.30 - 2009.05.15... closed
Sanshang Art (Shanghai)(1)
2008(2)
- L.A. Galerie Lothar Albrecht@ShContemporary 08 (artist, art fair)
2008.09.09 - 2008.09.13... closed
Shanghai Exhibition Center - "TEN" Chinese Emerging Artists Group Exhibition (artist, group)
2008.09.08 - 2008.10.12... closed
1918 Art Space(20)
2007(2)
- Barcelona - Paris - Pekin (artist, group)
2007.06.21 - 2007.08.04... closed
Espace Cultural Ample - Ma Jun and Huang Min (artist, group)
2007.03.02 - 2007.05.12... closed
L. A. Galerie Lothar Albrecht(1)(2)
2006(4)
- Modern Art Dual Exhibition of Li Hou and John Ma (artist, group)
2006.10.26 - 2006.12.09... closed
Diogenes's Barrel - Untraceable Charms - John's Large-sized Oil Painting Exhibition (artist, solo)
2006.09.29 - 2006.10.12... closed
The Room with A View Gallery(1) - Transforming China - L. A. Gallery Exhibition of the Porcelain Art Work of Ma Jun and Huang Min (artist, group)
2006.07.31 - 2006.08.31... closed
Pan & Wei Gallery(1) - Go There - Ma Jun's Oil Paintings Solo Exhibition (artist, solo)
2006.01.14 - 2006.02.03... closed
The Room with A View Gallery(1)
2005(1)
- Linked With Life (artist, group)
2005.10.30 - 2005.11.16... closed
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