上海狮語｜闫博《未名之地》｜9月13日开幕

狮語画廊将于2024年9月13日至10月27日欣然呈献闫博的个人展览《未名之地》，凝聚艺术家在过去三年中创作的作品。

“未名之地”指未被命名的且难以用语言文字阐释的形式、事物或领域。此次展出的作品名称均为《无题》，将作品命名为《无题》是闫博阻断语言对绘画干扰的实践；当作品被赋予某一固定且唯一的名称时，隐含其中的指向性已然成立，往往会干扰观看的本能反应。只有言语难以名状时，视觉才能成为感知作品的唯一通道。“未名”的作品纯粹地与观看相联系，提供了一种纯化的视觉语言。

“未名”的作品不仅是艺术家反对阐释、回归形式本体的一种主动的选择，同时也指向了一种开放的创作方法论。闫博在创作过程中始终追求逻辑的“陌生化”，他通过建立一种逻辑陌生的语境和独特的技术支撑，使得作品以不规则的形状和复杂的画面展现出千变万化的不确定性。这种方式要求艺术家始终保持警觉，以敏锐地察觉到自身创作思路的潜在固化，不断地打破既有的创作体系，在抵达一种复杂性的顶点后，又向着单纯性回归。

此次展览中，闫博所呈现的图像世界是一个未被命名的，且拒绝被文字阐释的世界，而“未名”这一行为所指向的自由则构成了闫博艺术世界的“世界观”。在循环往复的打破与重建之中，闫博不断为自己构建起新的艺术世界，保持创作的持续活力与独特性。

Leo Gallery is pleased to present Yan Bo's solo exhibition Beyond Interpretation from 13 September to 27 October 2024, bringing together the artist's works from the past three years.

"Beyond Interpretation" refers to forms, things, or realms that remain untitled and are difficult to interpret through language. All the works featured in this exhibition are named Untitled, representing Yan Bo’s practice of severing the interference of language with painting. When a work is given a fixed and singular title, it inherently establishes a point of reference, which can often disrupt the instinctive response of the viewer. Only when language falls short does vision become the sole pathway to perceiving the work. The "untitled" pieces are purely connected with the act of viewing, offering a purified visual language.

These "untitled" works reflect the artist's deliberate choice to resist interpretation and return to the essence of form while also pointing to an open creative methodology. In his creative process, Yan Bo persistently pursues "Defamiliarization" in logic. By constructing a context of logical estrangement and establishing unique technical support, his works, through irregular shapes and complex images, exhibit an ever-changing sense of uncertainty. This approach requires the artist to remain constantly vigilant, keenly aware of the potential stagnation in his creative thinking, and continuously break away from existing creative systems. After reaching a pinnacle of complexity, he returns towards simplicity.

In this exhibition, the visual world that Yan Bo presents is an undefined one, refusing to be interpreted by words. The act of "untitled" points towards the freedom that constitutes the worldview of Yan Bo’s artistic universe. Through the cyclical process of breaking and rebuilding, Yan Bo continuously constructs new artistic worlds for himself, sustaining the vitality and uniqueness of his creation.