展览预告 | 虞兰因作品展：在世界之中存在
支持单位 / 深圳华侨城文化集团有限公司
Preface
Being in the World
“Being in the World” is the theme of the exhibition and the idea of curation, aiming at the core concepts of “harmonious and glorious coexistence between humanity and nature” and “art healing soul”, to which Yu Lanyin has been adhering throughout her creation, and from the perspectives of art and philosophy, seeking to face and alleviate the problems such as modernization dilemma, technical dilemma, environmental crisis in human society in a rational way. And the continuous existence of these problems makes us realize that positive works of art may be able to seek solutions by enlightening the minds of the public.
Here, we recall the “In-der-Welt-Sein” proposed by Heidegger more than 100 years ago (who, as one of the most oriental European philosophers in the 20th century, was deeply influenced by Taoism and Zen thoughts, and the “orientality” in his theory can still profoundly influence and guide the contemporary times), that is, “being in the world”.
It means that human beings need to realize that their survival and development are closely related to the environment, nature and the universe, and that as individuals, they should understand their own “destiny” and the “integrity” of the whole world. He aroused criticism of anthropocentrism, reflection on technology, and advocacy of “nostalgia in search of home” and “poetic dwelling”.
2023 is a special year: In January 2023, the online teleplay of Three Body bombed the screen. Its great cosmological and philosophical views have attracted wider attention with bigger influence than when it was published as a book ten years ago, and human non-dominance has become a more universal recognition of contemporary people. In the same month, Chat-GPT's active users per month hit 100 million.
In March 2023, the development of GPT-3 to GPT-4 was completed in only one month. The development speed of AGI technology began to alert all sectors of society to caution about the potential crisis of currently catastrophic change of technology. In the same month, the development and research of GPT-4 higher edition was jointly called for a postponement by the technical, capital and scientific research communities. How else should mankind develop themselves? Are we better than we used to be, so are we “better humans”? Therefore, “Being in the World” is not an elegy for the old world, but a topic about how humanity can coexist harmoniously with time, ego, others, society, technology, environment, and even the universe in the new century.
“Being in the World” is also the headstream of the formation of Yu Lanyin’s world outlook and the source of inspiration in her artistic creation.
The works on display are the most important representative ones in her 70 years of artistic career -- the Soul of Ink series, created by Yu Lanyin after her return to her hometown. The creation source is the contemplative world while she was deep-sea diving.
“In meditation and creation, I used to feel the detachment and inspiration of Lao Tze and Chuang Tzu.” Yu Lanyin said, “The enlightenment of nature that I got in the deep sea triggered a deeper understanding.
For a long time, when meditation has brought me into a constant state of selflessness, with deeper self-exploration, my mind becomes clearer.” The diving experience brought her three feelings: “impermanence”, “equality of all beings” and “encounter”. Impermanence means that, mountains, rivers, the earth and all things are under the laws, flowing without stop, and we all know their impermanence; The equality of all beings means that when diving, the sea life breathes and swallows the blips together with myself, shares the risk of the sea floor and the fragile fate, and the ultimate equality among species is achieved in the sea. Encounter is about the relationship between different species, between nature and man, between man and man, and even between man and themselves, seeing each other in the silence of the sea floor.
“The ocean is the source of life. In the same way, the ocean is also my teacher. She inspires me and she nourishes me.” “Many people ask me ‘what do you see on the bottom of the sea’. In fact, deep in the ocean are dark, and everything that can be seen there is partial and limited, but I always have a light in my heart guiding me ahead, guiding me to dive up, and to my home.”
From another perspective, “Being in the World” is a deep mining of her creation after she returned to her hometown in 1993, and it is also the tender care she gives the audience in the sense of life through artistic creation. After mastering the exquisite techniques of Western abstract expressionism and the essence of oriental traditional ink painting, she has reached the state of “natural perfection, either in eastern or western paintings”.
For her, returning to hometown is to understand her roots, and to find that her deep love and free use of ink painting as an art genre comes from her “DNA” as a Chinese artist. She deeply realizes that “ink painting is the blood flowing in her body”. After her return, she officially began to use the beauty of abstract ink painting as the medium, promoting the contemporary healing significance of oriental culture, Chinese ink painting art and Chinese philosophy abroad and at home (with the Greater Bay Area as the primary venue) every year, hoping for each viewer to discover the abundance of their own, the integrity and integration of their mind and the world in her works.
