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《艺术家讨论ARTIST TALK》

本周六工作室画廊讨论活动，期待你的加入！

讨论主题：关于展览《美好的状态》的作品讨论 
讨论嘉宾：浦致远、刘家冬、欧鸣
活动时间：2018年7月7日（本周六）下午2点至5点
活动地点：工作室画廊_画廊空间（徐汇区兴国路41弄1号101）

语言：中文

除了活动以外，展览《美好的状态》展期将从2018年7月1日持续至8月6日。如果错过开幕的小伙伴们也欢迎到现场来感受艺术家们的美好状态与独特呈现。

《艺术家讨论ARTIST TALK》

This coming Saturday at Studio Gallery we are looking forward to seeing you!

Topic: Discussion of Exhibition Works 
Guest Artists: Pu Zhiyuan, Liu Jiadong, Ou Ming
Time: 2-5pm, 2018.07.07
Location:  Studio Gallery (Gallery Space) 101 #1 Lane41, Xingguo Rd, Xuhui Dist, Shanghai

Language: Chinese

The opening exhibition “The Right Mood” will be on show through August 6th, 2018. We sincerely hope the works on display will conjure a sense of “The Right Mood” in our visitors, come by and visit the show on site if you missed our opening!

Since our previous post about the exhibition was in Chinese. 

Here we prepared the English Text for all our foreign readers! 

关于展览｜ About The Exhibition

The Right Mood

“Sculptures are not difficult to make. What is difficult is putting ourselves in the right mood to make them.”

The first time I encountered the quote above, I was taken aback by Brancusi’s conclusion; I had never considered sculpture’s greatest difficulty to lay in the attitude of its creator. Now, however, I believe the quote holds two different meanings: the first, that sculpture questions the conditions of being human, and the second, that it is difficult to find “the right mood” in which to create. Many years have passed since I first encountered Brancusi, and yet I still find myself hoping to use “The Right Mood” as a title, a homage to the great sculptural masters of my youth. Now, my hope is that the unique works and “The Right Mood” of the artists participating in this exhibition can be experienced by all.

艺术家 Artist：文豪 Wen Hao

幻相 | illusion

石膏粉 | Plaster

尺寸可变 | Variable dimensions, 2010

“Illusion” was created by artist Wen Hao after filling a series of molds with plaster powder. Each structure is made completely of this powder; no water was added and the structures remainuncured. The resulting work is held together by the sheer pressure of the molds, leaving it incredibly fragile. Hao has recreated Buddha’s reasoning that“everything exists as an illusion” by producing these works inadvertently; no motion was intentional. Molded by the push and pull of the body, the plaster took on a familiar shape: that of a bottle. Gravity will eventually break the plaster apart, returning the material to its initial state. This simple act of molding has allowed Hao’s current mood to remain embedded within his work, even after gravity takes effect. The audience now has the pleasure of experiencing the visual joining of these two forces, of gravity and of the human body.

幻相 | illusion (作品细节图 | Detail View)

艺术家 Artist：张杨彪 Zhang Yangbiao

展览现场图| Exhibition view

“Stainless Steel Cup” reflects the fluency, skill, and technique of its creator, whose driving force was to produce an expressive subject. This approach is best exemplified by their brushwork and choice of color. In comparison, “CD” differs completely. The use of an airbrush caused each color to be superimposed, making clear the interactions between layers. The transparency of this method reveals the painter’s mood, allowing the viewer to become completely immersed in their process. In addition, the size of the CD in the painting is equivalent to the size of an actual CD. This objectivity makes “CD” more of a “thing” than a painting, and in turn, perhaps the artist more of a “creator of the physical” than a painter. Better yet, “CD” is more an object than a depiction of the artist’s mood.

不锈钢杯子 | Stainless steel cup

木板油画 | Oil on board

24 x 30cm，2018

CD

木板喷漆 | Spray Lacquer on board

20 x 20cm，2018

手 | Hands

油画板 | Oil on canvas panel

24 x 30cm，2018

“Hand” is a failure of traditional painting. The initial work was created using classical techniques, but the black lines that follow completely differ in mood. To point out these“mistakes” would be a reminder of the artist’s failure. These two opposing moods, of the “correct” and the “incorrect,” free the piece from the declarative attitude of traditional painting. United, they result in a unique type of beauty. “Stainless Steel Cup,” “CD,” and “Hand” represent the three moods of artist Zhang Yangbiao.

艺术家 Artist：周末 Zhou Mo

展览现场图 | Exhibition view

Everyone has imagined a moment in which they’ve become a star. Standing on a stage in front of oceans of people, all eyes trained on them, this moment is extraordinary. Fantasy is a kind of construction. In the areas of life one cannot reasonably fulfill, fantasy allows the construction of another self, one who can achieve the unlikely. ZhouMo’s series of photographs originate from people’s ordinary, everyday needs. After accidentally Photoshopping her profile picture over a photo found on the internet, Zhou found the result quite interesting.

