Oil painting exhibition of Shanghai Art Museum in mid-July 2008

Hello: As your teacher said, this exhibition is well worth seeing.

Exhibition time: July 2008 19.

Venue: Shanghai Art Museum

Exhibition level: the highest-priced exhibition of works by living painters in the world.

As the world's leading art collector, UBS Group AG Art Collection Exhibition will be held at Shanghai Art Museum from now until July 19.

Since 1960s, UBS Group AG has more than 65,438+0,000 modern and contemporary art collections. The exhibition area is 65,438+0,200 square meters, including more than 65,438+000 paintings, prints, sketches, sculptures, images and photos, among which lucien Floyd is the most popular. Not only did he have Freud, the grandfather of a famous psychologist who influenced the world, but his oil painting Sleep Relief Manager won the grand prize of 3438+0 at Christie's in new york last month.

What came to Shanghai this time was an oil painting and many lithographs by lucien Floyd. Most of his works are autobiographical. As a lonely and sensitive person, his works always draw people he meets in his life-children, lovers and friends. Looking at Freud's paintings often makes us face the initial state of mankind.

Li Lei, executive director of Shanghai Art Museum, said that this exhibit not only depicts the collective memory of human beings, but also depicts individual memories and dreams. For example, the work of American artist Susan Heller consists of 303 photos, 303 place names indexes hanging on the wall and a map. It took Heller three years to find out all the streets, country roads and town squares in Germany with the word "Jew" in their names and take photos. Today, there are no Jewish residents in these places. Hundreds of street names are like a powerful chorus at the same time, calling for those who have passed away forever.

Chen Jieren, an artist from China, invited a female worker who has worked in an abandoned garment factory in Taiwan Province Province, China for decades to make a bitter and profound 30-minute silent film. At that time, the factory was their "rice squad leader" and living space, but when the western world discovered a cheaper labor market, it all ended for them. In today's globalized economy, dignity and loyalty are often forgotten.

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Classicism and Aestheticism —— The European19th Century Painting Exhibition Collected by Simon Foundation

2008.6.2 1-8.20

From June 2/KLOC-0 to August 20, 2008, "Classics and Aestheticism-Simon Foundation Europe19th Century Painting Exhibition" jointly organized by China Millennium Monument World Art Museum, Shanghai Art Museum, Hunan Provincial Museum, Guangdong Provincial Art Museum and Mexico Simon Foundation will be grandly exhibited in Shanghai Art Museum. The 65,438+000 paintings exhibited in China for the first time cover many works that fully represent the artistic style of that period, such as classicism, romanticism, realism, impressionism and pre-Raphael. The exhibition will be divided into four sections according to the combination of historical periods and works: 1. Academic and classical human body II. Romance and nostalgia iii. Symphony of light and color and 4. Praise labor.

This is 65,438+000 fine paintings, which is equivalent to the collection level of Louvre, British Museum and Metropolitan Museum. Their creators are a series of European artists with the same reputation and works in the 65,438+09 century: Leiden, Rossetti, Turner, Koro, Miller, Monet, Renoir, pissarro, Tissot, Monk and Zon.

This is also 100 little-known painting, because they were collected by discerning private collectors when their artistic value was not appreciated by the public. In the 1990s, they became Antonio, an outstanding Hispanic Mexican entrepreneur. Perez? All the collections owned by Juan Antonio Perez Simon, including these 65,438+000 paintings, also make Mr. Simon one of the most important art collectors in the United States.

Simon Foundation, founded by Mr. Simon, was founded in the early 1990s and is a non-profit charity in Mexico. It was originally established to provide services for Mexican communities and help some families or individuals who do not have the conditions to apply for bank loans. In addition, the foundation also supports some projects that contribute to the development of Mexico. At the same time, Simon Foundation has become one of the largest private art collection institutions outside Europe because of Mr. Simon's admiration for European culture, strong interest in art collection and strong economic backing.

These collections show western-style art and aesthetics, and also fully reflect the greatest achievements of human creation. The constant pursuit of beauty is the driving force for Mr Simon to search for works of art all over the world, and sharing his great discoveries and collections with others is the highest goal of the Foundation.

Simon Foundation has a rich art collection, ranging from medieval European icon paintings to various modern art schools in the 20th century, among which there are many well-known and impressive masterpieces in the history of European art, among which 19 to 20th century European paintings and sculptures are the most abundant and wonderful. After several years, these most representative western fine works of art finally came out of Simon's wall, including Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain, National Gallery in Washington, USA, Ludwig Museum in Cologne, Germany, and Van Gogh in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The Jude Museum in Paris, France? World-famous art galleries and museums, such as Bom National Art Museum, Philadelphia Art Museum and Venetian Gracie Palace, are all on display, but Simon Foundation and its precious collections are still unfamiliar to China and even Asian audiences.

Shanghai Art Museum is the second stop of this exhibition. This is another heavyweight world art exhibition launched by Shanghai Art Museum after "French Impressionist Art Exhibition", "Paris in Shanghai: Exhibition of Three Generations of French Photographers" and "Manley and Masters: Exhibition of World Photography Schools". In addition, in order to let more audiences appreciate these rare paintings, this exhibition adopts the form of joint exhibition in four places, which is also in line with the original intention of the exhibition organizer and Mr. Simon himself, and provides more people with opportunities to appreciate outstanding western works of art. I believe that with these precious works of art unveiled to the world, people will share their meaningful artistic charm with their collectors in a classical and aesthetic atmosphere.

Please keep an eye on the activity information of related exhibitions:

Shanghai Art Museum Network: (arts.net/Shanghaiart/index _ c.asp)

World Art Museum Website (www.worldartmuseum.cn).