展覽海報
展覽名稱:宋小松“皆非”個展
策展人:Fred Dervin(文德)
開幕日期:2023年11月25日下午三點
展覽時間:2023年11月25日-12月31日
展覽地址:藝棧畫廊ICI LABAS ,798藝術區798東街D10
《無題2019-6》(Untitled2019-6) 50x50cm,2019 紙質、水墨設色、丙烯金 Golden gate constellation encre de Chine papier chinois acrylique
皆非——宋小松:藝術的裂痕
宋小松曾就讀于法國巴黎國立高等美術學院和杭州中國美術學院。他還曾在北京的中央美術學院工作,在那裏他對中國傳統的紙上水墨技法産生了濃厚的興趣。他的藝術創作可以追溯到幾十年前,基於不同技術(繪畫、素描、裝置和攝影)的使用,展示了(至少)三種不同文化的交叉影響:保加利亞、中國、法國。
在英語中,neither是用來描述不屬於或不滿足兩個或多個選擇中任何一個的事物的。它指的是存在兩種選擇,但所討論的卻並不屬於這兩種選擇的情況。因此,neither指在兩個相反的選擇之間不進行選擇,或者對任何一個選項都不滿意。在他藝術中,我們可能會看到諸如峽谷、漢字、裂縫、身體器官、肌肉、肉體、宇宙圖像和火山等等。
《無題2018-1》(Untitled2018-1) 180x100cm,2018 紙質、水墨設色 ink and wash on paper
宋小松説“火山噴發造就的紋理總是在我的藝術中反覆”。這種形式的生命動力也為他的藝術留下了空間和想像——正如藝術家所説,“是被神秘所操控”。藝術家在藝術中運用的色彩也促使我們擁抱生命的活力。宋小松在他的畫作中通過單色以及忽明忽暗的光線表達,一些作品則添加些許顏色進行點綴,例如紅色,他聲稱紅色可以賦予空間活力,而藍色和棕褐色,就像“泥土”一樣,將他的藝術變的更加“接地氣”,但也更加神秘。
《無題2018-7》(Untitled2018-7) 180x100cm,2018 紙質、水墨設色 ink and wash on paper
對於小松來説,每種顏色都有自己特定的表達。他喜歡中國的宣紙,通過“雕刻”宣紙來表達藝術創作,從而形成他在法語中所説的“mouvements mouvementés”(“動蕩的運動”),進而增強藝術生命的活力。藝術家的“非也”十分特別,當我們(參觀者)站在他的作品前觀察時,我們會去思考生命中的縫隙與裂痕。對於瓦爾班諾夫來説:“我們都是多元的;我們內心都具有多元性”。
宋小松堅持認為,他的藝術旨在促進與參觀者之間的溝通,以及情感的交流。他甚至分享了他最喜歡的一句話,即“創造藝術而不是戰爭”,這是他構建跨文化橋梁的使命與任務,在某種程度上是通過他的家族歷史發展起來的,作為個體和藝術家無時不刻不在體現。
——Fred Dervin(文德)教授,芬蘭赫爾辛基大學
Neither – Phénix Varbanov’s new exhibition at ICI-LABAS
Phénix Varbanov studied at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris (France) and at the Chinese Art Academy in Hangzhou. He has also worked at the Chinese Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, where he developed a strong interest in the traditional Chinese technique of ink on paper. His art production already dates back several decades and has been based on the use of different techniques (painting, drawing, installations and photography), showcasing intersecting influences from (at least) three different cultures: Bulgaria, China, France. In English, neither is a word used to describe something that does not belong to or satisfy any of two or more alternatives. It refers to a situation where there are two choices or options presented, but the subject in question falls outside of both possibilities. Neither thus refers to a non-selection between two contrasting choices, or the absence of satisfaction with either option. Neither seems apt to describe Varbanov’s personal artistic endeavours, demonstrating some kind of lack of commitment to a particular choice, affiliation, or preference. In the art, we might see the work of an energetic force through what some of us might see as (randomly) ravines, Chinese characters, crevices, technologically enhanced pieces, body organs, muscles, flesh, videographies of universes and planets, volcanoes, etc. Phénix maintains that he “constructs