M50 Creative Park--A self-sprouting art community

M50 is located at No. 50 Moganshan Road, Putuo District, and is a creative industry cluster transformed from a textile factory. There is no deliberate planning of exhibition areas, dining areas, and office areas, etc. Studios, exhibition halls, galleries, cafes, bars... are scattered in the park at will, which is more in line with the casual temperament of artists. Both banks of the Suzhou River and Huangpu River have many historical industrial zones. After the successful bid for the Shanghai Expo in 2010, they were renovated in accordance with the principle of repairing the old as the old to beautify the urban space. M50 and Tianzifang are also on this list. Around 2015, Tianzifang became well-known to every household, while M50 sprouted on its own and gained a reputation in the art circles at home and abroad. Five years later, the development of these two art communities is different. M50 enjoys a high reputation in the field of cultural creativity at home and abroad, and has become one of the top ten art districts in the world, and even made it to the American 'Time Magazine'. In the final analysis, Tianzifang sells art industrial products, and its essence is consumerism. The core of M50 is art, operated through commercial means. Walking in the park, you can watch many exhibitions for free and come into contact with the latest art forms. I can't understand what many works want to express, perhaps for artists, creation itself is a kind of expression and spiritual pleasure, not caring about a thousand Hamlets.