艺情 | 敬畏自然&敬畏生命

敬畏自然

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敬畏生命

三月线上展览

艺术家 Artist:

廖扬 Liao Yang

杜海军 Du Haijun

刘婷 Liu Ting

肖颖 Xiao Ying

冉启泉 Ran Qiquan

展览简介

本次群展推出在亚洲当代艺术领域中颇有成就的五位中国艺术家，以画笔之力，艺术之声展现与诉说着，中国在反抗冠状病毒的战役之下的温情。同时，按下了暂停键的生活也让我们开始重新思考人生的价值，重新认识对大自然的敬畏之情。

The exhibition presents five emerging artists in Asian contemporary art field. They show the warmth of Chinese fighting against the COVID-19. Our life are paused by the virus, meanwhile we rethink about the value of life and a new perception of nature.

2020年的开篇之际，在中国，当所有人都热切期待与准备迎接最重要的节日——春节，突如其来的新型冠状病毒让一切都按下了暂停键。二月，大街小巷不再看到熙熙攘攘的人群，取而代之的是蜗居在家。我们通过电视、网络看到医护人员的奋不顾身、看到为了搭建医院日夜不歇的建筑工人、看到许许多多为挽救更多的生命争分夺秒的志愿者。

In the beginning of 2020, the sudden coronavirus makes everything paused when everyone in China is look forward to celebrating and preparing for the most important festival - Chinese New Year. There is no more crowded in the streets, instead of people dwelling at home in February. We could see the desperate efforts of medical workers, the construction workers who are working days and nights to build hospitals, and many volunteers fighting against time to save more lives through TV and Internet.

在这场对抗病毒的战役中，其实谁都不是英雄，是对生命的尊重为芸芸众生镀上了金光。本次展览的五位艺术家——杜海军、廖扬、刘婷、肖颖、冉启泉从不同的角度描绘了一场反抗病毒的众生相。

In this war against coronavirus, no one is a hero, but the respect for life has gilded all living beings. Five Chinese artists, Du Haijun, Liao Yang, Liu Ting, Xiao Ying and Ran Qiquan, they portray scene against the virus from different perspectives in this exhibition.

Nancy’s Gallery

作品介绍

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LIFE

过去的上海街头，是充满着活力与生机的。作为被上海市区重点培植的青年艺术家之一，廖扬在版画领域有着极大的潜力。在廖扬的作品之下，不论是东方明珠塔下的车水马龙，还是小巷中的人间烟火味都展现着最平凡的幸福。而现在，这一切却成了最难能可贵的愿景。

In the past, the streets of Shanghai were full of vitality . As one of the young artists who are cultivated by Shanghai government, Liao Yang has great potential in the print field. His vivid silkscreen prints, both the traffic near the Oriental Pearl Tower and the life stories in the alley, show the eternal ordinary happiness. However, now it is the rarest visions.

Shanghai Streets, Liao Yang, 100cm x 100cm

The late bus, Liao Yang, 70cm x 100cm

Stories in the Lane, Liao Yang,100cm x 70cm

Where are the Parents, Liao Yang, 100cm x 70cm

随着疫情紧急状态的不断升级，越来越多的人开始响应政府号召，选择留在家中，减少病毒扩散。于是，透过艺术家杜海军的一个个窗户，我们不仅可以看到中国由城市印象而来的强烈现代感，也可以看到极具现代性矛盾的城市——单一、拥挤、忙碌、重复，因病毒而产生的变化，人们从繁冗的工作中抽身，回归家庭，有更多的时间陪伴亲人。杜海军的绘画是解剖城市秘密的武器，也是解读中国社会存在与现状的密码。

With the emergency outbreak getting worse continuously, more and more people are willing to follow the government’s call, stay home to avoid the spread of the coronavirus. Hence, through Du Haijun’s windows, we can see the high level of modernity in contemporary China, but also the cities with the contradictions — homogenized, crowded, busy and repetitious. There are some changes due to virus, people take time off from their busy works and spend more time with their loved ones. Du uses painting as a tool to expose mysteries and secrets of cities, and each block of the building complexes in his paintings tells the stories of a city and its pressing restrictions of space. Behind the images of splendid shapes and colors are true stories of tens of thousands of families and individuals that offer clues to a practical interpretation of China’s social existence and current development.

Mottled Walls, Du Haijun, 60cm x 90cm

Rear Window, Du Haijun, 60cm x 80cm

Chocolate Wall, Du Haijun, 40cm x 50cm

Spider Man, Du Haijun, 120cm x 60cm

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Current Situation

刘婷的作品向来并非传统学院派，而是基于自身意义上的内心体验。戴着口罩的医护人员在情人节之时仍要深情拥吻，通过刘婷颇有特色的女性视角，我们看到了危机之下从未消失的温暖。

Liu Ting’s artworks are not traditional academism, but based on her own sense of inner experience. On Valentine’s Day, masks couldn’t obstruct the love between people. Through Liu’s distinctive female perspective, the warmth never disappears in this crisis.

Booming Flowers with You, Liu Ting, 60cm x 80cm

Valentine’s Day, Liu Ting, 60cm x 60cm

Fire Proves Gold, Liu Ting, 90cm x 120cm

Angles on Earth, Liu Ting, 100cm x 120cm

同样是中国当代颇具天赋的女性艺术家，善于Tempera技法的肖颖则以其未曾停止的对诗性表达的追寻为底蕴，将东方元素和自己的观念在作品中创新结合，传达中国当下现状与对自然的关照。

Also a gifted female artist who is good at Tempera. Based on her pursuit of poetic expression, Xiao Ying’s mixed media works on paper, blended with the technique of delineating and dyeing in traditional Chinese claborate-style painting, express the artist’s subjective emotions in simple compositions. She innovatively integrates elements of the east and her own understanding of art into her works to convey her care for nature and wish for simplicity.

2020 Spring Festival Records, Xiao Ying, 25cm x 25cm

Flowers 202002 , Xiao Ying, 60cm x 60cm

Eidolon201412, Xiao Ying, 200cm x 120cm

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Reflection

冉启泉一系列以纸作为媒介的艺术作品，是一种对纸的本质的打破与重构。其作品中凝聚着对生命的思考与感悟。沉重的黑色系表达，不仅是对在这场疫情之下逝去的生命的哀悼，同时也充斥着对未曾敬畏自然带来的伤痛之反思。也许，病毒给我们带来的唯一益处就是人类要思考如何与自然万物生灵和谐共处。

Ran Qiquan’s artworks representcomplete break and reconstruction of “paper”, which showsa pure sense of innovation. His works embody his thinking and comprehension of life. The dark color is not only a lament for the lost life in this epidemic, but also a reflection on the pain caused by irreverent nature. Perhaps, the only benefit of the coronavirus is that we should think about how to live in a harmony with nature.

Black·C-180316, Ran Qiquan, 101cm x 81cm

Black·L-140818, Ran Qiquan, 131cm x 81cm

Black·C-170416, Ran Qiquan, 191cm x 493cm

Black·C-180628, Ran Qiquan, 71cm x 141cm

“

没有一个冬天不可逾越

没有一个春天不会到来

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希望，这次危机早日结束，愿所有人平安幸福。

No winter is insurmountable,

no spring will not come.

Hope the coronavirus will be eliminated soon.

Wish everyone be safe and happy.

Dwelling Poetically on the Land of Art

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Black·C-180316, Ran Qiquan, 101cm x 81cm