From November 10, 2023, to December 24, 2023, Shanghai Being Art Museum presents the dialogue exhibition “The Image of Memory: Leiko Ikemura and Shen Yuan”. The exhibition presents significant artworks from two women artists — Leiko Ikemura and Shen Yuan. The exhibition attempts to open a dialogue across cultural and geographical boundaries through their art works, raising questions around memory, immigration, and female identity. The exhibition is curated by Guo Xiaohui.

Both of them are non-western artists living in the West. Leiko Ikemura left Japan at the age of 21 to study in Spain, she then lived and worked in Switzerland, and settled in Germany in 1986. Shen Yuan left China in 1990 and moved to Paris, where she joined her husband, the artist Huang Yong Ping. This cross-cultural background has provided them with a unique perspective and has also profoundly influenced their art practice.

Leiko Ikemura's work spans the genres of drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, and poetry. At the center of her work is an exploration of nature, femininity and the cyclical rhythm of life and death. Many of her works feature elements of a mythological narratives, involving the creation of magical universes blending elements of animals, human figures, and plants.

Shen Yuan expresses her feelings about immigration, language, and the relationship between the body and politics. After moving to Paris, her immigrant status led her to explore the feeling about identity and language and became an important part of her work. Her works create places for poetical encounters between cultures. The artist invites the public to reflect without imposing value judgements.

2023年11月10日至2023年12月24日，浦东碧云美术馆呈现“记忆的形象：池村玲子与沈远”。展览通过展示池村玲子（瑞士）与沈远（法国）两位同时代女性艺术家创作生涯中的经典之作，构建一场跨文化和地理疆界的对话，引发观众对文化迁移、记忆及女性身份等种问题的思考。展览由郭小晖担任策展人。

二位艺术家都是由亚洲的国家移居欧洲。池村玲子21岁时离开日本前往西班牙，后从西班牙到瑞士生活工作，之后又于1983年从瑞士到德国定居。沈远于1990年离开中国，与丈夫艺术家黄永砯一起搬到巴黎，在那里生活工作。这种跨文化的生活背景为她们的创作带来不同寻常的灵感，同时也深刻影响了她们的创作实践。

Leiko Ikemura 的作品涵盖绘画、油画、雕塑、摄影和诗歌。她的作品和世界观都明显受到了她所经历过的不同文化的影响，并持续关注对自然、女性和生死循环节奏的探索。她的大部分作品都具有象征主义元素，艺术家将动物、人类和植物等元素为描绘对象并将它们融合在一起，通过各类艺术媒介深入探讨世界的源起，创造出神奇的宇宙。

沈远的作品多数聚焦于移民经历、身份认知、旅行和生活。移居巴黎后，移民身份令她开始新的创作，对身份和语言的探究成为其作品中很重要的主题。沈远有着作为女性艺术家的敏感，自身的经历和对外界的观察成为了她的灵感源泉。她邀请大众反思这些境况，而不将任何价值判断加之于上。她的作品表达了艺术家对迁徙、语言、记忆与身体和文化之间的感受，为不同文化间的诗意邂逅创造了空间。

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