小心輕放
Handle With Care
藝術家：沈少民
Artist: Shen Shaomin
展覽時間： 2015年3月7日－2015年5月2日
開幕式： 2015年3月7日（周六）下午12:00 － 4:00
地點：紐約凱尚畫廊
地址：美國 紐約市 22街 西525號 郵編：10011
Exhibition Time: March 7 2014 – May 2 2015
Opening Reception: 12:00- 4:00 pm, March 7
Venue: Klein Sun Gallery
Add: 525 West 22ndStree New York, NY 10011 U.S.
Tel: +1.212.255.4388 | +86.10.5762 3078
Email: beijing@kleinsungallery.com
凱尚畫廊很榮幸的展出沈少民的第三個個展《小心輕放》，展覽時間2015年3月7日至2015年5月2日。
展覽將呈現這位名聲斐然海內外的觀念藝術家的最新油畫系列。這些作品挑戰了所謂的藝術獨創性和傳統的藝術鑑賞方式。這個系列的標題， 「小心輕放」—— 一個常見於易碎及珍貴物品包裝的文字標識—— 突出了藝術品的時間性以及不確定性。
這個系列展示了大約20件作品。雖然被「塑料保護膜」包裹，但藝術愛好者一眼就可以從中看到波普藝術的影子，並發現這些作品是對安迪沃荷的模仿——沃荷著名的金寶湯和文化偶像肖像，包括瑪麗蓮夢露，毛澤東，和約翰列儂。此外，「塑料膜」上多個藝術品包裝公司的商標掩蓋並模糊了安迪沃荷的具有高識別度的「品牌」。沃荷的創作方法在藝術史上常被論及其藝術個性和真實性，而沈少民通過挪用沃荷的圖像再次探索藝術創作最本質的原創性。
沈少民，《小心輕放No.26》，2014，布面油畫，91.5 x 91.5cm
依靠在畫廊的牆面上，被一層造成錯視效果的「塑料膜」包裹著，「小心輕放」系列代表了藝術作品在被固定上牆並展示之前的過渡狀態。這些作品，由於非傳統的被展示方式，打破了雕塑與油畫的界限。這樣的展示環境同時顛覆了觀者在美術館或畫廊空間內與藝術品互動的方式，從而暗指了對傳統藝術機構及其機制的批評。
沈少民，《小心輕放No.20》，2014，布面油畫，91.5 x 91.5cm
通過賦予油畫表面不同的透明度——從半透明到完全全模糊——沈少民巧妙地操縱作品給人帶來的視覺體驗。他藉助人類偷窺欲望的本能來喚起觀者去撕裂表面「塑料膜」，看清隱藏圖樣的衝動。整個展覽挑戰了理想與現實間的界限。
沈少民，《小心輕放No.14》，2014，布面油畫，89 x 59cm
沈少民出生在1956年，中國黑龍江省。他生活工作在雪梨，澳大利亞，和北京，中國他的作品在全球範圍內眾多博物館展覽，包括近期的展覽「遭遇：絲綢之路上的新藝術」，新疆雙年展，烏魯木齊，中國（2014年）；「火鍋：中國現代藝術的新味道」伯瑞特波羅博物館和藝術中心，伯瑞特波羅，佛蒙特州，美國（2013年）; 「去圖：中國當代書像」，謝爾曼當代藝術基金會，雪梨，澳大利亞（2012年）; 「漂浮的眼睛」第九屆上海雙年展，上海當代藝術博物館，上海，中國; 「見所未見」第四屆廣州三年展，廣東藝術博物館，廣州，中國（2012年）;「軍械庫2012」第一屆基輔國際當代藝術雙年展，基輔，烏克蘭（2012年）;「動植物：為自然瘋狂」，藝術設計美術館，紐約，美國（2011年）;「生或死」，紐約設計美術館，紐約，美國（2010年）;「美與距離」第十七屆雪梨雙年展，雪梨，澳大利亞（2010年）。
展覽畫冊中也刊載了Iona Whittaker 撰寫的文章，並將於《小心輕放》展覽期間同步出版。欲了解更多信息，請與畫廊聯繫，電話：212.255.4388，郵箱：beijing@kleinsungallery.com。
Klein Sun Gallery is pleased to announce Handle with Care, its third solo-exhibition for Shen Shaomin on view from March 7th through May 2nd, 2015.
The exhibition showcases the world-renowned, conceptual artist’s new series of oil paintings which challenge artistic originality and the traditional method of viewing art. The title, Handle with Care, commonly found on the wrappings of precious and fragile items, highlights the temporality and instability of artwork.
The series consists of more than twenty pieces portraying archetypal Pop Art works wrapped in protective plastic packaging. Through the translucent wrappings, the works are still vaguely visible; the viewer can immediately identify these works as replicas of Andy Warhol’s Campbell Soup and other portraitures of cultural figures such as Marilyn Monroe, Mao Zedong, and John Lennon. Various logos of art handling companies, which appear to have been taped on, overshadow Warhol’s highly recognizable 「brands.」 Shen Shaomin probes the nature of artistic creation through the appropriation of Warhol’s pieces which occupy important territory in the historical discourse concerning individuality and authenticity.
Leaning against the wall of the gallery, furnished with veneers that deliver a deceptive effect, paintings from the Handle with Care series represent a pre-installation state, a transitional condition of artwork. The unconventional 「hanging」 method of this group also breaks the boundaries between painting and sculpture. The setting subverts the traditional manner in which one interacts with artworks inside a museum or gallery, further issuing a subtle statement of institutional critique.
Shen Shaomin manipulates the optic effect by rendering the pictorial surface of each painting with different degrees of translucency—from semi-lucid to absolutely opaque. He seeks to invoke the voyeuristic desire to see through the cover and the physical impulse to tear apart the bubble wrap to discover the 「true」 image underneath the wrapping. The exhibit challenges the boundaries between what is ideal and what is reality.
Shen Shaomin was born in Heilongjiang Province, China in 1956. He lives and works in Sydney, Australia and Beijing, China. His work has been exhibited in museum shows around the world, including recent exhibitions 「Encountering: New Art on the Silk Road,」 Xinjiang Biennale, Urumqi, China (2014): "Hot Pot: A Taste of Contemporary Chinese Art," Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, VT (2013); "Go Figure: Contemporary Chinese Portraiture," Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney, Australia (2012); "The Floating Eye," The 9th Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China (2012); "The Unseen," The 4th Guangzhou Triennial, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China (2012); "ARSENALE 2012," The First Kiev International Biennale of Contemporary Art, Kiev, Ukraine (2012);"Flora and Fauna: MAD about Nature," Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY (2011); " Dead or Alive,」 Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY (2010); and "The Beauty and the Distance," 17th Sydney Biennale, Sydney, Australia (2010).
An exhibition catalogue with an essay by Iona Whittaker will be published in conjunction with Handle With Care. For further information, please contact the gallery at 212.255.4388 or info@kleinsungallery.com
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開放時間: 周一至周六 上午10點 － 下午6點
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