Exhibitions
Wings of Mexico
Mexican sculptor and painter Jorge Marin will have an exhibition entitled Wings of Mexico at Long Museum West Bund. Marin was born into a family of 10 brothers and sisters whose father is a well-known architect in Mexico. Marin began to sculpt ceramic in the early 1980s. With over 25 years of artistic work, Marin has successfully entered into Mexico's artistic scene and has become a representative of figurative international sculpture using bronze as a particular seal. His work often depicts horses, centaurs, children, madonnas, acrobats, along with elements such as spheres, masks, arrows, boats and scales. These concepts are consistent with recurring themes such as reflection and balance. Marin has so far more than 250 exhibitions around the world. Some of his sculptures are in cities like Berlin, Tel Aviv, Mexico City, Long Beach, Sarasota, Los Angeles and Shanghai.
Date: November 4 to February 22, 10 am to 6 pm
Venue: Long Museum West Bund
Address: 3398 Longteng Avenue 龙腾大道3398号
Admission: Free
Call 6422-7636 for details
Critical Pervasion
Chinese artist Zhu Jia will have a solo exhibition at the Main Space and H-Space of ShanghART Gallery showcasing his news works and recent video art pieces. Born in 1963, Beijing, Zhu graduated from the oil painting department of the 3rd studio, China Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1988. As the pioneer of early video and photography art in China, Zhu Jia was in the frontier edge of practice from the late 1980s. With his impassive, matter-of-fact manner and concise way of production, as well as an aggressive while placid perspective to the reality, he became a special case in Chinese conception art. His pioneering experimental works provide adventurous precedents to the succeeding practitioners. Furthermore, his works simultaneously step with prevailing globalization of the 1990s, providing real-time critical commentary to the conversion of Chinese society. In today's world, any normalcy seems to be occasional and temporary, thus the key point is how we define "normalcy." In this new solo show, the artist will dissect the "normalcy in daily life, in politics, and in art" under critical state from different angles and perspectives, giving our audiences extended experiences when they will be put on the edge of fear and taboo, or in his words, the "very embarrassed feeling deep inside me created by reality."
Date: November 4 to December 19, 10 am to 6 pm
Venue: ShanghART Gallery Main Space and H-Space
Address: Bldg 16 and 18, 50 Moganshan Road 莫干山路50号16、18号楼
Admission: Free
Call 6359-3923 for details
On Stage
Ballet Anna Karenina
Boris Eifman's ballet Anna Karenina is a true burst of inner psychological energy and is amazingly precise in delivering emotional impact upon its viewers. By setting aside all secondary story lines in Leo Tolstoy's novel, the choreographer focused on the love triangle among Anna, Karenin and Vronsky. Using dance language, Boris Eifman in his ballet managed to portray the drama of a woman being reborn. According to the choreographer, it is the love passion, the "basic instinct" which has led the heroine to the breach of the then current norms of social morality, killed motherly love in Anna Karenina and destroyed her inner world. The choreographer says that his ballet speaks not of previous times but of today: the timeless emotional content of the performance and obvious parallels to reality can't leave the contemporary viewer indifferent. Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg was established by Boris Eifman in 1977 (the original name of the company was the Leningrad New Ballet). The concept of the company was more than innovative for its time: from the first days of its work it was conceived and developed as an experimental laboratory, a ballet theater for one choreographer. Today Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg is renowned among ballet lovers all over the world for such repertoires as Red Giselle, Anna Karenina, Requiem and etc. These works not only represent the highest artistic level of achievements of the contemporary Russian ballet, but also turn the audience to the immortal spiritual heritage of Russian and world culture that inspired the choreographer and his fellow dancers.
Date: November 13 and 14, 7:15 pm
Venue: Shanghai Oriental Art Center 上海东方艺术中心
Address: 425 Dingxiang Road 丁香路425号
Tickets: 80 yuan to 1,280 yuan
Call 6854-1234 for details
Itzhak Perlman Violin Rectial
Undeniably the reigning virtuoso of the violin, Itzhak Perlman has enjoyed superstar status rarely afforded to a classical musician. Beloved for his charm and humanity as well as his talent, Perlman is treasured by audiences throughout the world who respond not only to his remarkable artistry, but also to his irrepressible joy for making music. Born in Israel in 1945, Perlman completed his initial training at the Academy of Music in Tel Aviv. An early recipient of an America-Israel Cultural Foundation scholarship, he came to New York and soon was propelled to national recognition with an appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1958. Following his studies at the Juilliard School with Ivan Galamian and Dorothy DeLay, he won the prestigious Leventritt Competition in 1964, which led to a burgeoning worldwide career. Since then, Perlman has established himself as a cultural icon and household name in classical music. Having performed with every major orchestra and at venerable concert halls around the globe, Perlman was granted a Kennedy Center Honor in 2003 by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in celebration of his distinguished achievements and contributions to the cultural and educational life of the US. He has performed multiple times at the White House. The 2015-16 season commemorates Itzhak Perlman's 70th birthday with three album releases and worldwide concert tours. For the first time in many years, Perlman tours with pianist and longtime friend Emanuel Ax in special duo recitals that take them to eight cities across America including Los Angeles (Disney Hall), San Francisco (Davies Symphony Hall), Chicago (Ravinia), and Washington D.C. (Kennedy Center). In December, he will perform at Carnegie Hall in a rare trio collaboration with pianist Evgeny Kissin and cellist Mischa Maisky, marking the first time he and Kissin have performed together.
Date: November 12, 7:30 pm
Venue: Shanghai Oriental Art Center 上海东方艺术中心
Address: 425 Dingxiang Road 丁香路425号
Tickets: 80 yuan to 1,280 yuan
Call 6854-1234 for details