5th Beijing International Art Biennale

International Thu 21-07-2011

5th Beijing International Art Biennale
Press Release

The theme "Future and Reality" of the 5th Beijing Biennale is the continuation, extending and deepening of the theme of the 4th Beijing Biennale “Environment Concern and Human Existence”. The theme combines the spiritual pursuit of the future with human care in reality which can fully stimulate the artist's creative inspiration and provide the free space for artists’ romantic imagination, expanding the art form.

‘Inrush’ by Chinese Artist He Qiang is displayed at the 4th Beijing International Art Biennale in the National Art Museum. Image courtesy of dailytimes.com.pk

Each artist around the world has his own dreams and visions for the future which are based on real life and has insight and reflection of the reality based on his own ideal future. From the novel and unique personalized perspective, artists can use fantasy color which is surreal or artistic language of different styles, such as realistic, expressive and abstract to express their aesthetic emotion of thinking about the future and concerning about the reality freely, so that they will build a colorful world of art together which transcends the reality and moves towards the future. The art world records contemporary humans’ arduous footprint of moving out of the plight of reality and creating a better future, and also entrusted with the ancient dream of humanity forever.

The 5th Beijing Biennale will be held in National Art Museum of China in Beijing in the Autumn of 2012. The Biennale expects to collect about 600 pieces of works and focus on showing China and the world’s artists concerns to the current reality and their imagination of the ideal future.

The prospect of the future has been always the ideological bailment of the sage of antiquity, from Chinese Liyun datong, to Republic of Plato in ancient Greece, and Utopia of Thomas More in England and so on, the depiction of the future becomes an import chapter in the art history. Every period has its distinct and picturesque branding, which only belongs to itself. The gesture of moving towards the future of modern China attracts worldwide attention, and China also needs to know the world, which is moving towards the future.

The theme of this Beijing biennale is with extensive inclusiveness and artists can express this topic from different angles and using different forms. While the artists show contemporary art creation and development situation, repose artists’ endless longing to the glorious future and stimulate the whole society’s reflection of crisis that exist now, they also promote the crisis consciousness and social culture responsibility and enhance people’s faith to overcome difficulties and rebuild their homes, establish a positive and optimistic attitude and faith.

Beijing Biennale is moving into a new phase and the 5th Beijing International Art Biennale 2012, will continue to be close to social reality, both adheres to the existing artistic features and also increases the inclusiveness and innovation.

In the golden autumn of 2012, please take focus to Beijing, to the 5th Beijing Biennale to co-build our spiritual existence and a better world of the future

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Posted By: Diana Achieng

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