"I'm" Participating artists
Beijing Center for the Arts: I am the mARkeT lord
Cai Sisi: I am a migrant girl in Beijing
Cai Weidong: I am a photographer
Chen Chao: I am being sexually offended
Chen Zhuo: I am addict to repetition
Chen Zhuo+Huang Keyi: I am a teacher
Coca: I am a model
Thomas Ting: I am a drifter
Fan Xi: I am a careful butcher
Fang Nan: I am a bento seller
Fang Yixiu: I am a head of kindergarten
Gao Haiqing: I am an opera singer
Gao Yu: I am a Beijinger
Guo Lijun: I am a plumber
Han Bing: I am a bystander
Han Wuzhou: I am a dancer
He Laohe: I am a wine seller
Huang Hao: I am an elephant
Morgan Wong: I am the administrative staff
Huang Shiyun: I am an unhappy thief
Huang Yan: I am you
Jiang Pengyi: I am a docile citizen
Jin Yongnan: I am Du Gu Qiu Bai (a character from Jin Yong’s fiction novel)
Li Wei: I am a ridiculous person
Li Bo: I am an Otaku living at my friend’s apartment
Li Bo: I am what
Li Sa: I am an intellectual
Liu Bin: I am a substitute captain
Liu Yuan: I am a landlady
Mou Lintong: I am a branch
Shi Wanwan: I am a fatty
Song Chen: I am a traveler in dreams
Song Yang: I am an urban dustman
Tang Qingsu: I am an isolator
Tang Xiaowen: I am a stage management
TimeOut Beijing(Chinese Edition): I am a guitar
Wang Fei: I am a knight
Wang Sishun: I am a stone from my dream
Gia: I am a bad girl
Wang Zhuo: I am a wild animal trainer
Wen Ling: I am a driver
Weng Wei: I am a person from glass city
Wu Dawei: I am a sailor
Wu Genhua: I am a lohas
Xie Jialin: I am a plaster maker
Xin Yunpeng: I am the spokesman
Xu Shao: I am a carpenter
Yan Cong: I am mom
Yan Yineng: I am the unexpected
Luka Yang: I am them (female)
Yang Zi: I am a magician
Yao Wei: I am a chieftain
You Yang: I am the marketing director
Yuan Yuan: I am a gardener
Zhang Fengtian: I am a cotton spinner
Zhao Yini: I am a third-grade chef in progress
Zhao Yiqian: I am a watch technician
Zhao Yi: I am Zeta
Zheng Wenjie: I am a paparazzo
Zheng Yunhan: I am a scar
"I am…"
There are two substances in the world: one is called “Non-Art”, while the other is Art.
There are two kinds of people in the world: one is me, while the other is you.
Society has given a certain group of people the identity of “artists” who possess extrordinary aesthetics, abundant creativity and emotions, and adept artistic skills. As an artist, I can live in my own way and express myself by making art; however, if I lost my identity as an artist and join the silent majority, will I get opportunity to grow?
So if not being identified as artists, how will you express yourself? How will you face with the fading privilege and limitations of your original identity?
Great artists at the same time are great ideologists. “The mARkeT” will offer a platform to artists with independent thoughts and ideas. “I am” is looking forward to your presentations as non-artists using your wisdom and outstanding imagination.
I am not an artist...
I am a spokesman, a dustman, a bento seller, a drifter, a gardener, a driver...
About "the mARkeT"
Beijing Center for the Arts, proudly presents “the mARkeT", an event showcasing young, national and international artists to the world. "The mARkeT" encourages participating artists to make their own decisions of how and what to show, integrating the artists into the curatorial program, while pushing artists to the frontline of the art market by having face-to-face dialogues with the public. “The mARket” was created in 2008 and held for twice. “The mARkeT 2010" is presented by Beijing Center for the Arts and TimeOut Beijing (Chinese Edition).
By integrating the exhibition, art fair and special event, "the mARkeT" offers young artists a professional platform to exhibit works, exchange ideas, and to receive valuable reviews by having their works published and collected by the public. Furthermore, it will give the viewer a fresh global perspective on a new generation of artists. With its pursuit of liberty, openness, independence, and an academic standard that constitutes the essence of the BCA concept, "the mARkeT" is dedicated to: a) explore talented young artists by fostering artistic originality, creativity and critical thinking and b) instigate positive interaction between youth and the public, so as to effectively influence the sound development of contemporary art.
"The mARkeT" attempts to be a mentally audacious, self-independent, and creative opportunity for both artist and viewer.
