TANK 展览｜“爱人” 9月16日开幕
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托马斯·豪斯雅戈：爱人
展期：2023年9月16日至2024年1月28日
地点：龙腾大道2380号油罐艺术中心
开幕：9月16日
开幕日程：15:00-17:00 媒体会
17:00-20:00 免费对公众开放
18:00-22:00 露台派对（凭邀请函入场）
上海油罐艺术中心欣然呈现托马斯·豪斯雅戈在亚洲的首个机构个展“爱人”。自2012年以来，艺术家与油罐保持着长期的合作关系，本次展览的灵感源于一个想法——将艺术家工作室的能量在中国的美术馆空间中重现。展览根据主要雕塑作品《爱人（圆屋）》（2016）命名，展示了艺术家过去十年的作品当中定义其整体作品主要主题的抽象和具象雕塑以及绘画。这些经过精心策划的作品选择在油罐独特的建筑环境中展出，邀请观众在艺术家丰富的作品中穿行，成为积极的参与者。
“爱人”展览标题墙
“爱人”布展现场
展览的中心是雕塑作品《爱人（圆屋）》（2016），它是一个形式中的形式：一个刚硬的圆柱体位于轻微膨胀的、有机的球体之内。作品呼应了展厅的神庙式的建筑，并包含两个孔洞——一个纵向的孔洞和一个梨形的、像子宫一样的孔洞——两者形成了内表面和外表面之间以及光与影之间的相互作用。艺术家鼓励观众自由进入并待在作品的内部和它周围的空间。
《爱人（圆屋）》
Lovers (Round Room)
2016
石膏、麻纤维、钢筋
Tuf-Cal, hemp, iron rebar
内部 Inside: 408.9 x 154.9 x 154.9 cm
外部 Outside: 381 x 369.6 x 369.6 cm
卵形的作品《给孩童和爱人的雕塑》（2022）体现了相同的理念。与布朗库西的《世界之初》（1924）相似，豪斯雅戈的雕塑也呈卵形，但其与布朗库西的实心大理石雕所不同的是，豪斯雅戈的作品既是可接触的，又像一个庇护所一样具有保护性。这两件《爱人》雕塑表明了艺术家对于承载了人类的互动、亲密和脆弱性的空间的兴趣，这些都是他创作实践中的核心主题，也同时暗示了新的黎明、希望和自然的循环这些概念。
《给孩童和爱人的雕塑》
Sculpture for Kids and Lovers
2022
石膏、麻纤维、钢筋
Tuf-Cal, hemp, iron rebar
208.28 x 152.4 x 154.94 cm
底座Pedestal: 60 x 213 x 152 cm
《⻢里布的月光2023》是豪斯雅戈“视觉绘画”系列的最新创作，该系 列是艺术家自2020年开始的绘画系列之一，由他在户外创作的大型、 富有表现力的绘画作品组成，重点关注自然、宇宙统一和生命循环等主题。
《马里布的月光2023》
Moon Wane in Malibu 2023
布面丙烯
Acrylic on Canvas
274.3 x 182.9cm
作品《红木立像》（2023）则展现了豪斯雅戈对人体的长久迷恋。他运用了古典的“对立式平衡”姿势。这一姿势意味着一条腿承受大部分的体重，以营造一种动态感。“对立式平衡”姿势最早在公元前5世纪初出现在古希腊，被认为是西方艺术史上的一个重要发展，因为它标志着人体首次被用来表达心理状态。
《红木立像》
Standing Redwood Man
2023
红木
Redwood
368.3 x 76.5 x 76.5 cm
猫头鹰在豪斯雅戈居住的洛杉矶地区数量庞大，它是豪斯雅戈的精神动物，他的艺术工作室也是以猫头鹰命名，并且这种⻦类的意象在他的作品中也反复出现。在⻄方惯常的象征主义当中，猫头鹰代表了好运，智慧，直觉发展和自我实现。
《小猫头鹰（二）》
Little Night Owl II
2021
铜、红木
Bronze, redwood
80 x 45.7 x 54.6 cm
底座 Pedestal：105 x 60 x 60 cm
从豪斯雅戈的具象作品到他的抽象雕塑，再到新绘画和最近的雕刻，“爱人”反映了艺术家在上海油罐艺术中心独特环境中展示的他的创作生涯中不同创作阶段的旅程。展览概括了他的艺术的推动力，如雕塑历史，人体和心灵，以及哲学，观众被邀请在展览空间内深入探索。豪斯雅戈说：“我希望展览能讲述这个故事。一些作品是原始而强烈的，既关乎绘画或雕刻的行为，也关乎图像。我希望人们能在这些观念和体验之间自由移动，并穿梭我的艺术之旅。”
● 关于艺术家：
肖像由 Amanda Demme拍摄
致谢艺术家和布鲁塞尔霍夫肯画廊
托马斯·豪斯雅戈1972年出生于英国利兹，现居美国洛杉矶。近期个展包括：“托马斯·豪斯雅戈 ：给爱人们的雕塑”，蓬皮杜梅斯中心，法国梅斯（2022年）；“我们” (“WE”)，萨拉希尔德艺术博物馆（Sara Hildén Art Museum)，芬兰坦佩雷（2022年）；“视觉绘画”（ “VISION PAINTINGS” ），比利时皇家美术博物馆，比利时布鲁塞尔（2021年）；“托马斯·豪斯雅戈”，皇家美术学院，英国伦敦（2019年）；以及“近乎人类”，巴黎市现代艺术博物馆，法国巴黎（2019年）。
In English:
Thomas Houseago: LOVERS
Exhibition Duration: Sep 16, 2023 - Jan 28, 2024
Address: TANK Shanghai, 2380 Longteng Ave
Opening: Sep 16, 2023
Opening timeline: 15:00 - 17:00 Press Conference
17:00 - 20:00 Open to the public
18:00 - 22:00 After Party (By invitation only)
TANK Shanghai is pleased to present “LOVERS”, Thomas Houseago’s first museum solo exhibition in Asia. Following the artist’s longstanding relationship with the museum since 2012, the inspiration for the exhibition began with the idea of recreating the energy of the artist’s studio in the museum space in China. Titled after the major sculptural work, Lovers (Round Room) (2016), the exhibition features a representative ensemble of abstract and figurative sculptures and paintings which embody the principal motifs that define the artist’s oeuvre from the last decade. This carefully curated selection displayed in the unique architectural setting of TANK invites visitors to become active participants by moving through the space among the artist’s rich body of work.
