05/12/2024 - 08/01

PRISME

Kou Jianghui, Li Xufei, Zhang Meng, Tan Xun, Wang Shuai, Liu Shuming, Chen Honghan, Gao Yan, Jia Chun, Chen Honwei, Ma Liang, Peng Yong, Cao Yan, Li Zhiyao, Feng Kaixuan, Huang Jincui, Lu Siyi

Avec des travaux des enseignants de l'école d'art de Tianjin, Chine.

The term PRISM refers to an optical device that can be used as a metaphor to reflect the intrinsic qualities and external expressions of a culture from multiple perspectives and dimensions. When time is seen through the lens of a polygon prism, it not only embodies communication and understanding between different cultures but also showcases the diversity of these cultures, facilitating cross-cultural dialogue and helping people better appreciate the values and characteristics of different traditions.

Before the 19th century, all cultures were primarily regional, and artistic styles were bound by time and place. However, in the 19th century, time gave rise to global imaginations, and observers began to depict the world as a "global village." After the 19th century, time became an object to be displayed and explored across many fields, akin to a polygon prism reflecting both the divisions and reunifications of the world. As the maritime era transformed imperial time into marine time, the narrative structure of world history shifted, and a public space was created through the oceans, fostering the exchange of diverse cultures and cross-border interactions. Through the oceans, people developed a global perspective.

TAFA and Esä are located in Tianjin, China, and northern France respectively, both regions with rich maritime histories. This year marks the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and France, as well as the 20th anniversary of the partnership between the two institutions. Over the past two decades, the two universities have hosted exchange programmes, involving hundreds of students from both countries in reciprocal study. In the realm of art education, the two schools have engaged in joint teaching projects and collaborated in many areas, including teaching, creation, assessment, and research. This exhibition highlights the results of this long-standing, in-depth collaboration and uses the metaphor of the polygon prism to reflect the cities of Tianjin and Tourcoing, and how the art academies there have witnessed the integration, mutual learning, and exchange between Chinese and French art and art education.

The exhibition embarks on an artistic journey beginning with TAFA, revealing the interplay of diversity and commonality through the ocean waves, and eventually arriving at Esä, which is synchronised with global time. The participating artists interpret the passage of time as they experience it in the natural world and present a variety of historical and cultural narratives from different eras within a shared timeline, displayed within foreign historic buildings.

Une proposition de Qiu Zhijie, Martial Chmiélina Verschaeve
Organisation : TAFA Art Museum, Esä, site de Tourcoing
Producteur artistique : Kou Jianghui
Commissaire d'exposition : Li Xufei
Production exécutive :
Yu Tong, Lu Siyi, Ma Liang, Peng Yong, Wang Chunshuang
Proposition graphique de l'invitation : Chen Liangji


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Galerie des Ursulines

Tourcoing

36 rue des Ursulines 59200 Tourcoing


Horaires de l'exposition :

Du mardi au vendredi de 14h à 19h
Le samedi de 10h à 13h et de 14h à 18h


Contact :

03 59 63 43 20
galerie.ursulines@esa-n.info


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