Selected works by Chen Jianguo

惊心动魄——陈建国近作展

June 1st – 30th, 2009

2009年6月1日 – 30日

Art Beatus Gallery 精艺轩画廊

Shark is one of the most fearful predators in the oceans. Its wide opened jaws or just the sight of it will incite a deep fear in us. In his new Shadow series, Chen Jianguo, tries to explores into the real meaning of fright. The question that he poses before us is: Fright, is it from the jaws of the predators or from the not-so-frightening but illusive mouth that lurks behind?

Not so long ago, Chen shares with us his notions of Hope with beautiful roses rising up in the midst of storms, destructions or chaos. Art Beatus Gallery is to put on display Chan’s canvases draw out these two human emotions in the exhibition in June.

“In my works, I put on display some of the fine details in life. These things are the most touching yet often ignored parts around us. I find that meaningful communications of these niceties are the best ways to defuse destructive forces,” Chen said.

“To depict these concepts visually on canvas has been quite frustrating for me. After numerous trials and errors, I have succeeded juxtaposing the fine details together as well as assuming some sort of posturing of my own. Every ethnic group, every country and every person loves to put on an overtly different positioning, yet there are common denominators. One of them is beauty and I have adopted it as my language.”

Chen, a native of Hebei, has worked quietly in Song Zhuang, the artists’ enclave north of Beijing, since 2002 after graduated from the Fine Art Department of Hebei Light Industry Management School.

惊心动魄 是来自大白鲨的血盘大口或是紧紧追随在后约隐约现的影子呢？令人心底难以平伏下来的，究竟是毁灭性风暴、都市的摧毁，或是美好象征的玫瑰花最终能否带来新生希望？

陈建国用心地追求及探索着人类的这两种情感反应。

一座城市的苦乐、一个时代的悲欢及一场文明的兴衰，陈建国的绘画经历漫长曲折的心路历程，他细致广泛而深刻地表达对社会的人文关怀，及对人类与大自然之关系。

上升盛放或含苞待放的玫瑰花，象征了生命固有的纯洁美丽与坚韧；人类心底的美好愿望及各种真实欲望；陈建国所画的鲨鱼牙齿锋利，吃而不舍地紧钉着目标物；动人心魄的风暴云烟，两者同具备强烈动感，饱含情感，直接渗入观众眼帘。绽放的玫瑰和细腻鱼牙的描绘是千姿百态的，但面对人性本源的种种矛盾，艺术家将生命之美与现实的残忍并列：在欲望的破坏到达顶点的时刻，生命仍在表现着固有的美丽与坚韧。这正是现今这个时代人们精神上非常需要看到的鼓舞和思考。

陈建国 生于中国河北省，Ｏ二年进驻北京宋庄画家村从事艺术创作至今。自2007年“艺术北京”国际艺术博览会上亮相后，引起了各方面的关注。

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