Vitamin Creative Space at Art Basel | Paris 2024
Galleries
A13
Artist
Shao Fan
In Shao Fan’s recent works, through a precise, delicate brushwork, we are taken on a journey through a world where humans, gods, beasts, and objects once coexisted and mutually influenced each other. These images lead us to imagine that perhaps they collectively reflect a city that has disappeared after experiencing various civilizations. The scenes seem to offer a glimpse and contemplation of this hidden, unseen world. The artist appears to polish and restore a part of this enigmatic puzzle to an unrecurring limit, truthfully telling us: “ Yes, I have been there, but I have not seen it.”
The halved apple contains a certain ineffable mystery of the universe’s structure. In this process of “investigating things” through brush and ink, the artist does not cultivate the delusion of transforming the world through presenting insights. Instead, he continually approaches a place like the “immortal herb,” where the body and mind can temporarily reside, travel back and forth, and contemplate.
VIP Days (by invitation only)
Wednesday, October 16, 10 am to 8pm
Thursday, October 17, 11 am to 8pm
Vernissage (access with a Vernissage ticket or invitation)
Thursday, October 17, 3 pm to 8pm
Public Days (access with a ticket or invitation)
Friday, October 18, 11am to 7pm
Saturday, October 19, 11am to 7pm Sunday, October 20, 11am to 7pm
Venue
Grand Palais, 3 avenue du Général Eisenhower, 75008, Paris
Contact mail@vitamincreativespace.com
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https://www.artbasel.com
Exhibition views of Vitamin's project “Shao Fan” for Art Basel Paris, Paris, 2024. Courtesy
of the artist and Vitamin Creative Space.