# Grafting · Origins of Artist Residencies in China: Another Pathway to Contemporary Chinese Art — Hu Chao 胡超

Source: https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/borrowing-the-shell/chapters/grafting/

## English

[Selected curatorial projects](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/) / [“Borrowing the Shell”](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/borrowing-the-shell/) / Grafting

[Exhibition](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/borrowing-the-shell/)[Curatorial note](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/borrowing-the-shell/curatorial-note/)[Foreword](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/borrowing-the-shell/foreword/)[Residency history](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/borrowing-the-shell/residency-history/)[Selected works](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/borrowing-the-shell/works/)[Installation views](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/borrowing-the-shell/gallery/)[Press & media](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/borrowing-the-shell/media/)[Visit & contact](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/borrowing-the-shell/visit/)[Catalogue PDF ↓](https://www.huchaocurator.com/downloads/shell-exhibition/catalogue-origins-of-artist-residencies-in-china.pdf)

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# Grafting

From 2001 onward: residencies take new forms in local contexts

[01 Transplantation](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/borrowing-the-shell/chapters/transplantation/?lang=en)[02 Grafting](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/borrowing-the-shell/chapters/grafting/?lang=en)[03 Mycelium](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/borrowing-the-shell/chapters/mycelium/?lang=en)

Three historical stages

Exhibition wall text: Hu Chao

[Full exhibition foreword ↗](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/borrowing-the-shell/foreword/?lang=en)

In 2001, Red Gate Gallery launched Red Gate Residency in Beijing — a decade of informal welcome, grown at last into a mechanism of its own: fixed apartments and studios, programs one could apply to, a standing roster of guests. Its cooperation with Australian institutions carried on through the early years.

That same year proved a hinge for the field as a whole. In Xiamen, the Chinese European Art Center (CEAC) opened its own residency program — and China's earliest standing international residencies, Red Gate's and CEAC's, came into being in the same year, on two different lineages.

CEAC had been founded in 1999 by Ineke Gudmundsson, a curator from the Netherlands, together with Professor Qin Jian of the Art College of Xiamen University. Its residency program, running without interruption ever since, is among the longest-standing non-profit residencies in mainland China — the moment when artist exchange in China shifted from one-off visits to sustained practice.

The grafting itself happened in Xiamen. CEAC kept close ties with Europe while putting down roots in the local soil: a working network of white-porcelain workshops in De Hua, printers in Xiamen, factories and laboratories, so that resident artists could actually make their work; apartments by the sea and the old harbor, walk-ins to university classrooms, a presentation at the center to close each residency. Over more than two decades, four hundred–plus artists from around the world have come to stay. Europe was the scion, China's southeast coast the stock; what grew was something neither side had seen before.

On the Red Gate side, the fruit showed in the paths artists took. In 2004 the Xiamen artist Chen Wenling came to Beijing through Red Gate's residency; in the two decades since, generations of Chinese and international artists have passed through. The Red Gate works shown here trace that passage — a residency offers more than a studio; it offers a stretch of social time that changes an artist's practice.

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Image: Wang Luyan, W Bicycle–25, 1996. Installation, 104 × 180 × 50 cm.

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Wang Luyan, W Bicycle–25, 1996. Installation, 104 × 180 × 50 cm. Courtesy of Red Gate Gallery.

[Continue to selected works ↗](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/borrowing-the-shell/works/?lang=en)

## Image use & credits

Images may be reproduced free of charge for editorial coverage of the exhibition, provided the specified credits are retained.

Artwork images: Courtesy of Red Gate Gallery.

Installation photographs (excluding opening views): Photo: Zhang Guozhong. Courtesy of Hu Chao.

Artwork copyright remains with the respective artists and rights holders. Copyright in the installation photographs (excluding opening views) belongs to Hu Chao. Opening-view credits are listed separately; please contact Hu Chao for reproduction enquiries.

[Bilingual image captions CSV ↓](https://www.huchaocurator.com/downloads/shell-exhibition/image-captions.csv)

GALLERY & RELATED CHANNELS

This project archive brings together Hu Chao’s curatorial research, the exhibition foreword, works and installation views. See the gallery’s channels for its announcements and visitor updates.

