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意象·城—郎小杞个展
Image·town - Lang Xiaoqi Solo Exhibition
2008.12.07（Sun）～ 2009.01.11（Sun）
Opening cocktail: 3:00 pm, 7th December (Sun)
开幕式：12月7日下午3：00
#8503, Dashanzi 798, No.4 Jiuxianqiao Rd, Chaoyang District, 100015 Beijing.
仁艺术空间 北京朝阳区酒仙桥路4号798艺术区
gallery@yanclub.com
www.yanclub.com
90年代以来，中国的城市化进程加快，大小城市都给人以直观上的明显变化。其内部同时存在着拆迁与兴建，外部又在不断扩张。逐渐式微的小农经济与物质和文化较为发达的城市形成强烈反差，致使越来越多的农村劳动力脱离了农业，向城市"移民"，形成了一个引人注目的打工群体——民工群。
他们大都居住在城市边缘的"城乡结合部"，思想观念、生活条件、工作性质以及收入等等的差别令他们难以融入赖以生存的城市。然而又是他们承担着繁忙城市建设的全部体力劳动。这就造成他们与城市之间既暧昧又紧张的矛盾关系。
艺术家郎小杞从2006年开始，将视线聚焦于这个城市"边缘"群体，运用照相写实手法、新闻报道式的客观视角捕捉他们的生活场景于绘画创作中。
在此系列创作中，艺术家没有着力刻画这个"边缘"群体中个体的形象，大多为几笔带过，而是并置了一些造成强烈对比的物象元素，比如正在修建的高楼大厦与阴暗简陋的民工居所、城中废墟与拾荒者、人群与宏大的建设场面、警察与肇事者甚至冲突事件的瞬间等，这些元素在当代中国城市的迅速膨胀中极具标志性。
与其他艺术家同类主题的创作相比，郎小杞摒弃了色彩，大胆运用加杂着少许黑色与白色的灰色为画面主色调，有意弱化了画面的"色彩感"，这种弱化更加抽离了画面中的"客观物象"，让观众产生一种时空的虚幻感——不由得被置于大历史的景观中。
从主动的"革命"到被动的"改革"，我们一直在努力重构着现实。城市化进程的今天，是城市化的泛滥、农业经济的分崩离析与庞大土地劳动力的"进城"，我们不可遏制大时代的洪流，每个人都无法拒绝与之相关。
在伟大的宣言之下，我们的迷茫与创伤措手不及。
届时敬请观赏。
Since the 1990s, China has been involved in a process of high-speed urbanization which has been changing the appearance of both large and small cities. Cities have been characterized by continuous phases of destruction and construction, and they have been expanding. There exists a huge difference between the gradually-declining small-scale peasant economy and the material and cultural development of modern cities. This results in the fact that an increasing number of rural workers leave the countryside to move to the city, to migrate and thus become a topic of interest for many people, being migrant workers.
Most of them live on the fringes of society, in those places on the borderline between the countryside and the city. Because of their mindset, living conditions, and income, it is very hard for them to survive in the city. But paradoxically they are charged with the whole responsibility to build the new cityscape. This has given birth to a kind of ambiguous and contradictory "love and hate" relationship existing between migrant workers and the city.
In 2006, artist Lang Xiaoqi started to focus on fringe dwellers. Since then, she has been using a realistic technique and reportage-like style to capture their lives in her paintings. In this body of works, the artist doesn't portray the single individual part of this group of fringe dwellers. In most of the cases she creates strong juxtapositions, bringing together subjects in sharp contrast. For example, she combines images of high-rise buildings with images of the gloomy and rudimentary dormitories where the workers reside; images of architectural remains and scavengers, with massive and crowded buildings; she even portrays the moment a conflict between the police and some troublemakers sparkles. These elements are highly representative of contemporary Chinese cities in rapid expansion.
In comparison to the works of other artists focusing on the same topic, Lang Xiaoqi's works deliberately don't emphasize the color quality. Therefore her palette is mainly made of light grey, a colour which is intended to emphasize the objective aspect of what is portrayed. The viewers' perception of time and space become illusory. So, viewers cannot do but see these works from a broader perspective.
From the active notion of "revolution" to the passive concept of "reformation", people have been trying hard to remold reality. The process of urbanization today is overwhelming, and leading to the disintegration of agricultural economy and to the dispersion of the huge land labor force "entering the city." We cannot stop the coming of a new era which touches upon everyone.
Under these circumstances, we are caught unprepared with anxieties and despair.
Yan Club Arts Center is please to invite you to the opening of this exhibition next 7th of December 2008.
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