展期 Period：
2024.8.18—2024.9.22
艺术家 Artist：
刘毅 Liu Yi、鲁钰 Lu Yu、徐超凡 & 任庆齐 Xu Chaofan & Ren Qingqi、姚清妹 Yao Qingmei、张萌 Zhang Meng、张文心 Zhang Wenxin、郑亦然 Jasphy Zheng地点 Venue：
香格纳画廊 ShanghART Gallery（上海西岸）
前言 Introduction：
香格纳画廊荣幸宣布位于上海徐汇滨江的全新空间“香格纳西岸中环”首展“反常合道”将于8月18日开幕。展览将于新空间的地下展厅呈现来自刘毅、鲁钰、徐超凡&任庆齐、姚清妹、张萌、张文心、郑亦然，共7位/组艺术家的创作，旨在从作品“反常”的表象中发掘艺术家的内在动能，将焦点回落至对艺术家个体独特性的关照以及对其创作当代性的思索。
“反常合道”出自苏轼点评柳宗元的诗时所记“诗以奇趣为宗，反常合道为趣”。“反常合道”作为一种中国古典诗词表达策略，在本次展览中被借用为一种当代艺术创作的路径。艺术家以反叛常规的意象或方法，在本质与现象、或内容与形式间，刻意制造矛盾——作品看似或“奇”或“幻”或“荒诞”，却正是以“反常”承托出“合道”，恰如其分地将艺术家的构思转译，使观众猛然发现其中的“合乎情理”，带来别样的审美体验。
ShanghART Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of its new space "ShanghART WB Central" with the inaugural exhibition "In Harmony With The Way" on 18th August. Featuring the works of 7 artists/groups including Liu Yi, Lu Yu, Xu Chaofan & Ren Qingqi, Yao Qingmei, Zhang Meng, Zhang Wenxin, and Jasphy Zheng, the exhibition aims to dig into the artists' inner kinetic energy behind the “The Way” that their works appeared, bringing the focus back to the uniqueness of the individuality of the artists and to speculate the contemporariness of their works.
“In Harmony With The Way (Fan Chang He Dao) ” comes from Su Shi’s review of Liu Zongyuan’s poems, “The most appealing poems are those phrased unconventionally and yet achieved in harmony with its way (诗以奇趣为宗，反常合道为趣)”. As an expression strategy of classical Chinese poetry, “in harmony with the way” is employed in the exhibition as a method of contemporary art creation. By applying imagery or actions that rebel against the norm, the artists create contradictions between essence and phenomenon, or between content and form, so that works may appear “bizarre”, “illusory” or “absurd”. However, "harmony" will emerge when the audience suddenly realizes that “the way” adequately supports the artist's conception, which can lead to a dissimilar aesthetic experience.
