Ren Rong
Ren Rong ( Chinese 任 戎 , Pinyin Rèn Róng , * 1960 in Nanjing ) is a German visual artist of postmodernism of Chinese origin. He lives and works mainly in Bonn and Beijing and is considered one of the most internationally known contemporary artists of Chinese origin.
biography
Ren Rong was born in 1960 in Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu Province , and attended middle school there from 1974 to 1979, where he also received an artistic training. From 1982 to 1986 he studied at the local art academy with a focus on oil painting, ink painting and printmaking in the field of socialist realism . He took part in the first group exhibition with other young artists from the province in 1985, and the first solo exhibition followed in 1986.
In connection with his marriage to a German, Ren Rong moved to Bonn , the then capital of the Federal Republic of Germany , in 1986 . The first solo exhibition in Germany followed that same year. From 1987 to 1992 Ren Rong was given a teaching position at the Department of Oriental Languages at the University of Bonn . He taught Chinese ink painting and calligraphy there.
At the same time, Ren Rong studied painting at the Münster Art Academy , which he continued from 1990 at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . In 1992 Fritz Schwegler's master class student, followed by several scholarships. In 1996 he organized the touring exhibition China - Contemporary Painting on behalf of the Kunstmuseum Bonn and in collaboration with Dieter Ronte . In 2000 Ren Rong received a visiting professorship at the Hamburg University of Design .
In 2007, Ren Rong acquired the building complex known as Villa Friede in the Mehlem district of Bonn , partially restored it and rebuilt dilapidated areas. A public art and culture center has been opened in parts of the villa, which he opened in June 2013 and where he also lives with his family. A sculpture park is to be set up on an adjacent, undeveloped property belonging to the embassy of the former Republic of Yugoslavia . Due to unclear ownership in the legal successor of Yugoslavia, a short-term acquisition of the site is currently (2013) not yet in sight.
plant
Ren Rong is internationally known for his plant people . As a steel or iron sculpture, shiny or rusty red, wood or paper cut, watercolor or print, wood, wax or lacquer work, the abstract-concrete hybrids stand for a wide variety of statements from the topic of human life. In connection with private photographs and recordings of well-known politicians (e.g. Mao Zedong ), the relationship to the present emerges.
The artist explains this: “My plant people do not allude to any mythology for me. On the other hand, they reflect all the more completely different, i.e. personal things, such as hope, wishes, ambition, lust, fear, positive energy and a lot more ... "
Furthermore, I am also concerned with the relationship between nature and humans and with questions of ecology. Thus, for me, the plant man also stands for the ideal connection between man and nature. As an artist, I don't just want to be in the studio, I also want to communicate with people in order to exchange ideas with them across the most varied of borders. Because only the exchange triggers something new.
Frank Günter Zehnder , introductory speech on the occasion of the exhibition “Let 100 Flowers Bloom” 2012 in the Junkerhaus Simonskall : In his person and in his work you encounter one of the most successful East-West dialogues. As a global artist he lives and works in two continents, hemispheres and countries: in Germany and in China. He was the first artist who was able to exhibit in the People's Republic of China as well as in national China (Taiwan). Today he is also a mediator between Chinese and German culture, as a curator he organized large exhibitions of current Chinese art.
As part of the new publication of the art book “Ren Rong | Plant people in shadow play "described Detlef H. Mache , that" art creates intellectual and philosophical bridges between different "worlds" and forms a communicative dialogue of our time. The encounter with Ren Rong's works is a dialogue between cultures and can be a return to one's own closeness to nature for the art viewer. Motifs and techniques from the Chinese folk art tradition merge with principles of contemporary art to form a fruitful synthesis. "
Sum: Ren Rong's art deals with life itself and does not tell any anecdotes. It stands in the midst of life. It is authentic and autonomous, it is totally unmistakable. His art is not about distant subjects. It's about us.
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1997 City Museum Siegburg; TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
- 1998 Oberbergischer Kunstverein, Gummersbach
- 1999 City Art Museum Spendhaus, Reutlingen; Schleswig-Holstein State Museum
- 2000 99 standpoints, art in public space in Langenhagen , Kulturstiftung Langenhagen e. V.
