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杨画廊诚邀您莅临即将开幕的新展：即逝的怀旧——Tawan Wattuya个展   

开幕时间：2012年12月8日 下午4时-6时

展览时间：2012年12月8日-2013年1月6日

Dear friend

Gallery Yang sincerely invites you for the exhibition: Fading Nostalgia

Opening Time: December 8th,2012  16:00-18:00

Exhibition Duration: December 8th,2012-Janary 6st,2013

        Wattuya众多作品之间千丝万缕的联系难以让人掌握。通过形形色色的主题，在国际艺术界叱咤风云近十载的Wattuya以技艺精湛的画风，将他极具争议性的社会视野融入贯穿在其强劲有力的艺术作品中。

        在他2012年进驻北京的时候，Wattuya开始了探索中国历史文化渊源的旅程。通过多次走访参观军事博物馆和兵马俑遗址、收集众多历史文献和照片，他找到了自己用来刻画这些元素的灵感。从亘古神兽到现代士兵，Wattuya在寻找哺育中国人民精神的源泉，换句话来说，他在寻找中国恒古精神的契基。

        他最新的作品隐隐撒发着怀旧的暗香。鬼魅的巨型水彩坦克，和颜色隐退并焕发着神秘色彩的兵马俑都仿佛在驳斥着他们代表权力与征服的原始形象。Wattuya是在用视觉和感官的维度向我们展示那些未被记录下的战争。

        穿着军装的女人们是代表中国强大势力的讽刺象征。这些婀娜多姿的制服女孩带着她们的枪 支、听从着命令，屈服于与之形成滑稽对比的权力之下。

        通过这些感性且丰富的作品，Tawan Wattuya用神话、历史元素以及现代社会标志引导观看者去追寻他的渊源。

        It is quite difficult to grasp the unifying thread of Wattuya’s huge body of works; he has been active on the international scene for over a decade now always excelling at translating his provocative social visions into forceful artworks, through very diverse subjects.

        During his last residency in Beijing (2012), he explored the deep historical roots of China. Visiting the war museum several times, the terracotta army and collecting old books of photographs, Wattuya started depicting all the elements which aroused his inspiration. From mythical creatures to modern day soldiers, the artist wants to grasp what nourishes the Chinese people’s psyche, in other words what they are built on.

        A feeling of nostalgia can be sensed in his latest production. The ghostly, gigantic watercolor of the war plane, the washed out mystical colors he gave to the terracotta army seem to contrast with their original image, icons of power and domination. The artist explores the visual and sensory dimensions of war, often absent in written histories.

        The women in army uniforms can be seen as a satire portrait of the Chinese mega power. The obvious attractiveness of these young women contrasts humorously with the authority image they want to give with their guns, ordered actions and uniforms.

        Tawan Wattuya gathers myths, factual historical elements and modern day icons in this rich and sensual selection of works bringing the viewer to question his own origins and foundations.