新展预告｜《秘密花园》王临潼个展

秘密花园

The Secret Garden

艺术家：王临潼

Artist: Wang Lintong

策展人：戴卓群

Curator: Dai Zhuoqun

时间：2023年11月11日 - 12月17日

Date: 2023.11.11 – 12.17

地点：上海市浦东新区樱花路869号喜玛拉雅美术馆3C展厅

Location: Hall C, Floor 3, Himalayas Museum, No.869, Yinghua Road, Pudong District, Shanghai

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展览介绍

Exhibition Overview

王临潼个展《秘密花园》将于2023年11月11日至12月17日在上海喜玛拉雅美术馆3C展厅展出。本次展览是喜玛拉雅美术馆的学术计划「破茧·喜玛拉雅青年艺术家系列个展」推出的个展之一，王临潼是该项目的关注对象。王临潼的作品充满了细腻且丰富的黑、白、灰调，艺术家并非在创作中刻意地追求运用特定色彩而产生的形式感，而是在创作过程中自然有机地形成了当下的视觉风格。摒弃了色彩的干扰，作品中所描绘的图像、背后的观念与艺术家意图传达的信息则更加凸显，成为了观者着眼和关注的焦点。

沙沙作响二, 100×150cm, 布面油彩, 2020 ©王临潼

Cloak and Breeze No.2, 100×150cm, Oil on canvas, 2020 ©Wang Lintong

秘密花园, 140×180cm×2, 布面油彩, 2022 ©王临潼

Secret Garden, 140×180cm×2, Oil on canvas, 2022 ©Wang Lintong

Wang Lintong’s solo exhibition The Secret Garden will be shown in Hall 3C of the Shanghai Himalayas Museum from November 11th to December 17th, 2023. This exhibition is one of the solo exhibitions launched by Shanghai Himalayas Museum's academic project "Cocoon-break · Himalayas Young Artists Series Solo Exhibitions", Wang Lintong is the focus of this project. Immeasurable shades of white, grey, and black are the first and immediate impression one would have when viewing Wang Lintong’s work for the very first time. His monochrome paintings, primarily the “white” paintings, with their subtlety of expression and appearance allure the audience to approach and observe from a closer distance. The simplicity of tone strips all unnecessary information from the work, bringing the focus solely onto the imagery, the concept, and the message in each work.

祈祷的少年 No.1, 50×50cm, 综合材料, 2022 ©王临潼

Praying Youth No.1, 50×50cm, Mixed media, 2022 ©Wang Lintong

克尔伯洛斯的花园, 100×100cm, 综合材料, 2022 ©王临潼

Garden of Cerberus, 100×100cm, Mixed media, 2022 ©Wang Lintong

记忆、矛盾、隐喻与寓言是王临潼在其创作中不断关注的主题，而绘画创作则是他视觉叙事的手段与媒介。王临潼的作品在题材的选择上多围绕着这四个观念进行，而作品背后诸多的灵感与感悟则来自于他对周遭社会和人的观察与思考，经由个人领悟之后的提炼。

Memories, contradiction, metaphor, and fable intrigue Wang Lintong, and the action of painting is his way of narrating and storytelling. Painting, for as far back as he can remember, brought him nourishment and inspiration, through acute observation of contemporary society and the people within it and himself.

记忆，在时间的消逝中悄然改变，曾经似乎无比清晰的事实却变得模糊不清、似是非是。脑海中的影像也如隔雾观花，连贯的事件也如电影截帧般碎片化。王临潼的“白色”绘画作品犹如记忆退去后残存在我们脑海中模糊的景象。创作初始是由一幅深色的画作开始，艺术家逐层在画面上平铺一层又一层的白色油彩，通过重复的层叠与时间的效应在画布上慢慢地显现出最终的画面。如此，也正映照了记忆在我们自身内部的蜕变过程——悄然不觉，而随着时间的流淌，回首间却早已难以辨认。

微光, 140×180cm×2, 布面油彩, 2020 ©王临潼

Glimmer, 140×180cm×2, Oil on canvas, 2020 ©Wang Lintong

消失的时间, 100×150cm, 布面油彩, 2022 ©王临潼

The Disappearing Time, 100×150cm, Oil on canvas, 2022 ©Wang Lintong

Over time, our memories alter themselves, and seemingly solid facts become elusive and distorted. The images in our minds have faded, and multiple events often morph into single moments. Wang Lintong's "white" paintings echo the metamorphosis of memory. Over time, the artist applies layers upon layers of white oil paint to a dark image, and it gets "diluted" and becomes a "faded" image of its original version. The action of repeated layering, as time works its magic in our minds, is quiet and unnoticeable at the time, but looking back, its effect has indisputably appeared in front of us.

