Atmosphere Space将于11月6日下午3点呈现艺术家Roxanne Tingyi Wang王庭艺个展「胡乱地亲吻」，展览持续至2022年12月7日，将呈现艺术家2021-2022年的全新架上绘画。Atmosphere Space will present "Osculate", a solo exhibition by Roxanne Tingyi Wang, on November 6 at 3 p.m. The exhibition will run until December 7, 2022 and will feature the artist's new paintings from 2021-2022.
「胡乱地亲吻」
Osculate
在数学中，“Osculate” 的定义是密切，必须是两条曲线至少有三个点相交才能被定义为osculate。而相较于严谨的数学定义，“osculate”的词源来自拉丁语“osculum” ，意思则是亲吻。单个词语的两个截然不同的意义构造出了独特的反差矛盾感。而这样的矛盾感也正是王庭艺的兴趣所在。反差形成矛盾，而矛盾可以激起讨论，最后结局大多呈现为喜剧或者悲剧。如果把这样的创作过程绘制成一张思维导图，就会有三个相交的点，形成另一种意义上的osculation（密切）。正如Max Ernst（马克思·恩斯特）所说，“创造力是能够把握截然不同的现实并从它们的并置中汲取火花的奇妙能力。”严谨与浪漫，美好与腐败，这样的正反面也作为艺术家长期创作的一个线索，不断出现在王庭艺创造的图像里。In mathematics, the definition of "Osculate" is close. Two curves must intersect at least three points to be defined as osculate. Compared with the strict mathematical definition, the etymology of "osculate" comes from the Latin word "osculum", which means kiss. The two distinct meanings of a single word form a unique sense of contrast and contradiction. This sense of contradiction is exactly what Roxanne Tingyi Wang is interested in. Contrast forms contradiction, which can stimulate discussion, and the final outcome is mostly comedy or tragedy. If such a creative process is drawn as a mind map, there will be three intersecting points, forming another sense of osculation. As Max Ernst said, "Creativity is that marvelous capacity to grasp mutually distinct realities and draw a spark from their juxtaposition." Rigidity and romanticism, beauty and corruption,these opposite aspect, also serve as a clue for artists to create for a long time, and constantly appear in the images created by Roxanne.
作为王庭艺的首次个展，“Osculate”是艺术家长期以来不断创作，试验与探索的缩影。庭艺的创作媒介囊括了油画、纸面绘画以及独立出版物。作为新一代女性艺术家，她的作品中常带有着女性叙事的诗意。同时，受到超现实主义以及中国传统及当代艺术的影响，她的油画时常具有表现主义和具象化混合的特点，以女性独有的视角敏感且富有趣味性地捕捉并描绘出潜伏在日常生活中的矛盾与神秘。
As the first solo exhibition of Roxanne Tingyi Wang, "Osculate" is the epitome of artists' constant creation, experiment and exploration for a long time. The creative media of Roxanne include oil painting, paper painting and independent publications. As a new generation of female artists, her works often contain the poetic flavor of female narration. At the same time, influenced by surrealism, Chinese tradition and contemporary art, her oil paintings often have the characteristics of expressionism and representativity, and capture and depict the contradictions and mysteries hidden in daily life sensitively and interestingly from the unique perspective of women.
