Double Fly Art Center

Double Fly Art Center is a group of nine artists that was established in 2008, a year that saw the beginning of a new era for contemporary art in China. The financial bubble behind the Chinese art market had burst and focus moved away from the cynical-realism of the later 20th century to the nuanced, intersectional, and heady art of the 21st century. Reacting to the moment, as well as the tremendous social, cultural, and economic changes of the time Double Fly Art Center began to stage absurd, suggestive, and comical performances. Their work critically engaged art world systems, market forces, social cliques, and the transnational art ecology, while also skewering social and cultural norms within Mainland China. Their colorful, loud, insane, and bombastic performances created a platform for discourse that still stands today. They are recognized as one of the most influential and important artist groups working in China.

An in depth look into their practice was recently published on the cover of Yishu and can be read here.

Their solo exhibitions include, Double Fly Awkward Pay, de Sarthe, Hong Kong, China (2020); No Flashy No Forget 3, Double Fly in Search of Lost Time: The Stockman of LOVE, de Art Center, Beijing, China (2019); The Bro Generation, de Sarthe Gallery, Beijing, China (2017); Double Fly 108 Deaths, chi K11 Art Museum, Shanghai, China (2016); Double Fly Egg-crushing Tournament, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China (2015); Double Fly’s Klein Blue, Space Station, Beijing, China (2015) Double Art Centre Right Means the Narrow Escape for Poets, As Good As Water, Art Museum of Nanjing University of the Arts, AMNUA No.0 Hall, Nanjing, China (2015).

They have also exhibited in group exhibitions at prestigious institutions such as, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), Beijing;  Long Museum, Shanghai; chi K11 art museum, Shanghai; CAFA Art Museum, Beijing; Hong Kong Visual Art Centre, Hong Kong; and the Tampa Museum of Art, St. Petersburg, Florida among many others.

 

Member List: Cui Shaohan, Li Ming, Li Fuchun, Lin Ke, Sun Huiyuan, Huang Liya, Wang Liang, Yang Junling, Zhang Lehua

 

de Sarthe past exhibitions:

Double Fly Awkward Pay, 21 November 2020 - 20 February 2021

The Bro Generation, 8 July - 10 September 2017

 

CV, Exhibitions, Museum shows, Coverage, and More

Double Fly Art Center, double love & flied currency (Double Fly Art Center 2020-Q-004), 2020. Acrylic on canvas, colorless fluorescent pigment, fluorescent pigment, marker, UV light, audio, 146 x 292 cm.

Double Fly Art Center, double love & flied currency (Double Fly 007-MN3), 2020. Acrylic on canvas, colorless fluorescent pigment, fluorescent pigment, brass accessories, dyed leather, rope, marker, UV light, audio, 180 x 220 cm, rope dimensions variable.

Double Fly Art Center, double love & flied currency (Double Fly 007 - MN 1), 2020. Acrylic on canvas, colorless fluorescent pigment, fluorescent pigment, brass accessories, dyed leather, rope, marker, UV light, audio, 171 x 234 cm, rope dimensions variable.

Double Fly Art Center, Double Fly Cut Piece, 2020. Acrylic on canvas, fluorescent pigment, marker, QR codes, scissors. Dimensions variable.

Double Fly Art Center, Double Fly Klein Blue, 2015. Single channel video, 16'46"

Double Fly Art Center, Double Fly Klein Blue, 2015. Single channel video, 16'46"

Double Fly Art Center, Double Fly Klein Blue 3, 2015, Acrylic on canvas, sponge, 155 x 183 cm

Double Fly Art Center, Double Fly Klein Blue 4, 2015, Acrylic on canvas, 155 x 183 cm

Double Fly Art Center, Double Fly Kill Art Hostage, 2012. Single channel video, 4'41"

Double Fly Art Center, Double Fly Atom Egg, 2015. Single channel video, 4'14"

Double Fly Art Center, Cheap Copy of Jackson Pollock, 2009. Single channel video, 1'37"

Double Fly Art Center, Death in Basel, 2011. Single channel video, 17'47"

Double Fly Art Center, 108 Deaths, 2016. Performance.

Double Fly Art Center, Contemporary Business, 2010. Single channel video, 3'42"

Double Fly Art Center, Double Fly Bank Robbery, 2009. Single channel video, 3'21"

Double Fly Art Center, Double Fly Bank Robbery (Animated Version). Single channel video, 1'41"

Double Fly Art Center, Who Cares About the Future, 2009. Single channel video, 3'50"

Double Fly Art Center, Who end up being butterflies flying side by side, 2010. Giclee print, 3 prints, 88 x 110 cm each.

Double Fly Art Center, Warriors, 2018. Single channel video, 0'57"

Installation view

Installation view

Double Fly Art Center, Patina Bro, 2017. Brass.

Double Fly Art Center, Spiritual Sculpture, 2017. Sculpture:Concrete steel, cement, plaster, goldleaf, acrylic, paper clay, plastic cystosepiment, joist steel, plate metals, metal strip, plastic strip lights, batten; LED wall: LED strip lights, foamed plastic, plastic film, variable size.