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《画中有话》展览概念
古时就有文人将诗句藏在画中—画面山亭水榭笔划点染，居然组成诗句待人读解。远观是画，细可品读。又有现代比利时画家马格里特，他的一幅作品明明是一支烟斗作于画中，却在下面标注“这不是一支烟斗”。画的表意与解读，一直是迷人的。艺术作品往往不表明自身，而是意指着其背后所隐藏的深意—或者至少是作者所宣称且向作品中所注入的某种观念。
正如展览标题所提示的，此次展览试图探讨和理解当下正发生的一些艺术创造，以及如何读解这些艺术实践的结果。参展艺术家包括十三位中国艺术家和两位美国艺术家，他们是：安晓彤、李继开、吕鹏、马六明、马嬿泠、茹小凡、宋永红、王玉、肖丰、杨冕、张琪凯、赵能智、周向林、艾伦和查理。这样的安排有些像是个迷宫，各样标本都在这里排定，等待人们对他们进行解读。
安晓彤的信息流通研究；李继开的个人化世界重述；吕鹏的文化符号拼贴；马六明的身份游戏；马嬿泠异态肖像、茹小凡的流行符号气球；宋永红的艺术强迫症；王玉的古典审美；肖丰的文化戏谑；杨冕的时尚治疗；张琪凯的东方哲学；赵能智的扭拧作态；周向林的顾左右而言他；艾伦和查理的英雄传记。这样的标签是正解还是误读呢？每一个观众将有他们自己的答案。
艺术家投出一个梦想物，赋予它丰富的意指使命。他说：每个观众都可以从中拿到所需。艺术的门外汉可以被迷人的外表打动；技术至上者炫耀作品的完美贴切；社会学者看到艺术家所承担的特有的责任；评论家寻找一个历史性的存在。这个创造物向一切意义开放。艺术家看到，他的作品活了，正脱离他的把握，走向一个开阔的世界。
此次展览中十五位艺术家同时展出他们的作品。作品类型包括绘画、摄影、雕塑以及装置。这将是一次艺术的盛会。观众从中可以领略到不同的风格与艺术探索，寻找“画”中的“话语”。
对画空间
2008年10月
The Concept of “Telltale Paintings”
Men of letters have fit in verse to painting since ancient times: pavilions by mountains and waterside kiosks are shown by light strokes that suggest a written poem, which people are expected to read and understand. From a distance the whole picture seems to be a painting, yet when one looks closely, one can find and read the poem inside. In recent times, the modern Belgian artist, René Magritte, painted a pipe with the caption “This is not a pipe.” To attempt to decipher the artist’s intentions within their paintings has always been fascinating. Works of art never merely lead people to what they apparently see, but drive at the inwardness which hides deep inside them—or at least toward the concept that the artist breathes into and asserts about them.
As its title implies, this exhibition attempts to investigate and understand some current art creations, and the results of the decoding of their artistic practice. Our participating artists include thirteen Chinese and two Americans: An Xiaotong, Li Jikai, Lü Peng, Ma Liuming, Ma Yanling, Ru Xiaofan, Song Yonghong, Wang Yu, Xiao Feng, Yang Mian, Zhang Qikai, Zhao Nengzhi, Zhou Xianglin, Erin Kornfeld & Charles Schultz. Such a combination creates a maze of introspection and intuition, challenging the viewer to navigate the labyrinth of the artists’ mind and to assign his own meeting.
The research on the circulation of information of An Xiaotong; the restatement of the personalized world of Li Jikai; the collage of cultural symbols of Lü Peng; the game of identity of Ma Liuming; the differential portraits of Ma Yanling; the balloons of the fashion symbols of Ru Xiaofan; the artistic obsession of Song Yonghong; the classical esthetics of Wang Yu; the cultural jocosity of Xiao Feng; the fashionable treatment of Yang Mian; the oriental philosophy of Zhang Qikai; the cutesiness of Zhao Nengzhi; the ulterior motives out of the clever evasions of Zhou Xianglin; the biography of heros of Erin Kornfeld &Charles Schultz: are these explanations correct, or utterly misguided? Every observer will have his own answer.
Artists in their work reveal the realm of imagination and dreams, enduing it with rich meanings as if to say “every viewer will find what he needs in it ”. The laymen of art would be impressed by the fantastic appearance; those who uphold technique could proclaim the perfection and justness; the sociologists would see the special responsibilities taken by the artists; art critics assess its place in history of art. This object of the artist’s dreams opens up to all kinds of interpretation. And the artist sees that his work comes to life - once complete and in the public eye - taking on a life of its own out of his control.
The fifteen artists on display here exhibit differing styles in their craft – forms of creation including paintings, photographs, sculptures and installation. This is going to be an artistic pageant. The audience will have the opportunity of appreciating different styles and quests on art-and to look for the “Tales” told in the “Paintings”.
Dialogue Space
October 2008
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