展览海报
展览名称:宋小松“皆非”个展
策展人:Fred Dervin(文德)
开幕日期:2023年11月25日下午三点
展览时间:2023年11月25日-12月31日
展览地址:艺栈画廊ICI LABAS ,798艺术区798东街D10
《无题2019-6》(Untitled2019-6) 50x50cm,2019 纸质、水墨设色、丙烯金 Golden gate constellation encre de Chine papier chinois acrylique
皆非——宋小松:艺术的裂痕
宋小松曾就读于法国巴黎国立高等美术学院和杭州中国美术学院。他还曾在北京的中央美术学院工作,在那里他对中国传统的纸上水墨技法产生了浓厚的兴趣。他的艺术创作可以追溯到几十年前,基于不同技术(绘画、素描、装置和摄影)的使用,展示了(至少)三种不同文化的交叉影响:保加利亚、中国、法国。
在英语中,neither是用来描述不属于或不满足两个或多个选择中任何一个的事物的。它指的是存在两种选择,但所讨论的却并不属于这两种选择的情况。因此,neither指在两个相反的选择之间不进行选择,或者对任何一个选项都不满意。在他艺术中,我们可能会看到诸如峡谷、汉字、裂缝、身体器官、肌肉、肉体、宇宙图像和火山等等。
《无题2018-1》(Untitled2018-1) 180x100cm,2018 纸质、水墨设色 ink and wash on paper
宋小松说“火山喷发造就的纹理总是在我的艺术中反复”。这种形式的生命动力也为他的艺术留下了空间和想象——正如艺术家所说,“是被神秘所操控”。艺术家在艺术中运用的色彩也促使我们拥抱生命的活力。宋小松在他的画作中通过单色以及忽明忽暗的光线表达,一些作品则添加些许颜色进行点缀,例如红色,他声称红色可以赋予空间活力,而蓝色和棕褐色,就像“泥土”一样,将他的艺术变的更加“接地气”,但也更加神秘。
《无题2018-7》(Untitled2018-7) 180x100cm,2018 纸质、水墨设色 ink and wash on paper
对于小松来说,每种颜色都有自己特定的表达。他喜欢中国的宣纸,通过“雕刻”宣纸来表达艺术创作,从而形成他在法语中所说的“mouvements mouvementés”(“动荡的运动”),进而增强艺术生命的活力。艺术家的“非也”十分特别,当我们(参观者)站在他的作品前观察时,我们会去思考生命中的缝隙与裂痕。对于瓦尔班诺夫来说:“我们都是多元的;我们内心都具有多元性”。
宋小松坚持认为,他的艺术旨在促进与参观者之间的沟通,以及情感的交流。他甚至分享了他最喜欢的一句话,即“创造艺术而不是战争”,这是他构建跨文化桥梁的使命与任务,在某种程度上是通过他的家族历史发展起来的,作为个体和艺术家无时不刻不在体现。
——Fred Dervin(文德)教授,芬兰赫尔辛基大学
Neither – Phénix Varbanov’s new exhibition at ICI-LABAS
Phénix Varbanov studied at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris (France) and at the Chinese Art Academy in Hangzhou. He has also worked at the Chinese Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, where he developed a strong interest in the traditional Chinese technique of ink on paper. His art production already dates back several decades and has been based on the use of different techniques (painting, drawing, installations and photography), showcasing intersecting influences from (at least) three different cultures: Bulgaria, China, France. In English, neither is a word used to describe something that does not belong to or satisfy any of two or more alternatives. It refers to a situation where there are two choices or options presented, but the subject in question falls outside of both possibilities. Neither thus refers to a non-selection between two contrasting choices, or the absence of satisfaction with either option. Neither seems apt to describe Varbanov’s personal artistic endeavours, demonstrating some kind of lack of commitment to a particular choice, affiliation, or preference. In the art, we might see the work of an energetic force through what some of us might see as (randomly) ravines, Chinese characters, crevices, technologically enhanced pieces, body organs, muscles, flesh, videographies of universes and planets, volcanoes, etc. Phénix maintains that he “constructs