策 展 人：何汶玦
策展助理：万江维
艺 术 家：陈卓＋黄可一  何杰  何　玲  可夫  刘旭东
　　　　　欧劲  宋鬼聿  文鹏  张震宇  周亭

开幕时间：2010年8月7日下午4时
展览地点：卓越艺术，北京市朝阳区酒仙桥路4号798艺术区D10
开放时间：周二至周日上午10点至下午6点
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艺术的新鲜是不同于生活的新鲜亦不同于理论的新鲜的。生活的新鲜是流动的，善变的，理论的新鲜是寓于延续不灭的对永恒之物的追问或者说猜测之中的。那么艺术呢？艺术是那善变的和永恒的得以沟通的最好中介。这是艺术的生命力所在，就像从生活的汪洋中打捞出某种可以使我们的眼光猝然得以改变的璀璨之物一般，谨慎而又充溢着饱满的历险精神。

同样的生活会有不同的感受，同样的现实可以给我们完全不同意味的追问。“可能”在我们生活的这个世纪意味着一种开放的态度，意味着对个体意愿的真正尊重。 “可能”是跟在现实后面的一个遁词；现在，“可能”已经开始作为一个维度与事物相关。道出可能，也就是道出不同。

新鲜-十种可能，是十个年轻人的联展，我们寄望从中看到新鲜，也看出不同的可能、不同思之道路。

                                      

The innovations of art differ from the innovations of life and those of scientific theories. The innovations of life are flowing and fast-changing, while those of scientific theories are the everlasting pursuit of invariable truth. What about the innovations of art? Innovations of art are bridges between the inconsistent and the predictable. This is the essence of art, the brilliance that can change our perspectives towards life – cautious but full of adventurous spirits.

One lifestyle may give rise to many different perspectives; the one reality that we all share can incite all kinds of pursuits and aspirations. “Possibility” signifies an attitude of openness and the true respect for personal desire, and is an extension, or perhaps even a part, of the reality. When we talk about possibilities, we acknowledge the dissimilarity or diversity that vibrates among all of us.

Innovation —10 Possibilities is a group exhibition of 10 young artists. We not only see the innovations, but we also see the possibilities – different points of view, and different worlds as seen from the artists’ eyes.
 

        落差—可能？

                                                           万江维/文

        也许艺术真的只是一种可能的方式，将某种瞬息万变的情绪固定在艺术家作品的方寸间。用在这样一种艺术家之间内心与体验彼此对应却又造成的“落差”的方式，让人们发现这个社会最新的现实和真实的处境。有时候平衡性是被掩盖在个体情绪的背后，艺术家们就是这种“最新”落差的创造者和阐释者。不同情绪的诉求抵达相同的一个“现实点”，每个作品的压抑和无奈都是非常显性和有向度的，这是集体性创造“落差”的前提，这可能就是反应社会新表情的真实“落差”。值得一提的是，一种不断被创作的“落差”，尤其让现实令人充满困惑和不安。

        在这十位艺术家“眼”里—反映他们内心世界作品的“眼”里，看到了艺术家作为这个主体的诠释者是在寻找一种从“眼睛”到“眼睛”的平衡状态。作品写照于现实，却又仿佛在现实之外，作品的主题突出了思想意识与现实社会的主流意识相抵触的状态。这是艺术家们思想感情和自我意识的判定。将思想意识介于是与不是的游离状态，这种临界状态不是我们所居现实社会生活中的理想主义表现的绝对模式，而是一种可以自由发挥，自由放纵的游离现实状态。这其中有中心却不稳定状态的“平衡点”，可能是可以由观者来寻找和把握，也是艺术家们的思想诉求在这个基于点上得到了很好的诠释。这种作品中的相对和谐状态只能由观者来体味、感受、把握。之下就是“我”作为之一的观者对参展艺术家的一个可能性的落差的表达。

