Beijing weather: sunny

With whom: Friends

Accommodation: Yujing Nanluo Hotel

Comments: Choosing a hotel in the Hutong may be to experience the ordinary life of Beijingers. When checking in, the receptionist sister's kindness + beautiful environment really came to you at once. In fact, as a consumer, sometimes it's just that feeling. If you feel right, you will feel it's worth it. I found what I wanted here. Feeling, the receptionist sister's affinity + the hotel's attentive facilities will make you feel very warm.

1. Introduction

The Red Brick Art Museum is located in the International Art District of No. 1 Hegezhuang, Beijing, and was founded by entrepreneurs and collectors Yan Shijie and Cao Mei.
Dong Yugan, a professor at the Center for Architectural Research at Peking University, was responsible for the design.
Some exhibitions are often held, which are relatively pioneering, but are generally small in scale and expensive.
What attracts everyone is its unique brick building design, which has become a place for Internet celebrities to check in;
Its characteristic exhibitions also attract cultural youth, art lovers and workers to find out.
As an art museum, its architectural design and some exhibitions have the following characteristics:
1) Red bricks are the main part, supplemented by blue bricks, which is simple and simple;
2) The interior is not big, the outdoor garden is full of Chinese style;
3) Exhibition can be set up indoors and outdoors, which is natural and rich;
4) Small scale, few exhibits, emphasis on high-quality products, and more avant-garde;
5) The designer has indeed created an art museum that is "feasible, achievable and touristy".

One afternoon in early 2019, while visiting the Red Brick Art Museum, I saw an exhibition (ticket is 120 yuan):
"Rites·Zhao and Yi"(November 03, 2018 to April 07, 2019)
Curator: Tarek Abuerfido
Artists: He Ziyan, Hu Xiaoyuan, Liu Zhaoxing, Anish Kapoor, Chiko Yuki, Taos Mahacheva, Park Zanjing, Walid Lade, Chai Sris, Abitzabang Verashagu.


Entering the exhibition area, next to you are the works in the collection: The Tao is hidden and nameless.
Many check-ins are taking photos.
Mirror image, mutual reflection, light and shadow, light and darkness, circle and square, big and small, real and virtual, near and far?
The author uses very simple representations to allow the viewer to experience, understand and feel!
Olafur Eliasson (born 1967, Iceland/Denmark) is a visual artist who often uses media such as installation, painting, sculpture, photography and film to create.
Eliasson's public space projects include "The New York City Waterfalls" in 2008 and "Ice Watch" in Copenhagen in 2014 and Paris in 2015.

The unspeakable opennes of things, 2018

What is even more attractive when entering the exhibition hall is the work of Anish Kapoor, who designed Chicago's Cloud Gate:
"Sinking" Descension.
What led into victory was a roar that was sometimes loud and sometimes small...
The friction from the swirling water and air and the rotating water and the uneven side walls is not from the slightly!
What is striking is the endless, dynamic whirlpool (electricity from the bottom drives the turbine)!
In the round pool,
Black water constantly churns,
Whirlpool, bubble, attract...
Sinking, endless...

Hu Xiaoyuan (born in 1977 in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China)'s tri-channel video installation "Cutting Ice and Crossing the Sea"(2012),
The statement on the official website is:
An unbearable inner emotion and physical tension drives the performers in front of the sea to fight against the ever-changing expanse of nature.
I prefer the interaction between viewers and the work!

I don't believe either statement... Artists can always discover new continents!

The work has light and shadow, and the observer and the appreciator, the photographer and the subject interact...

In "Little Art History 1-2"(2014/2017), Park Chan-Kyung (born in Seoul, South Korea in 1965) creates an art history from a personal perspective by reconstructing artworks selected from different eras. The works include pictures of Korean talismans, a scanned copy of the history of Wutang (Korean female Shamanism), and remastered versions of early masters and contemporary art. The creator carefully avoided a chronicle of art history and a misclassification of East and West (from the official website of the Red Brick Art Museum).

What attracts me most is the work symbolizing the reunion of the north and the south and Zheng Xuanzong's words!
When you open your eyes, you will be in a foreign country, and when you close your eyes, you will be in a hometown!

The "golden boy" in the picture below does leave a vivid impression similar to a daydream.
The author is Tomoko Nagaki (born in 1982 in Kyoto, Japan).

The light, shadow, color, and structure inside and outside the Red Brick Art Museum are indeed fascinating.

At sunset, the repeated walls, the light through the windows and the long shadows on the ground are simple and harmonious!

Barbaric growth in the red brick world...

I love this installation exhibition! It is said that it was originally indoors, but later moved here, and it interacted with the sun, trees and the environment...

The sunset strives to shine, trying its best to illuminate the green bricks, red bricks, and trees...

The place where Internet celebrities check in is full of sisters, couples, and photographers!

This combination is particularly good!

Seats outside the cafe!

Lights in gift and cultural and creative shops,
Does it also attract you to visit!

4. Postscript

With the development of the economy, more and more people are pursuing spiritual, cultural and artistic communication and interaction,
Folk art museums are developing faster and faster,
If the economic performance is better,
The artistic soil will be more fertile!
(In the travel notes, the portrait was taken in a public place with no intention of infringement and was not for commercial purposes. If you feel uncomfortable, please contact us.)