in a volcanic magma. It is always becoming in the back and forth of the materials and textures I employ in my art”. This form of vital impetus leaves space to the mysterious and the magical too, according to the artist – ‘the mysteriously controlled’, he adds. The colours that the artist makes use of in his art also urge us to embrace the vital impetus of life. Phénix expresses himself by means of the monochrome, as well as deep and shadowy lights in his paintings. He has also added a few colours to some pieces such as red, which he claims dynamizes space, blue, and sepia, an ‘earthy colour’ which turns his art into some kind of wilderness, see outer space environments. As a tactile artist, he also likes to play with the Chinese rice paper (to ‘tame’ it), sculpting it a bit, forming what he calls in French ‘mouvements mouvementés’ (‘tumultuous movements’ in English), adding some depth to the vital impetus of the art pieces. Although some visitors might think that Phénix’s ‘neitherness’ is very special, meditating in front of his art, they can also interrogate their own neither… nor… identities, attempting to look into the interstices and crevices of the pieces. For Varbanov: “We are all multicultural; we all have plurality inside of us”. Varbanov insists that his art is meant to initiate communication, care and emotional/intellectual enrichment in and amongst the visitors. He even shares his favourite slogan, ‘make art not war’, hinting at the mission of the intercultural mediator, somewhat developed through his family history, that he takes very seriously as a person and an artist.
——Prof. Dr. Fred Dervin, University of Helsinki, Finland
Phénix Varbanov 宋小松
FORMATION
1988/Diplômé de l'École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, P/Mention TB
1988年/毕业于“法国”国立高等美术学院,评分优秀
联 展
2019/时空和灵魂之旅/承德/中国
2019/灵感/Galerie Art-Des画廊/北京/中国
2018/融合/ On gallery/北京/中国
2018/抽象的复苏/大皇宫画廊/巴黎
2016/第七天空/声音画廊/普罗夫迪夫/保加利亚
2014/双重接触/Espace FCF画廊/巴黎
2006/中国国际画廊展/La Bartesca-Masn画廊/北京/中国
1998/SAGA 98/巴黎
1997/艺术收藏/庭院画廊/北京/中国
1997/中国当代艺术/贝尔维尔空间画廊/巴黎
1997/一见钟情/Espace Cardin卡丹空间/巴黎
1997/Saga 97/巴黎
1995/中国艺术博览会/北京/中国
1993/亚洲艺术展/香港
1989/中国先锋派绘画/法国国立艺术学院/巴黎
1989/艺术双年展/瓦尔纳/保加利亚
1988/先锋派四艺人/杭州/中国
1987/法国国立艺术学院/巴黎
1985年/十年后/皮埃尔·卡丹空间/巴黎
1995/政府公共收藏/法国巴黎经济及社会理事会
个人展览
2023/香港M+博物馆
2023/蓝光/咖啡图书馆/巴黎/75004
2022/活墨/卡蒂埃画廊/巴黎/75006
2022/创世纪/索菲亚文化部画廊/保加利亚
2022/墨/随机画廊/巴黎
2021/Galerie Belle Beau画廊/法国阿尔勒市
2021/创世纪/Le Petit Espace画廊/巴黎
2019/命运之线/中国文化中心/索菲亚/保加利亚索非亚
2018/墨印/艺术广场画廊/北京/中国
2018年/风暴洋/西格蒙德·弗洛伊德文献馆/巴黎
2017年/边缘现实/Galerie Arosita画廊/索菲亚/保加利亚
2017年/灵魂链接/艺术广场画廊/北京/中国
2017年/路上的痕迹/Galerie Resonance画廊/普罗夫迪夫/保加利亚
2016年/途中的痕迹/Galerie Raiko Aleksiev画廊/索菲亚/保加利亚
2013年/风水/巴黎国际艺术中心/巴黎
