艺博会 | 天线空间参加2023弗里兹首尔艺博会 | 展位 A31

Owen Fu在这次的作品展示中，呈现出了从更偏向于西方艺术的笔触和表达到颇具东方韵味和质感的视觉效果，展现了他创作上微妙的转变和交融。他常常在作品中描绘晦暗中涌动的情欲以及“宿于空虚的心兽”，这是他绘画的常见主题。作品中的眼底空洞象征着未知时空和欲望，而线条则隐喻纠葛关系和情愫，这些元素无一不让人感受到意惹情牵。从无法被精确描绘的眼神中，我们可以联想到“无题”下所蕴含的“梁祝”“蝶恋花”“西窗烛”等中国古典爱情文本和意象，这些元素透露出酸涩和悲伤的情感，强烈地呼唤着欲望中的“心兽”。同时，将颜料直接应用于粗糙的亚麻材质之上，与中国传统画作中石墨寄托于宣纸的方式相呼应，更加增添了一种中国古代春宫画册的情致。

In this exhibition, Owen Fu presents a subtle transformation and fusion of his artistic practice, transitioning from brushwork and expression that leans more towards Western art to a visual style rich in Eastern charm and texture. In his paintings, he frequently portrays hidden desires and “Geisttiere that dwell in the void" in his artworks. The vacant depths of eyes in his works symbolize unknown time and desires, while the lines metaphorically convey entangled relationships and sentiments. Each of these elements resonates deeply, evoking a sense of profound emotional connection. Gazing into indescribable eyes, images of well-known folk stories, songs and poems are invoked – such as “The Butterfly Lovers,” "Butterflies Loves Flowers,” "Night Rain: Sent North” about trimming the candle by the western window. These elements form a bittersweet and melancholic emotional experience, summoning a "beast of the heart" within desire. Simultaneously, the direct application of pigments onto coarse linen corresponds to the traditional Chinese practice of painting in ink on paper, furthering reminiscence of traditional Chinese art. 

关小在各种丰富的材料之间建立各不相同的关系，创造出一种突破历史和文化界限的视觉语言，用拼贴的方式，将经典艺术语言与工业制造文明融合在一起，创作出独特的当代艺术形式。陶瓷是一种传统的，经典的材料，它的特性是棱角柔软，且富于变化的。它代表着某种“旧”，与工业化的锋利、精确以及重复性相互对立。对于眼睛和肖像的想象使得车轮的使用变得更加明确。在它转换成眼睛之后，那种放射状结构变得更加强烈并且赋予了不同的情绪。由于轮胎款式以及鼻子的材质颜色的多变性，一只外凸的陶瓷鼻子和两只深色的轮毂构成一幅不断变化的抽象肖像。

Guan Xiao creates a visual language that breaks through historical and cultural boundaries by establishing diverse relationships between a variety of rich materials, using collage to fuse classical art language with industrial manufacturing civilization to build a unique form of contemporary art. Ceramic is a traditional material that is soft and varied in character to Guan Xiao. It represents the "old", in opposition to industrialized sharpness, precision and repeatability. The imagery of the eye and portrait makes the use of the rim more explicit. After it is transformed into eyes, the radial structure becomes more intense and gives different emotions. A protruding ceramic nose, along with jet rims constitute an ever-shifting abstract portrait due to the variability of the rim style and the material color of the nose.