Art Community Introduction: Chuangku Art Theme Community is the result of artists consciously pushing themselves to the public, interacting with public life, and contemporary urban life. It is also the result of the public and enterprises starting to pay attention to art and using contemporary art. Energetic efforts to enhance its image and character. Since the founding of Chuangku, Shanghe Workshop, Nordica Art Center, Bi'an Culture and Art Communication Company, Jingpin Gallery, Old Villa Gallery Bar, etc. have held nearly a hundred art exhibitions and art and cultural exchange activities, some of which have given people It left a deep impression. On June 1, 2001, Chuangku opened its doors, and the "Boys and Girls" painting exhibition was held at the same time, with hundreds of people visiting. In December 2001, Independent Film Week was simultaneously screened at Yunnan University of the Arts and Chuangku Shanghe Workshop, showing works by filmmakers such as Wu Wenguang and Jia Zhangke. In July 2002, "Long March---A Walking Visual Art Exhibition" curated by Qiu Zhijie and Lu Jie was held at Shanghe Workshop. In November 2002, "Physical Examination" was held at Shanghe Workshop and Nordica Art Center. Gathering the works of 21 young and middle-aged artists from Kunming, it is the first large-scale multimedia art display in Kunming. In December, "The Sheep Are Coming—Exhibition of Self-Selected Works by Young Artists from Yunnan" was held simultaneously at Shanghe Workshop, Nordica Art Center, and Bi'an Art Communication Center, displaying the works of 27 young artists from Yunnan, covering paintings, sculptures, Installation, photographic art, video art, performance and other art forms. In April 2003, "Shadow - Multimedia Art Exhibition" was exhibited at Shanghe Workshop and Shiyu Art Space, displaying the works of 12 artists from Kunming, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Beijing and other places. Through these exhibitions, a large number of young local Yunnan artists began to emerge, showing great potential to artists such as Weixing, Ning Zhi, Xue Tao, He Jia, Chen Changwei, Zhang Qiongfei, and Jiang Jing. Although their works showed some The ambiguity and uncertainty, but the free and relaxed way of creation reflect the characteristics of Kunming, a young city with mixed ethnic cultures.

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