Co-Curator / Jiang Yiyi
关于艺术家
- About the Artist -
虞兰因 出生于书香世家，祖籍浙江宁波，幼时随父母赴中国台湾省。父亲虞君质为台湾著名学者、艺术批评家，曾任香港中文大学艺术系系主任，著有我国第一本艺术批评著作《美术年鉴》，所著《艺术概论》《艺苑精华录》等迄今仍为人称道。她自幼喜好书画，7岁学画，20岁时，年少的虞兰因就在台北中山堂举办首次个展，获画坛一举瞩目。后毕业于台湾大学，获学士学位(BA)。曾先后师从黄君壁、高逸鸿、孙多慈等多位台湾国画名家，孙多慈是徐悲鸿先生的学生，所以虞兰因的作品所透出的神韵被誉为“将徐悲鸿的影响传回本土”。
其后，虞兰因获全额奖学金赴美深造。在美国University of Louisville 获艺术创作、艺术史双硕士学位(MFA)。后在纽约Art Student League 随Will Barnet大师工作深造多年。在美国30余年，使得她熟稔掌握西方当代抽象艺术。她同时还是一位业余潜水的爱好者，她非常珍惜这种美妙的水下视觉经验，用奇妙的彩墨将色彩斑斓的海底世界呈现出来。
1993年她回归祖国故里，长居广东。从2021年起，虞兰因在中山设立“墨海斋”艺术工作室，从此长居于中山创作与生活。
个展经历：
1976-1992
在美国各地举办个展及参加各类型联展系列
2009
虞兰因当代水墨艺术展，广东美术馆，广州
2010
“线与面的张力”——广东人文艺术研究会绘画艺术邀请展，岭南美术馆， 东莞
第三届2010当代水墨双年展，台北国立历史博物馆 ，中国台北
2011
海底斑澜：虞兰因当代水墨艺术展，深圳美术馆，深圳
2012
虞兰因：海底斑澜巡回展个展，广州，北京，上海（EMG艺术中心与美国驻中国大使馆共同主办）
虞兰因彩墨个展：海底斑澜，中国妇女儿童博物馆，北京
2013
海底墨语——虞兰因当代水墨个展，上海朱屺瞻艺术馆，上海
2014
海底墨语——虞兰因当代水墨个展，中国航海博物馆，上海
2015
“深深的海洋”虞兰因新水墨个展，海港城美术馆 ，中国香港
港澳沪当代水墨交流展2015，香港中央图书馆 ，中国香港
2016
第九届深圳国际水墨双年展，深圳画院美术馆，深圳
“墨海深沉”虞兰因个展，美国硅谷亚洲艺术中心，美国加州圣塔克拉拉市
2017
“海海人生” 国际交流展，台湾桃园文化局主办，中国台北
全球水墨大展， 香港会展中心，中国香港
2018
“墨道沉潜”——虞兰因新水墨个展，宁波美术馆，宁波2019
“海洋！海洋！——虞兰因、林江东女性艺术联展，何香凝美术馆，深圳
2020
“寻·墨魂”虞兰因个展，纽约亚洲艺术周，美国纽约
“寻·墨魂”虞兰因个展，Bocarra Art，Palm Beach Space，美国迈阿密
2021
深圳画院年度院展
“海洋私语” 虞兰因新水墨个展，Boccara Art，Palm Beach Space，美国迈阿密
“丝路画语·共庆百年——深圳致公书画院成立暨华人华侨书画展”，福田美术馆，深圳
2022
“墨测底深”虞兰因个展，Boccara Art，Palm Beach Space，美国迈阿密
“无限意识蓝”虞兰因水墨作品展，华强北博物馆，深圳
“幻海瞬境”虞兰因水墨作品展，中国海洋经济博览会，深圳
虞兰因个展项目，Art Miami，Art Basel Week，美国迈阿密
关于策展人
- About the Curator -
蒋祎祎，新锐作家及策展人。中山大学哲学硕士，研究方向为: 宗教心理学；艺术研究领域及关注方向为:抽象艺术、实验艺术、虚拟现实艺术及艺术疗愈，擅长以敏锐的观察、预见性的文字呈现关于当代社会及人生存状态、心灵困境的策展。
左茜茜
Zuo Qianqian
左茜茜，先毕业于南京艺术学院，获艺术管理专业学士及艺术史专业硕士学位，后攻读于昆士兰大学（University of Queensland）翻译及美术馆学专业，获研究型硕士学位。曾于艺术门画廊（PearlLam Galleries）/澳洲镜报（Mirror News）/星河艺术中心任职，现就职于光明文化艺术中心美术馆。
近期策划的展览有：《饶宗颐教授华学与书画艺术特展》《国风·中国白BLANC DE CHINE德化白瓷艺术展》《一路向南——沈敬东个人作品展》《理想的风景和理想的人——业晓凯个展》《始于大地——路路个展》《小像——业晓凯个展》《从山川到河流——传统黑白银盐摄影展》《化境——中国当代艺术邀请展》《形之下——唐明伟个人作品展》《江山胜揽——石进旺山水画展》《我和我——卤猫个人画展》《凝固的维度——曹雨西作品展》《穿裤子的云——业晓凯个展》等。
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