展览｜蔡东东个展“脱靶”即将开幕

｜蔡东东个展：脱靶

Cai Dongdong : MISS THE TARGET

策展人Curator：蒋斐然 ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

展 期 Duration：2023.05.26 - 07.30（公众开放）

地 点 Venue：光社影像中心

北京市顺义区竺园路12号院56号楼（天竺综合保税区东门进）

LightSociety, Building No.56, No. 12, Zhuyuan Rd., Shunyi District, Beijing

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     ABOUT EXHIBITION

由蒋斐然策展，艺术家蔡东东（1978年生）的最新个展“脱靶”将于北京光社影像中心举办。“基于现成照片的再创作”一直以来都是蔡东东的主要手法，他从视觉文化的角度把“摄影”带入了图像史或制图史的问题场域，讨论有关呈现的呈现、有关观看的权力等问题。本次展览将选取蔡东东近年来最具代表性的摄影和装置作品。在他的创作中，宏大的历史降维到个体的视角之中，故事的走向在举重若轻的破坏中被悄然改道，图像的意图在灵光乍现的错位中被有机重组，但令人会心的并不只是其作品中的机巧与幽默，更是其传递出的与几代人鲜活的生命史共振交融的感动。

蔡东东的作品并未停留于对摄影本体的延展或对宏大叙事的解构，而是传达了更为深刻的个体生存论与时代动势之间的辩证思考。即此，“脱靶”并非目的，而是人们重访历史和自身的媒介与通道。

感谢麦勒画廊对本次展览的支持。

Miss the Target, the latest solo exhibition of Cai Dongdong (b. 1978), on view at Light Society’s location in Beijing. Cai Dongdong’s approach has always been “a reworking based on readymade photographs.” He introduces “photography” into the intricate, problematic field of image history or image-making history, attempting to complicate and discuss issues related to the essence of presentation and the power dynamic of viewing. This exhibition will include some of the most iconic photographs and installations from Cai Dongdong’s recent oeuvre. In his art, the grand narrative of history is demoted to an individualist perspective, the trajectory of the story quietly distorted by serial disruptions, and the intent of the image organically repurposed by displacements. The wit and humor in his works are not the only emotive qualities they possess, but the vivid spirit that aims to mingle with the complex history of generations.

Cai Dongdong’s art does not stop at the goal of the expansion of photography itself or its deconstruction of grand narratives but propounds a profound dialectical contemplation on individual survivalism amidst turbulent upheavals. In this way, “missing the target” is never the objective, but a medium and bridge for audiences to revisit history and their selfhood. 

Thank you to Galerie Urs Meile for supporting this exhibition.

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     ABOUT LIGHTSOCIETY

光社承继了成立于1920年代的中国第一个摄影社团“北京光社”的艺术基因。光社以推动中国当代艺术，尤其是以摄影为主要媒介的当代艺术为己任。光社致力于通过举办高质量的展览、设计与实施满足当下迫切需求的教育项目以及建立体系性的摄影与艺术收藏，在将自身的充沛能量注入到当代艺术现场的过程中，来主动引领中国当代影像艺术发展的潮流，积极改变中国当代影像艺术的生态，持续激活当代中国的影像艺术与文化。

Light Society inherits the artistic genes of the first photography group in China, “Beijing Light Society”, which was founded in the 1920s. Today, Light Society is on a mission to promote contemporary art in China, especially art based in the photographic medium. By putting out high-quality exhibitions, designing and developing urgently needed educational programs and establishing a systematic framework for the collection of photography and art, light society hopes to inject its own energy into the contemporary art scene, set a trend for the development of contemporary image art in China reshape the environment for photographic practices, and provide ongoing stimulation for the evolution of Chinese image art and culture.