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ENERGY of TIME
August 01 - September 01, 2009
CHANG ART, BEIJING
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Press Release : ENERGY of TIME

■ ENERGY of TIME - Some Thoughts before the Exhibition

by Xia Yanguo

Chinese contemporary art today is evolving into more and more diversified artistic languages and forms that are difficult to define with a certain school or genre. The misinterpretation of Chinese contemporary art by Western art circles has brought both benefit and harm to Chinese artists. In terms of harm, Western misinterpretation that Chinese contemporary art is full of passionate political aesthetics has somehow caused some local artists to cater to the trend. At the same time Chinese contemporary art has also gained more attention than ever. As China's economic and political influence grows, the collection of Chinese contemporary artworks also becomes a popular tool of investment. In this sense, the misinterpretation has stimulated the development of Chinese contemporary art. Since the global financial crisis, the art market has experienced a drastic slump. The cooldown of the much-heated "art boom" provides us an opportunity to advance our thinking and bring the artistic creation back to the true subject of art itself with diversified conceptions in a more realistic environment.

After breaking with collective thoughts, young Chinese artists have based their works more on an individual perspective. But it's too general and vague to say this alone is the common characteristics of their artwork.

Based on my limited personal experience I am convinced that any excellent artwork should possess a tremendous stream of energy that forms a tension in the artwork and create a unified field before the viewer and then start the interaction with the view's thoughts. This is my theoretical understanding to judge an artwork. It is rather general too, so in this exhibition I wanted to start with a small field of view to discuss the inner relationship between the artwork's energy, tension and its "time" element. The title of the exhibition is "ENERGY of TIME." While being spent, time will release its energy to the subject that bears it. The energy converges within the artwork. The better the artwork is, the more energy it will generate. In this sense we can take time as another kind of material and energy another kind of objective being. Everything in the world is in the process of time, consuming and releasing energy in another form. This perspective is similar to the law of conservation of energy, but is indeed different. Adding a physical concept, "time", into the artistic creation makes the artworks have more power and depth.


The exhibition features the works of Wang Guangle, Liu Wentao, Liang Shuo, Wang Yifan, Yan Bing, Yang Xinguang, Kang Haitao, Wu Di and Wang Sishun, all of whom have adopted "time" as a key conceptual element in their works. Two approaches of the mutual transfer of "time" and "energy" can be observed throughout their works: First, the creation of energy, as in the works of Wang Guangle, Liu Wentao, Wang Sishun, Yang Xinguang and Yan Bing, was completed in the form of artists' time accumulation. Second, time was leveraged as a conceptual element in the creation of the works of Liang Shuo, Wang Yifan, Wu Di and Kang Haitao. And of course some works, such as works of Wang Sishun and Yang Xinguang, adopted both approaches.

I do not want to dwell much on the discussion of what the concepts of "time" and "energy" really mean (physically, philosophically, sociologically, etc) during the interpretation of the theme of the exhibition. The "energy" concentration via "time" in artworks is a materialized showcase of the artist's mind, perceptions and labor. It is to be experienced individually.


July 26, 2009

From apartment at Wangjing, Beijing
Xinguang, Kang Haitao, Wu Di and Wang Sishun, all of whom have adopted "time" as a key conceptual element in their works. Two approaches of the mutual transfer of "time" and "energy" can be observed throughout their works: First, the creation of energy, as in the works of Wang Guangle, Liu Wentao, Wang Sishun, Yang Xinguang and Yan Bing, was completed in the form of artists' time accumulation. Second, time was leveraged as a conceptual element in the creation of the works of Liang Shuo, Wang Yifan, Wu Di and Kang Haitao. And of course some works, such as works of Wang Sishun and Yang Xinguang, adopted both approaches.
I do not want to dwell much on the discussion of what the concepts of "time" and "energy" really mean (physically, philosophically, sociologically, etc) during the interpretation of the theme of the exhibition. The "energy" concentration via "time" in artworks is a materialized showcase of the artist's mind, perceptions and labor. It is to be experienced individually.
July 26, 2009
From apartment at Wangjing, Beijing





