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黃鉛筆之塗鴉,
Yellow Pencil-Scrawl
160 x 200 cm
acrylic on canvas
中國當代畫廊
王可個展 － “你要聽我的”
2008年6月28日-7月30日。開幕式：6月28日， 下午3點
中國當代畫廊將舉辦“王可個展 － 你要聽我的”。展覽時間為2008年6月28日至2008年7月30日。開幕式為：2008年6月28，下午3：00點。屆時藝術家將出席開幕式，歡迎大家踴躍參加！
王可畢業于中國美術學院，她是卡通一代中最具有才華的一員。王可選擇在大尺寸的畫布上畫出別具風格的卡通形象，她認為這些卡通形象以擬人的風格再現了自己的神情。卡通是她自我反思的媒介，藝術家的創作題材是最具個人主義色彩的。對於她的創作，王可説“每天我都對自己進行嚴格的自我評價;我似乎每天都在畫我自己”。
王可是在中國實行計劃生育時出生的，所以這一代人都是獨生子女，這些孩子同時感受著孤獨和溺愛。與此同時，中國的改革開放使西方文化迅速涌入中國，國家在傳統與現代化之間尋求自身的平衡，所以1979年之後出生的一代人，他們也正在尋找著他們自己的聲音。
為了鑒別自我的外在特徵和內心深處靈魂的特徵，藝術家將重點放置在細節的描述上，例如：一件服裝的接縫，瞬息的一現的眼神和iPod（蘋果播放器）的按鈕。畫布上有大片單一的顏色，但也不乏對細節的描述。借助於這些細節，藝術家表達了所要傳遞的資訊以及她對細小部位的關注。
王可作品的主題是通過呈現細節從而表達自己的思想。有些畫面上狡猾的人物精打細算著。有些畫面能直接與觀眾産生對話，例如“我的泡泡”。在其他的作品中，比如“起飛”和“黃鉛筆之塗鴉”則展示了藝術家更嚴肅的一面。將此次展覽中的所有作品看作為一個整體，則體現了王可對自我的探索。其中包括各式各樣的豐富的神情，如滑稽的、富有批評的、具有諷刺意味的、夢幻般的、鬱悶的、壓抑的或挖苦的。她的畫有力地闡述了人性是由這些神情互相結合的，通過這些豐富的神情從而體現了人性的各個層面。
2007年王可在中國當代北京畫廊的個展“大臉”和紐約畫廊的“卡通一代”，均為王可帶來了知名度。接下來她將在巴西聖保羅的托馬斯科恩畫廊舉辦展覽，此展的開幕時間為2008年6月13日。
My Bubbles
2008
acrylic on canvas
Chinese Contemporary Gallery
Wang Ke – You Must Listen to Me
28 June – 30 July 2008
opening : 28 June 2008, 3 pm
For immediate release – Chinese Contemporary Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of You Must Listen to Me, an exhibition of new works by Wang Ke. The artist has prepared fifteen new paintings that will be on display 28 June – 30 July 2008 at Chinese Contemporary’s Beijing gallery in Factory 798. There will be an opening held on 28 June 2008, 3 pm where the artist will be present.
A graduate of the China Academy of Fine Art in Hangzhou, Wang Ke is one of the most talented stars of the Cartoon Generation. Through her quest for individual identity, Wang Ke chooses to paint oversized, stylized heads, which she claims are anthropomorphic interpretations of her own facial features. Employing cartoon imagery as a vehicle for self-reflection, the artist volunteers the most physically unique element that she lays claim to, her body, for critique. As Wang Ke says of her work, ‘Everyday I put myself through a rigorous self-assessment; it seems like everyday I have to paint myself.’
Wang Ke is a product of the One Child Policy which has resulted in a generation that has known both the oppressive loneliness and lavish attention which being an only child fosters. Combining this with the rapid influx of Western culture after Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms, it is no wonder that those born after 1979, like Wang Ke, are grappling with finding their voice in a country seeking its own balance between tradition and modernity. In order to extract and distinguish those qualities which drive her definition of self and elucidate the innermost psyche, the artist focuses on minute details – the cross-stitching pattern of a clothing seam, a gleam in the eye, the nodules of an iPod. Large swaths of canvas are painted in solid blocks of color, yet it is the details that lend the paintings their character and that convey the artist’s preoccupation with the expressive quality of minutia.
The subjects of Wang Ke’s paintings illustrate the artist’s belief in the value of depicting small vignettes as a reflection of her frame of mind. At times the characters are sly, with calculating, engaging eyes that cajole their audience into a direct dialogue – as in My Bubbles. In other works, such as Take Off and Yellow Pencil Scrawl, Wang Ke’s figures communicate the artist’s reserve, aloofness and altogether wistful reflections. When viewed as a whole, the paintings on display in You Must Listen to Me are a manifestation of Wang Ke’s exploration of herself – whether they be comical, critical, ironic, dreamy, morose, repressed, or quizzical. Through her paintings, the artist demonstrates clearly and resolutely the extent to which an individual is a synchronized, myriad compilation of these sentiments and that it is often the imperceptible components of life that reveal an individual’s various facets.
Wang Ke’s 2007 Solo Show Big Head and her inclusion in the exhibition Cartoon Generation, held at Chinese Contemporary Beijing and New York respectively, both met with unbounded success. The artist’s work will also appear in the upcoming show Cartoon Generation, set to open 13 June 2008 at Thomas Cohn Gallery in Sao Paolo, Brazil. |
