ZHU MING IS AMONG THE MOST EXCEPTIONAL ARTISTS IN CHINA. HE FIRST APPEARED ALONGSIDE ZHANG HUAN IN THE SEMINAL GROUP WORK BY THE BEIJING EAST VILLAGE ARTISTS, TO ADD ONE METER TO AN ANONYMOUS MOUNTAIN
HIS PERFORMANCE ART IS SUFFUSED BY THE ALONENESS & VULNERABILITY OF THE HUMANKIND. LUMINISCENT MAN IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ART WORKS I HAVE EVER SEEN, WILL WRITE MORE ABOUT IT VERY SOON, FOR SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE
HERE ARE THE PORTRAITS I TOOK OF HIM AS PART OF ASH PROJECT
ITS IN HIS SONGZHUANG STUDIO, FALL 2007
HERE ITS JUST FEW IMAGES, SEE MORE IN WWW.BIELSKYTE.COM/ASH
MONIKA BIELSKYTE & SOME/THINGS LIMITED EDITIONS
WE ARE AN ECHO THAT RUNS THROUGH THE TRAIN OF ROOMS/
GALLERY NUKE PRESENTS A DOUBLE EVENT – EXHIBITION BY MONIKA BIELSKYTE & THE LAUNCH OF SOME/THINGS LIMITED EDITIONS BY M/BCJT
SINCE ITS INCEPTION NUKE DEFENDS THE WORK OF ARTISTS WHO ENGAGE EXPLICITLY WITH THE ISSUES OF THE WIDER WORLD: HISTORICAL CHANGES, DESTRUCTION, DEATH, LOSS & BEAUTY. BOTH MONIKA BIELSKYTE’S PERSONAL WORK & SOME/THINGS LIMITED EDITIONS MAIN PREOCCUPATIONS ARE DEEPLY ANCHORED IN THESE VERY SUBJECTS, THE MAIN THEMATICS BEING THAT OF THE END, BE IT THE APOCALYPTIC ONE OR PERSONAL
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THE WORKS PRESENTED IN WE ARE AN ECHO THAT RUNS THROUGH THE TRAIN OF ROOMS ARE FROM TATCMUAM PROJECT, FOR WHICH THE IMAGES HAVE BEEN SHOT ENTIRELY ABOVE 5000M ALTITUDE IN HIMALAYA, THE LIMIT AFTER WHICH THE LANDSCAPE BECOMES UNINHABITABLE FOR PEOPLE; A PLACE TO WASH THE HEART IS A BIG ONGOING PROJECT OF WHICH THE CHAPTER 1 WILL BE PRESENTED IN A FORM OF VIDEO THAT NARRATES THE PERSONAL STORY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE HISTORICAL & NATURAL CATACLYSMS – SUCH AS CAMBODIA’S KHMER ROUGE TRAGEDY, LAOS SECRET WAR, SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE – THE LATTER BEING THE PLACE IN WHICH WAS SHOT THE HAUNTING INTERIOR THAT HAS BECOME THE SOME/THINGS POSTER OF THE CHAPTER 2
THE TWO SIDES OF THE SHOW IN NUKE GALLERY ARE INTERCONNECTED AS THE ORIGINAL ARTWORKS (LIGHTBOXES) TO BE SHOWN ARE THE WORKS THAT GAVE BIRTH TO THE FIRST SOME/THINGS PRODUCTIONS: TATCMUAM IMAGE BOX, THE GOOD ANGELS OFF FALL & A PLACE TO WASH THE HEART POSTERS
SOME/THINGS LIMITED EDITIONS BY M/BJCT IS SOMETHING IN BETWEEN THE ARTIST PROJECT & PRODUCTION/PUBLISHING HOUSE; UNDER THIS NAME ARE PRODUCED LIMITED EDITION OBJECTS THAT ARE QUITE DIFFERENT FROM MOST OF THE THINGS SEEN IN THE MAINSTREAM MARKET, THE AIM BEING TO CREATE NOT JUST ANOTHER MERCHANDISE, BUT SOMETHING THAT WOULD GO BEYOND IT – SOMETHING WITH A STORY, SOMETHING PERSONAL, SOMETHING UNIQUE. ARTISTS PARTICIPATE IN CONCEIVING NOT ONLY THE IDEA BUT ALSO THE DESIGN OF THE OBJECTS, ALL COPIES ARE NUMBERED & SIGNED. BOTH CONTENT & AESTHETICS OF THE OBJECTS ARE EXQUISITE & AUSTERE AT THE SAME TIME: ALL SHADES OF BLACK