■ 时间的能量——写在展览之前

文 / 夏彦国

如今，中国当代艺术逐渐呈现出更加多元的创作语言和形式，很难用一种风格或流派去定义。西方艺术界对中国当代艺术的误读有弊也有利，弊是他们自以为是地认为中国的当代艺术对政治美学充满热情，这在某种程度上也导致了一部分中国艺术家毫无创作性的跟风；利是这使得更多人开始关注中国当代艺术，尤其是随着中国经济、政治等的影响力逐渐增大，更使得中国当代艺术收藏成了一种显性投资，从这个意义，也促进了中国艺术本身的发展。金融危机以来，艺术市场受到波及，出现了大幅度的降温，大起大落往往更能让人深思，为艺术创作回归艺术本体和艺术家表达更多元化的观念提供了现实环境。

摆脱了集体意识的反应，艺术家的创作更多来源于比较个人化的思考。但是如果就此来界定这些人的艺术共同点，是笼统、不严格的。

或许跟我个人的经验有关，我一直觉得好的艺术品应该是具有强大的内在能量，然后在作品中形成一定的张力，在观众跟前产生统一的场，这使得观众的心理有所反应。这是我对艺术品判断的理论认识，也比较概括，所以在这次展览实践中，我想从较小的角度来切入，讨论艺术品中的能量和张力跟时间这个元素的内在关系。此次展览的主题是“时间的能量”，时间在消耗的过程中，会伴随着主体释放能量，能量在艺术家的作品中被聚集起来，越是好的作品越是积聚更多的能量。在此，我们可以把时间看作是具有物质性的，能量本身也是一种客观的存在。世间的一切在时间的过程中，是在消耗能量，同时也会产生另一种能量，这样说类似于能量守恒定律，但并不等同。将时间这个物理概念融入到作品的创作中，往往使得作品更有张力、深度。


此次参展的艺术家有王光乐、刘文涛、梁硕、王一凡、闫冰、杨心广、康海涛、吴笛王思顺，在他们的作品中，时间作为一种创作元素被纳入到作品中。对于时间和作品中的能量转换，大概体现为两种形式，一，作品中能量的产生是艺术家在创作过程中通过消耗时间来积累的，比如王光乐、刘文涛、王思顺、杨心广、闫冰等人的作品；二，将时间作为一种元素来思考的，进行艺术创作，如梁硕、王一凡、吴笛、康海涛等人的作品。当然有的作品是同时符合我上面说的两种形式的，如王思顺、杨心广等的作品。

对这个展览主题的阐释中，我不想过多去讨论“时间”和“能量”本身的含义，包括它们的物理含义、哲学含义、社会学含义。“时间”在艺术品中的“能量”聚集，是是艺术家个人意志、观念，以及身体劳作在作品中的具体呈现，是可以让我们切身感受的。

写于2009-7-26
望京住所



SELECTED WORKS
ENERGY of TIME
Wang Guangle [070902] 100×100 cm Acrylic on Canvas 2007
ENERGY of TIME
Wang Guangle [071106] 180×110 cm Acrylic on Canvas 2007
ENERGY of TIME
Liu Wentao [Untitled] 280×400cm drawing on paper 2009
ENERGY of TIME
Liu Wentao [Untitled] 200×200cm drawing on paper 2008
ENERGY of TIME
Yang Xinguang
[Growth Rings 2] (detail)
386ⅹ24ⅹ5 cm
Drawing on Wood board
2009
ENERGY of TIME
Yan Bing [Concretion] (detail) 170ⅹ100ⅹ90 cm Clay 2009
ENERGY of TIME
Yan Bing [Concretion] 170ⅹ100ⅹ90 cm Clay 2009
ENERGY of TIME
Wang Sishun [Necessary Labor Time] Coin, Hourglass 2008
ENERGY of TIME
Wang Yifan
[Stakeout on Time]
Single Channel Video(24 hours)
2006
ENERGY of TIME
Liang Shuo
[What-thing #5] (detail)
180ⅹ30ⅹ30 cm
Bronze
2007-2008
ENERGY of TIME
Wu Di [Reality Forces Facts to Change] Mixed Media 2007
ENERGY of TIME
Kang Haitao
[A House at Brae]
107×77cm
Acrylic on Paperboard
2008
ENERGY of TIME
Kang Haitao
[White House]
88×201cm
Acrylic on Paperboard
2008
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Kang Haitao [ 康海涛 ]
Liang Shuo [ 梁硕 ]
Liu Wentao [ 刘文涛 ]
Wang Guangle [ 王光乐 ]
Wang Sishun [ 王思顺 ]
Wang Yifan [ 王一凡 ]
Wu Di [ 吴笛 ]
Yan Bing [ 闫冰 ]
Yang Xin Guang [ 杨心广 ]



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