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- Shen Shaomin is an artist.
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SERIES: Beam Pumping Unit 2008 (8)
Beam Pumping Unit(Series: Beam Pumping Unit), 2008
installation
ARTIST: Shen Shaomin
The oil well which is ejecting indicates that the oil field is newly-developed and abundant in oil reserves. The beam pumping unit, on the other hand, is a device used in sucker rod pumping which has a horizontal member (walking beam) that is worked up and down by a rotating crank to produce reciprocating motion. The use of a beam pumping unit usually indicates the degradation of the oil field. Artist Shen Shaomin has done some modification to the transmission and the motor of the machine. Therefore the movement pace of the machine turns from stable and steady to irregular and turbulent. It looks like a very old man struggling to do what he is asked to. The installation is both a presentation of the reality in the artist's view and a warning he wants to spread to the world.
Special thanks to Tang Contemporary Art for their great support for the project.
EXHIBITED AT- Beam Pumping Unit(solo)2008.09.09 - 2008.09.09
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Shanghai Exhibition Center (Shanghai, China) - Shen Shaomin Solo Exhibition(solo)2007.09.08 - 2007.10.03
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Tang Contemporary Art Beijing (Beijing, China)
Beam Pumping Unit(Series: Beam Pumping Unit), 2008
installation
ARTIST: Shen Shaomin
- Beam Pumping Unit(solo)2008.09.09 - 2008.09.09
... closed
Shanghai Exhibition Center (Shanghai, China) - Shen Shaomin Solo Exhibition(solo)2007.09.08 - 2007.10.03
... closed
Tang Contemporary Art Beijing (Beijing, China)
Beam Pumping Unit(Series: Beam Pumping Unit), 2008
installation
ARTIST: Shen Shaomin
- Beam Pumping Unit(solo)2008.09.09 - 2008.09.09
... closed
Shanghai Exhibition Center (Shanghai, China) - Shen Shaomin Solo Exhibition(solo)2007.09.08 - 2007.10.03
... closed
Tang Contemporary Art Beijing (Beijing, China)
Beam Pumping Unit(Series: Beam Pumping Unit), 2008
installation
ARTIST: Shen Shaomin
- Beam Pumping Unit(solo)2008.09.09 - 2008.09.09
... closed
Shanghai Exhibition Center (Shanghai, China) - Shen Shaomin Solo Exhibition(solo)2007.09.08 - 2007.10.03
... closed
Tang Contemporary Art Beijing (Beijing, China)
Beam Pumping Unit(Series: Beam Pumping Unit), 2008
installation
ARTIST: Shen Shaomin
- Beam Pumping Unit(solo)2008.09.09 - 2008.09.09
... closed
Shanghai Exhibition Center (Shanghai, China) - Shen Shaomin Solo Exhibition(solo)2007.09.08 - 2007.10.03
... closed
Tang Contemporary Art Beijing (Beijing, China)
Beam Pumping Unit(Series: Beam Pumping Unit), 2008
installation
ARTIST: Shen Shaomin
- Beam Pumping Unit(solo)2008.09.09 - 2008.09.09
... closed
Shanghai Exhibition Center (Shanghai, China) - Shen Shaomin Solo Exhibition(solo)2007.09.08 - 2007.10.03
... closed
Tang Contemporary Art Beijing (Beijing, China)
Beam Pumping Unit(Series: Beam Pumping Unit), 2008
installation
ARTIST: Shen Shaomin
- Beam Pumping Unit(solo)2008.09.09 - 2008.09.09
... closed
Shanghai Exhibition Center (Shanghai, China) - Shen Shaomin Solo Exhibition(solo)2007.09.08 - 2007.10.03
... closed
Tang Contemporary Art Beijing (Beijing, China)
(Series: Beam Pumping Unit), 2006
installation
ARTIST: Shen Shaomin
- Form "Polar Region" To "Tie Xi Qu" - Exhibition of Contemporary Art In Northeast(group)2006.08.29 - 2006.09.24
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Guangdong Museum of Art (Guangzhou, China) - Shen Shaomin Solo Exhibition(solo)2007.09.08 - 2007.10.03
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Tang Contemporary Art Beijing (Beijing, China)
