From Oct 18 to Nov 16, 2008, Shao Foundation launched its opening with Huang Rui’s solo exhibition Chinese History In Animal Time in BAMA Gallery in Beijing. Huang Rui co-founded the literature magazine Today with poets like Bei Dao and Mang Ke in 1970s. He then organised the first and second Star Exhibition in 1979 and 1980 respectively. In 1984, he moved to Japan. In 2002, he initiated the later-renowned 798 Art District.
Exhibition site in progress.
The bricks used in Huang Rui’s works fill up dozens of large boxes. He collected these bricks from destruction sites in old Beijing area.
Curator Bérénice Angremy.
Huang Rui with his friend fromZdeněk Sklenář Gallery of Czech Republic.
Artist Wang Qingsong
Huang Rui talked about his works with friends.
*This post was originally written in Chinese by our Sun Xiaoxi and was edited and translated by April Zhang.