On the occasion of the 16thChina-French Cultural Festival the exhibition presents the works of two artists who have been awarded the first Cai Guanshen Foundation Contemporary Art Prize. First created in 2021, the Prize is a contemporary art prize focusing on the interconnection between ecology and contemporary art，founded by the French Embassy and the Cai Guanshen Foundation in collaboration with the Today Art Museum in Beijing and the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. The first Cai Guanshen Foundation Contemporary Art Prize was awarded to French artist Suzanne Husky and Chinese artist Tong Yixin for their interest and efforts in this field.
Enviromental Loveis an ecological manifesto expressed by the two artists through their creating, which intersects and complements each other, becoming alive around a reality over which nature overrides. The artworks created are like fireflies, illuminating a path full of obstacles and gullies in a silent forest. Through words and images, the exhibition resembles a structured and emotionally delicate poem that speaks of love for an environment in ecological crisis and the creatures in it.Susanna Husky is drawn to the beaver as a powerful animal, and through a combination of images and video she demonstrates the reasons for reintroducing animals to the core of our ecosystems. Suzanne Husky supports the idea that beavers are the world's greatest engineers after humans, and in doing so seeks to "amplify life". A series of print sketches and photographs show beavers as "rodent architects" directing the construction of dams, calling attention to the potential of environmental protection as a source of balanced development and well-being for all living things. By following an environmental friendly path, the soil will change, the aquifers will fill with water, and biodiversity will be established in an ecologically sound garden.The narrative thread of the exhibition hides several questions, and the filmOn the Proliferation of Mermaids in Time of Shipwreckresponds to one of them: whether this enthusiasm for environmental protection is just an illusion in the face of the tragedy of a world about to capsize.The environmental consciousness in Tong Yixin's work contains a de-anthropocentric peculiarity. The Night Vision series turns the camera on wild nocturnal creatures, showing an unconventional perspective on the mode of existence and survival of life forms. The sense of observe created by the night-vision camera forces the viewers to leave the familiar dominant position of the past and immerse themselves in the primordial madness of the wilderness, and the unexplained fragmented phrases interspersed in the images bring about a reinforcement of consciousness. In the Environmental Love Handbook, Tong Yixin transforms the words of inspiration into an artistic form through text and light paintings. These poems, combining imagination and daily amusement, are scattered throughout the exhibition hall, like ramblings floating in some urban space.
While Bruno Latour declared ecology to be "the fundamental problem of our time," Suzanne Husky and Tong Yixin's creative practice defends values that reflect a similar reflection. At a time when the world is on the verge of collapse and cannot breathe, this reflection must be better understood. If Tong Yixin's poem forms the body of an open call with a sense of humor and mild sadness, Suzanne Husky's images is a concrete expression of the cooperation sought from the animal world again to achieve a state of universal equilibrium. The exhibitionEnvironmental Love presents a few fragments of a collective movement on an international scale. In the future, the movement will introduce new social and environmental approaches into everyone's daily life.


Enviromental Loveis an ecological manifesto expressed by the two artists through their creating, which intersects and complements each other, becoming alive around a reality over which nature overrides. The artworks created are like fireflies, illuminating a path full of obstacles and gullies in a silent forest. Through words and images, the exhibition resembles a structured and emotionally delicate poem that speaks of love for an environment in ecological crisis and the creatures in it.Susanna Husky is drawn to the beaver as a powerful animal, and through a combination of images and video she demonstrates the reasons for reintroducing animals to the core of our ecosystems. Suzanne Husky supports the idea that beavers are the world's greatest engineers after humans, and in doing so seeks to "amplify life". A series of print sketches and photographs show beavers as "rodent architects" directing the construction of dams, calling attention to the potential of environmental protection as a source of balanced development and well-being for all living things. By following an environmental friendly path, the soil will change, the aquifers will fill with water, and biodiversity will be established in an ecologically sound garden.The narrative thread of the exhibition hides several questions, and the filmOn the Proliferation of Mermaids in Time of Shipwreckresponds to one of them: whether this enthusiasm for environmental protection is just an illusion in the face of the tragedy of a world about to capsize.The environmental consciousness in Tong Yixin's work contains a de-anthropocentric peculiarity. The Night Vision series turns the camera on wild nocturnal creatures, showing an unconventional perspective on the mode of existence and survival of life forms. The sense of observe created by the night-vision camera forces the viewers to leave the familiar dominant position of the past and immerse themselves in the primordial madness of the wilderness, and the unexplained fragmented phrases interspersed in the images bring about a reinforcement of consciousness. In the Environmental Love Handbook, Tong Yixin transforms the words of inspiration into an artistic form through text and light paintings. These poems, combining imagination and daily amusement, are scattered throughout the exhibition hall, like ramblings floating in some urban space.
While Bruno Latour declared ecology to be "the fundamental problem of our time," Suzanne Husky and Tong Yixin's creative practice defends values that reflect a similar reflection. At a time when the world is on the verge of collapse and cannot breathe, this reflection must be better understood. If Tong Yixin's poem forms the body of an open call with a sense of humor and mild sadness, Suzanne Husky's images is a concrete expression of the cooperation sought from the animal world again to achieve a state of universal equilibrium. The exhibitionEnvironmental Love presents a few fragments of a collective movement on an international scale. In the future, the movement will introduce new social and environmental approaches into everyone's daily life.
While Bruno Latour declared ecology to be "the fundamental problem of our time," Suzanne Husky and Tong Yixin's creative practice defends values that reflect a similar reflection. At a time when the world is on the verge of collapse and cannot breathe, this reflection must be better understood. If Tong Yixin's poem forms the body of an open call with a sense of humor and mild sadness, Suzanne Husky's images is a concrete expression of the cooperation sought from the animal world again to achieve a state of universal equilibrium. The exhibitionEnvironmental Love presents a few fragments of a collective movement on an international scale. In the future, the movement will introduce new social and environmental approaches into everyone's daily life.