王庭艺Roxanne Tingyi Wang, 和南京的情谊才刚刚开始, The Friendship with Nanjing Has Just Begun, 2022, 布面油画, oil on canvas, 144 x 87 cm.“没有共同分子的分母”是王庭艺在2020年疫情期间开始的创作，从纸面开始慢慢地扩展到版画和油画，也标志着她开始对于跨越单纯图像性表达的探索。她通过数学性和直觉性的计算来绘制线条。没有共同分子的分母指的是尺幅，多是素数，比如13x19的画面，13和19都是除自身以外不能被任何自然数整除的素数。或者是144x87，互相之间除了1以外没有共同的分子。在通过计算后落笔时，不确定性转变为确定性，而随机的决定又是表演性的。这样的过程带给了艺术家近乎疗愈的创作体验。在暗示充满不确定性的社会焦虑的同时，艺术家在计算的过程中时刻与自身对话；对过往进行反思；并对未来进行预测，将不安转化为可能。“我看见的是在一个个个体组成的社会体系中，个体之间碰撞的力量形成激流，但放大到一个国家或是一个社会体系里，日常的激流被分流然后减速，容易削弱日常个体碰撞带来的能量。我希望人们都可以回归自我。”庭艺这么说道。
"Denominators without common numerator" was Roxanne‘s creation during the epidemic period in 2020, which gradually expanded from paper to print and oil painting, marking her beginning to explore beyond simple graphic expression. She draws lines through mathematical and intuitive calculations. The denominator without a common numerator refers to the ruler, and most of them are prime numbers. For example, in the 13 x 19 picture, 13 and 19 are prime numbers that cannot be divided by any natural number except their own. Or 144 x 87, which has no common molecules except 1. When writing after calculation, uncertainty turns into certainty, and random decisions are performative. This process has brought the artist an almost healing creative experience. While implying the social anxiety full of uncertainty, the artist always talks with himself in the process of calculation; Reflect on the past; And predict the future to turn uneasiness into possibility. "What I see is that in a social system composed of individuals, the force of collisions between individuals forms a torrent, but when it is magnified to a country or a social system, the daily torrent is diverted and then decelerated, which tends to weaken the energy brought about by daily individual collisions. I hope that people can return to themselves," said Roxanne.王庭艺Roxanne Tingyi Wang, 接发(灰手), Hair Extensions (Gray Hands), 2022,布面油画, oil on canvas, 60 x 80 cm.此次展览中展出了一系列带有强烈个人叙事风格的作品。在庭艺新的一系列作品中，夜幕一般的深色背景上时常会出现如发夹，首饰，长发等具有女性气质的物件或人像主体。她善于创造带有矛盾性和隐喻色彩的符号，为充满日常感的画面增添超现实主义的意味与友善的不适。对于“符号性”每个人和每个领域的定义都不同。广泛的来看，可以代指一个观念、一个信息、一个解释的，都是符号。符号本不会被性别而定义。如策展人Staci Bu Shea与Carmel Curtis在2017年评论美国实验影像、女性主义艺术先驱Barbara Hammer(芭芭拉·汉莫)个展中的理念：“毋庸置疑的是，从汉莫的作品中我们学到了社会的改变是从一个人怎么看待和表达自身开始的。她激励了我们去把从每一个角度出发然后汇集的女性主义的想法组合起来看，去搭建一个全面的模型，从而形成一个基于真实体验的理想，去改变这个世界”（Evidentiary Bodies，2018）。In this exhibition, a series of works with strong personal narrative style are displayed. In the new series of works of Roxanne, female objects or portrait subjects such as hairpins, jewelry, long hair often appear on the dark background of night. She is good at creating symbols with contradictory and metaphorical colors, adding surrealism and friendly discomfort to the pictures full of daily feelings. The definition of "symbolicity" is different for each person and each field. Broadly speaking, what can refer to an idea, an information, and an explanation are all symbols. Symbols are not defined by gender. For example, curators Staci Bu Shea and Carmel Curtis commented on American experimental images in 2017 The concept in the solo exhibition of Barbara Hammer, the pioneer of feminist art: "Unquestionably, what we can learn from Hammer is that social change starts with how one chooses to acknowledge and express oneself. She inspires us to model the intersectional feminist ideas we desire in the world while remaining accountable in our lived experience." (Empirical Bodies, 2018).王庭艺Roxanne Tingyi Wang, 冷酷的梦, Iron Dream, 2022,布面油画, oil on canvas, 144 x 87 cm.对于王庭艺而言，符号性的定义很宽泛，并不是单纯用简单的形状去高效地传达信息，而是融合抽象与具象从而形成崭新的，带有隐喻特质的符号。她也时常将较为复杂的物体（Object）通过绘画手法的缩减与变动进行符号化。王庭艺的画面中记录着艺术家对自身和周遭的观察与思考，而对于作品中隐喻的解读权则留到了观众手中。在女性艺术家仍非主流的今日，我们如何看待作品中所谓的女性气质？我们又如何解读其中的权利意识？For Roxanne Tingyi Wang, the definition of symbolism is very broad. It is not simply a simple shape to convey information efficiently, but a combination of abstract and concrete to form new symbols with metaphorical characteristics. She also often symbolizes more complex objects through the reduction and change of painting techniques. Roxanne's pictures record the artist's observation and thinking about herself and her surroundings, while the interpretation of metaphors in her works is left to the audience. How do we view the so-called femininity in the works when female artists are still not mainstream? How do we interpret the right consciousness?