        我初次见到张震宇，给我的印象其人恰如他的作品，平和、释然。对生活的细节十分的在意和到位。脸上总是挂着平淡的笑容，作品亦如平和的叙事描绘，显露出作品自身本质状态下的叙事方式，这显然是融入了艺术家深思熟虑的思考之后对自然生活的一种新的认识。一张张随处可见的税票、报纸、荣誉证书。这些生活中的可能瞬间成为记忆的事物，经过艺术家的悉心“雕刻”——作为艺术家创作思想表现的一种特定的“介质”再次呈现在我们面前。它们不只是一种单向性物质再现，而是注入了艺术家对“介质”的再思考，带给观者深刻的反省，强烈地刺激着我们的大脑，这正是对现代人性本身的内在思维“惰性”的一种深刻的挑战，让观者“被思考”。是一种潜在的艺术互动游戏，引入艺术家“刻画”的世界。让观者去寻找自我的“平衡点”。

        宋鬼聿一直以来做的都是很纯粹的艺术，尽管他的作品极尽变化，始终都是脱离不了他的那份自我的激情式的符号，那种大势给人以一种比较强烈的气势风范。在这些激情表现符号背后，却有着艺术家内心很坚守的情感主体。他的绘画强调自我的情绪舒张，那种喷涌的宣泄，在有着强烈叙事作用的现实表现下发挥得淋漓尽致。这些表现的情绪却是现实社会一种麻木情绪的鲜明对照。正是艺术家这种对自我内在的这种情绪正视、追问和洞彻，使得个体本身获得了他存在的全部深度蕴意。这种痛苦可能会被超越，但不能被廉价地消解。至于超越的途径，基督和佛陀分别做出了解答：用爱来拯救，或消解欲望。作为当代人，我们如何解答这一问题？ 我们暂且就只能关注他的作品了。

        何杰的作品表现的是对现实生活中的人之情欲的精神提炼与现实追求物质的再现，通过一种臆想的美好现象诉求我们理想状态下的意境。艺术家选择自己感兴趣的“载体”作为自己表达的出呈对象，这种意识下的表达既含蓄却又精准，小红鞋、情侣、车子、房子……这种必然的选择使得艺术家本人选择的“载体”很自然的抛出了艺术家对现实生活一种较为强烈的美好诉求，却又无奈的面对这些“载体”所带来的高亢情绪的显现。较常人而言的超前意识和对现实生活理想化的描绘，充分显现艺术家本人的态度，而使得内心探讨的基本意识显露无遗。

        艺术家周亭作为本次展览中唯一的女艺术家，其人与作品都显得与众不同。也许是这种女性潜在的细腻，带来了这些许多可能的不同点。她是有着很白净皮肤的小巧女孩，却让人感觉骨子里有着很灼人的干劲。这种隐隐渗透出来的干劲，一如她的作品散发出来的平静却渗透着强烈引人深思的力量，让人细细品味再品味。常见生活中的镜头剪切，又好似艺术家自己生活印记的写照。

        陈卓+黄可一运用影像（图片）形式作为自己作品表达的形式，大场面的场景缩影，带有表现强烈符号性元素的作品。或许关乎与某个重大事件，或许只是艺术家对自己关注的事物一种直白的表达。但是这种显性和隐性的存在，带给我们的是引人深思的思绪的沸腾。
何玲的作品也是以图片的形式出现，但是作品中多了些生活中轻快的想象，更像是一种成人的”儿童”想象的情境的表达，倒是也让人欣喜于其中去寻找，去品味。

        文鹏的作品表现形式很强，形式和主体的统一性表达了艺术家对现实与理想的一种临近的纠结状态。拉着行李箱的行走中人群、生活中随处可见的招贴……加上艺术家自我情绪表露的凸显，使得这种介于现实与精神状态下的艺术家和自我意识之间的界点状态很清晰、明确的呈现在观者的面前。

 
         欧劲选择生活中的表现材料作为作品的表达状态，使用介于抽象的表诉形式，传达出现象的生活中的元素不同态度。变异而显得瘦长的躯体，夸张而偌大的声音……合成的因素在视角上形成一种独特金属质动物般的清脆。和作品这种貌似金属般尖锐却柔和的表达溶为一体。

