{{Short description|Defunct Independent Art space}} {{Multiple issues| {{Orphan|date=December 2024}} {{Essay-like|date=December 2022}} }}
'''Arrow Factory''' was an independent artist-run space located in Beijing. It was active between 2008 and 2019. The 15-square-meter space<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Lu |first=Carol Yinghua |date=2020-03-03 |title=How Arrow Factory Changed the Beijing Art Scene |language=en |work=Frieze |issue=209 |url=https://www.frieze.com/article/how-arrow-factory-changed-beijing-art-scene |access-date=2022-11-12 |issn=0962-0672}}</ref> hosted site-specific exhibitions, performances, actions, interventions, and happenings, and offered a model for low-budget and experimental art making.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Hanru |first=Hou |date=2012 |title=An Arrow in the Heart of Beijing |journal=Art in America |volume=100 |issue=2 |pages=45–46}}</ref> The space was located in Jianchang Hutong inside the Second Ring Road in Beijing<ref>{{Cite web |title=Beijing's Arrow Factory Closes Its Doors |url=https://www.artforum.com/news/beijing-s-arrow-factory-closes-its-doors-81104 |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=www.artforum.com |date=23 October 2019 |language=en-US}}</ref> and used to be a vegetable stand before it was active as an art space.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |title=3 years : Arrow Factory, 2008-2011 |date=2011 |others=Rania Ho, Wei Wang, Pauline J. Yao, 王卫, Arrow Factory |isbn=978-1-934105-67-2 |location=Beijing |pages=16–17 |oclc=775075491}}</ref>
The space had a storefront to display artwork and exhibitions were accessible to the public twenty-hour-hours a day.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Astrid Wege on "Public Service Announcement" |url=https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/201008/public-service-announcement-39665 |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=www.artforum.com |date=October 2010 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> It was a self-reliant and non-commercial enterprise. The projects often hosted local residents, shopkeepers, and restaurant owners.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ArtAsiaPacific: In Close Quarters |url=http://96.126.110.91/Magazine/103/InCloseQuarters |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=96.126.110.91}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> During its 11.5 years of operations, Arrow Factory organized programs with many notable artists including Yan Lei, Nie Mu, Wei-Li Yeh, Liu Wei, Lin Yilin, and Ken Lum.
The founders include artist Rania Ho, artist Wang Wei, artist Wei Weng, and curator Pauline J. Yao. Artist Wei Weng stepped away from the project in 2009.
Arrow Factory ceased operations in October 2019 after they were required to curtain off their storefront by the local housing office.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ArtAsiaPacific: The End of Alternative |url=https://artasiapacific.com/issue/the-end-of-alternative?locale=en |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=artasiapacific.com}}</ref> This request was part of Beijing's new urban policies at that time,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Myers |first=Steven Lee |date=2017-07-17 |title=A Cleanup of 'Holes in the Wall' in China's Capital |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/17/world/asia/beijing-china-reconstruction-hutong.html |access-date=2022-11-12 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> which aimed at replacing small and low-end enterprises, including "non-capital functions and features."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jia Li on art and expulsion in China's capital |url=https://www.artforum.com/slant/jia-li-on-art-and-expulsion-in-beijing-80563 |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=www.artforum.com |date=26 August 2019 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Arrow Factory: The Last Five Years |publisher=Arrow Factory |year=2020 |isbn=978-0-9966366-1-2 |location=Beijing |pages=9–11}}</ref>
== References ==
{{reflist}}
Category:Beijing Category:Defunct art museums and galleries