拾萬杭州｜即将展出｜周天白：利仞不举
Hunsand Space (Hangzhou) is honored to present Zhou Tianbai's debut solo exhibition titled " Incapable of Wielding a Sharp Edge ". The term "仞" in ancient Chinese culture signified a unit for measuring height and depth—akin to phrases such as "towering peaks of ten thousand 仞"—and metaphorically represented insuperable barriers in poetry, e.g., "gazing upon layer upon layer of lofty heights." The exhibition's theme ingeniously borrows from the concept of "仞" to articulate Zhou Tianbai's inner disposition: deeply entrenched in an abyssal state, yet feeling incapable of wielding a sharp edge to navigate life head-on within such extremities. To him, the key to strengthening the spirit amidst adversity lies in finding a path of compromise through humor, which can be termed as the art of not wielding a blade. This narrative unfolds in an otherworldly atmosphere tinged with humor, where convoluted and disordered aspirations materialize.
艺术家：周天白
展期：2024年4月6日 - 5月12日
毕业于鲁迅美术学院油画系的周天白，作为个体，会同年轻的大家一样经历：唾手可刷的资讯、小红书式的生活方式和AI致幻的世界。圈子、阶层和主流价值观，促逼着大家彼此拥挤和彼此撕裂，生出无数异心，集体的出神是周天白个人的心境写照。
在此，周天白对这种集体出神进行了描绘，他的作品以人物群像为主，造型动作朴素简单，不进行面面俱到的细节处理，喜欢大刀阔斧式的背景基调铺设。画面中的人物基本以团簇状出现，单体人物的外形勾画也用近乎笨拙的方式进行大线条式的总结，基本以“一句话”交代造型的语言进行塑造。具体到每个人物，周天白会非常叙事和幽默的加一些旁白，例如，⚡️ ⛈️和小红书这样的符号。
周天白的表达出口综合多元，他与同毕业于鲁迅美术学院的同学一起组建乐队[鹅的思想]，是一支生活在东北沈阳的酸性摇滚乐队。
“画画的”周天白有干净的画面和幽默细腻的叙事自嘲，他应承外力，守持内核。
“做音乐的”周天白用逻辑严谨的方式抵达迷幻眩晕的理想之地。
用以上两种语言来解当下迷题，动作上如海浪般随波律动，意识上如黑塞描述的荒原狼一般幽默自处，至于抵达深海还是彼岸，这个目的地已经消失，学会海中游泳，并成为普通人，成为海洋中的一员是利仞不举的所得地。
周天白，1993年出生于沈阳，2019年毕业于鲁迅美术学院油画系。2022年参与组建乐队［鹅的思想］。
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Artists: Zhou Tianbai
Duration：April 6 - May 12, 2024
Opening: 4:00 PM, Saturday, April 6, 2024
Zhou Tianbai, a graduate of the Oil Painting Department of the Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, experiences, like many of his peers, the inundation of readily available information, lifestyles akin to those on Xiaohongshu (a social media platform), and an AI-induced hallucinatory world. Societal circles, class divisions, and mainstream values push individuals to both crowd and tear each other apart, birthing numerous dissenting voices, collectively epitomizing Zhou Tianbai's personal state of trance.
In response, Zhou Tianbai depicts this collective trance, with his works primarily featuring groups of figures. His characters sport plain and straightforward poses, eschewing meticulous detail and instead employing bold, sweeping background tones. Figures in his paintings typically cluster together, with individual character outlines rendered in a seemingly clumsy, broad-stroke manner—a style akin to summarizing their essence with a single sentence. For each character, Zhou Tianbai adds witty and narrative captions, such as symbols like⚡️ ⛈️ and references to Xiaohongshu.
Zhou Tianbai adopts a diverse array of expressions; alongside fellow graduates from Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, he co-founds the band "Thoughts of Geese," embodying an acid rock ensemble rooted in Shenyang, Northeastern China.
As a "painter," Zhou Tianbai presents clean canvases and humorously nuanced self-deprecation in narrative. He withstands external pressures while maintaining his core.
As a "musician," Zhou Tianbai methodically navigates towards the ideal realm of hallucinatory euphoria.
Using these two languages to solve current mysteries, his movements sway like ocean waves, while his consciousness humorously grapples with self-awareness akin to Hermann Hesse's description of the steppenwolf. Whether reaching the depths of the ocean or the other shore, the destination has vanished. Learning to swim in the sea and becoming an ordinary person, a member of the ocean, is the achievement of "incapable of wielding a sharp edge", leaning towards a laid-back approach.
