传承之诺 The Promise of the Past

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周围艺术十分欣喜地推出“传承之诺：丁蓓莉、韩峰、何赛邦、王劼音、武艺、夏阳、周隽”七位艺术家的作品联展，籍此探讨水墨艺术在当代不同媒介中的传承与表达，以及水墨精神与观念的当代性和前卫性。

传统是沉重的。艺术家在面对强大的中国水墨艺术传统的时候，何去何从，既是一个私密的个人选择又是一个宏大的集体命题。方闻在《超越再现：8世纪至14世纪中国书画》里面提到，西方艺术史语境中的古典主义（Classicism）明确地指向希腊罗马时期的经典艺术以及后世对这一时期的回归与复兴；而中国的“古典主义”并没有一个固定的时期。今天的艺术家在谈论继承传统和经典，明末清初的艺术家也在提倡复古，就连唐代的画论里都把“高古”的艺术样式当作追求的目标。如此看来，中国艺术的经典和传统是流动的、变化发展的，每个时代的艺术在未来艺术家眼中都有可能成为经典和传统；于是每一代艺术家都是责任重大的，都是连接过去与未来的一个桥梁，他们担负着对过去的承诺和对未来的启发。



HE SAI BANG 何赛邦    b.1959

Bird and Butterfly 鸟与蝴蝶 2008

Mixed media on paper 纸上综合材料 ( Part 局部 ）

200cm x 300cm

《传承之诺》所展示的艺术家中，王劼音是最年长的一位，此次参展的作品采用布面丙烯为媒介，却以水墨精神为内核，笔触挥洒自如，富有表现主义的色彩；何赛邦用水墨实践着极简主义美学，在宣纸上营造高远的空间；夏阳以纸结绳，再将其密集地粘贴在金属板上成为绘画的基质，繁复缓慢的过程为作品增加了行为与观念的元素；丁蓓莉个人细腻感性又淡泊率真的特质与她多年来所受到的传统中国画造型基本功训练造就了选用水墨作为创作媒介的必然性。对照搬传统有着本能的抵触，她借用相机、以摄影的方式取景取材，在画面中放弃线条勾勒，以没骨法画风景，不落痕迹地化传统技法为己用。



DING BEI LI丁蓓莉    b.1972

Above Mountain II 岭上 II  2015

Ink and Color on paper 纸本设色

160cm x 80cm

韩峰与周隽都采用了工笔的技法，一个在绢上，一个在纸上。韩的作品从十几年前的《中国制造》到最近的《远方的盛开》，以最精彩的传统技法转化出独立的个人语言，去揭示当代社会文化现象与当代人的普遍情绪和状态。周隽是本次展览中最年轻的一位艺术家，她以一丝不苟的作品证实了传统材质与技法在当代生发的可能性。武艺的作品看似以水墨为媒介，实则是在铜版上蚀刻的版画作品，是以可以重复印刷，将民间艺术的图式重新加以利用和诠释，追求的并非水墨中信手偶得的趣味，而是质朴含蓄的收敛。



HAN FENG 韩峰    b.1961

Blooming into future 远方的盛开 I  2015

Ink, Acrylic, Silk 墨，丙烯，绢

66cm x 66cm

中国水墨艺术发展过程中的许多观念与技法其实都具有一定当代性，不论是抒写内心的表现意识，还是讲究笔墨的技法追求，都与西方的、当代的艺术在精神本质上没有太大的差距。《传承之诺》并置这些不同年龄层次艺术家不同媒介的作品，让我们看到他们对传承水墨艺术的精神内涵、拓展水墨艺术的媒介外延所做出的努力和贡献。为中国当代水墨的发展尽一点绵薄之力，亦即我们的初愿。



WU YI 武艺   b.1966

Havest 丰收图 2015

Oil on Canvas 铜板

76cm x 109cm

AroundSpace Gallery is pleased to present The Promise of the Past, a group show of seven artists: Beili Ding, Feng Han, Saibang He, Jieyin Wang, YiWu, Yang Xia, and Jun Zhou. The exhibition examines the interpretation andreformation of traditional ink painting in diverse media, as well as thecontemporariness and avant-garde-ness of the concepts and spirit of inkpainting.





