展览预告丨失乐园——汤国作品展

Preface

混凝纸浆是一种粘稠之物，被打湿的历史，被拆解的时间，氤氲下的文化碎片。混凝纸浆在艺术家汤国手中，不知道是用来有意地覆盖，还是不经意地模糊这一切？

汤国 湖底 | 纸本 植物纤维 95.5×200cm 2010

对待粘稠之物的处理，汤国一直存在着两组矛盾，破碎与完整，行动与等待。“破碎”是艺术家对“传统”认知的工作方式，将所谓“博大精深”“静秘趣味”之物零件化，去繁就简，保留着古已有之趣味的同时，有一种视觉赏析的唯一性。“行动”同样是艺术家的重要工作方式，混凝纸浆纤维本质的物理形态，自然生成的美感，附于作品深厚的中国传统意向，有着既静止又生生不息的状态。艺术家在行动中等待植物纤维的奇妙变化，内心与物自然勾连并呈现。

There have always been two sets of contradictions in the treatment of viscous substances in Tang’s state: fragmentation and integrity, action and waiting. "Fragmentation" is the artist's working method of recognizing "tradition", embodying the so-called "vast and profound" and "tranquil and interesting" objects, eliminating complexity and simplifying them, retaining the ancient interests while maintaining the uniqueness of visual appreciation. "Action" is also a critical way for the artist to work. The physical form of the congulated essence of pulp fibers, the naturally generated aesthetic feelings, attached to the profound traditional Chinese intention of the works, possessing a state of both stillness and endless growth. The artist is waiting for marvelous changes in plant fibers in his actions, and his innermost being is naturally connected and presented with things.

汤国 头像之魄 | 亚麻布面 植物纤维 180×140cm 2000

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汤国

1955年生于江苏无锡

1989年毕业于南京艺术学院美术系

曾在中央工艺美院书籍装帧系学习

曾任江苏省作家协会《钟山》杂志美术编辑

现工作生活于南京

除当代艺术创作外，

汤国对古建筑、古家具也极有研究，

参与修缮了获得“联合国教科文组织亚太地区文化遗产保护奖”的北京智珠寺古建筑群