        刘旭东的身上显现着老人睿智般的温和，留着小小的胡子，衣服随意的耷拉在身上。他的作品显得有点复古式的静态意境。老式的藤椅静坐着，有着很浓烈的国画式的情节因素掺杂其间，彰显情趣的不拘……这种违反常规元素的显现，从作品本身可以使观者瞬间找到一种宁静的状态，一种真正的本然的回归。

        可夫有着健康阳光的外表，更是一个现代积极健康的青年艺术家。他的作品当中，是有着一种对东西方文化融合后的混呈体现。作品所表现的那些被简化了的人的臆想符号在城市的幻城中游走，作出各种有或非的某种代表意向的动作或想象。将我们引入艺术家自己的对现代城市迷幻各种虚拟浩幻中来，以体念他的无穷幻象所带来的心弦感受。

       “ 新鲜—十种可能”是一批艺术家个体在现实的交结中，用各自的艺术手段传达“落差”的作品联展，它带给我们种种新的思考可能性。也自然而然的呈现了艺术家作为一个主观反应社会意向的个体，本身有着种种可能，这“可能”我理解为潘多拉盒子底层的“希望”。

                                                              10年7月于宋庄

   Differences--Possibilities?
                                       
                                            
Perhaps art is simply a method of showing possibilities. Art can record the ephemeral thoughts and feelings onto the artists’ lasting work. The differences between artists’ perception and real experiences are usually used as a way to help people realize the true and new reality in the society that they live in. Sometimes stability is hidden behind an individual’s feelings. These “innovative” differences are what artists use to create and explain their works. The need to express for different feelings arrives at the same “reality point“ - artists tend to make apparent their innermost feelings such as depression and despair, and it is this expressive nature of art that presents us with the differences between society on its surface and what lurks below. It is worth mentioning that this constantly created and expressed “differences” especially leave the human beings with confusion and anxiety.

 From the ten artists’ “eyes”, the artworks show their inner worlds. We can see that the artists, as observers and reporters, are looking for a state of balance from “eyes” for the outside world to the “eyes” of their inner minds. Their artworks reflect reality, but the works also seem to be far from reality. The theme of the artworks shows the collision between the minds of consciousness and those of the norms of the society, making the artists’ mental world and self-awareness more explicitly. This state - fluctuating between definiteness and indefiniteness - is not the ideal state of life according to our social expectations, but is a state of freedom and action. The “balance point” is centred yet unstable, which can be searched and pondered by the audience, which also serves as the artists’ base for the philosophical search and explanations. This “balance point” presented in the artworks can only be felt and grasped by the viewers. The following is my review to the artists’ exhibitions regarding the difference between their mental worlds and the societal awareness.

The first time I met artist Zhang Zhenyu, he gave me the first impression of being someone calm and tranquil, just like his artworks. He is attentive to details in his life, and he always appears with a peaceful smile. His artwork seems to be narrative and descriptive, aiming to show explicitly the essence of the artwork itself. Obviously, he integrates his deep consideration towards daily life into his artwork. Everyday objects that might become part of the memory of a specific time, such as tax receipt, newspapers, and honorary certificates, are “sculptured” with the artist’s genuine efforts; the realistic portrayal serves as a medium between the artist’s feelings at the moment and concrete objects readily understandable by the viewer’s eyes. These objects are not only as themselves anymore, but they also serve as the mediums for the artist to contemplate on, urging the audience to ponder and reflect on at the same time. This thinking process is a challenge to the “mental inertia” that many people experience nowadays, like an interactive game between the audience and the artist; the process draws the viewers into the world of artist’s creation and urges them to search for the “balance point” themselves.

