泰康空间：

泰康空间（原泰康顶层空间）由泰康人寿保险股份有限公司于2003年出资创办，作为国内首家由大型金融企业设立的艺术机构自成立之初就定位为非赢利空间。2009年10月迁入草场地红一号艺术区，更名为泰康空间。

泰康空间的主要有两个职责，其一，是为泰康人寿建立一个具有美术史意义的收藏，收藏体系的定位是“1942-1976-今”的美术史发展。泰康人寿未来要建立自己的美术馆，希望观者透过美术馆的收藏能够了解到“1942-1976-今”的美术史发展。其二，泰康空间致力于建立一个高学术水准的平台，通过支持和资助有创造性的艺术家的创作及展览活动，推动当代艺术在本土的发展。这是一个研究性的平台，通过对某些代表性的艺术家做个案研究追踪艺术本体在国内的发展变化。迁入新址后，空间面积将近500平米，两个主要展厅，空间理念由之前的“鼓舞、激励”延伸为“追溯、激励”，分别针对成熟艺术家和年轻新人，同时展出针对美术史发展脉络梳理的成熟艺术家作品项目（如老一代摄影家吴印咸个案项目）和针对当代艺术语境中年轻的实验艺术（如历时一年的“51平方”项目）。展出的作品样式涉及绘画、摄影、雕塑、装置、影像，其中对摄影的长期持续关注体现我们对媒介实验探索和发展的态度。

两个展厅、两条线索，将以更多更精彩的项目展示泰康空间对中国美术发展的思考和判断，努力将泰康空间打造成激发艺术家创造潜能和进一步学术交流的平台。

About Taikang Space:

As the first not-for-profit funded by a domestic financial institution, Taikang Space (former Taikang Top Space) is founded by Taikang Life Insurance Co.Ltd in 2003. In October 2009, it relocated to Caochangdi Red One District, and renamed as Taikang Space.

Taikang Space’s main manifestos comprise two folds. One is to build a collection with art historical significance for Taikang Life Insurance, a body a work covering representative works in the development of art history from “1942-1976 to the present”. Taikang Life Insurance hopes to build its own museum in the future, through which to provide the viewer a comprehensive development of art in these periods. Two, Taikang Space aims to establish a platform of high academic context. Through its support and funding of practices and exhibitions by creative artists to push forward the development of contemporary in China. It will serve as a research platform that specifically follows case studies of representative artists to reflect shifting trends and development in the contemporary art scene. After our relocation, the new space spans over 500 square meters separated into two major exhibition halls, and expands its manifesto from “to inspire” to “retrospect and inspire” focusing on established and emerging artists. At the same time, we will be showing art projects by established artists in chronicling the development of art history (photographer Wu Yinxian’s project) as well as focusing on young experimental artists in the contemporary art context (our one year program “51Squaremeters”). The works show encompass painting, photography, sculpture, installation, video and among which, our continuous focus on photography reveals our attitude for experimental and explorations on media art.

These two exhibition halls embarking on two different paths will present more spectacular projects reflecting Taikang Space’s reflections and contemplations on the development of Chinese art history, and aims to stimulate creative potentials in artist and furthers academic dialogue on this platform