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Never Let Me Go | Yugen Long

NEVER LET ME GO
YUGEN LONG
Manager of the project: János Kósa

19 May – 21 May 2016

Labor Gallery presents the solo show ‘Never Let Me Go’, which title comes from a 2005 dystopian science fiction novel by Japanese-born British author Kazuo Ishiguro.
The exhibition attempts to restore a way to reproduce a scene from the novel in virtual reality, and explore the relationship between soul and personality, as the space triggers visitors to think about humanity and morality.

The fictional story begins with Kathy, a carer, talking about looking after donors. She has been a carer for almost twelve years at the time of the narration, and she often reminisces about her time spent at Hailsham. Hailsham is a fictional boarding school in England, where the teachers are known as ‘guardians’. Along with classes, they often emphasize the importance of keeping the health of their students. For instance, smoking is considered to be a taboo, almost on the level of a crime. The curriculum appears to be like that of any other school, but there is great encouragement for the students to produce art. The art is then displayed in an exhibition, and the best artwork is chosen by a woman known to the students as Madame. The students speculate that she keeps their work in a gallery.
The story revolves around three Hailsham students, Kathy, and two others, Ruth and Tommy, who develop a close but complicated friendship. Kathy develops a fondness for Tommy, looking after him when he is bullied and having talks with him beside the pond. However, Ruth and Tommy begin a romantic relationship during their time at the school that continues when they leave. In an isolated incident, Miss Lucy, one of the guardians, talks to the students about their goals and their true purpose: to provide organs to others, a cycle of “donations” that will consume their lives.
This results in Miss Lucy’s removal from the school, though it causes only subtle disturbance in the students, who were raised with the notion.

Yugen Long’s paintings are composed with simplified geometry forms, he is using common elements from life as materials. When creating these works, he experimented with the original properties of the material, explored a simplified geometry of forms to reconstruct a form of beauty and relationship. His installation uses experimental materials and elements: 3 leaves of grass, 4 leaves of grass and salt. He uses the titled to create a space and relationship with the memory of the elements, to explore them through imagination and virtual reality.

Yugen Long

(b. 1991, Chongqing, China) lives and works in Milan, Italy.

Yugen Long received a MFA from the Accademia di belle arti di Brera-Milano in 2014. He graduated from the Accademia di belle arti di Brera-Milano as a BFA student in 2014. Accepted as an Erasmus student to the Hungarian University of Fine Arts in Budapest for the spring semester in 2016. Group shows include: SALON 2015, BRERA BICCOCA. (Milan, 2015), HUA TRASFORMAZIONE (MILAN 2014), ARE WE WHAT WE EAT? Sustainability and Art. ( Milan, Washiton 2013), FUORI DALLE MURA 2013, ( Milan, 2013)

The 2016 Traditional Annual Exhibition of the Studio of Young Artists’ Association (SYAA)

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What Kind of Creature is an Artist?

☞ The 2016 Traditional Annual Exhibition of the Studio of Young Artists’ Association (SYAA) ☜

We continue our exhibition series with the next shows in Labor and Kisterem gallery, where we present the “sociologist / politologist / activist” and “urbanist” artists of the SYAA.

Exhibitors at Labor:
Default Productions, Roland FARKAS, Judit FISCHER, Kitti GOSZTOLA, Judit Lilla MOLNÁR, Ildikó PÉTER, Zsuzsanna SIMON, Rita SÜVEGES, Eszter SZABÓ, Szacsva y Pál, Boglárka ZELLEI

Exhibitors at Kisterem:
Ágnes BÁSTHY, Judit FISCHER, Gruppo Tökmag, Andi SCHMIED, Júlia VÉCSEI

