《魏，你最近怎么样？》魏艺娟个人作品展
在作品创作中，艺术家往往截取最小的个体情绪注入作品，让观众进入到人性的共鸣，在其中反复回荡。生活中，无论喜剧、悲剧还是默剧，种种发生为创作带来养分，为艺术家的作品带来基调。有些艺术家个体，总能从平淡的生活里为他人点出连自己都无法言语的道理。
如果绘画是一种记录，那“写下来”——留在画布上的，仿佛就是艺术家与自己的日常对白。
以此为线索，散步时刻Champochic Gallery 画廊的开幕首展，邀请大家一起走进艺术家魏艺娟的创作历程，跟着我们一起去翻阅这个不太典型的、仍在进行中的年轻艺术家retrospective。
这次展览，我们筛选了不同时期代表艺术家不同阶段的自己，将至今的创作梳理出来。每一个阶段都代表着一个不同状态下的“魏”，她当时的状态，她当时的方向，她当时对于未来的憧憬。作品犹如砖头，一块块砌成如今的一条道路。让我们顺着这样的思绪从起点开始认识这位艺术家。
魏的绘画像是一次次有必要的自我对白，在生活的间隙里独自记录。一块朴实的“大地系”调色盘，她为自己筑建一个充满象征物的内心世界。虚构的绘画宇宙里，先是有了自己，有了人，然后开始出现「平原」与其它的生物。
作品的画面结构倾向超现实主义，仿佛梦境里才会出现的地域风景与构图；画面的处理手法又透露着艺术家对于德国表现主义的追念，那种被灌注了沉重而痛苦的精神。艺术家的笔触与色彩之间透露着一种暗淡而有张力的能量。同时，符号与象征物的出现，让作品蒙上了一层神秘的面纱。让不同的角度，迎来新的解析。
用绘画记录自己，那看似不真实的世界，却又是艺术家基于自己日常所提炼而出的现实情绪。魏的作品从描绘个体情感、自然，到死亡再到神性，每一张画面犹如深邃的记忆。
透过艺术家自我的对白，在这次的展览里，也邀请观众前来观看，从而在繁忙的日常里也留有余地，停下来，关注自己。
“Murmur” Wei Yi Juan Solo Exhibition
Whether it’s a comedy, tragedy or a mime, little happenings of an artist’s life can form the grounds for creativity and artistic expression. Taking even the smallest of personal experiences, and exploring them in his or her work, some artists seek to resonate with the audience, on the subject matter of humanity, inducing interesting perspectives from the mundane and norms of everyday life.
If the purpose of painting is a recording act, then what’s “written” on the canvas is perhaps a routine dialogue spoken inside the artist’s mind.
Following this trail of thought, the Champochic Gallery shows artist Wei Yi Juan in the gallery’s exhibition debut. Tracing footsteps of the young artist, let us venture into an untypical, work-in-progress “retrospective”.
Selecting works from different periods of Wei’s creations since 2016, this exhibition hopes to formulate a perspective showing Wei’s evolving state of mind and artistic direction. Each work like a slab of brick, lays down the foundations of a path that leads to her style and method as an artist. Metaphorically, let us travel down this thought lane, and get to know the artist from the beginning of the road.
Using a earthy palette, Wei constructs an inner world filled with symbols and icons. In this fictional painted universe, it all begins with the self, then others, and then the emergence of “plains” and other living beings.
A world so surreal, yet derived from the day-to-day of the artist’s life. Personal emotions, nature, death and divinity, working together, like a deep and distant memory.
The “structure” of Wei’s work lean towards surrealism, dreamlike landscape and compositions appearing within. On the other hand, the mood of her brushstroke shows the artist’s inclination for German expressionism, there is heaviness and pain on the soul in her work. Wei’s work is muted yet with tense energy, and the mysterious symbols and icons leave differing interpretations for the audience.
On this occasion, We invite the audience to enter into the world of Wei Yi Juan. Come and engage in this self-dialogue of the artist and also to the opportunity to slow down, stop and pay attention to your “self”.
厦门市思明区民族路37号之1海祥大厦7楼
Level 7, Hai Xiang Building, 37-1 Min Zu Road, Siming District, Xiamen
Level 7, Hai Xiang Building, 37-1 Min Zu Road, Siming District, Xiamen
