Xiaozhou Art District

Xiaozhou Art District

Xiaozhou art district is located on the Pearl River side of Guangzhou. It is a comprehensive art district with original art studio as the main body, large exhibition hall, art market, art salon and leisure place, which is constructed by using the space under the viaduct of Nansha Expressway in Guangzhou.

Introduction to Art District

Xiaozhou art district is the only art district under the highway bridge in China, a rare art district among ten thousand mu orchards, and the largest original art studio group in South China. It has become a leading area for the development of cultural and creative industries in Xiaozhou District of Guangzhou, and also an important landmark for the development of cultural and creative industries in Guangzhou. It has a certain popularity and influence in Guangdong Province and even in the whole country.

Background of Art District

Xiaozhou art district is located in Xiaozhou Village in the "ten thousand mu fruit forest" reserve in the southeast of Haizhu District, Guangzhou City, separated from Guangzhou University City by water. Xiaozhou Village is one of the first batch of historical and cultural reserves in Guangzhou. It is also the only water town with the best preserved natural landscape and cultural landscape in Guangfu. It has been rated as "ecological demonstration village in Guangdong Province", "the most beautiful village in Guangdong", "characteristic rural tourism spot in Guangzhou", "best ancient village culture award of" flying swallow Award "for rural tourism in China" and "unique Village Culture Award in China" "Famous village Award", "model of ecological civilization in China", "the first batch of national ecological villages", "tourism characteristic villages in Guangdong Province", "ancient villages in Guangdong Province" and "original base of painting and calligraphy in Lingnan".

Xiaozhou Village's unique water environment and profound cultural heritage have attracted a large number of professionals to come here for artistic creation. After Guan Shanyue, Li Xiongcai and other famous painters of Lingnan Painting School established their art village here, many famous artists from the United States, Canada, France, South Africa, Hong Kong, Macao and many other regions in China, as well as young and middle-aged artists, gathered here and successively established more than 100 studios, involving painting, sculpture, photography, calligraphy, music, folk art, literature, ceramics and electricity Film, broadcasting, advertising, design and decoration and folk culture, etc. In recent years, various types of art creation activities, art exhibitions and art festivals have been carried out frequently in Xiaozhou area, which has caused great influence in Guangdong Province and even in the whole country. The outline of the plan for the construction of modern industrial system in Guangzhou has taken the development of Xiaozhou art original base as an important node to speed up the construction of the core base of Guangdong cultural and creative industry in Guangzhou. A large number of old, middle-aged and young artists have continued to gather and develop, which has also attracted the attention of the whole country. In recent years, there has been a boom in art training before the college entrance examination. Every year, more than 10000 art candidates from Guangdong Province study here, making Xiaozhou Village an art training base for the college entrance examination. There is a saying in the art circle that "there are 798 and Songzhuang in the north and Xiaozhou in the South".

Xiaozhou Art District aims to solve the contradiction between the lack of public exhibition space in Xiaozhou area and the narrow and insufficient space for folk houses to establish art studios. Relying on Xiaozhou Village, which has formed the foundation of art creation atmosphere for many years, and the good momentum of the development of cultural and creative industries, it will establish a new and large-scale gathering area.

The construction of Xiaozhou art district and the settlement of artists

Since August 2009, Guangzhou Yiyuan Industrial Co., Ltd. has invested in the construction of Xiaozhou art district. At the beginning of the design, the construction unit inspected the cultural and art industry creative parks, art galleries and exhibition halls in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and other places, gave full play to the characteristics of the large space at the bottom of the viaduct, and designed a large number of large space studios to meet the conditions of artists' creation and life in terms of space, lighting and ventilation. At the same time, there are exhibition halls and exhibition halls of different areas in the Art Zone, which are matched with studios. It can not only meet the needs of artists' works display in the Art Zone, but also organize exhibitions and sell original art works for the society for a long time.

After more than one year's segmented construction and development, it has changed the dirty, messy and poor situation of the original garbage mountains, weeds, and fire hazards of some warehouses and restaurants under the viaduct. It has formed a comprehensive art area with original studios as the main body, large exhibition halls, art salons, art markets and leisure exchange places. The total length of the area is about 1100 meters, and the building is very beautiful It covers an area of about 30000 square meters (including public roads, squares, parking lots, etc.). Two meandering rivers cross, and the topography of small bridge and flowing water naturally becomes three groups (areas). Among them, ten thousand mu of fruit forest is protected, which is a rare ecological orchard art area in China. It is also the first cultural and creative park under the viaduct of Expressway in China. Located on the edge of the Pearl River, the art district is connected with the No.1 Greenway in Guangdong Province. This artist colony has not only become a leading area for the development of cultural and creative industries in Xiaozhou District, a window for Haizhu District to display, but also an important symbolic art colony for the development of cultural and creative industries in Guangzhou.

