MB News | “Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, A Beautiful Elsewhere” opens at the Power Station of Art in Shanghai

MB Projects is happy to announce the official opening of Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, A Beautiful Elsewhere in Shanghai. 100 exceptional key works from the collection of the Fondation Cartier are presented at the Power Station of Art from April 25 to July 29, 2018. More than 15 artists, both Chinese and international, were present for the opening, participating in a series of talks on April 25 and April 26. MB Projects is very proud to have contributed to the organization of this exhibition.

From April 25 to July 29, 2018, the Power Station of Art in Shanghai is exhibiting a selection of 100 key works from the 1,500 artworks that make up the Collection of the Fondation Cartier.

Born from an encounter between Hervé Chandès, General Director of the Fondation Cartier, Fei Dawei, art critic and exhibition curator, and Gong Yan, Director of the PSA, the exhibition Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, A Beautiful Elsewhere is an invitation to travel. A journey around the world, and an exploration of the territories, literal and imaginative, presented by the Fondation Cartier through the ensemble of its Parisian and international exhibitions since its creation in France in 1984. A voyage to the heart of multidisciplinary artistic worlds: photography with Daido Moriyama and Raymond Depardon, painting with Chéri Samba, film with David Lynch and Beat Takeshi Kitano, design with Marc Newson and Alessandro Mendini, and sculpture with Ron Mueck and Sarah Sze. The exhibition also presents artworks combining art and science with the installation by bio-acoustician Bernie Krause.

Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, A Beautiful Elsewhere is also an opportunity for the Fondation Cartier to reinforce its desire to showcase emerging talents: for example, the Chinese artists Gao Shan, Hu Liu and Li Yongbin have been invited by the Fondation Cartier to present their works alongside those of Cai Guo-Qiang and Huang Yong Ping—today, iconic Chinese artists on the international contemporary arts scene, and revealed by the Fondation Cartier in the 1990s to a European public. With an exhibition layout designed by French scenographer Adrien Gardère, the exhibition also presents a number of pieces especially commissioned for the occasion by artists Alessandro Mendini, Jean-Michel Alberola and Christian Boltanski.

For more information about the exhibition, please check: www.powerstationofart.org/en

For more information about the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, please check: Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain

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