[Red Gate Gallery exhibition link](http://redgategallery.com/exhibitions/origins-of-artist-residencies-in-china/)[Red Gate Gallery · exhibition archive](https://redgategallery.com/category/exhibitions/past-exhibition/)[WeChat exhibition announcement](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/nj66l7sie7GpGiTNcvHg0A)[Red Gate Gallery · WeChat post](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/VgR8BZMSK3L5910GM1ctQA)[Red Gate Gallery · opening review](https://redgategallery.com/news/opening-review-origins-of-artist-residencies-in-china/)[Red Gate Gallery website](https://redgategallery.com/)

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## 中文

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[展览详情](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/borrowing-the-shell/)[策展人语](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/borrowing-the-shell/curatorial-note/)[展览前言](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/borrowing-the-shell/foreword/)[驻留历史](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/borrowing-the-shell/residency-history/)[精选作品](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/borrowing-the-shell/works/)[展览现场](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/borrowing-the-shell/gallery/)[媒体资料](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/borrowing-the-shell/media/)[参观与联系](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/borrowing-the-shell/visit/)[图册 PDF ↓](https://www.huchaocurator.com/downloads/shell-exhibition/catalogue-origins-of-artist-residencies-in-china.pdf)

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# 嫁接

2001年以后：艺术驻留机制在地方文化与本土实践中转化。

[01 移植](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/borrowing-the-shell/chapters/transplantation/?lang=zh)[02 嫁接](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/borrowing-the-shell/chapters/grafting/?lang=zh)[03 菌丝网络](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/borrowing-the-shell/chapters/mycelium/?lang=zh)

三条历史路径

展览墙面文字：胡超

[完整展览前言 ↗](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/borrowing-the-shell/foreword/?lang=zh)

2001年，红门画廊创办北京驻留计划（Red Gate Residency）——十年义务接应，至此长成了自己的机制：固定的公寓和工作室、可申请的名额、常态化的接待。早期，它与澳大利亚机构的合作继续延伸。

2001年也是整个领域的枢纽之年，厦门中国欧洲艺术中心（CEAC）于这一年启动驻馆项目，中国最早一批常设国际驻留机构在两条血缘上同年诞生。中国欧洲艺术中心（CEAC）由荷兰籍艺术家伊尼卡·顾蒙逊（Ineke Gudmundsson）与厦门大学艺术学院秦俭教授于1999年共同发起，并于2001年正式启动驻留计划。作为中国大陆最早成立并持续运营至今的非营利艺术驻留机构之一，CEAC 标志着艺术驻留机制在中国进入了由单次交流向长期实践转变的新阶段。

这种“嫁接”而来的驻留计划在厦门不断扩展：CEAC 一面与欧洲艺术界保持密切联系，一面将根系扎进本土——与德化白瓷工坊、厦门印刷厂、工坊及实验室建立合作网络，协助驻馆艺术家将概念转化为实体作品；艺术家住在海边和老港区，走进大学课堂，驻留结束时在中心展示成果。二十余年来，四百多位来自世界各地的艺术家驻留厦门。欧洲是接穗，中国东南沿海是砧木，长出来的是两边原先都没有的东西。

红门这边的果实，落在艺术家的来路上。2004年，厦门艺术家陈文令经红门驻留来到北京；此后二十余年，一代代中外艺术家经由此处往返。这里展示的红门画廊作品，正是这条通道留下的轨迹——驻留不只提供一间工作室，更提供一段改变创作的社会时间。

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Image: 王鲁炎，《W自行车–25》，1996年。装置，104 × 180 × 50 cm。

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王鲁炎，《W自行车–25》，1996年。装置，104 × 180 × 50 cm。 图片由红门画廊提供。

[继续观看作品 ↗](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/borrowing-the-shell/works/?lang=zh)

## 图片使用与署名

图片可免费用于本展览的新闻与编辑报道，使用时须保留指定署名。

作品图片由红门画廊提供。

展厅照片（不含开幕现场）：张国钟 摄影，胡超 提供。

作品版权归各艺术家及相关权利人所有。展厅照片（不含开幕现场）版权归胡超所有。开幕现场图片另列署名，转载事宜请联系胡超。

[中英文图片图注 CSV ↓](https://www.huchaocurator.com/downloads/shell-exhibition/image-captions.csv)

画廊与相关发布

这里汇集胡超的策展研究、展览前言、作品与现场资料。画廊的展讯与参观安排，也可通过以下官方渠道查看。

[红门画廊展览链接](http://redgategallery.com/exhibitions/origins-of-artist-residencies-in-china/)[红门画廊 · 展览档案](https://redgategallery.com/category/exhibitions/past-exhibition/)[微信展览发布](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/nj66l7sie7GpGiTNcvHg0A)[红门画廊 · 微信推文](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/VgR8BZMSK3L5910GM1ctQA)[红门画廊 · 开幕回顾](https://redgategallery.com/news/opening-review-origins-of-artist-residencies-in-china/)[红门画廊官网](https://redgategallery.com/)

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