The evening of April 15, CIGE2009 sixth in Beijing, China World Trade Center exhibition halls such as the kicked off about the first day was held in pre-show VIP. VIP pre-show indicates that almost can be said that the popularity of this show and the success or failure of World Trade Center in the vicinity of a few sparse outdoor advertisements, the prompt looks like the gentle people CIGE held here, such as outdoor publicity also had less CIGE should have the strength and momentum.

CIGE2009 a supermarket?

Puyi entering CIGE venue, "the tsunami of the global financial climate, prices too!" One is an interview of the galleries, then was first into the ear to listen. Environment of the global financial tsunami, the contraction of the art market is very clear. Name first, high-priced works in the art market has long been a rare sight. From the earlier performance of Sotheby's auction of the more obvious, the maximum contraction of the turnover are about five million yuan in the scale. CIGE site, perhaps by the financial crisis, gallery owners, "anxious to sell" mentality manifested more distinctly. For the economic crisis of the art market, art Economist Wu Jin said in an interview earlier: brand-name can not be sold, and also visit the supermarket. Perhaps, as the this, brand-name is not out, also line the supermarket. The supermarket can be CIGE2009 things be?

CIGE work at the scene from view, the quality of work good at all, obviously feeling a lot of design work too, on the production and to please. And to demonstrate the concept of emotional and distorted, obscure. Peer-peer media also expressed the same feelings: the quality of works of art in general is not high. Over the past two years with the blowout of the art market, there has been the creation of so-called "big success", this kind of speculation that the mentality of buyers and produced works in the works on the natural expression of meaning for the distortions and obscure. The rest works just to please the well-designed.

Supermarket analogy works of art only shows that the contraction of the reality of the price, and the supermarket is a lot of time to solve daily. However, the price, CIGE2009 also really showed the characteristics of the supermarket, allegedly on behalf of St. artists space to participate in all price ranges from a few thousand dollars of the price. And the characteristics of works of art happens to run counter with the. The welcome by the global financial crisis will be the work of art changes the depth of the market, the market ability to reflect on their own, it will eliminate this type of speculation and predatory business development.

South-East Asia = international standard?

CIGE2009 The total of the 84 invited to participate in the exhibition galleries, foreign art gallery more than 75%. List from the gallery point of view, CIGE seems that the international operation of a strategy to carry out. But I think a professional news media has revealed the true meaning of a sigh: Gallery abroad once was a cheat, these works of art galleries abroad simply can not be sold in China. In terms of quality of work and cultural background of their own identity, indeed abroad to complete CIGE Gallery in sales and almost impossible to complete the matter. And the scene from the show, the international exhibition in the gallery were not prominent in the works the quality is inadequate. Looks like these in his capacity as foreign galleries overseas but became an "internationalization" of the pretext.

Galleries and auction houses in Taiwan in recent years, launched the first in Southeast Asia the development of the art market, thereby stimulating CIGE focus in recent years to promote the practice of the arts in Southeast Asia. First named the appropriateness of art in Southeast Asia right? Be questioned: The Art of Southeast Asia, the lack of a unified cultural context, the deep resources of art history, which is led to the Southeast Asian region in recent years to promote the arts of the root causes of disadvantage. Southeast Asia to introduce the arts and galleries, CIGE factors may be more show is based on geopolitical considerations and considerations.

Excitement of this is a fair atmosphere with special needs, but the pre-show VIP reception at the scene of the scene is indeed a bit over crowded. 5:00 minutes of the buffet will be arranged too cramped, Yellow Hair, black hair, Chinese, and foreigners, exhibition staff, guests crowded a mission to do, being polite and thoughtful indeed. All of a sudden the show is also reminiscent of the scene there was the artist's works, will be pouring in the eight-treasure porridge pot, the works have been named as the "no order." Services for the event, participated in a number of Expo Asia Noda Mr. Cheng Peng contemporary gallery in an interview that when the comparison: CIGE still showed the gap, similar to Japan and Taipei, as the Fair and other places still shows in detail and thoughtful. Similar to the provision of free tea and sub-regional event in person CIGE services are lacking.

College of humanities at the Central Academy of Fine Arts to teach the poet Nishikawa earlier time in an interview said: the art market over the past few years, there are a lot of people feel a little absurd and ridiculous situation. A third of the Academy of Fine Arts sophomore students may boast on the printed business card everywhere that they have been signed in a gallery. Nishikawa, then may be described in the art market is expanding and predatory development in microcosm. Over-exploitation of natural resources is often what we call predatory development, arts development resources as well as the same situation. Over-the art business is the operation of the market as its own and a way of accumulation of wealth, the development of predatory. This includes art galleries, auction houses, as well as the Expo. This round of financial crisis brought about by the art market will be profound changes in, and it will change is the art market in the usual means and methods of operation, in the past, the development of a predatory manner will be in the market and reflect on lessons learned . So for this round of market fester, we should retain the courage to kill later, no matter whether such a market rotten!

2009-5-7