Refurnishing Thoughts
伊夫·内茨哈默：再造认知

Refurnishing Thoughts
Fosun Foundation Shanghai

Opening: August 13, 2017
Exhibition period: August 13 to October 7, 2017
Supported by Pro Helvetia Shanghai, Swiss Arts Council

Swiss artist Yves Netzhammer will present new solo exhibition “Refurnishing Thoughts” at Fosun Foundation Shanghai, running from August 13 to October 7, 2017. This will be a duo solo with Chinese artist Qiu Anxiong, who was the residency artist of Pro Helvetia Shanghai in Winterthur, Switzerland in 2014. The two artists have intensively exchanged and jointly created the work “Tableau No.1”, combining drawings and fictional characters. This time, a dialogue between Western new media animation and Chinese ink-based film, the exhibitions explore the paradoxes facing modern society in both China and the West alike. They each consider the plight of humanity and modern civilization through experiential, immersive video works. This exhibition also breaks down the traditional boundaries of the exhibition space, with a rolling broadcast of short films by both artists displayed on Lujiazui’s Citibank “Bund Star” LED screen. This link, bridging the Lujiazui architectural complex and the galleries of Fosun Foundation Shanghai, engenders a metaphorical collision between contemporary art and society, one that resonates throughout the entire city.

About “Refurnishing Thoughts”

Is it true that man plans, and God laughs? The works of Swiss artist Yves Netzhammer seem to tear rifts in time within active spaces. Through an organic synthesis of painting, steel installation, and animated short film, the artist integrates and re-configures these artistic elements to playfully subvert our understanding of time, space, and the world more generally: joy and pain coexist; life and death cycle endlessly. A comprehensive presentation of Netzhammer’s work across various media, this exhibition is an exhaustive expression of his tireless inquiries into space and medium as well as his sustained interest in time, environment, and society. The works on display here include seven short animations, over thirty steel installations, and more than ten wall paintings.

For the exhibition, the second floor of Fosun Foundation Shanghai will be transformed into a “home” complete with living room, kitchen, and bedroom. Like the structure of the human brain, each section will have its own separate function. The viewer will be immersed in this manifold artistic space, composed of imaginative animated films, painterly works, simple black and white lines, and variegated blocks of color. These changes in scenery in turn structure different sensorial experiences.