Central in the exhibition is the sculpture, Lovers (Round Room) (2016), which is a form within a form: a rigid cylinder sits within a slightly swollen, organic sphere. Echoing the temple-like architecture of the gallery, the work consists of two apertures — one vertical and the other pear-shaped, like a womb — which create an interplay of interior and exterior surfaces, light and shadows. The artist encourages visitors to freely step inside and inhabit the space within and surrounding the work. The egg-shaped Sculpture for Kids and Lovers (2022) embodies the same ideas. Reminiscent of Brancusi’s The Origin of the World (1924), Houseago’s sculpture has an ovoid form, yet unlike Brancusi’s solid marble carving, Houseago’s work is accessible but also protective, like a sanctuary. The two architectural Lovers sculptures attest to the artist’s interest in spaces for human interaction, intimacy, and vulnerability — all of which are central themes in his practice — while alluding to the ideas of a new dawn, hope, and the cycle of nature simultaneously.
Moon Wane in Malibu 2023 (2023) is the latest creation fromHouseago’s “Vision Painting” series, which is one of the paintingseries that the artist started since 2020 and are composed of large-scale, expressive paintings, which he produces outdoors with afocus on subjects such as nature, cosmic unity and the cycle of life.
Standing Redwood Man (2023), on the other hand, exemplifies Houseago’s enduring fascination with the human body. Houseago has employed the classical contrapposto pose, with the weight largely borne on one leg, to create a sense of dynamism. First appearing in Ancient Greece in the early 5th century BCE, contrapposto is regarded as a crucial development in the history of Western art as it marks the first use of the human body to express a psychological disposition.
Present in large numbers in the Los Angeles region, where ThomasHouseago lives and works, owl is the spirit animal of the artist, after which his studio is named. The bird is also a reoccurring iconographyin Houseago’s oeuvre. In the West, owl has long been the symbol of mystery, wisdom, vigilance, intuitive development and self-actualization.
From Houseago’s figurative works to his abstract sculptures, and from his new paintings to the most recent carving, “LOVERS” reflects the artist’s journey through the different creative phases of his life in the unique context of TANK Shanghai. It encapsulates the driving forces of his art, such as the history of sculpture, the human figure and psyche, and philosophy, which visitors are invited to intimately explore in the space. Houseago says: “I want the show to tell that story. Some of the works are raw and intense, and as much about the action of painting or carving as about the images. I hope people will be able to move freely between these ideas and experiences, and through my artistic journey.”
About the artist:
Thomas Houseago (b. 1972, Leeds, UK), lives and works in Los Angeles, USA. Recent solo exhibitions include “Thomas Houseago: Sculptures for Lovers”, Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz, France (2022); “WE”, Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere, Finland (2022); “VISION PAINTINGS”, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium (2021); “Thomas Houseago”, Royal Academy, London, UK (2019); and “Almost Human”, Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France (2019).
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