Ullens center for contemporary art (UCCA)
Beijing, China
Architect: Jean-Michel Wilmotte
Missions: Conception - Positioning - Development managing - Architectural planning
Dates: 2008 — 2012
For Ullens center for Contemporary Art Conception, Jérôme Sans, in charge of the development as well as the structural, cultural and architectural positioning, has completely rethought the institution.
From 2008 to 2012, Jérôme Sans was the director of UCCA, establishing it as the first private cultural institution in China and the model for many private Chinese museum projects. Jérôme Sans contributed to develop a new economy around an ambitious program of exhibitions and events on an international scale with Olafur Eliason & Ma Yansong, Cao Fei, Liu Xiaodong or Erwin Wurm among others.
He collaborated with architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte to redefine the structure of the art center into a malleable exhibition space, housed in a former 1950s Bauhaus-inspired factory.
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, For Tomorrow For Tonight, poster of the exhibition, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing 2011-2012
Erwin Wurm, Narrow House, exhibition view, Narrow Mist, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, 2010
Olafur Eliasson, Ma Yansong, Feelings are facts, 2010, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing © Photo: Sebastian Behmann
Peter Lindbergh, The Unkown, exhibition view, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, 2011
Tatsuo Miyajima, MEGA DEATH, 1999, LED, IC, electric wire, sensor, installation view, Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust, 2011, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing.
OUR FUTURE (entrance), exhibition view at Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, 2008
Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), Beijing (exterior)
Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), Beijing (restaurant by Michael Lin)
OUR FUTURE: The Guy & Myriam Ullens Foundation Collection (Wang Du), exhibition view at Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, 2008
Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), Beijing (restaurant by Michael Lin)
Yan Pei-Ming, Landscape of Childhood, 2009, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, Photo: Liang Cuo, Courtesy of the UCCA
Zhang Huang, exhibition view, Hope Tunnel, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, 2010
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, For Tomorrow For Tonight, poster of the exhibition, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing 2011-2012
Erwin Wurm, Narrow House, exhibition view, Narrow Mist, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, 2010
Olafur Eliasson, Ma Yansong, Feelings are facts, 2010, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing © Photo: Sebastian Behmann
Peter Lindbergh, The Unkown, exhibition view, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, 2011
Tatsuo Miyajima, MEGA DEATH, 1999, LED, IC, electric wire, sensor, installation view, Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust, 2011, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing.
OUR FUTURE (entrance), exhibition view at Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, 2008
Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), Beijing (exterior)
Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), Beijing (restaurant by Michael Lin)
OUR FUTURE: The Guy & Myriam Ullens Foundation Collection (Wang Du), exhibition view at Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, 2008
Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), Beijing (restaurant by Michael Lin)
Yan Pei-Ming, Landscape of Childhood, 2009, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, Photo: Liang Cuo, Courtesy of the UCCA
Zhang Huang, exhibition view, Hope Tunnel, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, 2010