Ji Lei Lost and Retrieved Evening 2010 Acrylic on canvas 200x300cm
開幕：2月24日，16:00 - 19:00
展期：2011年2月24日 - 3月20日
時間：週二 - 週日 12:00 - 18:30
地點：Boers-Li Gallery
Boers-Li Gallery榮幸的宣佈，我們將於2011年2月24日到3月20日展出藝術家吉磊的個展“遊戲之地”。本次展覽將是我們2011年的首展，該展覽包括了藝術家最新的20余件油畫作品。
吉磊以遊樂園為母題的系列開始於2009年。其視角聚集于那些廢棄的遊樂設施，翻滾的過山車、蹦極和空中懸挂的飛人。在今天的都市中，遊樂場已經不再是兒童的專利，或者説它們正在成為成人的專利。作為規整化的都市生活的一個補充，遊樂場提供了一個富有安全保障，無傷大雅同時廉價的冒險空間。都市時代的遊樂場取代的是前都市化時代的對於未知地域的探險。不同是的是《人猿泰山》中的飛蕩藤條變成了鋼索，《金剛》中被漩渦裹挾的船隻變成了過山車，瀑布成為被隱藏的人造噴泉。在藝術家看來，如果説這些無傷大雅的冒險是都市人情感宣泄的一種方式的話，那麼所謂的遊樂場不過是都市人情緒的垃圾場。人們花錢來到這裡，進行一些冒險的儀式，然後釋放掉負面的情緒。這多少有些類似原始宗教中的“祛魔”儀式，也因此遊樂場成為了當代社會的一個祭壇和道場。
Boers-Li Gallery is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of new work by Ji Lei entitled Place of Games and including 20 recent paintings to open 24 February and run through 30 March 2011.
Ji Lei’s series of work oriented around the figure of the amusement park was initiated in 2009, focusing on such images as derelict attractions, a twisting roller coaster, and a bungee jumper suspended in midair. In the contemporary metropolis, the amusement park is no longer limited to children but is rather in process of becoming an adults-only entertainment. As a supplement to the standard conformity of the city, it provides a space of affordable adventure alongside a guarantee of safety and trivial diversion; the amusement park of the urban age replaces the exploration of unknown territory that characterized ages past. Now the swinging vines of Tarzan of the Apes have become steel cables and the ship trapped in the vortex of King Kong has been reduced to a roller coaster, just as waterfalls are transformed into hidden artificial fountains. For Ji Lei, the emotional catharsis people of the city find in such petty diversions indicates that the amusement park represents a junkyard of urban affect. Visitors pay a fee to enter, engage in a set of ceremonies of risk, and release their negative emotions, a trajectory that often resembles the exorcism rituals of primitive religion: the amusement park becomes an altar for the rites of contemporary society.
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