正在展出｜王光乐个展“波浪”正在北京公社展出

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展览标题“波浪”由作品中反复出现在艺术家创作各个时期的波纹而来。这个形式源自艺术家对自身创作系统的确定性的持续表达，并始终贯穿着王光乐的艺术实践。作为海的一部分，波浪并非是对自然世界的描绘，而是关乎自然与理念的非时空关系。它譬喻着一切的意义都扎根于当下和变动中，代表了艺术家在创作中的不断质疑也不断肯定。传统禅宗教义中，“波浪与海水”这个概念包容着不稳定性和内在确定性这对不可分割的关系，二者当下同在。看似流动的波浪，实则只是没有发生根本性物理变化的海水的震颤。

展览的基调以柔和的单一色为主，试图让各种简单粗糙的材质极力接近其自身本色却尚未到达完全的纯粹。对石膏、油漆和丙烯的使用标志着艺术家对物质材料持续不断的深入探索，反应了他在绘画材料方面最基本的认识和态度，为之后“无题”、“水磨石”和“寿漆”这些重要系列提供了具有核心价值的支撑点。展览中，《无题170625》侧面透出的未被完全覆盖的多色层相互形成反差，有如年轮般揭示着创作的时间轨迹，给看似单调的展厅增添了一层复杂性，加强着展览整体的厚重和稳定感。每个色块和材料间均有着不可断裂的联系，从一个部分自然平稳地过渡到另一个，共同赋予作品以意义。《波浪2013》则通过涂料的叠加，强调由材料营造的纹理和质地，安静地对传统绘画进行进一步挑战和突破。艺术家遵循着一种随遇而安的态度，常使用手边的拾得物和最舒适有效的方法，让所有创作都持续保持关于具体性的关系认知。如《160501》中，王光乐在室外将油漆逐渐填满拾得的木框。由外向内一层层日积月累地涂刷，使得画面正中留下逐级递减的凹地，而其间附着的灰尘突出了画面有关时间和自然关系的具体性感觉。

这次展出的作品可以被视作他创作历程的根本，通过简单朴素的方式深度充分地发掘了王光乐的创作实践基础，试图展现其始终如一的工作方法。通过他周期漫长的创作时间和重复性过程的“劳动”，层层堆积其如夯土般坚固的外表，透露出一种温情、具有无限包容和人性的光芒。无论是“无题”系列、“寿漆”系列还是“水磨石”中的光，都包含了绘画时特定时空下的感受和遭遇，以及超越任何现实世界的时间节点的具性的恒常。

展览场景 _ installation view

王光乐1976年出生于福建，2000年毕业于中央美术学院油画系，现生活及工作于北京。他曾多次参加国内外重要展览，其中包括加利福尼亚亚太三年展 (2013) 、釜山双年展（2010）和布拉格双年展（2009）。其作品曾于荷兰鹿特丹波伊曼斯·范伯宁恩美术馆、美国卢贝尔家族迈阿密私人收藏博物馆、澳大利亚白兔美术馆、德国路德维希美术馆、意大利博岑Museion美术馆、美国旧金山亚洲艺术博物馆、北京今日美术馆、北京民生现代美术馆、上海龙美术馆、上海当代艺术馆、上海证大美术馆、中央美术学院美术馆、中国美术馆、上海复星艺术中心、深圳何香凝美术馆、北京时代美术馆、尤伦斯当代艺术中心和北京泰康空间等诸多国内外美术馆及艺术机构展出。

Beijing Commune is pleased to announce the opening of Wang Guangle’s solo exhibition, “Waves”, on April 15th, 2021. Bringing together the artist's works from 2004 to 2021, the show explores his various phases to establish a core value that runs throughout his painting practice. These works from different series differ in forms yet are internally interrelated, creating a continuous “self-contained system of formal practice”.

A soft monochromatic tone runs through the exhibition as a way to bring various simple and rough materials as close to their true colors as possible, albeit not fully reaching the purity state. The use of plaster, paint and acrylic symbolizes the artist’s continuous and in-depth exploration of painting materials, as well as his fundamental understanding of this aspect over the years. It exemplifies a support point for his later "Untitled", "Terrazzo" and "Coffin Paint" series. In this exhibition, the multi layers of contrasting colors that are not completely covered from the side of Untitled 170625  reveal the time trajectory of creation like annual rings, adding a sense of complexity, weight and stability to the seemingly monotonous exhibition hall. With an unbreakable connection between each color block and medium, one part naturally and smoothly transitions to another, bestowing the work meaning altogether. Waves 2013 superposes layers of paint to bring out the textural quality, further challenging and breaking through the realm of painting. The artist takes things as they go, often using the most comfortable and effective methods at hand, so that all creations continue to maintain the acute awareness of specificality. In 160501, Wang Guangle gradually filled a found wooden frame with paint in the outdoor setting. Painted layer by layer from the rim to the core, leaving a dent in the center, while the dust it collects highlights the specific feeling of the relationship between time and nature.

The works exhibited can be regarded as the foundation of his creative career. Through a simple and precise manner, they fully explore the in-depth foundation of Wang Guangle's practice, seeking to manifest his consistent working method. Through his tedious and repetitive process of "labor", layer piles upon layer like rammed earth reveals a kind of warmth, infinite tenderness and humanity. Whether it is the light in the "Untitled", "Coffin Paint" or "Terrazzo" series, they all include the feelings and encounters of a specific time and space, as well as a sense of eternity that transcends any time node in the realistic world.

Wang Guangle (b. 1976, Fujian) graduated with a BA in Oil Painting from Central Academy of Fine Arts in 2000. He currently lives and works in Beijing. His paintings have been extensively shown worldwide in important biannials and triennials, including the California-Pacific Triennial (2013), Busan Biennale (2010) and Prague Biennale (2009). Museums and institutions that have shown his art include Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, the Netherlands; Museion, Bozen, Italy; Asian Art Museum, San Francisco; Rubell Family Collection and Contemporary Arts Foundation, Miami; White Rabbit Art Museum, Australia; Museum Ludwig, Germany; Today Art Museum, Beijing; Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing; Long Museum, Shanghai; Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai; Zhengda Museum, Shanghai; Museum of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing; National Art Museum, Beijing; Fosun Foundation, Shanghai; He Xiangning Art Museum, Shenzhen; Times Museum, Beijing; Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing; Taikang Space, Beijing and so on. 

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