Special thanks: Kisterem

When describing the work of contemporary artists, critics often use similes, likening artistic methods to those of professions outside the creative sphere. This helps understanding, as it were, when the word ‘artist’ is no longer sufficient for the ends of description or analysis. No wonder, since ‘artist’ is such an elusive term, and defining it is no easy task.
Let’s say it out loud: artist. At one point, the first image that occurred when hearing the word may have been Pablo Picasso in his dingy Parisian attic… We have perhaps moved on, mixing in memories of aquarelles of arts & crafts classes, first impressions of Jeff Koons or Cicciolina – though none of that brings us closer to a definition.
Perhaps the only specific detail we can come up with is that someone who self-defines as an artist puts herself squarely in the company of journalists and teachers, the intelligentsia in other words – a class that bears some approval from society – though even in that group, artists are somewhat marginal.
It is an understandable need on the part of critics and theorists to refine this one-word definition so loaded with dubious connotations. This is why we so often come across similes likening artists’ methods to non-artistic pursuits.
The aim of the 2016 annual exhibition of the Studio of Young Artists’ Association (fkse) is to showcase the work of the Association’s members with a special emphasis of their individual methods in a selection displayed at five venues.

What does an artist do?
What are the artist’s every-day roles?
What roles does she choose for herself?
What roles are endowed upon her?
What roles are forced on her?
What roles are just for show?
What kind of creature is an artist?

ARTISTS:
Anna ÁDÁM – GRAY BOX PROJECTS, Ádám ALBERT, Zsolt ASZTALOS, Máté BARTHA, Anna BARNAFÖLDI, Ágnes BÁSTHY, Márta CZENE, Ádám DALLOS, DEFAULT PRODUCTIONS, Sári EMBER, Andrea FAJGERNÉ DUDÁS, Viola FÁTYOL, Roland FARKAS, Judit FISCHER, Zsuzsi FLOHR, Kitti GOSZTOLA, GRUPPO TÖKMAG, Tamás JUHÁSZ, Patrícia KALICZKA, Gábor KEREKES, Zsófia KERESZTES, Botond KERESZTESI, Olga Piroska KOCSI & Péter István VARGA, Csenge KOLOZSVÁRI, Judit Emese KONOPÁS & Jérôme LI THIAO TÉ, Olívia KOVÁCS, Gábor KRISTÓF, Áron KÚTVÖLGYI-SZABÓ, Henrik MARTIN, Judit Lilla MOLNÁR, Zsolt MOLNÁR, Mózes Márton MURÁNYI, György ORBÁN, Ildikó PÉTER, Klára RUDAS, Zsuzsanna SIMON, Dorottya SZABÓ, Eszter SZABÓ, Szacsva y Pál, Andi SCHMIED, Loránd SZÉCSÉNYI-NAGY, Zsófia SZEMZŐ, Rita SÜVEGES, Gábor Csongor SZIGETI, Dominika TRAPP, Júlia VÉCSEI, Boglárka ZELLEI, Dia ZÉKÁNY

VENUES:
• Studio Gallery & Studio #2 – 35 Rottenbiller Street, District 7, Budapest
Opening: Thursday, 14 April at 7pm
Opening speech by Tamás Seregi
Open from 15 April to 23 April 2016
Closing event: Saturday, 23 April at 6pm

• Artbázis – 25 Horánszky Street, District 8, Budapest
Opening: Tuesday, 19 April at 7pm
Open from 20 April to 29 April 2016
Closing event: Friday, 29 April at 4pm

• 115-106 Apartment-gallery – 3rd floor, 27 Katona János Street, District 13, Budapest (ring #12)
Opening: Tuesday, 26 April at 7pm
Open from 27 April to 6 May 2016
Closing event: Friday, 6 May at 6pm

• Kisterem Gallery – 5 Képíró Street, District 5, Budapest
Opening: Tuesday, 3 May at 7pm
Open from 4 May to 13 May 2016
Closing event: Friday, 13 May at 6pm

• Labor Gallery – 6 Képíró Street, District 5, Budapest
Opening: Tuesday, 3 May at 8pm
Open from 4 May to 13 May 2016
Closing event: Friday, 13 May at 6pm

CURATED BY:
Anna JUHÁSZ, Emese MUCSI, Eszter ŐZE

GRAPHIC DESIGN:
Robin KOSNAS

PHOTOS:
BARTHA Máté

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