本次展览部分作品
Some of the works in this exhibition
周天白｜ZHOU TIANBAI
周猫和我｜Zhou's cat and me
布面油画 | Oil on canvas
120×90cm
2023
Zhou Tianbai, born in Shenyang in 1993, graduated from the Oil Painting Department of the Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in 2019. In 2022, he participated in founding the band "Goose's Thoughts".
春困
原良介：岩鱼的星空
展览现场视频
拾萬 ｜ 石家庄
深入太行山
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拾萬空间
六年书
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拾萬空间，于2014年成立于北京草场地艺术区，2018年迁址到北京798艺术区。2021年底开设石家庄分馆拾萬当代艺术中心，并于2023年底迁至石家庄市井陉县北障城村。2023年初在杭州市西湖区转塘街道的孵鸡湾建立分部。拾萬北京总部位于798包豪斯建筑集群中的一处二楼下陷式空间，石家庄分部深入到太行山古村落中的一座老教堂，而杭州空间则改造自龙坞茶山旁的一间农舍。拾萬空间对常规化的展览保持警惕，希望从当代艺术的语境出发，通过持续的展览和项目，来回应我们共同的生存境遇，激发出当下文化中被忽视的部分。
Hunsand Space was established in 2014 in the Caochangdi Art Zone of Beijing. In 2018, it relocated to the 798 Art District in Beijing. At the end of 2021, Hunsand Space opened a branch, Hunsand Center for Contemporary Art, in Shijiazhuang, and by the end of 2023, it had moved to Beizhangcheng Village in Jingxing, Shijiazhuang. In early 2023, a new branch was established in Fujiwan, Zhuantang, Xihu, Hangzhou. The Beijing headquarters of Hunsand Space is located within a sunken two-story building in the Bauhaus architectural complex within the 798 Art District. The Shijiazhuang branch delves deep into an old church within a historic village in the Taihang Mountains, while the Hangzhou space has been transformed from a farmhouse near the Longwu Tea Plantation. Hunsand Space remains vigilant against the standardization of exhibitions and aims to respond to our shared existential experiences, sparking the often overlooked aspects of contemporary culture through ongoing exhibitions and projects.
北京画廊开放时间 Opening hours ： 周二-周日 TUE-SUN 10:30-18:30
石家庄画廊开放时间 Opening hours ： 周一-周日 MON-SUN 10:00-19:00
杭州画廊开放时间 Opening hours ： 周二-周日 TUE-SUN 10:30-18:00（冬季）11:00-19:00（春夏秋）
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拾萬空间，于2014年成立于北京草场地艺术区，2018年迁址到北京798艺术区。2021年底开设石家庄分馆拾萬当代艺术中心，并于2023年底迁至石家庄市井陉县北障城村。2023年初在杭州市西湖区转塘街道的孵鸡湾建立分部。拾萬北京总部位于798包豪斯建筑集群中的一处二楼下陷式空间，石家庄分部深入到太行山古村落中的一座老教堂，而杭州空间则改造自龙坞茶山旁的一间农舍。拾萬空间对常规化的展览保持警惕，希望从当代艺术的语境出发，通过持续的展览和项目，来回应我们共同的生存境遇，激发出当下文化中被忽视的部分。
Hunsand Space was established in 2014 in the Caochangdi Art Zone of Beijing. In 2018, it relocated to the 798 Art District in Beijing. At the end of 2021, Hunsand Space opened a branch, Hunsand Center for Contemporary Art, in Shijiazhuang, and by the end of 2023, it had moved to Beizhangcheng Village in Jingxing, Shijiazhuang. In early 2023, a new branch was established in Fujiwan, Zhuantang, Xihu, Hangzhou. The Beijing headquarters of Hunsand Space is located within a sunken two-story building in the Bauhaus architectural complex within the 798 Art District. The Shijiazhuang branch delves deep into an old church within a historic village in the Taihang Mountains, while the Hangzhou space has been transformed from a farmhouse near the Longwu Tea Plantation. Hunsand Space remains vigilant against the standardization of exhibitions and aims to respond to our shared existential experiences, sparking the often overlooked aspects of contemporary culture through ongoing exhibitions and projects.