界——曾健勇个展

策展人

田畑幸人

展览时间

2019.12 - 2020.03

展览地点

北京798艺术区陶瓷三街E02

東京画廊+BTAP

大家对于曾健勇作品最初的了解，是从人物画作开始的，系着黑领巾的儿童，带着伤痕，表情迷茫。这种从未见过的水墨表达方式，吸引着人的注意。之后他开始著笔风景画，从人文关怀转向关注自然。更精彩的是，他并没有止步于风景，而是从平面转向立体创作，成为平面艺术家尤其水墨画家转向立体作品成功的案例。

曾健勇的过人之处是一直在追求变化，在他最近的风景作品中仿佛出现了神的存在。他出身在基督教家庭里，基督教是西方文化的根本，而曾健勇作为水墨画家是怎么理解东亚信仰的呢？或者说亚洲人是持有一种怎样的自然观呢？这个命题是他最近在思考的。

这次的展览在巨大的风景画中间有一个小小的建筑，它是一种什么样的存在呢？是神的居所吗？还是人与神沟通的场所？每个观看的人都会有自己的答案吧。

——田畑幸人

Our initiation into Zeng Jianyong’s oeuvre starts with his figure paintings, one of which depicts a child donning a black scarf, its scarred face carrying a bewildered expression. This hitherto unseen use of ink wash (shuǐmò) makes for an arresting expressive approach. Later on, the artist began to create landscape paintings, marking a shift from his humane concern to a greater attention placed on nature. Interestingly enough, rather than stopping at landscapes, he turned from two-dimensional to three-dimensional creations. In doing so, he set a successful precedent for the transitioning by a two-dimensional artist – an ink wash painter at that – towards the creation of three-dimensional works. 

Zeng Jianyong owes his distinct ‘edge’ to his constant pursuit of change. It seems as though a godly presence has emerged in his latest landscape works. Given that he himself was born into a Christian family, and Christianity lies at the foundation of Western culture, how then does Zeng Jianyong the ink wash painter perceive Asian religion? Or, otherwise put, what view of nature is held by Asian people? This question has been on the artist’s mind as of late.

In this exhibition, a tiny structure is placed amid an enormous landscape painting. What sort of presence are we dealing with here? Is this the dwelling of a god? Or a site where humans communicate with the gods? It’s up to each spectator to figure out the answer for themselves.

——Tabata Yukihito

本次展览不设开幕式，展期将从2019年12月持续到2020年3月。東京画廊＋BTAP衷心期待您的莅临和参与！

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界——曾健勇个展

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