Shanghai 3723 Art Museum

The Shanghai Pudong New District 3723 Art Museum is a privately run non-enterprise institution established on June 21, 2023. Its registered address is located on the 2nd floor of 66 Yincheng Road, Pudong New District, Shanghai. Its legal representative is Teng Haiming, and its scope of business includes art collection, preservation, research, exhibition, and display, as well as public art outreach and cultural exchange activities. The above is the official venue introduction.

My personal impression from visiting is that, compared to non-profit public art museums, this place carries a stronger commercial atmosphere. The museum, situated on the second floor of a shopping mall, is divided into multiple spaces: there are purely public-interest art exhibitions, commercial art shows, and a cultural and creative products store. Unfortunately, even during public holidays, the foot traffic didn't seem particularly strong; otherwise, it could be a viable venue for future art events.

At present, aside from a small number of permanent exhibits, the museum is primarily hosting two exhibitions. The first is "Zhou Yinchen: Natural Magic," a solo oil painting exhibition. Professor Zhou is a faculty member of the Oil Painting Department at Shanghai University's Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts — a name I hadn't come across before, but I found her painting style genuinely distinctive: a kind of raw beauty that emerges from roughness. The theme of the exhibition is "Between All Things, There Are Connections." The artist uses abstract painting to express her intuition and impulses; the canvases are passionate and uninhibited, yet at the same time reveal a sense of harmony and blending. The exhibition layout and lighting design create a truly immersive experience for visitors. Kudos to the curators.

The second exhibition is the recently well-publicized "A Paperful Wonder: An Invitational Exhibition of Works on Paper." Just from the name, I assumed it would be a show featuring traditional paper-cutting and installation art made from various paper materials, but it turned out to be more of a mixed bag, centered largely around various painting works. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but the title is somewhat misleading. After all, aren't most paintings completed on paper? Although this is a contemporary art exhibition, the majority of works on display align well with mainstream aesthetic sensibilities, making it quite enjoyable to view. It spans a wide range of traditional media and techniques: printmaking, oil, pastel, watercolor, and sketching, as well as innovative approaches such as woodblock carving, light installations, and painting with pine ash on Xuan paper. The variety of subjects, techniques, and materials is nothing short of encyclopedic. Themes include figures, natural landscapes, cityscapes, opera characters, still life, and abstract expression, such as the woodblock series "Free and Easy Wandering." What exactly does that look like? Well, I'll leave that for you to discover in person.

Of the two exhibitions, the first (Professor Zhou's solo show) is free of charge, while the second is 78 RMB. Plan for approximately one hour for your visit.