Me, Without Me | Free New Exhibition at M50

🎈Exhibition: "Me Without Me" The largest free exhibition in M50, featuring a unique blend of colors and installation art, with an exceptionally grand setup ℹ️Exhibition Info 💫Artist: Shen Fan 🌟Curator: Lin Yu 📆Duration: April 18, 2025 - June 28, 2025 (Tuesday to Saturday, 11:00 - 18:00) ✅Venue: ShanghART M50, Building 16, 50 Moganshan Road, Putuo District, Shanghai 🌈Exhibition Theme The title "Me Without Me" comes from Shen Fan's personal statement, directly addressing the core of his creative practice—achieving a state of "selflessness" by dissolving the "self" traditionally relied upon in expressionism, thus arriving at a naive and innocent spirit through painting techniques stripped of subjectivity. ☀️Exhibition Content The exhibition is divided into two parts: "Color" and "Origin," systematically presenting Shen Fan's experiments and breakthroughs in abstract painting language over his 40-year artistic practice. 🎨"Color" Section ✅Technique: Using color and geometry as mediums, Shen Fan employs methods like palette knife scraping, canvas drilling, and pigment permeation to eliminate subjective brushstrokes, distilling natural and spiritual landscapes into pure visual language. ✅Features: These works are described as "paintings after I lost myself," transitioning from the artist's earlier primary colors to a playful exploration of diverse hues, capturing fleeting sensations while questioning formal "common sense." ✅Display: Most works are being publicly exhibited for the first time, showcasing the artist's decade-long exploration on canvas. 👩‍🎨"Origin" Section ✅Creative Journey: Tracing Shen Fan's experimental work since the late 1980s, this section reveals how he gradually dissolved the "noise of self" through techniques like diagrammatic lines and rubbings in series such as "Village" and "Landscape," constructing a minimalist, symbolic, and flat abstract language. ✅Special Presentation: The exhibition features sketches and video documentation from pivotal moments in his career, along with "Stroll," a decade-long daily practice piece. "Stroll" is a sculpture built from branches collected during daily walks over ten years, reflecting the artist's profound contemplation of routine practice.