展期 Period：
2024.7.20—2024.8.20
艺术家 Artist：
大志Dazhi、冯珏嘉 Feng Jueiia、黄斌 Huang Bin、李赢 Li Ying、史文轩 Shi Wenxuan、孙彦初 Sun Yanchu、吴禹墨 & 张泽洋平 Wu Yumo & Zhang Zeyangping、郑丰林 Zheng Fenglin、周康 Zhou Kang、赵玉 Pocono Zhao Yu
策展人 Curator：
地点 Venue：
新氧艺 O2art（北京798）
前言 Foreword：
不知不觉，2024年走到了七月的尾巴。在这样一个夏日炎炎的假期，我们应该做一个什么样的展览来迎接看上去漫长的假期？在不少文学作品和电影中，夏日和假期是故事发生的背景，比如北野武的《菊次郎的夏天》和侯孝贤的《冬冬的假期》。一开始，我们设想有这样一个展览，从视觉上来讲所有展览的作品皆与蓝色相关，当观众进入到展览空间宛如进入一个静寂的蓝色之地。
在展览的策划和推进中这个思路产生了变化，这个世界没有单纯的静寂无声，恰恰是因为动才有了静，因为伤感才会显示出欢愉，正如同“雁渡寒潭不留影，风过疏竹不留声”一样，微澜之后归于平寂的湖水更彰显出无上的寂静与清凉。
在今天嘈杂的都市生活中，正是因为人们陷入巨大不真实的日常中，才会在内心深处渴望田园牧歌和桃花源。在高度全球化和城镇化的今天，尤其在数字化生活的语境中，年轻一代的生活呈现出“生活在别处”的状态，他们在流动性的生活中提取出各自的生命感受，在本次展览的艺术家作品阐述中多出现真实、幻想、感知等词语，可见他们对于不确定性的感知。这些作品仿佛是一瞬的梦境凝固为琥珀，让短暂从现实生活抽离出来的情绪成为了永恒。
艺术家的生活和创作之间的关系是艺术史叙述中的常用线索之一，一个人的生活既是个人的，也是属于他所在的时代的，这些作品便是艺术家生活所留下的痕迹和声音。大雁飞过寒潭投下的影子随着它们的远去和消失，微风吹拂过竹林所产生的沙沙声随着风过归于平寂，艺术家却能将这一瞬间和过程转换为作品中的时间与空间。他们是世界的风，激荡起湖心的涟漪，轻拂过世间的风物。
The end of July, 2024 is approaching. What is the exhibition to welcome the long vacation on a scorching day? Summer and vacation form the background of many literary works and movies, such as Kikujiro (Takeshi Kitano) and A Summer at Grandpa's (Hou Hsiao-hsien). Initially we planned an exhibition in which all the works are visually blue, where audience finds a blue sanctuary where silence reigns supreme.
As we planned and made progress, the blue space concept evolved to embrace the notion that true silence emerges from movement, just as joy blossoms from a contrast with sadness. Akin to the idea of “the geese flying across the cold pool, their shadows fleeting, or the wind wuthering through a sparse bamboo forest, its sound ephemeral,” as written by a Chinese philosopher, this exhibition captures the tranquil essence of stillness in the aftermath of motion.
In our modern, riotous, urbanized existence with colossally unreal daily encounters, the yearning for idyllic tranquility and a reclusive life resonates deeply. Globalization and urbanization, especially in a digital context, has cultivated a sense of "living elsewhere," prompting the young generation to extract their own emotions from life's perpetual flux. Artists’ statements are using words such as real, fantasy, and perception, which encapsulate their ideas of uncertainty. These works seem to be transient dreams solidifying into eternal amber, making the briefly detached emotions eternal.
The relationship between an artist's life and the artworks forms a common thread in art history narratives. Life, both personal and intrinsically tied to the era, leaves indelible traces and voices of the artist. Just as the shadows of geese dissipate and the bamboo whispers fade, the artist alone possesses the power to immortalize these fleeting moments, transforming them into timeless spaces within their works. They are as powerful as winds, stirring up the ripples on the lake and brushing over everything in the world.
