Children Piano Concert

25th October 2008 8pm. We will hold Children Piano Concert at TCG Nordica, this is first time TCG Nordica to cooperate with “Beautiful Heart”piano training center. The stage in TCG Nordica is considered as a platform for young musicians and encourage good values.
We are looking forward this concert, let‘s enjoy the melodious music.
Book your ticket now. Tel: 4114691 4114692
Price: 15RBM/person(Adult)
5RMB/person(Children)

From stage

Extending the Love

Cambodian artist Chath Pier Sath’s painting

Even if the report of the pandemic of AIDS in China and the world is just one line of news, the occurrence of AIDS, from the people involved in sexual business, drug users and homosexual people to common people, from red-light district, drug dealers, gay bars to common families, it seems like a hopeless curse. Accompanied with AIDS is the discrimination to infected people, the ignorance, lack of trust and love towards the infected people. This discrimination itself does more than just humiliate people, but also makes the infected people feel filthy and without hope.

Yunnan is the province where AIDS is most severe in China, so the AIDS care people and culture workers have to face this fact. With this background and the burden to AIDS infected people, along with the TCG Nordica vision that we’ve had for many years (Stimulating reflection on human worth as expressed in various Art Forms), we decided to try to do something for this. We know that art, literature and music, by their special ways of communication, are considered as special international languages. People communicate at all levels by these arts, and they are also a way to meaningfully and deeply communicate to people’s hearts. Through this, the artists and audiences can have more free communication, followed by all kinds of understanding and resonance.

From the year of 2006, we started the 3-year program: “Contagious Love: Artistic reflection on HIV/Aids situation in China”. Our purpose is to strengthen people’s care about AIDS and to build a bridge between the artists, poets, AIDS care people and the AIDS infected people, so they could know and understand each other better. Three years passed so fast. We have worked with related organizations to have special topic lectures and seminars. We have visited the infected people & drug users, we had related exhibitions, performances etc.. In 2006, the first year of this program “Contagious Love”, many artists in Yunnan responded to our program. 38 of them were involved in painting, photography, decorating, video etc. to produce art works which were focused on AIDS. The second year, we had more than 10 writers, poets and artists involved in art work and exhibitions. In the third year was a pageant of music. We invited highest level musicians from North Europe. Through the sound of nature, they cared for the sick people in their sufferings and brokenness. The activities following this program still continue. We get the overwhelming support from the artists, poets and musicians of different countries: Cambodia, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, and Finland.

This year is the curtain call of program “Contagious Love”, we are happy for the experiences we have had from this program. The gain is not how many exhibitions or performances we had, but the fact that through art, by communication and understanding, we change our apathy and ignorance. We are also touched by the artists who have been working hard to let people to close the cage of discrimination and to open the door of love.

Finally, we really want to say thanks. Thanks to the artists, to the related organizations, also thanks to the firm and persistent infected people who are full of hope and who have given the artists inspiration and encouragement. Through the sincere fellowship and mutual support for the infected people and drug users who were trying to abstain from the drugs, we realize the higher lever of human being’s value: love each other and let the love be extended.

Luo Fei /Artist, TCG Nordica Gallery Director & Curator
October 11th, 2008. Kunming

Luo Fei’s digital photograph “Cure me”

Madeleine Aleman: Colourful China

Colourful China - Madeleine Aleman’s recently works in Kunming

TCG Nordica-UP Gallery, Kunming, China
Opening: 2008/11/1, 20:00
Exhibition duration: 2008/11/1–11/22
Tel: 0086-871-4114962
Add:TCG Nordica, Xibalu 101#, Kunming, Yunnan.
www.tcgnordica.com

My experience as an A.I.R at TC/G Nordica in Kunming, China August - November 2008

It is a great adventure for me to be here in Kunming, which also is my first time in Asia. My intention of coming here was to put myself in a completely new context in purpose to change and grow. It took me about one month to “land” and get an everyday-life. Not knowing any Chinese even going to the shop to buy food is a trial: What is hidden in this beautiful package, beans, nuts or something else? I really appreciate not understanding though, it forces me to be present and communicate in other ways than with words.

I am happy that I am participating in Nordica’s program for residency in many ways: To immediately have good housing and a studio near other artists, to have a lot of nice people that helps me to get things I need, to be introduced to artists, visit their studios and be invited to exhibitions and all that with interpreter! Also to follow what’s going on at Nordica’s cultural centre and now, last but not least, have the opportunity to make an exhibition to share the outcome of the residency!

