NEW YORK
Huang Rui: Language Color
May 26 - July 25, 2015

Zürcher Gallery, New York is honored to present Huang Rui’s first solo exhibition in the United States. Huang Rui (Born in Beijing, 1952) is one of China’s most highly regarded artists. He was a founding member of the Chinese avant-garde group the Stars (Xing Xing), which included artists Wang Keping, Ai Weiwei, Ma Desheng, among others and was active from 1979 to 1983. This groundbreaking group of artists was the first active art collective to protest government censorship after the Cultural Revolution.

Huang Rui has been considered a major vocal advocate of the 798 Art Zone in Beijing. He was instrumental in the establishment of the art district in 2002, and in the efforts to protect the area from demolition in 2004 and 2005. In 2006, 798 became the first state recognized and protected art district in China. This success was due in a large part to Huang Rui’s efforts to promote the district through the Dashanzi International Art Festivals (DIAF) and his book Beijing798. Huang Rui most often creates paintings referencing various Western artistic styles. However through the development of his style, he became more experimental and began exploring different mediums including photography, printmaking, installation, and performance art. As a result, his work is not easily classified.

The solo show at Zürcher Gallery, NY is focused on painting, a practice which marked significantly each step of Huang Rui’s artistic process from the eighties through today. We are happy to announce that Huang Rui is now included in the Guggenheim Museum Collection in New York.

Selected Museum Exhibitions:
2015
China 8, Tour in 8 Museums in Germany (Düsseldorf, Duisburg, Essen, Gelsenkirchen,
Hagen, Marl, Mülheim/Ruhr and Recklinghausen May 15 – August 30)
2013
The Change of Essence- The Shenzhen Public Sculpture Exhibition Shenzhen, China
Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Light before Dawn, Asia Society Hong Kong Center, Hong Kong
2012
Chai-na/China Signs: Works by Huang Rui and Ko Siu Lan, Slought Foundation and the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
2011
Blooming in the Shadows: Unofficial Chinese Art, 1974-1985, China Institute, New York
Documentation of Chinese Performance Art Exhibition, Songzhuang Art Museum, Beijing

Exhibition catalog published by Zürcher Gallery. Text by Julia Andrews.