The theme of the 2023 graduation exhibition of the School of Art and Humanities is “Approaches to Image,” referring to the multiple paths towards images. Gothic cathedrals were originally designed to reflect human life through stone architecture, serving as a visual encyclopedia. The cathedral’s nave is often decorated with labyrinthine tiles, symbolizing the winding and exploratory path that pilgrims take, eventually leading to the central “holy land.” The exhibition “Approaches to Image” takes the graduation theses of thirteen students from the College of Art and Humanities as its starting point and transforms textual research into a visual presentation in the form of a documentary exhibition. The distinct perspective of each student’s dissertations represents a unique path towards truth-seeking.
The exhibition will take place in the hall on the first floor of the art museum, with a labyrinthine polygonal exhibition space that echoes the central location of the hall as a “nave” of gothic cathedrals, complementing other exhibition areas to form a small linked universe of art. The top level of the display space is designed in a step-like shape resembling the Tower of Babel, symbolizing the eternal mission of the study of art history in seeking to create a visual language and find artistic truth. The labyrinth is divided into four main entrances, corresponding to multiple approaches and dimensions for exploring the truth behind images: Object, Time, Connection, and Esthesis, and also implies that the study of modern art history is becoming increasingly diverse and complex. The exhibition’s four entrances and thirteen small display spaces interlace and connect with each other to form a central core area-- “Idea”. Visitors can choose any entrance to enter the labyrinth, develop their own reading cues, and wander in the garden of knowledge.
About BRAIN GARDEN
Brain Garden – The 5th Zhijiang International Youth Art Festival 2023 & CAA Graduation Season kicked off online and offline concurrently on June 1. This edition of Youth Art Festival is co-hosted by Zhejiang Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education, Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Publicity Department of the CPC Hangzhou Municipal Committee, China Academy of Art (CAA), and Zhejiang Conservatory of Music under the guidance of the Publicity Department of CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee and Hangzhou Municipal People's Government. The festival features a wide variety of online and offline artistic shows and activities centered on the future and the youth. It is a grand city-wide artistic feast in Hangzhou.
The Youth Art Festival is presented online on CAACOSMOS and West Lake Sky Screen and offline at six venues, namely Zhejiang Exhibition Hall, West Lake Art Museum, Zhejiang Art Museum, World Tourism Museum (1368 Xiangxi Road), Quan Shanshi Art Center, and Yichuang Town, with a total exhibition area of nearly 70,000 square meters. Over 3,000 works from more than 2,500 Class of 2023 graduates (including 1,766 undergraduates, 688 masters, and 97 doctors) are showcased. Over 2,000 young artists, designers, writers, and scholars have gathered online for this youthful art event.
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