in a volcanic magma. It is always becoming in the back and forth of the materials and textures I employ in my art”. This form of vital impetus leaves space to the mysterious and the magical too, according to the artist – ‘the mysteriously controlled’, he adds. The colours that the artist makes use of in his art also urge us to embrace the vital impetus of life. Phénix expresses himself by means of the monochrome, as well as deep and shadowy lights in his paintings. He has also added a few colours to some pieces such as red, which he claims dynamizes space, blue, and sepia, an ‘earthy colour’ which turns his art into some kind of wilderness, see outer space environments. As a tactile artist, he also likes to play with the Chinese rice paper (to ‘tame’ it), sculpting it a bit, forming what he calls in French ‘mouvements mouvementés’ (‘tumultuous movements’ in English), adding some depth to the vital impetus of the art pieces. Although some visitors might think that Phénix’s ‘neitherness’ is very special, meditating in front of his art, they can also interrogate their own neither… nor… identities, attempting to look into the interstices and crevices of the pieces. For Varbanov: “We are all multicultural; we all have plurality inside of us”. Varbanov insists that his art is meant to initiate communication, care and emotional/intellectual enrichment in and amongst the visitors. He even shares his favourite slogan, ‘make art not war’, hinting at the mission of the intercultural mediator, somewhat developed through his family history, that he takes very seriously as a person and an artist.
——Prof. Dr. Fred Dervin, University of Helsinki, Finland
Phénix Varbanov 宋小松
FORMATION
1988/Diplômé de l'École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, P/Mention TB
1988年/畢業于“法國”國立高等美術學院,評分優秀
聯 展
2019/時空和靈魂之旅/承德/中國
2019/靈感/Galerie Art-Des畫廊/北京/中國
2018/融合/ On gallery/北京/中國
2018/抽象的復蘇/大皇宮畫廊/巴黎
2016/第七天空/聲音畫廊/普羅夫迪夫/保加利亞
2014/雙重接觸/Espace FCF畫廊/巴黎
2006/中國國際畫廊展/La Bartesca-Masn畫廊/北京/中國
1998/SAGA 98/巴黎
1997/藝術收藏/庭院畫廊/北京/中國
1997/中國當代藝術/貝爾維爾空間畫廊/巴黎
1997/一見鍾情/Espace Cardin卡丹空間/巴黎
1997/Saga 97/巴黎
1995/中國藝術博覽會/北京/中國
1993/亞洲藝術展/香港
1989/中國先鋒派繪畫/法國國立藝術學院/巴黎
1989/藝術雙年展/瓦爾納/保加利亞
1988/先鋒派四藝人/杭州/中國
1987/法國國立藝術學院/巴黎
1985年/十年後/皮埃爾·卡丹空間/巴黎
1995/政府公共收藏/法國巴黎經濟及社會理事會
個人展覽
2023/香港M+博物館
2023/藍光/咖啡圖書館/巴黎/75004
2022/活墨/卡蒂埃畫廊/巴黎/75006
2022/創世紀/索菲亞文化部畫廊/保加利亞
2022/墨/隨機畫廊/巴黎
2021/Galerie Belle Beau畫廊/法國阿爾勒市
2021/創世紀/Le Petit Espace畫廊/巴黎
2019/命運之線/中國文化中心/索菲亞/保加利亞索非亞
2018/墨印/藝術廣場畫廊/北京/中國
2018年/風暴洋/西格蒙德·弗洛伊德文獻館/巴黎
2017年/邊緣現實/Galerie Arosita畫廊/索菲亞/保加利亞
2017年/靈魂連結/藝術廣場畫廊/北京/中國
2017年/路上的痕跡/Galerie Resonance畫廊/普羅夫迪夫/保加利亞
2016年/途中的痕跡/Galerie Raiko Aleksiev畫廊/索菲亞/保加利亞
2013年/風水/巴黎國際藝術中心/巴黎
