开幕时间：2020-08-22 15:00

展览地址：广州市海珠区太古仓路太古美术馆

艺术总监：李安娜

参展人员：张弛

展览备注：策展助理：袁锋渊 赖颖欣

展览介绍：

前言

同一声音在意识而言存在着不只单一的解读方法，这就是空耳。“空”字指“无独立存在”之意，“空耳”则可指“耳所听之意并无独立存在”。视觉和听觉一样都是我们的感官，我们每个人看到的客观世界会否也因为意识而产生了不同？在信息不足的时代里，人们所看到的信息会塑造人们的思想，那时是所见即所思。但在当下，信息过剩的时代里，人们的思想是否会反过来决定获取的信息，此刻的我们应该是所思即所见吧？关于这个问题，在张弛的艺术世界里，似乎能找到一些答案。

艺术家张弛的作品绚丽多彩、题材元素层次十分丰富，有植物、昆虫、女人体以及各种想象出来的生物，画面无比艳糜。在这些扭曲的肉体和变异的生物背后却是艺术家对生命和社会的深刻反思。就像让人惊艳的晚霞，着实是台风来袭的前兆。张弛作品中常常出现的民俗元素、佛教元素和恶魔的符号，都饱含了他对当下时态、对人与自然关系的观察和思考，还有预言。就像苏格拉底所提出的那样：我们可以认识我们自己，我们可以改变我们自己，我们可以养成新的思考，感受和行为的习惯。苏格拉底鼓励年轻人应该努力寻找自己的神，那个神代指自性。张弛的艺术实践就有其自身的逻辑和理由，他努力将当代的、传统的、宗教的、科学的话语以自己的语言体系呈现出来，如他的作品《鸟人的欢乐世界》就构建了一个美丽、梦幻而又糜烂的乌托邦。那些半人半兽的动物、杂交变异的植物和荒诞离奇的场景，都是他对日常生活的空耳，是寻找自性的探索与体验。

本次展览作品在视觉上让人感觉到猎奇、惊艳和目不暇接，如同我们面临着这个信息膨胀的网络时代一样。艺术家把他对这世界的敏感、对生命的认知和心中的信仰都挥洒在这些狂躁不安的画布上了。置身展览中，跟着艺术家的所思所现，感受那些熟悉而陌生的事物，相信每一个意识都会有自己的空耳。就如莎士比亚（Shakespeare）所说：“一千个读者眼中就会有一千个哈姆雷特”。或者我们也可以把“空耳”这个词顾名思义为把耳朵放空，聆听自己内心最真实的声音。

李安娜/陈智

2020年8月12日

PREFACE In terms of consciousness, there is not only a single interpretation method for the same sound, which is Kōng ěr". The word "Kōng" means "there is no independent existence", while " Kōng ěr" means "What the ear hears does not exist independently". Vision, as well as hearing, is our sensory organ. Will the objective world that each of us sees be different because of consciousness? In the era of lack of information, the information that people got will affected people's thought. At that time,What you see is what you think. But in this era of information overload, whether people's thoughts will determine the information they obtain in turn. At this moment, What you think is what you see, right? It seems that some answers can be found in the art world of Zhang Chi.Zhang Chi's works are gorgeous and colorful. There are plants, insects, women's bodies and all kinds of imaginary creatures. The pictures are flamboyant. Behind these distorted bodies and mutated creatures is the artist's deep reflection on life and society. Like the amazing sunset, it is the premonition of typhoon. The folk elements, Buddhist elements and symbols of demons often appear in Zhang Chi's works, which are full of his observation and thinking of the present tense, the relationship between human and nature, and his prediction. As Socrates said : we can know ourselves, we can change ourselves, we can develop new habits of thinking, feeling and acting. Socrates encouraged young people to try to find their own God, which refers to the self. Zhang Chi's artistic practice has its own logic and reason. He tries to present the contemporary, traditional, religious and scientific discourse in his own language system. For example, "The Joy World of Bird Man" constructs a beautiful, dreamy and erosive Utopia. Those half human and half animal animals, hybrid plants and fantastic scenes are his fancy of his daily life, which is his exploration and experience of seeking inner self .The works of this exhibition make people feel curious, amazing and dazzled visually, just as we are facing this network era with information expansion. The artist spreads his sensitivity to the world, his cognition of life and his faith in his heart on these testy canvases. I believe that every consciousness will have its own explain of this exhibition. As Shakespeare said, "a thousand readers will see a thousand Hamlets.". Or we can also use the word " Kōng ěr" as its ostensible, to empty your ears and listen to your inner voice.

Li Anna / Chen ZhiAugust 12, 2020