《安全的焦虑》王恺&马赛克装置作品展在上苑艺术馆

" safety of anxieties" installation works exhibition in Shangyuan Art Museum  by Wang Kai and Christopher Pelley

主 题：意外与焦虑

Title:  Accident and Anxiety

艺术家：王恺（中国）、马赛克（美国）

Artist:  Wangkai（China）, Christopher Pelley (US)

策展人： 程小蓓

Curator:  Xiaobei Cheng（China）

时间：8月4日～

Date: August 4～

展览地点：北京怀柔桥梓-上苑艺术馆

Venue: Beijing Huairou Qiaozi- Shangyuan Art Museum

主办单位：上苑艺术馆

Organizer：Shangyuan Art Museum

   一个想突破现有艺术模式的中国青年艺术家王恺与一个有中国雷锋情节的美国艺术家马赛克，有意无意地将自己的作品组合在了上苑艺术馆里，介于图书馆与餐厅的挑空层中。它们自然形成了一种有讽刺意味的组合。

Wang Kai, a young Chinese artist who wantsto break the barrier of current artistic method, and Christopher Pelly, anAmerican artist who has a soft spot for Lei Feng, accidentally combined theirworks together here in Shangyuan, between the space in library and cafeteria. Theirworks formed a naturally ironic pair. 

   王恺原本的作品设计是根据鸟巢文化中心提出来的环保题材，以装置形式准备的作品《常态》。他将口罩作为一种有象征性的材料，想用到鸟巢的大建筑上。当空气污染已成常态，王恺有给我们的建筑、我们的城市戴上口罩的冲动……，王恺从这些社会生态中提取艺术创作元素，最后用了500个口罩，完成一件命名《胎息》的视觉装置作品。

Wang’s work was originally made for Bird’sNest Art Center, with the theme of environmentalism. It is an installation named Normality. He uses masks as a symbolizing element to cover the Bird’s Nest.When air pollution becomes normal in our daily life, Wang Kai has the urge tocover our buildings and cities with masks. He extracted these creative characters from today’s social life and created this piece of installation named it Fetal Breath with 500 masks.

   王恺在移动互联网平台上展示他的作品方案时，我建议他将之实施在上苑艺术馆里。最后呈现出来与最初的方案有着非常大的不同，这就是艺术创作中的意外。更为意外的是王恺从社会意义中的空气污染一般性批判中提升起来，在装置作品的中间部位，他加进了一个枕头——这个给人安全感和梦源的睡眠物品，有五百个口罩将枕头团团抱住。它一下子就触动了我——这是一个多么细腻和有爱心的男人！哦，枕头！让多少人依恋的枕头。

When Wang was showing his ideas on the internet,I suggested hi that he should make it true in Shangyuan. The final form is verydifferent from his original design, but this is what happens during the processof creation. What makes me even more surprised is that Wang Kai has sublimated the theme of his work from a simple criticism of air pollution, he added apillow in the middle of 500 masks: an object which represents sense of safetyand root of dream. It touched me immediately: what a sweet and caring man ishe! Oh pillow! The thing that many of us are reluctant to leave.

   但是，看着王恺这件《胎息》作品，安置在马赛克（ChristopherPelley）用袜子做的《雷锋》之下，这里的《雷锋》不是指一个完美的人，而是一个政治符号；一个用来约束中国人民自由思想的虚假的象征人物。想到这里有一种流泪的冲动情绪涌了出来。想像着这两位来自不同国家与不同文化背景的理想主义者，他们紧锁着眉头问：什么样的保护才能让我们的爱，我们的梦，甚至我们的生命得以安全……？他们如何面对渐渐堕落的世界？如何抵御权贵的践踏？如何在物欲横流的现实中保有一方净土？……这成了我们长久的焦虑。

However, this Fetal Breath under Christopher’s Lei Feng made from stocks. Lei Feng here represents an imperfectman, but a political symbol and a representation of the figure that suppressesthe freedom of Chinese people. When thinking about this, I couldn’t hold mytears. Two idealists from different countries with different culturalbackground, they ask the questions: How can we protect our love and our dreams?How to protect our life and safety? How can we face the degenerating world? Howcan we resist the trample of the rice and powerful? How can we preserve autopia in this materialistic world? These are our long-lasting anxiety.

