Selected works by Chen Jianguo

驚心動魄——陳建國近作展

June 1st – 30th, 2009

2009年6月1日 – 30日

Art Beatus Gallery 精藝軒畫廊

Shark is one of the most fearful predators in the oceans. Its wide opened jaws or just the sight of it will incite a deep fear in us. In his new Shadow series, Chen Jianguo, tries to explores into the real meaning of fright. The question that he poses before us is: Fright, is it from the jaws of the predators or from the not-so-frightening but illusive mouth that lurks behind?

Not so long ago, Chen shares with us his notions of Hope with beautiful roses rising up in the midst of storms, destructions or chaos. Art Beatus Gallery is to put on display Chan’s canvases draw out these two human emotions in the exhibition in June.

“In my works, I put on display some of the fine details in life. These things are the most touching yet often ignored parts around us. I find that meaningful communications of these niceties are the best ways to defuse destructive forces,” Chen said.

“To depict these concepts visually on canvas has been quite frustrating for me. After numerous trials and errors, I have succeeded juxtaposing the fine details together as well as assuming some sort of posturing of my own. Every ethnic group, every country and every person loves to put on an overtly different positioning, yet there are common denominators. One of them is beauty and I have adopted it as my language.”

Chen, a native of Hebei, has worked quietly in Song Zhuang, the artists’ enclave north of Beijing, since 2002 after graduated from the Fine Art Department of Hebei Light Industry Management School.

驚心動魄 是來自大白鯊的血盤大口或是緊緊追隨在後約隱約現的影子呢？令人心底難以平伏下來的，究竟是毀滅性風暴、都市的摧毀，或是美好象徵的玫瑰花最終能否帶來新生希望？

陳建國用心地追求及探索著人類的這兩種情感反應。

一座城市的苦樂、一個時代的悲歡及一場文明的興衰，陳建國的繪畫經歷漫長曲折的心路歷程，他細緻廣泛而深刻地表達對社會的人文關懷，及對人類與大自然之關係。

上升盛放或含苞待放的玫瑰花，象徵了生命固有的純潔美麗與堅韌；人類心底的美好願望及各種真實慾望；陳建國所畫的鯊魚牙齒鋒利，吃而不捨地緊釘著目標物；動人心魄的風暴雲煙，兩者同具備強烈動感，飽含情感，直接滲入觀眾眼簾。綻放的玫瑰和細膩魚牙的描繪是千姿百態的，但面對人性本源的種種矛盾，藝術家將生命之美與現實的殘忍並列：在慾望的破壞到達頂點的時刻，生命仍在表現著固有的美麗與堅韌。這正是現今這個時代人們精神上非常需要看到的鼓舞和思考。

陳建國 生於中國河北省，Ｏ二年進駐北京宋莊畫家村從事藝術創作至今。自2007年“藝術北京”國際藝術博覽會上亮相後，引起了各方面的關注。

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