Press Kit (August 30th/31st, 2012) - Goldmann Public Relations ...

NEWTOPIA: The State of Human Rights
Contemporary Arts Exhibition in Mechelen and Brussels
01.09. – 10.12.2012
produce it. His subject matter is diverse: from environmental issues to
questions of industry and production, but in all cases he displays the end
result of carefully thought-out and executed processes where the viewer is
encouraged to reflect upon both a reconstructed object or subject, and the
story behind them.
Starling was the recipient of the 2005 Turner Prize. Recent and upcoming
solo exhibitions include: Tate Britain, London (2013); Radcliffe Observatory,
Modern Art Oxford, Oxford (2012); Recent exhibitions include: Project for a
Masquerade (Hiroshima), Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art,
Hiroshima (2011); THEREHERETHENTHERE (Works 1997 - 2009),
MAC/VAL, Vitry-sur-Seine (2009); Under Lime, Temporäre Kunsthalle,
Berlin (2009); Cuttings (Supplement), The Power Plant, Toronto (2008);
Particle Projection (Loop), WIELS, Brussels (2007). Recent group
exhibitions include: The Collection in Action. Media Art from Vito Acconci to
Simon Starling, Museion – Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art,
Bolzano (2012); Carlo Mollino. Maniera Moderna, Haus der Kunst, Munich
(2011/12); Ostalgia, New Museum, New York (2011); MOMENTUM 2011,
6 th Nordic Biennial for Nordic Contemporary Art, Moss (2011); Fare
Mondi/Making Worlds, Italian Pavilion, 53 rd Venice Biennale (2009);
Altermodern, Tate Triennial, Tate Britain, London (2008/09); The History of
a Decade That Has Not Yet Been Named, 9 th Biennale de Lyon, Lyon
(2007/8).
SUN XUN was born in 1980 in Fuxin, China. He lives and works in Beijing,
China.
Sun Xun creates animations that combine hand-drawn renderings and
traditional materials with new media. To create his meticulous animations
he produces a multitude of drawings that incorporate text within the image.
He then films the drawings, sequentially one at a time, to create a sense of
movement and suggest the passing of time, the machinations of history and
the beauty inherent in simple forms. His subjects range from elements
found in the world history and politics, to natural organisms. Many of his
animation films are concerned with the question of progress in China and
look back to late 1950s China and the Great Leap Forward to make a
connection with the present day.
In 2010 he received both the Chinese Contemporary Art Award (Best
Young Artist) and the Taiwan Contemporary Art Link Young Art Award.
Recent solo exhibitions include: Sun Xun. Beyond-ism, ShanghART, Beijing
(2011); Clown's Revolution, Holland Animation Festival, Centraal Museum,
Utrecht (2010); 21KE, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai (2010); The Soul of
Time, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel (2010); Animals, Max Protetch Gallery,
New York (2009); People’s Republic of Zoo, University of Essex Gallery,
Essex (2009); The New China, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2008).
Recent group exhibitions include: By Day By Night or Some (Special)
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