2012/Soylent譜/Espace Sarah Neiger畫廊/巴黎
2010/Body and Soul/Espace 1畫廊/巴黎
2008/多態/中國樓/巴黎
2008年/同樣的舊故事/龍畫廊/巴黎
2007/今日/今日美術館/北京/中國
2006/SOHO畫廊/北京/中國
2003/明斯基畫廊/巴黎
1998/Galerie Schweitzer畫廊/盧森堡
1997/中國之家/巴黎
1994年/Galerie BelleFroid畫廊/巴黎
1992/中國綜合徵/中央美術學院/北京/中國
1989/彈性/巴黎東區音符學中心/巴黎
1988/法國國立藝術學院畫廊/巴黎
EXPOSITIONS COLLECTIVES
2019/A journey in time space and soul/Cheng De, Chine
2019/Inspiration / Galerie Art-Des, Pékin, Chine
2018/ Convergences / On gallery, Pékin, Chine
2018/Abstract recovery/On gallery, Grand-Palais, Paris
2016/Septième ciel / Galerie Resonance, Plovdiv, Bulgarie
2014/Double exposure / Espace FCF, Paris
2006/China International Gallery Exhibition/La Bartesca-Masn Gallery, Pékin, Chine
1998/SAGA'98, Paris
1997/Collection of Art/Court Yard Gallery, Pékin, Chine
1997/Art chinois contemporain / Espace Belleville, Paris
1997/Coup de cœur/Espace Cardin, Paris
1997/SAGA'97, Paris
1995/China Art Expo, Pékin, Chine
1993/Art Asia, Hong Kong
1989/ Peinture chinoise d'avant garde / École Nationale des Arts
décoratifs, Paris
1989/Biennale des arts graphiques/Varna, Bulgarie
1988/Quatre artistes d'avant-garde / Hangzhou, Chine
1987/Galerie de l'Académie des Beaux-Arts, Paris
1985/Et dans dix ans / Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris
COMMANDES PUBLIQUES
1995/Conseil Économique et Social, Paris
EXPOSITIONS PERSONNELLES
2023/Hong Kong M+Museum
2023/Rayon Bleu/La Cafeotheque/Paris 75004
2022/Living Ink/ Galerie Catier/Paris 75006
2022 / Genesis / Galerie du Ministère de la Culture (Sredets), Sofia Bulgarie
2022/Encres/Galerie L'Aléatoire, Paris
2021/Galerie Belle Beau, Arles
2021/ Genesis / Le Petit Espace, Paris
2019/Le fil du destin / Centre culturel chinois, Sofia, Bulgarie
2018/Ink instict / Art square gallery, Pékin, Chine
2018/Oceanus procellarum / Bibliothèque Sigmund Freud, Paris
2017/Edge of reality / Galerie Arosita, Sofia, Bulgarie
2017/Soul links/Art square Gallery, Pékin, Chine
2017/Traces on the way/Galerie Resonance, Plovdiv, Bulgarie
2016/Traces on the way/Galerie Raiko Aleksiev, Sofia, Bulgarie
2013/Feng shui / Galerie de la Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
2012/Soylent spectrum / Espace Sarah Neiger, Paris
2010/Body and Soul / Espace 1shot, Paris
2008/Polymorphe / Maison de la Chine, Paris
2008/The same old story/ Galerie du Dragon, Paris
2007/Today/Today Art Museum, Pékin, Chine
2006/Soho, Pékin, Chine
2003/Galerie Minsky, Paris
1998/Galerie Schweitzer, Luxembourg
1997/ Maison de la Chine, Paris
1994/Galerie Bellefroid, Paris
1992/Syndrome chinois/Galerie de l'Académie des Beaux-Arts, Pékin, Chine
1989/ Élastiques / Ets Phonographiques de l'est, Paris
1988/Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Paris