XIA YANG 夏阳    b.1967

Bodh Tree 菩提树  2016

Paper rope, Ink, Metal  纸绳，墨，金属

15.5cm x 16cm x 3

Traditioncan be burdensome. When Chinese artists encounter the intense legacy oftraditional ink painting, to inherit or to reject it is not only an intimatepersonal choice, but also a grand collective proposition. In his iconic book, Beyond Representation: Chinese Painting andCalligraphy 8th-14th Century, Wen C. Fong pointed out that in Western arthistory classicism describes the Greco-Roman ideal; but in the history ofChinese art, no single period of antiquity represents a prescriptive classicalnorm. Today's artists are talking about learning from tradition and classicalart. Intellectuals in the late Ming-early Qing dynasties advocated the style ofepigraphic calligraphy made by anonymous craftsman in earlier times. Even theart critics in Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD) worshipped the archaic aestheticscreated by previous artists. Therefore, the classical tradition of Chinese artis fluid and ever-changing. The art made by each generation could becomeclassical and traditional in the eyes of future artists. Hence every generationof artists is unique and critical, as they serve as a bridge that links thepast and the present. They carry the promise of the past and the inspiration ofthe future.



WANG JIE YIN 王劼音    b.1941

Far Away Mountain 远山  2006

Oil and Arcylic on Canvas 布面丙烯，油彩

80cm x 60cm

Among the seven artists shown in the Promise of the Past, Jieyin Wang is the oldest. Althoughhis works presented here are made of acrylic paints on canvas, their essentialidea comes from ink painting. His expressive brush strokes evoke theExpressionist style. Saibang He exemplifies Minimalism aesthetics with ink andwater, creating a lofty space on Xuan paper. Yang Xia twisted paper strips intoropes and glued them on metal plate before painted on them. His slow andlabor-intense process added performative and conceptual elements to his finalwork. Beili Ding's sensitive yet unsophisticated personality and her stricttraditional Chinese painting education reconfirmed her choice of ink paintingas her artistic medium. Naturally, contrary to following the doctrine, she usesphotography to capture her objects, reduces tracing outlines of images, and applies"mogu manner" (an ink painting skill that emphasizes washes insteadof lines) in landscape subjects, successfully adapting traditional techniqueinto her own visual vocabulary. Both Feng Han and Jun Zhou adopt Gongbi (a careful realist technique inChinese painting) as their main technique. Han uses silk and Zhou uses ricepaper as foundation. From his Made inChina series a decade ago to most recent Blossom in Distant Lands, Han absorbs the finest techniques anddevelops his own in order to capture current social and cultural issues as wellas ubiquitous personal emotions.



ZHOU JUN 周隽    b.1982

Running as Usual 照旧运行 7 2016

Ink on Paper 纸本水墨

93cm x 175cm x 2

As the youngest artist among the group, JunZhou's meticulously executed works demonstrate diverse possibilities oftraditional materials and techniques in today's context. Yi Wu's work seems tobe ink painting on paper at first glance, but in fact they are etched copperprints that can be reproduced multiple times. Wu reinterprets folk art motifsin his work, seeking a simple and subtle quality, instead of the incidentaleffects that occur in traditional ink painting.

No matter the extentof artists’ awareness of self-expression or the artists’ pursuit forbrushstroke and ink skills, many concepts and techniques developed in thehistory of Chinese ink art are timeless. Such ideas are not much different fromWestern, or contemporary art. The Promiseof the Past juxtaposes artworks made in various media by artists ofdifferent generations, and showcases their achievements and contributions to inheritthe spirit and expand the boundary of classical Chinese ink painting. If ourefforts could be of some help to contemporary Chinese ink painting, ouroriginal goals are achieved.

传承之诺 

开幕 I 2016年06月18日星期六4pm-6pm

展期 I 持续至2016年08月10日

艺术家：王劼音、何赛邦、武艺、韩峰、夏阳、丁蓓莉、周隽

地址 I 四川中路33号703，近延安东路

联系 I 明明 13801743061，33050100

The Promise of the Past

Opening I Saturday, June 18th, 2016, 4pm-6pm

Dates I Through August 10th, 2016

Artists: Wang Jie yin, He Sai bang, Wu Yi, Han Feng, Xia Yang, Ding Bei li, Zhou Jun

Address I Suite 703, No. 33 Si Chuan M. Rd. close to Yan An E. Rd.

Contact I Mingming, 138 0174 3061, 33050100

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