AROUNDSPACE GALLERY
ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair 2019

AroundSpace Gallery presents and promotes established and emerging contemporary artists in China. Founded in 2006, AroundSpace has successfully organized nearly 50 solo and group exhibitions on various themes. The artists it represents are full of Chinese literati luminaries who are also aware of their social responsibility; their art inherits traditional Chinese aesthetics, yet also responds to current social reality. The classical tradition of Chinese art is fluid and ever-changing. The art made by each generation could become classical and traditional in the eyes of future artists. Hence every generation of artists is unique and critical, as they serve as a bridge that links the past and the present. They carry the promise of the past and the inspiration of the future.

AroundSpace discovers artists of different generations, examines their works made in various time periods, and collaborates frequently with international art and culture institutions, in order to present a diverse and comprehensive version of Chinese contemporary art to the global art arena. AroundSpace not only presents and collects established artists, but also cultivates and incubates emerging artists. In doing so it has gradually built an articulate aesthetic taste, and a strong and distinguished collection standard.

AroundSpace’s most recent priority is to bring talented Chinese artists and their work to a broader global art market and introduce them in a meaningful cultural context. In March 2017 and 2018, AroundSpace was featured at the third Art on Paper art fair in New York City. As the only Chinese art gallery included from 2017 to 2018 version of this popular art fairs, AroundSpace’s debut received exceptionally warm feedback from New York collectors and art lovers.

周围艺术画廊是一家致力于中国当代艺术中坚与年轻力量的发现与推广的专业机构。画廊成立于2006年，至今已经成功策划并举办了近五十个展览。画廊推荐的艺术家大都具有强烈的中国文人意识和社会人文关怀，呈现的作品反映中国文化的传承与当下现实的变迁。中国艺术的经典和传统是流动的、变化发展的，每个时代的艺术在未来艺术家眼中都有可能成为经典和传统；于是每一代艺术家都有可能是连接过去与未来的一个桥梁，他们担负着对过去的承诺和对未来的启发。

通过发现不同年龄层次的艺术家，梳理他们不同时期的作品，加上与国际文化艺术机构和策展人的频繁合作，周围艺术画廊将中国当代艺术以丰富多元的面貌推介给世界艺坛。画廊对成熟艺术家的收藏和推荐与对年轻艺术家的发掘和培养同步，逐渐构建出一个清晰的文化标准与收藏价值体系。

2017年至2019年画廊连续成功的作为唯一的中国画廊参与了纽约的Art on Paper艺术博览会，并取得了热烈的反响。

画廊最新的工作重心是将优秀的中国艺术家与他们的作品推广到更广泛的艺术市场中以及更为深远的艺术语境之中。自2017年开始，画廊陆续代理欧美重要资深艺术家，促进在上海这样一个国际化的艺术语境的升华，并能够带给本地观众更新的视角与全面的思考。