Actually I had about 2 months of intense work in the studio, since the first was “landing” and the last will be some travelling. The work from this period is diverse. Since I want to share my process I am not taking away pieces to make it look more coherent. I started with the “Kaleidoscope-paintings”, something I felt was easy, wanted to integrate China with Sweden, then the first idea leads to next and so on… I wanted to use all my new impressions, my minority clothes, paper cuts and Chinese characters.
I get inspired every day when I walk from my home to the studio on Xiba lu, now even called “My street”. This lovely throng of people playing, cooking, washing, working…nice smiles from old and young, children waving their hands and says: “Hello!”. Smells from food, the bakery, colours of fantastic plastic, vegetables and clothes…I love Kunming!

Do you want to see more? Please visit my webpage: www.aleman.se

Thanks to all nice staff at Nordica, the lovely Kunming citizens and to you that visit my exhibition!
Special thanks to:
Luo Fei, for all interesting conversations about art, your lecture on Chinese contemporary art and that you took me to visit artists.
Tian Yao, for your help with so many different things, for interpreting, for bringing me on exhibition openings and other joyful events.

With love, Madeleine Aleman

>>>Madeleine Aleman’s CV

exhibition space

Madeleine Aleman

ARTIST STATEMENT

I am interested in integration and want to combine things that do not naturally exist side by side. Earlier I worked on gender, lately more on ethnic integration. It can, for example, be an African woman that needs water and therefore is placed by a Nordic lake or Arabic ornaments together with festival Swedish Star-boys. I even mix styles and techniques. I like traditional style together with kitsch – to integrate “high and low”. In second-hand shops I find touristic things from different cultures which I glue together into “Multi-cultic-objects” Twins also interests me. My siblings are twins and them always having each other, identifying with each other both fascinated and woke my envy as a child… I like the mirror effect, when objects are repeated and form patterns. Working a lot with twin-motifs developed the pictures into “Kaleidoscopes”. What happens if I double the twins? They became four and formed symmetric compositions, like the ancient tradition of Mandalas that exists in different cultures.

Ideas often start with something I see: a person, a thing or a view that stimulates my associations. Even the material can turn me on as well as a colour. I manifest my visual idea, trying not to analyse before I am done, because my mind is so adult-like and I want a more direct expression. My art does not have a message to the beholder. I only want to share my visual world and I am happy if it in someone arouses feelings of wonder, playfulness and hope.

artist website: www.aleman.se

MADELEINE ALEMAN

Born 1959 in Stockholm, Sweden. Lives and works in Stockholm and Dalarna.
Member of the Swedish Artists´ National Organization.

EDUCATION:
University College of Art, Crafts and Design, Stockholm 1996-2000
Nyckelviksskolan, Stockholm 1995-1996
The International Art School, Stockholm 1994-1995

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
Wahlmanska huset, Hedemora 2008
Gallery Ingela S, Stockholm 2007
The Music Museum of Stockholm 2001
Glasbruket, Stockholm 2000

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
Art Fair, Sollentuna/Stockholm 2007
Edsvik Art Gallery, Stockholm 2006
Art Gallery, Stockholm 2004
Rosendals Garden, Stockholm 2001
Gallery Gamle Ski, Oslo (three selected Swedish artists) 2001
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS:
TC/G Nordica, Kunming, China 2008 The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle, England 2009
La Galeria, Barcelona, Spain 2009 Gallery Gora, Montreal, Canada 2010

PURCHASED BY:
Uppsala County Council, Sweden 2007
Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden 2006
The County of Ski, Norway 2001
Medborgarskolan, Stockholm, Sweden 2001

ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE:
TC/G Nordica, Kunming, China, 4 months 2008
Can Serrat, Barcelona, Spain, 1 month 2009

SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS and AWARDS:
Stipendium, Helge Ax:son Johnsson Foundation, 2003
Stipend, Artist-in-residence, Can Serrat, Barcelona 2008

PROFESSIONAL:
Viktor Rydberg High School ,Aesthetic program, Stockholm, Teacher of Studio Art, 2003-
Folkuniversitetet, Studio Art School, Stockholm, Teacher of Studio Art, 1999-2006

Studio Art Workshop leader for Bildkraft, Stockholm, 2002-
Stadsmuséet National Museum, Stockholm, Leader for Art workshop for kids on “Tiljan”, 1997-1999
Featured in Swedish National Radio :”Tendens” P1, about “dreams and inner visions”, 2002
Certificated Art Therapist after studies at NIARTE, 2001-2004
Stagedesign assistent at The Royal Dramatical theatre, Stockholm, 1980-1982 and The Royal Opera house, Stockholm, 2002
Original illustrater, Visucom, Stockholm, 1980-1981

Dance Evening

Come and see a dance performance at TCG Nordica. Saturday the 18th Oct (8:00pm) A great mix between modern, hip-hop, jazz and minority dancing. A group with young people, professional dancers and armatures dancing together. They have been dancing together for one year and together they made this choreography. Mixing the different dancing styles to a fantastic show with wonderful music.
Book your ticket now. Price 10yuan/person Tel: 4114691 4114692