The fully functional art studio has attracted a large number of old, middle-aged and young artists both inside and outside the system to set up original studios here, including Guangzhou Academy of fine arts, Guangzhou Academy of painting, Guangzhou Sculpture Academy and many artists in the society. There are also foreign artists (the United States, the United Kingdom). Sculpture master pan he and his son pan Fang, former president of Guangzhou Sculpture Academy Cai Wenxing, deputy director of Sculpture Department of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts yang Xiaohua, vice chairman of Chinese painting and calligraphy society Jiang Rongyu, art critic Tan Tian, painter Zhao Duorui, sculptors Huang He and Yang Xuejun all have studios. At present, there are nearly 80 studios of various types, and a number of art institutions have been set up and settled here, including traditional Chinese painting, oil painting, lacquer painting, print, mural, sculpture, photography, calligraphy, design, decoration and other categories.

Activities and impacts

Xiaozhou Art District officially started operation in early 2010. In just two years, it has begun to take shape, forming the largest original art studio group and the most active art district in Guangdong and even South China.

Xiaozhou art district has six large exhibition halls, fully providing exhibition space, and changing different content of art exhibitions every month. Since the completion of the first phase in January 2010 to February 2012, more than 100 exhibitions of various types have been held, involving works of traditional Chinese painting, oil painting, sculpture, photography, installation, performance art, etc. the participating artists are mainly young and middle-aged artists, including famous artists and college students in the art field, as well as works from the United States, France, Britain, Finland, Colombia, Germany, Italy, etc Artists from Dali, Hong Kong, Macao and other places participated. From January to February 2010, when the first phase of Xiaozhou Art Expo, jointly held by 13 units including Xiaozhou Federation of literary and art circles, was completed, 21 exhibitions were held in the art district. During the exhibition period of just one month, 30000 people came to visit. During the national day of 2010, the main exhibition hall of the third Xiaozhou Art Festival expanded its influence and gathered popularity. With the completion of the second and third phases of the Art District, Yin Dingbang, former vice chairman of Guangdong Art Association, Qian Haiyuan, former vice chairman of Hunan Art Association, ye Jianqiang, chief reporter of Yangcheng Evening News, and others have successively opened up long-term exhibition venues for their works in the art district. Many famous artists, such as pan he, the master sculptor, Xu qinsong, the chairman of Guangdong Artists Association, Yu Chang, the vice chairman of Guangdong Artists Association, Tang Xiaoming, the former chairman of Guangdong Artists Association, Liang Mingcheng and Shao zenghu, Guan zeju, Ma Liuzhou, Xu Guling, Chen Jiulin, etc., often take part in activities here. Young and middle-aged painters and sculptors become the main members of the art district. The Ministry of culture, as the Guangdong Branch of the modern art research center, is also preparing to move in. The art district provides great convenience for artists in the district to use the exhibition hall and exhibition hall nearby to meet their works directly with the audience and the market, providing a good platform for these artists.

Xiaozhou art district is located on the edge of the Pearl River, separated from Guangzhou University City by a river, directly radiating more than 200000 teachers and students of the University City. Teachers and students of the university town often come to the art district in groups to visit and organize activities. The teachers and students of art colleges and departments have close contact with the artists in the art district and frequent interaction. They come here for teaching, creation and activities. In December 2010, the main person in charge of the art district was invited to introduce Xiaozhou Art District to the delegates attending the annual academic meeting of the art and Design Education Professional Committee of Guangdong universities. After visiting the Art District, the delegates expressed their appreciation for the creativity and the high creative enthusiasm of the artists. Guangzhou Academy of fine arts, art school of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies and Tourism School of Beijing Second International Studies University set up off campus education and entrepreneurship practice bases in the art zone.

Go out and bring in. In cooperation with the Chinese oil painting and sketching club, Xiaozhou Art District organized the sketching activity of Guangfu water town style painting by oil painters in seven provinces and cities; organized artists in the art district to participate in the first and third Guangzhou international art collection exhibition of calligraphy and painting, the 15th Guangzhou Art Expo, the second Guangzhou International Art Trade Expo, and the Sixth China (Shenzhen) International Art Exhibition "Excellent organization award" was awarded by the Organizing Committee at the chemical industry expo.

Xiaozhou art district has successively entered and established many art institutions, such as ye Jianqiang street running Art Center, Xiaozhou art network, Zhujiang painting academy, Duorui calligraphy and Painting Research Institute, Guangzhou International Art Salon, Guangzhou military region model sculpture creation base, Guangdong Yicai creative design and other institutions, which have played a great influence in the society. With the establishment of a large number of original art studios, galleries have begun to enter, which is a big step towards the industrialization of the art district.

The construction and artistic activities of Xiaozhou Art District have attracted the attention of all sectors of the society. Many media have reported on it one after another. Now it has been said that there are 798 and Songzhuang in the north and Xiaozhou in the south. South day

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