‘LIKE MAKING UP A STORY OR RECALLING A DREAM, DRIFTING FROM DIRECT TO LESS CONSCIOUS OBSERVATION IS NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE QUITE TURNED ON OR OFF. THROUGH THEIR FOCUS ON THE EDGES OF STORIES, MONIKA BIELSKYTE’S PHOTOGRAPHS ARTICULATE THIS KIND OF WITNESSING, OF REMEMBERING EVEN THE LEAST IMMEDIATELY GRASPABLE ELEMENTS IN THE PASSING OF THINGS BEFORE THEIR DISAPPEARANCE. IN HER OWN DESCRIPTION, THEIR SUBJECT MATTER IS ‘THAT UNBEARABLE FEELING THAT WHATEVER WE SEE IS WHAT IS NOT HERE ANYMORE; ALL OUR VISION IS A CHIMERA OF TIME’ / BY LUPE NUNEZ FERNANDEZ
MONIKA BIELSKYTE WAS BORN IN LITHUANIA, BUT SINCE 2005 IS BASED IN PARIS. HER WORKS HAVE BEEN SHOWN IN SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS IN PARIS, LONDON, AMSTERDAM, BEIJING, STOCKHOLM, VILNIUS. IN RECENT YEARS SHE HAS ALSO WORKED IN JAPAN, CHINA, CAMBODIA, VIETNAM, LAOS, THAILAND, INDIA, NEPAL, BHUTAN, TAJIKISTAN, UZBEKISTAN, RUSSIA, PORTUGAL AND SPAIN. THE ARTIST USUALLY SPENDS 4 TO 6 MONTHS A YEAR TRAVELLING TO SHOOT HER PROJECTS, THUS INCORPORATING THE VERY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF TRAVEL INTO HER DREAMLIKE IMAGES THAT TELL STORIES OF PASSING TIME
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EXHIBITION DATES 17 TO 22 FEBRUARY 2-7 PM
PRIVATE VIEW THURSDAY 19 FEBRUARY 6-9 PM
PROJECTION OF THE CHAPTER 1 VIDEO SATURDAY 21 FEBRUARY 7-10 PM
FINISSAGE & PROJECTION SATURDAY 28 FEBRUARY 6-10PM
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/ THE TITLE OF THIS EXHIBITION COMES FROM THE POEM BY CZESLAW MILOSZ: WE ARE AN ECHO THAT RUNS THROUGH A TRAIN OF ROOMS / SEASONS FLARE & FADE BUT AS IN A GARDEN WE DO NOT ENTER ANYMORE / & THAT’S A RELIEF FOR WE DO NOT NEED TO CATCH UP WITH THE OTHERS IN THE SPRINTS & THE HIGH JUMP
MONIKA BIELSKYTE & SOME/THINGS LIMITED EDITIONS
WE ARE AN ECHO THAT RUNS THROUGH THE TRAIN OF ROOMS/
LA GALERIE NUKE PRESENTE UN DOUBLE EVENEMENT – L’EXPOSITION DE MONIKA BIELSKYTE & LE LANCEMENT DE SOME/THINGS LIMITED EDITIONS BY M/JCT
DEPUIS SES DEBUTS, LA GALERIE NUKE DEFEND LE TRAVAIL D’ARTISTES QUI ABORDENT LES PROBLEMATIQUES DU MONDE REEL: CHANGEMENTS HISTORIQUES, RESPONSABILITE HUMAINE, MORT, DESTRUCTION & BEAUTE. LE TRAVAIL DE MONIKA BIELSKYTE & LES PREOCCUPATIONS DE SOME/THINGS LIMITED EDITIONS SONT PROFONDEMENT ANCRES DANS CES SUJETS MÊMES, LE PRINCIPAL THEME ETANT CELUI DE LA FIN, TANT APOCALYPTIQUE QUE PERSONNELLE
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LES TRAVAUX PRESENTES DANS ‘WE ARE AN ECHO THAT RUNS THROUGH THE TRAIN OF ROOMS’ SONT EXTRAITS DE TATCMUAM PROJECT, DONT LES IMAGES ONT ETE TOUTES PRISES AU-DESSUS DE 5000M D’ALTITUDE DANS L’HIMALAYA, ZONE INHABITABLE POUR L’HOMME; A PLACE TO WASH THE HEART EST UN PROJET EN COURS, LE CHAPITRE 1 SERA PRESENTE SOUS FORME DE VIDEO RACONTANT UNE HISTOIRE PERSONNELLE DANS LE CONTEXTE DES TRAGEDIES HISTORIQUE ET DES CATACLYSMES NATURELS (LA PERIODE DES KHMERS ROUGES AU CAMBODGE, LA GUERRE SECRETE AU LAOS, LE SEISME DANS LA REGION DU SICHUAN – DONT EST TIRE UN POSTER DU CHAPTER 2)
