"Slow pace" is similar to tai chi in Chinese traditional culture, which is to practice the internal force through natural, flowing and continuous movements with controlling of the breathing and directing of the flows of "chi" and to give a quick and precise fatal attack in an instant. "Making force from a borrowed force" or "deflecting a forceful thrust with a tiny amount of force" are both the wisdom of tai chi.

There are a group of such artists of "Slow pace" in the practice of contemporary art. From the emergence of idea to the completion of a work, they spend a long time to continuously improve their work projects and to look for more appropriate materials with constant tries and rethinking patiently. They turn thinking and creations and the living environment into the integrity of "Slow pace" so that to practice, grope and find wiser ways and methods to realize their transformation of contemporary art practice and traditional cultural spirit.


It is inseparable from learning the concept of "Slow pace" to putting it into practice. The artists have creatively applied and deconstructed the methodology of the unity of knowing and doing, following the method that "doing" is the beginning of "knowing" and "knowing" is the achievement of "doing", to further interpret the essence of "Slow pace" and its present significance in the creating practice.

Given this, Beijing Li-space has gathered the works of 16 artists including Cong Lingqi, Ding Yi, Guo Gong, Li Tianyuan, Shao Yinong, Xiao Yu, Sui Jianguo, Zhang Zhenyu, Su Xinping, Xu Ruotao, Yang Ming, Yang Xinguang, Yang Maoyuan, Wang Yiqiong, Zhang Yu, and Zhang Yue, which has formed the exhibition "slow pace: a kind of contemporary art", opening at 16:00, 22nd September (Saturday) of 2012. The exhibition includes works genres like paintings, videos, installations, performance art records, spatial project of the site and documentary of works, etc.

This exhibition strives to obtain the direct experiences of "Slow pace" creation through the tries and appeals of 15 artists and the study of these individual cases, and to find works that enable people to savor them with peace of mind and bring profound thinking. Meanwhile, it seeks to create a context to enter into and discuss Chinese contemporary art in the diversified framework and to establish a new order between "Slow pace" and artists in the "public" platform. The "Slow pace" exhibition is a cultural section that has represented a kind of "Slow pace" living state and creating tendency in Chinese contemporary art, based on which it pitches into the historical and present realities to explore the path and ideals of Chinese contemporary art in the future. In the exhibition hall of Li-space, the visitors can feel the differences distinguishing it from the noisy environment outside and slow down to experience the collision between the heart and the artistic works of "Slow pace".

CURATOR:

GU ZHENQING

ARTISTS:

CONG LINGQI, DING YI, GUO GONG, LI TIANYUAN, SHAO YINONG, XIAO YU, SUI JIANGUO, ZHANG ZHENYU, SU XINPING, XU RUOTAO, YANG MING, YANG XINGUANG, YANG MAOYUAN, WANG YIQIONG, ZHANG YU, ZHANG YUE