Caochangdi Art District

The Caochangdi Art Zone is positioned as a creative base, a display window, a communication platform, and a multi-functional cultural venue for teaching and training for contemporary artists. Over the past few years, more than 300 institutions, galleries and other units have entered the art zone, and it has become a cultural and creative paradise for artists with more active, free and distinctive artistic creation atmosphere after Beijing 798 Art Zone. Among the most famous are Chambers Fine Art, Three Shadows Photography Art Center, Beijing Now Gallery and White Space. People who know the Caochangdi Art District will always mention the "Red House", which is a red brick house yard a little southerly and covers a large area. The most famous one is Chambers Fine Art. The century-old mulberry tree in the northeast corner of the central courtyard of Chambers Fine Art is from Zheng Guogu's "Hundred-year-old tree grows again"; the metal sculptures hanging above the courtyard are from Song Dong and Yin Xiuzhen, one for spraying water mist and the other for lighting Neon lights; the multi-cornered stone sculpture "Mochou" is Qiu Zhijie's work, which is a key work in his "Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge" project. Surrounding the courtyard are two large exhibition spaces in the east and west, and a small space in the back for displaying videos and installation works. Like galleries in New York, open spaces are integrated into the design of the entire building, providing great flexibility for displaying installations and hosting cultural and social events. Next door to Chambers Fine Art is Beijing Now Gallery. The gallery will participate in many international fairs. The Three Shadows Photography Art Center should be a larger building in Caochangdi. The gray brick-walled house is designed with bumps and bumps. It is said that the concave holes can be used to light candles on summer nights. . If you sit on the grass in front of the Three Shadows Cafe and bask in the sun, you will feel like you are in a private garden, very quiet and peaceful.