LES DEUX ASPECTS DE L’EXPOSITION SONT INTIMEMENT LIES PUISQUE LES OEUVRES ORIGINALES (BOÎTES LUMINEUSES) EXPOSEES ONT DONNE NAISSANCE AUX PREMIERES PRODUCTIONS DE SOME/THINGS: BOITES D’IMAGES DE TATCMUAM & POSTERS DE THE GOOD ANGELS OF FALL & A PLACE TO WASH THE HEART
SOME/THINGS LIMITED EDITIONS SE SITUE ENTRE LE PROJET ARTISTIQUE & LA MAISON D’EDITION; LES OBJETS EN SERIES LIMITEES EDITES SOUS CE NOM SONT BIEN DIFFERENTS DE CE QUI EXISTE DANS LE MARCHE ACTUEL, LE BUT PRINCIPAL ETANT DE CREER PLUS QU’UN SIMPLE PRODUIT, MAIS QUELQUE CHOSE AVEC UNE HISTOIRE, QUELQUE CHOSE DE PERSONNEL, QUELQUE CHOSE D’UNIQUE. LES ARTISTES PARTICIPENT NON SEULEMENT A L’ELABORATION DE L’IDEE DE DEPART MAIS AUSSI A LA CONCEPTION DES OBJETS, TOUS NUMEROTES ET SIGNES; LE CONTENU ARTISTIQUE AINSI QUE L’ESTHETIQUE, IMPREGNES DE L’EMPREINTE DU NOIR, SONT EXQUIS & AUSTERES A LA FOIS.
‘LIKE MAKING UP A STORY OR RECALLING A DREAM, DRIFTING FROM DIRECT TO LESS CONSCIOUS OBSERVATION IS NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE QUITE TURNED ON OR OFF. THROUGH THEIR FOCUS ON THE EDGES OF STORIES, MONIKA BIELSKYTE’S PHOTOGRAPHS ARTICULATE THIS KIND OF WITNESSING, OF REMEMBERING EVEN THE LEAST IMMEDIATELY GRASPABLE ELEMENTS IN THE PASSING OF THINGS BEFORE THEIR DISAPPEARANCE. IN HER OWN DESCRIPTION, THEIR SUBJECT MATTER IS ‘THAT UNBEARABLE FEELING THAT WHATEVER WE SEE IS WHAT IS NOT HERE ANYMORE; ALL OUR VISION IS A CHIMERA OF TIME’ / PAR LUPE NUNEZ FERNANDEZ
MONIKA BIELSKYTE EST NEE EN LITUANIE, MAIS VIT A PARIS DEPUIS 2005. SES TRAVAUX ONT FAIT L’OBJET D’EXPOSITIONS PERSONNELLES ET COLLECTIVES A PARIS, LONDRES, AMSTERDAM, BEIJING, STOCKHOLM ET VILNIUS. CES DERNIERES ANNEES, ELLE A TRAVAILLE AU JAPON, CHINE, CAMBODGE, VIETNAM, LAOS, THAILANDE, INDE, NEPAL, BHOUTAN, TADJIKISTAN, OUZBEKISTAN, RUSSIE, PORTUGAL ET ESPAGNE. ELLE PASSE 4 A 6 MOIS PAR AN A VOYAGER POUR SES PROJETS ARTISTIQUES, INCORPORANT AINSI L’EXPERIENCE PERSONNELLE DANS SES IMAGES ONIRIQUES, LESQUELLES RACONTENT LES HISTOIRES DES LIEUX MARQUES PAR LE TEMPS
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DATES DE L’EXPOSITION DU 17 AU 22 FEVRIER 14H-19H
VERNISSAGE JEUDI 19 FEVRIER 18H-21H
PROJECTION DE LA VIDEO DE CHAPTER 1 SAMEDI 21 FEVRIER 18H-22H
FINISSAGE & PROJECTION SAMEDI 28 FEVRIER 18-22H
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/ LE TITRE DE L’EXPOSITION EST EXTRAIT D’UN POEME DE CZESLAW MILOSZ: WE ARE AN ECHO THAT RUNS THROUGH A TRAIN OF ROOMS / SEASONS FLARE & FADE BUT AS IN A GARDEN WE DO NOT ENTER ANYMORE / & THAT’S A RELIEF FOR WE DO NOT NEED TO CATCH UP WITH THE OTHERS IN THE SPRINTS & THE HIGH JUMP
YOU CAN NOW LISTEN TO CHAPTER 1 SOUNDTRACK BY KAMOHMIN & RAGNAR EXCERPT (LAST 3 MINUTES) IN SOME/THINGS MYSPACE
WE HOPE YOU MAY LIKE IT!