漂亮女孩 | pretty girl

收藏级艺术微喷 | Collectible-classe giclee print

60 x 40cm，2016.08.12

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收藏级艺术微喷 | Collectible-classe giclee print

50 x 40cm，2016.09.17

唱歌的女孩 | singing girl 

收藏级艺术微喷 | Collectible-classe giclee print

57 x 40cm，2016.11.08

In her piece “Singing Girl,” the original image was sourced from a movie, but Zhou covers the head of the movie’s heroine with her own. The result is someone withself-confidence, someone outside the main stream, someone who’s independent, and someone who is neither Zhou nor the original character. Zhou says her motivation for the piece came from the similarities between herself and theheroine: they have the same hairstyle and both love to sing. Another work, titled“Pretty Girl,” showcasing a woman with incompatible body proportions, embodies a sense of drama, one created by the oddness of the original photograph combined with the everyday context of Zhou’s profile picture. The shared construction between these images creates a strong fantasy of the self, one that when seen, allows the viewer to take part in the illusion.

艾玛 周 | Emma Zhou

收藏级艺术微喷 | Collectible-classe giclee print

49 x 40cm，2016.06.10

Zhou has many pieces like this one, which was created out of admiration for the subject’s figure. The original photograph used in “Emma Zhou” is of a celebrity. Zhou believes it rare for stars to reveal their daily lives to the public, and thus felt compelled to replace the woman’s eyes with her own. From Zhou’s work, one can see the sensitivity of her subjects; she’s discovered a new kind of person, a new kind of mood, through her fusion of the public and the personal.  

艺术家 Artist：李志维 Li Zhiwei 

展览现场图 | Exhibition view

Li Zhiwei’s work is small, unique, andexquisite; her sense of space is incredibly delicate. This meticulous attitudeis reflected in the accuracy of her spatial reconstructions; the fragments oftwo beer bottles joined in such a way that their mouths seem woven together, themost slender piece of each bottle mounted on top of the other. She’s created arich, beautiful rhythm, fluidly unifying the traces of artificial manufacturingwith the bottle’s natural cracks.

无题 | Untitled

玻璃瓶 | Glass bottle 

10 x 4.5 x 3cm，2015

无题 | Untitled

玻璃瓶 | Glass bottle 

11.5 x 9 x 5cm，2015

无题 | Untitled

玻璃瓶 | Glass bottle 

12.5 x 5 x 3cm, 2015

到角落里去 | Go To The Corner

现成品 | Ready-made objects

尺寸可变 | Variable dimensions， 2015

Bags of rubbish-like parcels are piled on top of one another in the corner, rending the structure almost unnoticeable. This is Liu Jiadong’s “Go to the Corner.”Liu often finds himself in an anxious mood when working: sometimes he confronts his material and is filled with inspiration, and other times he finds himself powerless in the face of his work. Over time, one may find themselves so filled with anxiety that, like Liu, they reach for a broom and sweep their studio clean, gathering together all the garbage and spare material scattered across the floor. The result is a neat, orderly studio. But only after placing each parcel of rubbish into one of the room’s corners did Liu finally feel at peace. He shows that through actions, one can change their mood.

艺术家 Artist：刘家冬 Liu Jiadong

展览现场图 | Exhibition view

“Untitled” is a work Liu created eleven years ago. The characteristics of the piece differ greatly from those of “Go tothe Corner,” clearly displaying newspapers, an umbrella, and a stool. In“Untitled,” these materials hold multiple identities and contexts. They do not relieve anxiety like “Go to the Corner,” but rather create poetry out of space, assigning beyond-ordinary meanings to each object. These two works represent how Liu’s language as an artist has changed.

无题 | Untitled

现成品 | Ready-made objects

尺寸可变 | Variable dimensions, 2007

Returning to “The Right Mood,” we realize that people do not always feel “just right.” It’s safe to assume that Wen Hao experienced many failures before accidentally shaping a piece of plaster correctly. Zhang Yangbiao may not have felt his piece “Hand” was a serious work of art until now, simply because the experience of creating the piece was inconsistent with his understanding of traditional painting. What did Zhou Mo feel when, after looking at numerous photos online, was suddenly inspired to create her series of Photoshopped images? What mood is Li Zhiwei currently in? Using something as common as broken glass, she created a rich, yet delicate spatial experience. After cleaning, Liu Jiadong experienced a sense of inner peace that completely altered his view of sculpture. These questions and reflections are exactly what I hope to evoke in this exhibition’s visitors.

文/欧鸣

Article/Ou Ming

翻译／邱爱里

 Translated by Ellie Locke

开幕现场 | Openging View

Below we attached some nice photos from our opening night, if you missed our opening, please do come by experience the works on site!

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