王庭艺Roxanne Tingyi Wang, 星辰, Star Stuff, 2019-2022, 布面油画, oil on canvas, 49 x 59 cm.在2022年的如今，我们是否还需要强调艺术创作者的女性身份是一个时常被探讨的问题。对此，王庭艺的答案是肯定的。在她的画面表达中并没有传统意义上政治化的女性主义表达，然而画面中女性特质却始终存在于表现手法中。正如艺术史学家李建群所说“许多女性艺术家都希望不要提及自己的女性身份。而回避这个问题，大概是为了赢得更大的社会认可和成功。这也说明女性主义是一个特别漫长的革命。”在艺术史与艺术界，对女性主义作品只可以表现为某种特定形式的定义无疑是过于狭隘的。正如庭艺所说，“女性艺术家坚持创作艺术就是一种女性主义。”
In 2022, whether we still need to emphasize the female identity of art creators is a question that is often discussed. In this regard, Roxanne's answer in the affirmative. There is no political feminist expression in the traditional sense in her picture expression, but the female characteristics in the picture always exist in the expression methods. As Li Jianqun, an art historian, said, "Many female artists hope not to mention their female identity. Perhaps to avoid this problem is to win greater social recognition and success. This also shows that feminism is a particularly long revolution." In art history and art circles, the definition that feminist works can only be expressed in a certain form is undoubtedly too narrow. As Roxanne said, "It is a kind of feminism for female artists to insist on creating art."
Written by Tara Mingjie Sun
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图片由艺术家王庭艺惠允，©️2022 Roxanne Tingyi Wang & Atmosphere Space.王庭艺 (Roxanne Tingyi Wang)(b.1996)，2019年毕业于芝加哥艺术学院，获得纯艺术学士学位。王庭艺的艺术创作涉及到架上绘画、设计以及独立出版。她的油画与绘画具有表现主义和隐喻性状物的混合特点，记录着潜伏于日常中的神秘。2020年她开始推进纸面绘画的实验性创作，这一系列延展到了布面油画与版画，其内容跨越了单纯的图像性表达，实现了由表现主义写实向符号化抽象的转变。王庭艺通过数学性和直觉性的计算去组合直线和曲线，这个过程在当时带给了她一种新的疗愈性的创作体验。在暗示社会性焦虑的同时，她画中的符号和图像不局限于任何她作为当代女性的思考。在各种元素掺杂糅合的画面前，艺术家时刻在与自己对话对过去的反思和对未来的预测，将不确定性转化为可能性。王庭艺近期展览包括2022:胡乱地亲吻, 大气层空间, 中国南京；江苏省水印版画材料与技术研究院艺术家驻留项目｜2021:Silence群展, Grapevine Residency葡萄藤驻留项目, 英国伦敦;《Chicago in May, 2020》(2021)《Hair》(2020), 新加坡艺术书展｜2020:Haptics群展, Grapevine Residency葡萄藤驻留项目, 英国伦敦｜2019:芝加哥艺术学院春季毕业展, 苏利文画廊, 美国芝加哥；艺术家的书, 琼·弗拉施艺术家书籍收藏馆(Joan Flasch Artists’Book Collection) ,美国芝加哥；“测试表演:教育学的戏剧展览”(The Test Show: A Play of Pedagogy), Ground Level Platform画廊, 美国芝加哥｜2018:Ox-bow非营利筹款拍卖展, Ox-bow艺术学校与艺术家驻留(Ox-bow School of Art and Artists’ Residency)斯泰克蒂优异奖学金获得者, 美国索格塔克。CURATOR策展人
艺术家和策展人，目前就读于哈佛大学（Harvard University）设计研究专业（Master in Design Studies）。她的主要创作与研究兴趣在于：艺术与设计如何能成为一种疗愈性媒介并为大众提供功能性。她近期的研究包括在当代中国社会文化背景下的女性经历与心理健康。同时在个人艺术创作中，她着眼于叙事性构建，常常以记忆与观察为基础，探索家庭，亲密性与脆弱性的相关概念。
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Atmosphere Space
大气层空间「Atmosphere Space」是一家以策展与写作为导向的中国艺廊。我们的展览项目涵盖当代国际视角下的文化艺术，长期致力于对不同文化历史、国际热点和当下艺术思潮的深入探讨。同时，我们与国内外艺术家、策展人、藏家和艺术机构展开深度合作，以支持我们的项目研究和展览内容。
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