海边的礁石 No.4, 78.7×108.6cm, 纸本丙烯、水彩, 2023 ©王临潼

Stone by the Sea No.4, 78.7×108.6cm, Acrylic and watercolor on paper, 2023 ©Wang Lintong

王临潼好于提问，也喜于通过他的艺术视觉语言来作答。隐喻、寓言故事都是他偏爱的创作手段与方法，尤其是在描述记忆与阐述复杂观念的情形下，他在图像中所获得的直接性是言语所无法给予的。运用图像可以让他跨越语言的鸿沟，直击事物现象本质，却避免了语言中可能携带的尖锐感，以视觉画面中所自有的沉静与美感婉婉道来。

Some of Wang Lintong’s works are social commentary, and some serve as answers to his questions. He is fascinated with using imagery as a metaphor; he believes in the efficiency and directness of images in conveying complex ideas and emotions, where words might have failed him. Using metaphor and fable allows him to cut through the thickness of the outer phenomena and reach for the core of meaning without being blunt. The subtle meaning and nuance are embedded within the works.

《秘密花园》将呈现艺术家王临潼在不同时期创作的近30件作品，是对艺术家创作生涯的阶段性梳理，由策展人戴卓群策划。

The Secret Garden will present nearly 30 works created by Wang Lintong in different periods. It is a staged review of the artist's creative career and is curated by Dai Zhuoqun.

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艺术家介绍

About Artist

王临潼, 1984年生于陕西省, 先后于2006、2011年获得西安美术学院学士与硕士学位。毕业后从事专业艺术创作多年，自2007起广泛在国内及国外参展。他的近期个展包括：记忆岛，ART LABOR画廊，上海（2023）；显现的影，ART LABOR画廊，上海（2022）；珊瑚白，制图术、隐身衣，以及沙沙作响，西安美术馆，西安（2021）；空山，妙有艺术，北京（2006）。他的近期群展包括：夏日插电，ART LABOR画廊，上海（2021）；元章见石II，一票人票空间&画库，台北（2021）；花园，妙有艺术，北京（2019）；东方来信——Inter- Youth国际青年绘画展，中国美术学院美术馆，杭州（2018）；子午线——当代中国艺术家纸上作品展，Volcano剧院，英国威尔士（2018）；陕西省现代文化艺术节，陕西省美术博物馆，西安（2017）；城墙之外——西安当代艺术巡展，湖北美术馆，武汉 / 成都蓝顶美术馆，成都（2017）。王临潼现工作居住于西安。

WANG LINTONG, born in Shaanxi Province in 1984, graduated with his BA and MA degrees from the Xi’an Academy of Fine Art in 2006 and 2011. Wang has been a professional artist since his MA graduation. He has been exhibiting at home and aboard since 2007. His recent solo exhibitions include Memory of Island, The Visible Thoughts, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai (2023); ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai (2022); The Coral Bleaching, Draftsmanship, Cloak and Breeze, Xi’an Art Museum, Xi’an (2021); The Nihility of Mountain, MOU Art, Beijing (2016). His recent selected group exhibitions include Electric Picnic, ART LABOR Gallery, Shanghai (2021); Yuanzhang Appreciates Stones II, Piao Piao Gallery, Taipei (2021); @riginal: Inter-Youth Painting Exhibition, Art Museum of China Academy of Fine Art, Hangzhou (2019); Meridian: Contemporary Chinese Works on Paper, Volcano Theatre, Swansea Wales, UK (2018); Modern Culture and Art Festival, Shaanxi Province Art Museum, Xi’an (2017); Breaking the Barrier: Xi’an Contemporary Art Exhibition, Hubei Museum of Art, Wuhan / Blue Roof Museum, Chengdu (2017). Wang Lintong currently lives and works in Xi’an.

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策展人介绍

About Curator

戴卓群，策展人，评论家，现生活工作于北京。曾于2007年创办并主编《当代艺术》杂志，2009年发起并联合策划“暖冬计划”北京艺术维权，成为近年来最重要的艺术事件。先后与众多艺术机构、学院与美术馆合作策划展览与讲座，文章亦陆续发表和登载于众多专业期刊及相关出版物。策划的展览主要包括：“物的觉醒”系列展，“长物志”系列展，“文明”计划系列，“笔法与心迹”，“自觉：绘画十二观”，“北京新语”，“自由棱镜，录像的浪潮”，“环形撞击：录像二十一”等。

DAI ZHUOQUN, independent curator, art critic, lives and works in Beijing. He was the founder of Contemporary Art Magazine in 2007, served as editor and art director. In 2009, Dai launched and jointly organized the "Warm Winter Plan"--Beijing safeguard art rights, which became one of the most significant art events in recent years. He cooperates with a number of art institutions, colleges and Museums of fine arts, planning exhibitions and giving lectures. Meanwhile, he frequently writes for domestic and international professional journals and publications. The exhibitions he curated includes:  "The Awakening of Things”,"Superfluous Things" series projects, "Civilization" series projects,“Brushwork and True Feeling”,” New Expression of Beijing”,”Free Prism Video Wave”,“The Circular Impact: Video Art 21”.

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