东画廊 | 曹再飞个展“西西弗斯的房间”2月7日开幕
西西弗斯的房间 | The Room of Sisyphus
曹再飞 | CAO Zaifei
开幕 | Opening
2023/02/07 16:00 - 19:00
展期 | Duration
2023/02/07 - 2023/03/05
地点 | Location
上海市徐汇滨江龙腾大道2555-9号
2555-9 Longteng Avenue, West Bund, Shanghai
Don Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of The Room of Sisyphus, the artist CAO Zaifei’s second solo exhibition at the gallery space, on 7th February 2023 and running until 5th March. The recent oil on canvas paintings, ready-made paintings, and several of CAO's illustrative performance pieces are all included in this solo exhibition, which offers a more thorough overview of the artist's output.
曹再飞作品中的创作主题学是统一、完整的,均指向加缪的《西西弗斯的神话》——荒谬性与荒谬的人。在布面油画作品《西西弗斯的房间》中曹再飞以象征性手法描绘了2022年上海封控下的场景,此处西西弗斯的故事是一种隐喻与暗示,一段永恒回归的神话,山与脚下的路被置换为居住空间与社区,正如西西弗斯日以继夜的将巨石推向永远无法到达的山顶,人也在与病毒循环往复、无休止地斗争。受封控影响,因缺少绘画材料,曹再飞转而将画面直接绘制于厨房用具——锅、瓢、勺、刀、砧板之上,此处象征着被限制与禁锢的器具却承载着窗外风景;《浮》中人抱着一块圆石,站立于黑色泳圈之上,暗藏其间的浮力与重力、不稳定性与平衡间的相对张力昭示着即将来临的倾覆时刻;作品《静物》中代表地球仪的塑料球体被替换成为一颗躺在支架轴旁的西瓜,这颗西瓜或许是因其自身过熟而炸裂,而后丢失重心从轴上脱落。观者可以从曹再飞作品画面中的即有“物”读取到具有指代性且被隐藏的信息及言语,他对于工具理性的颠覆、物与人的戏剧性荒诞感表现之下,掩藏并弥散着的是具有古典敏感性与现代敏感性的哲思,是对于古希腊时期的形而上与现代人类生存困境的再思考。
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Due to the lack of materials for painting during the lockdown, CAO Zaifei turned to painting directly on kitchen utensils - pots, pans, ladles, spoons, knives and chopping boards - which symbolise the restricted and confined utensils but carry the landscape outside the window. In Floating, a man stands on top of a black swimming ring holding a round stone, the relative tensions between buoyancy and gravity, instability and equilibrium, are indicative of an impending capsize. In Still Life, a watermelon resting next to a support shaft that may be about to burst from its own overripeness before losing weight and falling off the shaft replaces the plastic sphere typically used to depict the world.
CAO conceals and diffuses philosophical ideas with classical sensitivity and modern sensitivity, considering the metaphysics of the ancient Greek period and the contemporary human life dilemma, beneath his subversion of utilitarian rationality and the dramatic absurdity of objects and people. It involves a reevaluation of ancient Greek metaphysics and the existential conundrum facing modern people.
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Aside from ironically pointing out how material and environmental conditions have become a race to the bottom in modern society and how real love has come to be associated with idealism, CAO restores love and romance to their rightful place. Through his performance pieces, CAO seeks to break down barriers between people and expose the absurdity of the dating underworld to the general public. The romance of CAO Zaifei is not simply about putting love in its proper place; it is also about the freedom that comes from thought, freedom that satisfies life's passion, and freedom that ultimately inspires creation.
是受难者?亦或抗争者?西西弗斯是古代神话中悲剧命运的化身,是一个受难者的形象,但在加缪笔下他却成了一个与命运抗争、觉醒的人类精神象征;是受难者?亦或抗争者?曹再飞在现代的洪流中直视潜藏于暗流中的荒谬性,他承认荒谬、面对荒谬、探寻着荒谬的本源,再将自我深深的刻入西西弗斯的背影之中。
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