by Vanguard Gallery Location: Vanguard Gallery
Artist(s): SUN Xun
Date: 12 Mar - 15 May 2011
Sun Xun’s works are predominantly monochromatic, highly detailed hand-drawn animation films. His works investigate the construction and narration of history. “Clown’s Revolution”, the work he displayed during Holland Animation Festival, is his special reading of history. This time, the exhibition includes not only the animation, but also a large amount of manuscripts.
Sun Xun (1980) was born in Fuxin in Liaoning province. He graduated from the Print-making Department of the China Academy of Fine Arts in 2005, and established “π” Animation Studio in 2006. In 2010, Sun Xun finished his recent animation film “21KE” (21 Grams), and had its world premiere at the new “Orizzonti” section at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. This was the first Chinese animation film premiered at the Venice Film Festival. During 2010, Sun Xun has received several notable awards including “Chinese Contemporary Art Awards (CCAA Best Young Artist)” and “Taiwan Contemporary Art Link Young Art Award”.
The exhibition “Clown’s Revolution” will start from March 12th , and last until April 24th.