2012/Soylent谱/Espace Sarah Neiger画廊/巴黎
2010/Body and Soul/Espace 1画廊/巴黎
2008/多态/中国楼/巴黎
2008年/同样的旧故事/龙画廊/巴黎
2007/今日/今日美术馆/北京/中国
2006/SOHO画廊/北京/中国
2003/明斯基画廊/巴黎
1998/Galerie Schweitzer画廊/卢森堡
1997/中国之家/巴黎
1994年/Galerie BelleFroid画廊/巴黎
1992/中国综合征/中央美术学院/北京/中国
1989/弹性/巴黎东区音符学中心/巴黎
1988/法国国立艺术学院画廊/巴黎
EXPOSITIONS COLLECTIVES
2019/A journey in time space and soul/Cheng De, Chine
2019/Inspiration / Galerie Art-Des, Pékin, Chine
2018/ Convergences / On gallery, Pékin, Chine
2018/Abstract recovery/On gallery, Grand-Palais, Paris
2016/Septième ciel / Galerie Resonance, Plovdiv, Bulgarie
2014/Double exposure / Espace FCF, Paris
2006/China International Gallery Exhibition/La Bartesca-Masn Gallery, Pékin, Chine
1998/SAGA'98, Paris
1997/Collection of Art/Court Yard Gallery, Pékin, Chine
1997/Art chinois contemporain / Espace Belleville, Paris
1997/Coup de cœur/Espace Cardin, Paris
1997/SAGA'97, Paris
1995/China Art Expo, Pékin, Chine
1993/Art Asia, Hong Kong
1989/ Peinture chinoise d'avant garde / École Nationale des Arts
décoratifs, Paris
1989/Biennale des arts graphiques/Varna, Bulgarie
1988/Quatre artistes d'avant-garde / Hangzhou, Chine
1987/Galerie de l'Académie des Beaux-Arts, Paris
1985/Et dans dix ans / Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris
COMMANDES PUBLIQUES
1995/Conseil Économique et Social, Paris
EXPOSITIONS PERSONNELLES
2023/Hong Kong M+Museum
2023/Rayon Bleu/La Cafeotheque/Paris 75004
2022/Living Ink/ Galerie Catier/Paris 75006
2022 / Genesis / Galerie du Ministère de la Culture (Sredets), Sofia Bulgarie
2022/Encres/Galerie L'Aléatoire, Paris
2021/Galerie Belle Beau, Arles
2021/ Genesis / Le Petit Espace, Paris
2019/Le fil du destin / Centre culturel chinois, Sofia, Bulgarie
2018/Ink instict / Art square gallery, Pékin, Chine
2018/Oceanus procellarum / Bibliothèque Sigmund Freud, Paris
2017/Edge of reality / Galerie Arosita, Sofia, Bulgarie
2017/Soul links/Art square Gallery, Pékin, Chine
2017/Traces on the way/Galerie Resonance, Plovdiv, Bulgarie
2016/Traces on the way/Galerie Raiko Aleksiev, Sofia, Bulgarie
2013/Feng shui / Galerie de la Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
2012/Soylent spectrum / Espace Sarah Neiger, Paris
2010/Body and Soul / Espace 1shot, Paris
2008/Polymorphe / Maison de la Chine, Paris
2008/The same old story/ Galerie du Dragon, Paris
2007/Today/Today Art Museum, Pékin, Chine
2006/Soho, Pékin, Chine
2003/Galerie Minsky, Paris
1998/Galerie Schweitzer, Luxembourg
1997/ Maison de la Chine, Paris
1994/Galerie Bellefroid, Paris
1992/Syndrome chinois/Galerie de l'Académie des Beaux-Arts, Pékin, Chine
1989/ Élastiques / Ets Phonographiques de l'est, Paris
1988/Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Paris