格雷沙姆·塔皮瓦·尼奥德的个展《花从心里开出来》

Vanguard画廊荣幸的宣布将于 9 月 12 日举办格雷沙姆•塔皮瓦•尼奥德的个展《花从心里开出来》。这是格雷沙姆在 Vanguard 画廊的首次个展。去年格雷沙姆在双人展览《叛逆者诗歌》中展出了部分作 品，本次展览中格雷沙姆将继续延续他对周遭事物的观察和感受这一创作视角，尤其是在目前这个全球化的疫情时期以及各种地区性时间的发酵和影响下，格雷沙姆的绘画风格和主题变得日趋成熟，他在其新系列中运用的绘画语言也愈发多元化。展览将持续至 10 月 31 日。

格雷沙姆•塔皮瓦•尼奥德在津巴布韦的首都哈拉雷(Harare)的贫民窟麦拜尔(Mbare)里长大。他的创作从贫民区的不安分中汲取能量和灵感，画面徘徊在具象、抽象与幻象之间。麦拜尔是哈拉雷，乃至全津巴布韦最活跃且臭名昭著的贫民窟，以流氓，暴力和性交易著称，因此即使到了现在，该地区在生活空间质量方面与殖民隔离时代生活在哈拉雷的津巴布韦人的生活环境还是十分相似:游走在生存与死亡的边缘。在如此成长环境下，格雷沙姆的创作中交织着多愁善感与玩世不恭两种略显矛盾的情绪，在他的作品中，具有象征意义的崩塌的人物、地面和椅子无处不在，他带着讽刺意味却毫不掩饰得谈论城市环境中的阶级不平等和消费文化等社会问题。

在本次展览中，格雷沙姆围绕着椅子这个寻常的居家用品，展开了他对当下世界日益常态化的恐慌和不安的发散式心灵探索。延续着他色彩斑澜的剪贴画般的画面，他邀请观者直面近年来人为因素引起的社会动荡和自然灾害，以及其所引发的多米诺骨牌式的情绪。运用椅子等象征性元素，他进一步探讨 “关系” - 人与人之间的，人与环境之间的，以及人与权力和欲望的关系，并将这种脆弱的关系和当代政治的信任危机真实的表现出来。然而，正是通过这种大胆的解刨并呈现这令人沮丧的现状，艺术家希望人们能够勇于秉持信念和希望，让”花从心里开出来”。

“因为即使在这个不稳定、不合情不合理的形势下，我们仍然要对明天心存希望，为了我们自己也为了 我们的孩子，这需要一种真正的乐观主义，不管发生什么。“

--格雷沙姆•塔皮瓦•尼奥德

Vanguard Gallery is pleased to present Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude’s first solo exhibition: True Optimism on 12th September, 2020. Last year, Gresham exhibited some of his works in the dual solo exhibition Poetry of the Rebels, this time, he will continue his creation with the perspective of observing and experiencing his surroundings. At this critical moment of global pandemic and regional events, Gresham’s artistic language and subject approach is becoming more and more mature and diverse. The exhibition will last until 31st October.

Born and raised in Mbare, Gresham works against the sweeping identity that has been defined by the voice of the state. His images oscillate between figuration, abstraction and hallucination, drawing from the restless energy of the ghetto. Mbare is Harare’s and perhaps Zimbabwe’s most vibrant and notorious ghetto. Allegedly ridden with hooliganism, violence and prostitution, Mbare is said to parallel the conditions of Harare for Zimbabweans during the colonial segregation era (in respect of its hardship and quality of living space). To this day Mbare retains the character of a port city with its trade, shady deals and otherwise bustle of unremitting human traffic amid urban decay. Living on the verge between survival and demise has been somewhat of a call to poetry, at times proving brutal and at others sentimental or cynically satirical. In his works, symbolic collapsed figures, floors and chairs are everywhere. With irony, he talks about social issues such as class inequality and consumer culture in the urban environment without concealment.

In this exhibition, Gresham revolves around the chair, an ordinary household item, and unfolds his divergent spiritual exploration of the panic and anxiety that is becoming normality in the current world. Continuing his colored collage-like images, he invites viewers to confront the social unrest and natural disasters caused by human factors in recent years, as well as the domino emotions they have triggered. Using symbolic elements such as chairs, he further explored "relationships", the ones between people with each other, the ones between people and the environment, and the other concerning power and desire. He compared this fragile relationship with the crisis of trust in contemporary politics, and present it in the flesh. However, it is through this bold interpretation and presenting this depressing status quo that the artist hopes that people can still uphold their beliefs and hopes, with “true optimism”.

“Because in this precarious situation of falling and not being able to make sense of the world, we still want to maintain hope in a better tomorrow, for ourselves and our children and this requires optimism in the truest sense of the word, despite all odds.”

- Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude

关于艺术家

格雷沙姆•塔皮瓦•尼奥德 1988 年出生于津巴布韦哈拉雷，2008 年获得津巴布韦国家美术馆视觉艺术工 作室国家美术证书。现工作生活于哈拉雷。近期展览包括:”叛逆者诗歌“，Vanguard 画廊，上海，中国 (2019);“日与夜”，GNYP 画廊，柏林，德国(2019);“夜与日”，一楼画廊，哈拉雷，津巴布韦 (2019);“哈拉雷野兽派”，Alon Ragev 画廊，特拉维夫，以色列(2019);“破坏之歌”，新美术馆三 年展，纽约，美国(2018);“蔑视叙事”，常青项目，旧金山，美国(2018);“非洲之外”，Yannick & Ben Jakober 基金会，马略卡岛，西班牙(2018); “Kubatana”，Kristiin Hjellegjerde Gallery，伦 敦，英国(2018 双人展);“Mazino”，一楼画廊，哈拉雷，津巴布韦(2017 个展);“面对奇迹:面具 舞与其后人”，Loving Monro 画廊，圣莫妮卡，美国(2017);“另一个新世界/城市轴”，PS 艺术空间， 弗里曼特尔，澳大利亚(2017)。

About the Artist

Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude was born in 1988 in Harare, Zimbabwe. In 2008 he received his National Certificate in Fine Arts from National Gallery of Zimbabwe Visual Arts Studios. Now he lives and works in Harare. Recent exhibitions include: Poetry of the Rebels, Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai, China(2019); Day and Night, GNYP Gallery, Berlin, Germany (2019); Night & Day: Mundopa/Nyaude, First Floor Gallery Harare, Zimbabwe (2019); Harare Fauves, Alon Ragev Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel (2019); 2018 Triennial: Songs for Sabotage, New Musuem, New York, USA (2018); Defying the Narratives, Ever Gold Projects, San Francisco, USA (2018); Ex Africa Aliquid Novi, Yannick y Ben Jakober Foundation, Mallorca, Spain (2018); Kubatana , Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, UK (2018 Duo Exhibition); Mazino, First Floor Gallery Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe (2017 Solo Exhibition); Face the Magic: Gule Wamkulu and its heirs, Loving Monro Gallery, Santa Monica, USA (2017); Another Antipodes/urban axis, PS Art Space, Fremantle, Australia (2017).