“你能做到狒狒首领做的十件事,就能当领导。”
千真万确!青年画家胡行易也是一个强硬的达尔文进化论支持者,也包括达尔文的追随者英国著名生物学家、《裸猿》一书的作者德斯蒙德·莫里斯。
他选择了达利图解佛罗伊德理论那样,用架上绘画的形式,图解这两位生物学家在世人看来惊世骇俗的理论。他同时以艺术家和科学家爱好者的视角,对人类的基本行为——摄食、交配、繁殖、争斗,加以考察,揭示出人性中动物性的一面;同时,对人类进化至今所面临的问题,从生物学角度提出了独到的见解。
在“狒狒”(简称)个展中,我们可以看到人类的行为,甚至事关国计民生的大事,也是灵长类动物的基本行为在本质未变的前提下进化的结果。尽管作品中的每一件事,在任何热爱科学的人看来,都是明摆着的事实,但它们还是惊动了很多人;而作者无意冒犯任何人或组织,只是想说一句——您是这颗星球上最出类拔萃的个体,万物之精灵,但您同时也要接受——您还是某种“品种”的生物。
开幕时间:2007年6月9日 19:30pm
展览时间:2007年6月9日至6月19日,15:00-23:00
地点:顶层画廊,南京东路479号先施大厦12层
电话:021-6352 0256
Super Tribe Human Zoo ——Solo exhibition by Hu Xingyi
“You can be a state leader if you can do ten things that a baboon king can do.”
It's true! Young painter Hu Xingyi is a hardcore advocate of Charles Darwin's Evolutionism and a supporter of Desmond Morris who is the follower of Darwin, world-famous British biologist, author of the controversial book ``Naked Apes.''
Hu chooses to paint on canvases, like Dali's visualization of Freud's theory, to visualize the two biologists' theories that have shocked the world. In both perspectives of art and science, Hu researches on basic human behaviors including feeding, mating, reproducing and fighting. He shows the biological side in human nature as well as he presents unique opinions on questions to the present of human evolution in a biological point of view.
In this "Baboon" show we can see human behaviors, including top state policy and strategy, are the results of evolution whose nature has not been changed. Although every detail is crystal-clear fact to science-loving people, the works upset many others. The artist doesn't mean disrespect to any individual or organization, he merely wants to say "You are the most intelligent, excellent being in the universe, your excellency, but you have to accept that you are also a being of certain SPECIES."
Opening Reception: 19:30pm, June 9th, 2007
Exhibition Period: June 9th---June 19th,2007,3pm-11pm
Venue: The Room With a View gallery, 12th Floor, No. 479 Nanjing Road East, Shanghai
Tel:021-6352 0256
Cell:13501778426
Email:ani-huxingyi@126.com
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