展覽前言

 

周瑟瑟：拒絕闡釋的靈魂神游三萬里

－－“1/2加1/2：周藝文個展”的闡釋

 

　　拒絕闡釋的靈魂神游三萬里，來自八百里洞庭的周藝文，他將以何種方式去愛這個世界？

 

　　一萬只潔白的鴿子飛臨黃浦江，一顆顆鮮紅的櫻桃靜靜躺在上海寶龍美術館的一張床上，等待當代藝術家、詩人、童話作家周藝文先生的闡釋。

 

　　但藝術家拒絕闡釋。在藝術家這里，藝術不需要闡釋，藝術只需要敏感的心靈去感受。

 

　　“1/2加1/2：周藝文個展”，8月10日至9月17日在上海寶龍美術館進行，這是周藝文當代藝術全球巡展繼深圳市木星美術館首展后的第二站。

 

　　周藝文以減法的方式在上海展出了三組系列作品：《和平廣場》《保鮮期》《生命中不能承受之綠馬》，他堅持架上繪畫的文本主義原則，將架上繪畫視為他創作的核心，以裝置藝術為延伸，表達了愛、和平與環保的主題。

 

　　八月的上海，亞熱帶海洋性季風氣候，溫暖而濕潤，我們仿佛可以聽到鴿子在當代藝術家周藝文的身體里發出咕咕咕的低聲鳴唱，代表了愛的櫻桃在人類的床上好像也在發出甜蜜的喊叫。當代藝術正在悄悄發生一場變化，周藝文通過他獨特的創作關注人類精神困境，試圖回答當代藝術何處去。

 

　　周藝文的藝術創作承載了諸多人類精神與文化命題，他的藝術首先來自于他生命的源頭－－母語文明，然后走向更加廣闊的世界。愛、和平與環保的藝術不是主題先行的創作，而是從他生命里自然生長出來的當代藝術，因為作為詩人與童話作家的周藝文，他的內心柔軟而悲憫。愛如滾滾熱淚時常滑落到他的宣紙上，這是一個無法改變的事實。

 

　　周藝文的毛筆拖著或濃或淡的墨汁與顏料，畫出羽毛、櫻桃與綠馬，畫出愛、和平與環保的時候，毛筆與墨汁與顏料成為了他身體的一部分，成為當代藝術人類學的一部分。

 

　　當代藝術人類學，是關注人類生存與精神境況的當代藝術，是與當代時間同步的藝術，是此時此刻的藝術，而不是在彼處的藝術，更不是充滿了仿制的虛假的當代藝術。卸掉當代藝術多余的面具，回到生活的現場，這是周藝文給我們的啟示。他毛絨絨的情感與鮮活的觀念，他具有啟蒙意義的思想，構成了他的當代藝術堅實的底座。

 

　　周藝文從林鳳眠、趙無極那一代藝術家身上看到了希望，當代藝術不會永遠在歷史的誤會中陷入絕望。愛的力量可以拯救平庸、無趣與蒼白，讓當代藝術直抵人類靈魂，復活古老的文明，創造屬于未來的嶄新的當代藝術。

 

　　從“1/2加1/2：周藝文個展”，我看到了當代藝術正在走向人類的精神深處，試圖回答我們從哪里來、到哪里去的問題。當代藝術正在走向愛的懷抱，從顫栗中掙脫痛苦的肉身，像羽毛一樣輕盈，像綠馬一樣飛翔，像櫻桃的一生，新鮮、甜蜜，在自然中腐爛，然后在空氣里擴散，如同時間，如同我們的生命，這就是當代藝術，周藝文先生誠實的當代藝術。

 

學術主持：周瑟瑟

2023年7月27日于北京

 

 

Foreword

A Soul that Rejects Interpretation Covers 30,000 Miles

--An Interpretation of Yiwen Zhou Solo Exhibition

 

A soul that rejects interpretation covers 30,000 miles. Yiwen Zhou, an artist from the spacious Dongting Lake of 800 miles, how would he reveal his love for this world?

 

Ten thousand white pigeons are flying over the Huangpu River, and fresh red cherries, one by one, are lying quietly on a bed in Shanghai Powerlong Museum. They are all awaiting an interpretation from their creator, Yiwen Zhou, a contemporary artist, poet and fairy tale writer.

 

But the artist rejects any interpretation. To the artist, art needs no interpretations. Art invites only the sensitive souls and minds to feel.

 

ONE HALF PLUS ONE HALF：Yiwen Zhou Solo Exhibitionwill be held from August 10 to September 17, 2023, as the second venue of Yiwen Zhou Contemporary Art Global Touring Exhibition following the first exhibition at Jupiter Museum of Art in Shenzhen.

 

In a diminishing way Yiwen Zhou will exhibit three series of works in Shanghai: "Peace Square", "Shelf Life ", " The Unbearable Green Horse in Life". He sticks to the textualism principle of Easel Painting and regards Easel Painting as the core of his creation, and installation art as the extension, to express the themes of love, peace and environmental protection.

 

Under the subtropical oceanic monsoon climate, it will be warm and humid in Shanghai in August. It seems we heard pigeons cooing in the body of the artist , and cherries of love shouting sweetly on the human bed. A change is underway in contemporary art. Through his unique creations, Yiwen Zhou casts his eyes on human spiritual predicament, as an attempt to address the issue of where contemporary art goes.

 

Yiwen Zhou 's artistic creations carry rich human spirits and cultural propositions. His art comes first from the source of his life--mother tongue civilization, and then goes to a broader world. His art works featuring love, peace and environmental protection are not theme-driven creations, but natural growths out of his life, because Yiwen Zhou, as a poet and fairy tale writer, is tender and compassionate in his heart. It’s an undeniable fact that love often comes onto his Xuan paper naturally as falling tears.

 

With a brush of rich or light colors, Yiwen Zhou draws feathers, cherries and green horses, and draws love, peace and environmental protection. Brush and colors have become part of his body and a portion of contemporary art anthropology.

 

Contemporary art anthropology is the contemporary art that pays attention to human existence and spirit, the art that synchronizes with the contemporary time and the art of this moment. It is not the art of other place, nor the contemporary art of fakes and mimics. Removing the superfluous mask of contemporary art and returning to the scene of living: that’s what Yiwen Zhou is revealing to us. His fluffy feelings and fresh ideas, together with his enlightening thoughts, have formed a solid base for his contemporary art.

 

Yiwen Zhou sees hope in the generation of artists represented by Lin Fengmian and Zhao Wou-Ki. Contemporary art will never fall into despair in the misunderstanding of history. The power of love can save mediocrity, boredom and pallor. Let contemporary art reach the human soul directly, revitalize ancient civilization, and create a brave new contemporary art belonging to the future.

 

Through ONE HALF PLUS ONE HALF：Yiwen Zhou Solo Exhibition, I see contemporary art is moving towards the depths of the human spirit, trying to answer the question of where we come from and where we go. Contemporary art is moving towards the embrace of love, breaking away from trembling painful flesh, as light-footed as feathers, flying like a green horse, fresh and sweet like a cherry’s lifespan that rots in nature, and expands in the air, like time, like our life. This is contemporary art, and this is the candidcontemporary art of Mr. Yiwen Zhou.

 

Academic moderator: Zhou Sese

Beijing, 27 July 2023

 

 

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