EXHIBITION TITLE 展览名称
少年即是故乡
娄申义 Lou Shenyi
A-05, 798 Art Zone, No.2 Jiuxianqiao Rd, Chaoyang District, Beijing星空间 STAR GALLERY
北京市朝阳区酒仙桥路2号798艺术区797东街A05
A05, 797 East Street, 798 Art Zone, No. 2 Jiuxianqiao Road,
Chaoyang District, Beijing
凯旋画廊将于2023年5月20日至6月25日与星空间共同推出娄申义的个展“少年即是故乡”。悟空、蟠桃、麦田、春风……都是我最常涉及的题材，我希望这些画能够让人会心一笑，从而把时代的密码悄悄打开。作为七十年代生人中的一员，我想把这一代人的少年记忆再次激活。少年即是故乡，在我心中，人的生命根系并不仅仅源自地理意义上，而是来自于心灵，来自于曾经最美好的生命阶段。我在绘画中重新实现了少年的天真、顽皮，甚至是一点点搞怪。曾经的生活印记，都在画面中呈现出率真的意趣。诚如我画中各种各样的孙悟空和猪八戒总能让人莞尔；又如那些美味的蟠桃可能有几只虫子正在啃食；或者是娇艳绽放的梅花，形状却如同骷髅；这些莫不是少年人的视角，莫不是少年时代的悠游状态，还有那少年人特有的对生与死、爱与性的一点点好奇。TRIUMPH GALLERY and STAR GALLERY are pleased to announce the latest solo exhibition of Lou Shenyi, When We Were Young, which will be held in both galleries from May 20 to June 25, 2023.Wukong, the peaches of immortality, wheat fields, spring breeze…all are the subjects that I deal with the most. I hope that these paintings will put a knowing smile on viewers' face, quietly unlocking the secrets of the times. I want to rekindle the collective teenage memories as one of the generation born in the 1970s.Youth is synonymous with hometown. In my heart, the roots of life are not only about one’s geographical origin, but rather about the soul and the most beautiful phase of life in the past. In painting, I managed to revive the innocence, mischief, and even some trivial pranks of my adolescent years. The imprints of my past come alive in my works with the charm of simplicity and truthfulness, such as my various depictions of Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie, which are always hilarious, or the delicious peaches of immorality that may be gnawed at by a few worms, or the gorgeous blooming plum blossoms that resemble skeletons. All of them are derived from the juvenile observations, the dreamy state a boy, as well as the little curiosity about life and death, love and sex that is unique to youth.
娄申义 Lou Shenyi
布面丙烯 Acrylic on canvas ｜ 200×150cm ｜ 2014娄申义 Lou Shenyi
布面丙烯 Acrylic on canvas ｜ 100×150cm ｜ 2018娄申义 Lou Shenyi
节日2 Holiday No.2
布面丙烯 Acrylic on canvas ｜ 300×200cm ｜ 2022
娄申义，1973年生于浙江上虞，1997年毕业于中央美术学院壁画系，现任教于中国美术学院壁画系。Lou Shenyi was born in Shangyu, Zhejiang Province in 1973. He graduated from the Mural Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in 1997 and has been teaching at the China Academy of Art (CAA) in the Mural Painting Department since then.