展览地址：上海徐汇复兴中路1363弄克莱门公寓3号108室

参展人员：小林 麻衣子

展览备注：出 品 人：Shun

展览介绍:

可爱真好

自春节落地东京后，疫情以来这九个月我一直住在东京的家里。算起来这一年可以说是从学生时代起居家时间最久的一年了。

疫情的持续让空气中弥漫着看不见的不安氛围，人与人之间的关系也发生了巨大转变。每个人的原本的个性已然并不重要，“你是否携带病菌”才是最至关重要的“个性”。就如同在狱中被编号的囚犯一般，19号这个数字会盖去了名字、当然还有个性。

许多的展览因疫情而延期，甚至取消。熏依社画廊东京空间却在疫情期间开馆，因人群聚集禁令而不得不一直做线上ZOOM开幕式。在4月份和6月份的群展中，展示了与我们合作的16位日本年轻艺术家的作品，小林麻衣子自然是其中不可或缺的。

在群展中展出的6幅小林麻衣子的作品在开幕式开始后不到10分钟便立刻售罄。我猜想，大家大概是看到小林作品中的萌萌的“小家伙”时感到了一丝治愈。有些客人还给“小家伙”取了名字。在客人的连声感叹中我觉察到了他们潜藏着的内心逃避。当外在形势严峻、缺乏安全感时，人们往往会选择自我保护、亦或逃避。

这次是第二次在上海举办小林麻衣子的个展，主要包括艺术家在上海驻留期间创作的作品和一些5年内的近作，尤其是艺术家的几件手绘新作。此外，该艺术家正在筹备的下一个东京个展将会展出她最新尝试的立体陶瓷作品。非常期待。

物派的艺术家李禹焕曾经说过“希望艺术作品本身就是哲学”，小林的作品中蕴藏着可爱的哲学，“可爱”兴许不是艺术家的原本目标，但观者的欣喜与艺术家的意图可以没有关联。

无论现状如何艰辛，可爱真好。而可爱也终究不会让我们忘却“希望”。

——Shun 写于东京

Come On

Duration: Oct.24th, 2020 (Sat.) - Dec.6, 2020 (Sun.) 12pm - 8pm

Artists： Maiko KOBAYASHI

Producer: Shun

Host: Shun Art Gallery

Address: Room 108, No. 3, Lane 1363, Middle Fuxing Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai

Tel: +86 (0)21 5496 1918

Web: www.shunartdesign.com

Email: gallery@shunartdesign.com

Kawaii is the best

I arrived at Tokyo in the Spring Festival, and since then I have been stayed at Tokyo's home for nine months during the pandemic period. This year I stayed at home for the longest time ever since my school days.

The continuing pandemic situation creates an invisible and anxious atmosphere in the air, and the relationship among people has been shifted a lot. Everyone's original characteristics are not important anymore. "Whether you are carrying the virus" becomes the most crucial characteristic. Just like the numbered prisoners. No.19 has overshadowed names and characteristics.

Many exhibitions are delayed or even canceled due to the pandemic. Shun Art Gallery Tokyo Space begins to open during the pandemic period. Because of the group gathering ban, we have to hold Zoom opening ceremony instead. The group exhibitions in April and June displayed 16 Japanese young artists' work. Maiko Kobayashi is an indispensable part of it.

Six pieces of Maiko Kobayashi's work displayed in the group exhibition were sold out within 10 minutes right after the starting of opening ceremony. I guess that people are feeling healed when seeing the lovely creature in Kobayashi's work. Some clients even give names to this little creature. When listening to clients continuing compliment, I aware that their inner hearts are avoiding something. When there are negative external environment and lack of security, people always choose to protect themselves or escape from the current situation.

This is Maiko Kobayashi's second solo show in Shanghai. The exhibition includes artworks created during her art residence in Shanghai, the last five year's artworks and especially several new sketching work. Besides, the artist is preparing for the next Tokyo solo exhibition of her new attempt:three-dimensional ceramic work. I am very looking forward to it.

Mono ha artist Lee Ufan has said that:"hope artwork itself is a philosophy", and Kobayashi's work contains a Kawaii philosophy. Kawaii may not be the primary goal of the artist, but there can be no certain correlation between the joy of audience and the intention of the artist.

No matter how suffering the current situation becomes, Kawaii is the best. And Kawaii makes us never forget the "hope".

- Shun in Tokyo