上海狮語｜隋長江个展《在此》｜1月11日开幕

狮語画廊欣然宣布将于2025年1月11日举办隋长江的个展《在此》，展览将持续至3月2日。隋长江的艺术创作来源于日常经验，他擅长通过对日常物象的细致观察和视觉转译，赋予看似普通的事物以陌生化的质感，展现超越表象的多层含义。

在隋长江的作品中，记忆与现实的边界被打破，形成一种微妙而持久的张力，他通过放大的特写视角捕捉生活中被忽视的瞬间，将片刻定格为具有永恒意味的视觉“景别”。正如记忆选择性的摄入和遗忘构建了我们的自我认知，隋长江的作品也以这种方法将生活的瞬间凝固并重构为新的视觉意象。在长久地凝望中，记忆以局部为锚点被重新梳理与放大，被挑选、凝视，甚至被解构，重新组合为超越表象的画面。

正是局部呈现与放大细节的创作方式，使其画面并未以直观的叙述显现主体，而是建构了一种视觉的隐喻性表达，被描绘的物像在这一过程中被赋予一种超越其物质本身的象征功能。由此，画面中的主体并非只是被观看的对象，它同时暗示了一种在观看中生成的关系。正如艺术家坦言“画面总是出现的单个人物或物体，是因为我选择了第一人称的主观视角，是‘我’的看到，也即‘我’与所画对象的关系。”

材料的物质性不仅是承载图像的基础，更是艺术语言的组成部分。如艺术家所述“材料承载住我的感受，我发掘出它们的功能，我们是合作关系，”在创作中他将画布、笔、颜料与自身的手感视为创作的协同者。受到中国传统绘画体系的影响，他在作品中运用了勾线、留白等技法，以柔韧而坚定的线条勾勒出描绘之物的轮廓；未被完全覆盖的亚麻本色画布，透出细腻而温润的底色，恰似宋画绢本的肌理与光泽。画面有意的平面化处理，削弱了传统写实绘画中的透视逻辑，将目光引向对物象本质与边界的思考，使作品更接近于一种对生命状态的凝视与沉思。

Leo Gallery is pleased to present Sui Changjiang's solo exhibition The Present from January 11 to March 2, 2025. Sui Changjiang's art is derived from daily experiences. He specializes in giving seemingly ordinary objects an unfamiliar texture through meticulous observation and visual reinterpretation, revealing layers of meaning that transcend the appearance of things.

In Sui Changjiang's works, the boundary between memory and reality is blurred, creating a subtle yet lasting tension. Using zoomed-in close-ups, he captures overlooked moments from daily life, preserving them as visual “frames” that hold a sense of permanence. Just as selective intake and forgetting of memories shape our self-awareness, Sui’s works freeze and reframe fleeting moments, transforming them into new visual imagery. Through prolonged contemplation, fragments of memory are revisited, magnified, handpicked, gazed, deconstructed, and reassembled into images that go beyond their literal representation.

It is the way of partial representation and magnification of details that prevents the images from revealing their subjects through intuitive narration. Instead, they construct a visual metaphor, in which the depicted objects are endowed with a symbolic function beyond their material form. As a result, the subjects in his works are not simply objects to be observed; they suggest a relationship formed during the act of viewing. As the artist explains, “The reason solitary figures or objects often appear in my paintings is that I choose the first-person perspective. What I see reflects my relationship with the subject I paint.”

隋长江 Sui Changjiang

《壹》One，2023?

亚麻油画 Oil on linen 

150 x 130cm

The material quality in Sui’s work is not only the foundation for his images but also an essential part of his artistic language. As Sui puts it, “Materials carry my emotions, and I discover their potential, so we collaborate.” In his process, he treats canvas, brushes, and pigments as creative partners, engaging with them through direct, hands-on interaction. Influenced by the traditional Chinese painting, Sui applies techniques such as “Outlined drawing” and “Negative space”, using soft yet firm strokes to delineate his subjects. The natural tone of the linen canvas, left partially exposed, reveals a subtle and warm base, reminiscent of the texture and sheen of Song dynasty silk paintings. By intentionally flattening the image, Sui reduces the sense of perspective in traditional realistic painting, instead focusing on the essence and boundaries of objects. This approach shifts his work toward a state of contemplation and introspection on the nature of existence.