研磨&绽放

Grinding & Blooming

Jared Williamson & Hongwei Wang

研磨和绽放分别代表着两种追求生命极致的方式。此次展览中受邀的两位艺术家Jared Williamson 和王宏卫的作品就分别表现了研磨与绽放的主题，也体现了他们各自对生命和美的理解。

Jared Williamson将古老的澳洲原始艺术带到现代，研磨不同的澳洲矿物成为不同质感的颜料，结合原始部落的图腾艺术，展现出人类潜意识的奇幻世界以及过去 未来 生死 欲望 伦理等人之为人的原因。

2012年起，Jared也把这种古老的艺术创造带到了现代大都会上海，颜料混合物也从澳洲的红土变成了苏州河周边建筑废墟的砖块粉末。而“研磨”的主题依旧贯穿他的作品，记录着他对生命的不断探索。

而王宏卫的作品无不体现了“绽放”的主题，尽管使用黑色的墨水来表现，灵动的花朵依然丝丝缕缕倾泻了生命的朝气与活力。他的画面和他的生活一样纯粹，容不下任何杂质。以“绽放”为名，王宏卫先生在花的海洋中畅所欲言，将他对艺术的热情与对生活的热爱传递给观者，强烈地唤起了观众内心对生命绽放的渴望。

Grinding and Blooming represent two ways of pursuing the perfection of life. This exhibit features works by two contemporary artists: Jared Williamson and Hongwei Wang, each reflecting their unique understanding of life and beauty through different themes and diverse mediums.

Jared Williamson brings the ancient Australian primitive painting methods to the modern world through grinding various types of rock to make numerous pigments and textures. Combing the contemporary painting method with the totem culture of the primitive tribes; like a shaman, Jared’s works embodies the magic world of human subconsciousness and the abstract notions of past & future, birth & death, and apathy & desire.

Since arriving to the metropolis that is Shanghai in 2012, his painting medium material has switched to grinded brick powder, which from bricks in the wastelands around the Suzhou River. The theme of Grinding remains true in his works, reflecting his consistent exploration for the meaning of life.

On the other hand, Hongwei Wang’s paintings express the idea of Blooming. Although painted in black ink, the lively flowers still emit the vitality of life. Mr. Wang’s paintings resemble his own weltanschauung, which is sheer and absolute, without any impurity. He roams in a sea of flowers, conveying his passion for art and his love for life to the viewers, appreciating joy and cheers during this lifelong journey