Artist Song Guiyu has always been making refined art. Even though his artworks have a wide range of mediums and formats, he can never give up his own unique way of symbolizing passion, via which the audience can easily feel his intense emotions in his artistic manner. But behind the torrents of passion, the artist’s strong adherence to his beliefs is always present. His paintings emphasize on the liberation of mind and the release of emotions. This freedom of the mind becomes extremely vivid and thorough with the description of reality. These intense thoughts and powerful feelings contrast with the indifferent and apathetic attitudes often found in our society. It is the artist’s attentiveness, questioning, and awareness that make him successful in establishing profound meanings in his artworks. The pain may eventually be transcended over, but never cheaply. As for the path of transcendence, both Christianity and Buddhism have already given out the answers separately: love for salvation, or renunciation for desire. As a 21st century human being, how would we answer this question? But for now we can only observe and learn from Song’s artwork.

Artist He Jie’s work emphasizes the refined presentation of personal emotions and the pursuit of materialism, by employing the wonderful and fanciful imagination in order to show our idealistic thoughts. The artist has chosen objects that interest him as mediums for his expression, which is reserved but precise. Items like small red shoes, couples in love, cars, houses…these definite choices of mediums naturally show the artist’s strong pursuit of wonder and perfection, but at the same time, making the artist feel disappointed due to the contrast between the passionate, wondrous imagination and the ordinary, mundane reality. The idealistic depictions show the artist’s desire for a better life, his personal attitude and inner-exploration.

As the only female artist in the exhibition, Zhou Ting’s personality and artwork seem to be different than the others. It seems to be the unique attentiveness of femininity that brings a distinct perspective to this exhibition. Zhou Ting is a very talented and hard-working woman. Her diligence and passion are apparent in her artwork; one will find her artwork tranquil but deep, always drip with thought-provoking power. Her artwork looks like those snapshots from daily life, almost feeling like the artist’s own life’s story.

Artists Chen Zhuo and Huang Ke use video (photos) format as their way of displaying their artistic ideas. The contraction of big screen scenes symbolizes strong artistic elements and meanings in their work. Perhaps the artwork is related to a big event, or perhaps it is only a way for the artists to emphasize what they care the most. The obvious and the obscure co-exist in their artwork, bringing us into profound reflections within ourselves.

Artist He Ling’s work is displayed as images as well, but it gives more lively wonders to the audience. It is more like an expression of childlike and youthful thoughts by an adult, making the audience to search, to experience in the joyful fascination.

Artist Wen Tao’s artwork has a strong visual effect, which is consistent with its artistic format. He wants to convey the sense of confusion on the brink of reality and idealism. Scenes like people with luggage, posters seen everywhere… with the artist’s exaggeration of feelings, enabling the viewers to see clearly the gap between reality and emotions through the artist’s expressions and viewers’ self-reflections.

Artist Ou Jin chose materials from real life for his artwork. But by also using abstract expressions, he conveys different attitudes of elements in our lives. By distorting the bodies super slim and long, and exaggerating the voices thunderous and intense… he makes the combination of different elements a special metallic and animal-like ringing sound, establishing unity between the metallic sharpness, and the soft and joyful expression in the entire artwork.

Artist Liu Xudong displays an elderly sort of serenity, with his slight mustache and his casual dressing style. His work has a static and quaint kind of atmosphere. Like his gesture of lying in an old bamboo chair silently, his paintings have been heavily influenced by the traditional Chinese painting style, showing the theme of enjoying life and being free from all care. This almost unusual element of display shows his ideal to the audience: A state of serenity, and a return to a primitive and natural lifestyle.

Artist Ke Fu is an energetic and optimistic artist. In his artworks we can see a blend of the East and the West, with elements from both cultures. Those simplified, abstract symbols representing thoughts and ideas walk inside his imaginary city, making enigmatic movements that always seem to represent some certain ideas. He leads us into a world of illusions to experience his infinite imaginations, and allows us to make attempts to understand how he views the reality.

"Innovation - 10 Possibilities" is a thought-inspiring exhibition of the works of a group of artists who each uses their own artistic methods to convey the differences between the reality and the worlds within their minds. The exhibition displays the artists' personal reflections on society, and these deepened reflections generate possibilities - the possibilities that I regard as the "hope" that lies at the bottom of Pandora's box.