- 2000 Kunsthaus Dresden; Taipei Fine Art Museum; Art Beatus Gallery, Vancouver
- 2001 Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal; Kunsthalle Erfurt
- 2002 Hong Kong Arts Center; The Art Museum of China; Millennium Monument, Beijing (China); Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei (Taiwan)
- 2003 First Beijing International Art Biennale; Beijing International Art Biennale; Hexiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen ; Bayreuth Art Museum; Nanjing Museum, Nanjing; Soobin Art Gallery, Singapore
- 2004 The Brno House of Art - Central Building, Brno ; Kunsthalle Koblenz; Juming Museum, Taipei; Providence University Art Center, Taichung
- 2005 Beijing International Art Biennale, Beijing
- 2006 Georg Meisterman Museum Wittlich
- 2007 Märkisches Museum of the City of Witten; Frank Pages Art Gallery, Baden-Baden
- 2008 Siegerland Museum Siegen; Gustav Lübcke Museum, Hamm; Mannheim Art Association
- 2008 Kunstraum Gewerbepark-Süd, Hilden, "Plant People"
- 2009 Bentlage Monastery Rheine; Museum of the City of Ratingen
- 2009 Mao and the 100 Flowers - Plant People , Museum of the City of Ratingen, Ratingen; Mannheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim
- 2011 Art Gallery Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden
- 2011 Atelier “M”, Plant People in Dialog, Witten
- 2012 Matthias Küper Galleries, Stuttgart; Gallery at Frankfurt Cathedral, Frankfurt / Main; Let 100 flowers bloom - watercolors, lacquer pictures and sculptures , gallery at the cathedral in Wetzlar; Junker house Simonskall, Huertgenwald
- 2013 EvK Gallery “M”, A Dialogue of Our Time with the Language of Art, Witten
- 2013 Burkhard Eikelmann Gallery, Düsseldorf
- 2013 Atelier “M”, plant people in shadow play, Witten
- 2013 Yvonne van Acht & Ren Rong, West-Ost, Mythen & Poesie , Art Galerie 7, Cologne
- 2016: Ren Rong - Let hundreds of flowers bloom, Osthaus Museum Hagen , further stations: Museum Angerlehner , White Box Museum of Art (Beijing / China) and United Art Museum (Wuhan / China)
- 2018: Ren Rong | The roots of the plant-men | A dialogue with the language of art , Robert Koepke Haus, Schwalenberg
Presence in museums and collections (selection)
- Hexiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen
- Hong Kong Museum of Art
- Juming Museum, Taipei
- Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei
- Today Art Museum, Beijing
- Nanjing Art Museum, Nanjing
- Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche, Osnabrück
- Museum of Modern Art - Wörlen Foundation, Passau
- Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf
- City Museum Weilburg
- Märkisches Museum of the city of Witten
- University Museum for Fine Arts, Marburg
Art in public space
- "Augenhand" Langenhagen, Kaltenweider Platz
- Zeller Kunstwege
Honourings and prices
- 1993 annual scholarship from the Schleswig-Holstein Ministry of Culture
- 1993 Weilburger advancement award for fine arts
- 1994 Scholarship from the Lippe / City of Schieder-Schwalenberg regional association
literature
- An Actual Dialogue with the Language of Art | Dialogue with the language of art , Ed. Detlef H. Mache , Edition M Verlag Witten 2013, ISBN 978-3-00-041580-7
Web links
- Literature by and about Ren Rong in the catalog of the German National Library
- Growing to love “plant people” , Taipei Times , June 2, 2002, accessed June 12, 2013
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ren Rong shows plant people in the Schürmann Gallery ( Memento of the original from December 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Gallery Hoffmann | Contemporary Art, accessed June 11, 2013
- ↑ Large hall of Villa Friede becomes cultural center , Bonner General-Anzeiger , accessed June 12, 2013
- ↑ An Actual Dialogue with the Language of Art | Dialogue with the language of art .
- ↑ International Art Academy Heimbach / Eifel e. V. , accessed June 11, 2013
- ↑ Artist dialogue by Prof. Dr. Detlef H. Mache on the occasion of the exhibition and art book presentation in 2013 at Edition M Verlag.
- ↑ Introductory speech by Prof. Dr. Frank Günter Zehnder on the occasion of the 2012 exhibition in Junkerhaus Simonskall, accessed June 11, 2013
- ^ Galerie am Dom, Wetzlar , accessed June 11, 2013
- ↑ Ren Rong in the "M" studio
- ^ Ren Rong in the EvK gallery "M" - www.Bildung-Kultur.org
- ^ Ren Rong on Artfacts.net , accessed June 12, 2013
- ^ Artworks by Ren Rong in Atelier "M" - www.Bildung-Kultur.org
- ↑ Ren Rong in the Robert Koepke House
- ↑ https://www.myheimat.de/langenhagen/kultur/kuenstler-ren-rong-zur-einweihung-seiner-skulptur-augenhand-in-kaltenweide-d2411873.html
- ↑ http://zeller-kunstwege.de/?s=ren+Rong
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ren, Rong |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 任 戎 (Chinese); Rèn Róng (Pinyin) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German visual artist of Chinese origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nanjing |