Likeness of a Thought
八位艺术家纸上作品艺术项目
2017.3.11 - 2017.5.14
开幕： 3月11日 (周六) 14:00-18:00
艺术家：李振威 Li Zhenwei、王光乐 Wang Guangle、娜布其 Na Buqi、吴丹丹 Wu Dandan、
文悦 Wen Yue、杨威 Yang Wei、Bianca Regl、 Stephen Gleadow
策展人：James Elaine
地址：望远镜艺术家工作室 & 北京艺门画廊
望远镜艺术家工作室与北京艺门画廊协同呈现
Telescope in collaboration with Pékin Fine Arts
绘画在西方的学术定义是“纸上的独特创作”，但是这个定义本身忽略了关于绘画本质的其它一些内涵或源泉。“纸上的创作”侧重于对物理形式的表述；但事实上，绘画比这深刻得多，它是在探寻灵感和实现灵感的过程中，深入表现思想过程和精神旨趣的一种活动。在英文里，“绘”（to draw）这个动词本身就意味着汲取思想的灵感，就如同从深井中汲取井水一般。绘画可以发生在画家不思不想、“空无一物”之时，它的表现形式甚至也不囿于纸张。它是画家同他（她）们的自我之间展开的一场私密的对话。画作通常不像其它艺术媒介那样承载明显的货币价值，这也使得艺术家在创作过程中更少地受到压力的干扰。在这未知的领域里，他们可以随心所欲、漫无目的地去表达、去尝试。他们在创作中使用的材料、倾注的思想、投入的情感其实是另一种、也许是更加难得的作品创造，有别于最终的画作或雕塑。
A western academic definition of a drawing is ”unique work on paper,” but this definition alone overlooks other aspects or sources of what drawing really is and where it comes from. Work on paper is a physical description but drawing goes much deeper: into the thought processes and spirit in between a search for an idea and its realization. The verb ‘to draw’ means to pull something out of the deep, like drawing water from a well. Drawing can happen when an artist is not really thinking about anything at all and is not even restricted to paper. It is a private conversation between the artist and him or herself. Drawings generally have less monetary value than other mediums, which takes a lot of pressure off of the artist’s process. In this unmapped territory artists are free to unconsciously express and to risk. The materials, thoughts, and emotions they use portray a different and perhaps a more vulnerable side of their creative being than that seen in their painting and sculptures.
望远镜艺术家工作室与北京艺门画廊联合邀请了八位在北京的艺术家参与此次展览。他们将根据绘画的这种广义定义，带来个人创作过程中的艺术装置。两处展览馆的墙面上都将挂上未完工的石膏板——这种常用的建筑材料将会被压缩在两层厚纸当中。这种未完成的状态象征着绘画材料本身也具有同画作相似的时间属性，这种属性也将艺术馆的空间转化为一个更接近于创作室的空间。
Telescope, in collaboration with Pékin Fine Arts, has invited eight Beijing artists to propose individual drawing based installations considering this expanded understanding of drawing. The walls of both gallery spaces have been covered with unpainted ‘drywall,’ a common building material made of gypsum plaster, which is pressed between two thick sheets of paper. In its unfinished state, it suggests a drawing material itself having similar temporary qualities of a drawing and transforms the gallery space into a more of a working studio.
参展艺术家：
Artists in the exbibition:
李振威 Li Zhenwei
王光乐 Wang Guangle
娜布其 Na Buqi
吴丹丹 Wu Dandan
文悦 Wen Yue
杨威 Yang Wei
Bianca Regl
Stephen Gleadow
八位艺术家纸上作品艺术项目
2017.3.11 - 2017.5.14
开幕： 3月11日 (周六) 14:00-18:00
艺术家：李振威 Li Zhenwei、王光乐 Wang Guangle、娜布其 Na Buqi、吴丹丹 Wu Dandan、
文悦 Wen Yue、杨威 Yang Wei、Bianca Regl、 Stephen Gleadow
策展人：James Elaine
地址：望远镜艺术家工作室 & 北京艺门画廊
望远镜艺术家工作室与北京艺门画廊协同呈现
Telescope in collaboration with Pékin Fine Arts
绘画在西方的学术定义是“纸上的独特创作”，但是这个定义本身忽略了关于绘画本质的其它一些内涵或源泉。“纸上的创作”侧重于对物理形式的表述；但事实上，绘画比这深刻得多，它是在探寻灵感和实现灵感的过程中，深入表现思想过程和精神旨趣的一种活动。在英文里，“绘”（to draw）这个动词本身就意味着汲取思想的灵感，就如同从深井中汲取井水一般。绘画可以发生在画家不思不想、“空无一物”之时，它的表现形式甚至也不囿于纸张。它是画家同他（她）们的自我之间展开的一场私密的对话。画作通常不像其它艺术媒介那样承载明显的货币价值，这也使得艺术家在创作过程中更少地受到压力的干扰。在这未知的领域里，他们可以随心所欲、漫无目的地去表达、去尝试。他们在创作中使用的材料、倾注的思想、投入的情感其实是另一种、也许是更加难得的作品创造，有别于最终的画作或雕塑。
A western academic definition of a drawing is ”unique work on paper,” but this definition alone overlooks other aspects or sources of what drawing really is and where it comes from. Work on paper is a physical description but drawing goes much deeper: into the thought processes and spirit in between a search for an idea and its realization. The verb ‘to draw’ means to pull something out of the deep, like drawing water from a well. Drawing can happen when an artist is not really thinking about anything at all and is not even restricted to paper. It is a private conversation between the artist and him or herself. Drawings generally have less monetary value than other mediums, which takes a lot of pressure off of the artist’s process. In this unmapped territory artists are free to unconsciously express and to risk. The materials, thoughts, and emotions they use portray a different and perhaps a more vulnerable side of their creative being than that seen in their painting and sculptures.
望远镜艺术家工作室与北京艺门画廊联合邀请了八位在北京的艺术家参与此次展览。他们将根据绘画的这种广义定义，带来个人创作过程中的艺术装置。两处展览馆的墙面上都将挂上未完工的石膏板——这种常用的建筑材料将会被压缩在两层厚纸当中。这种未完成的状态象征着绘画材料本身也具有同画作相似的时间属性，这种属性也将艺术馆的空间转化为一个更接近于创作室的空间。
Telescope, in collaboration with Pékin Fine Arts, has invited eight Beijing artists to propose individual drawing based installations considering this expanded understanding of drawing. The walls of both gallery spaces have been covered with unpainted ‘drywall,’ a common building material made of gypsum plaster, which is pressed between two thick sheets of paper. In its unfinished state, it suggests a drawing material itself having similar temporary qualities of a drawing and transforms the gallery space into a more of a working studio.
参展艺术家：
Artists in the exbibition:
李振威 Li Zhenwei
王光乐 Wang Guangle
娜布其 Na Buqi
吴丹丹 Wu Dandan
文悦 Wen Yue
杨威 Yang Wei
Bianca Regl
Stephen Gleadow