   美国艺术家马赛克的真名是克里斯托夫（ChristopherPelley），由于他大多的作品都是用马赛克拼贴成像方式，所以中国艺术家都叫他马赛克，而他非常乐意这个中国人都懂并易记的名。他在去年来北京-上苑艺术馆之前，用了很多时间了解中国，他找到了一个象征性中国人-雷锋，用他来做作品原型，以袜子为材料。我帮他在网上订购了黑、灰、白三色600双袜子，他用了三个月来完成它。目前呈现在王恺的《胎息》之上，这种有意无意的安排，揭开了我们焦虑的潘多拉魔盒。

Christopher has a Chinese name, MaSaiKe, whichmeans mosaic. It was given to him by his fellow artists because his works aremainly made by mosaic method. He likes this name for its simplicity and becauseit is easy to remember. Before he came to Shangyuan last year, he spent a lotof time to know China. He picked a very symbolic Chinese, Lei Feng, as the archetype.I helped him ordering stocks online, with black, grey and white color, totally 600 pairs. He spent 3 month to finish this project. Now it is presented on WangKai’s Fetal Birth. This unintended arrangement, coincidentally opened thesource of our anxiety.

By Cheng Xiaobei 程小蓓

在这个空间里的另一边，是阿根廷艺术家丹尼尔的装置作品《斧头帮》、哥伦比亚摄影师塞巴斯迪安的图片以及从室外钻进来的绿植。

王恺简历：

上苑艺术馆2015驻馆艺术家

中国新野性成员

个展：

2011 临界-王恺个人作品展             798宏艺术空间  北京

群展：

2015 保利十周年当代青锋艺术博览会       北京农展馆  北京

2015 上苑艺术馆驻馆创作计划艺术家亮相展  上苑艺术馆 北京

2015 破/绽 图画手工第六回            偏锋新艺术空间 北京

2015 “里仁为美”新世纪文化之源全国巡展  上上美术馆 北京

2015 首届乌合全国青年艺术家作品展        南岸美术馆 上海

2014 “汇点”京津冀青年艺术家联展        上上美术馆 北京

2014 亚洲青年艺术家提名展                  宋洋美术 北京

2014 “常态”当代艺术展                大河湾美术馆 北京

2014 “灵性的蜕变”梵尘当代艺术展            慧空间 北京

2014 北京基督教艺术展   北京市基督教两会 吴东魁美术馆北京

2014 中国新野性艺术30年回顾展       第五届艺术广东 广州

2014 中国新野性艺术邀请展第二季           罗丹美术馆 北京

2014 中国新野性艺术邀请展第一季           罗丹美术馆 北京

2014 内蒙古自治区第四届写生作品展   内蒙古美术馆 呼和浩特

2014 建国65周年内蒙古美术作品展    内蒙古美术馆 呼和浩特

2013 艺术中国精品回顾展          北京文博会 易爵艺廊 北京

2012 艺术中国全国画展        北京文博会 尊美汇艺术机构北京

2010 艺术中国全国油画展     北京文博会 环铁时代美术馆 北京    

2010 世界和平艺术展       大叶大学 八卦山禅艺阁 台湾

出版（以下出版物收录艺术家介绍及作品）：

{中国当代艺术文献} 湖南美术出版社

{首届乌合全国当代艺术展} 上海美术出版社

{北京基督教艺术展}北京基督教两会

{中国新野性艺术} 中国书画家出版社

{2010艺术中国} 中国青年出版社

{2012中国民航杂志}专版介绍

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马赛克简历

1955年出生于美国

American, born 1955

教育

EDUCATION

亚利桑那州立大学，坦佩，亚利桑那州

Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

美术学士学位最优异成绩

BFA Summa cum Laude

雪域大学，雪域，纽约

Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

个展

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012“MIRABILIA UREIS ROMAS”克里斯托弗·佩利？新作品展，海豚宫 –罗马，意大利

2012 MIRABILIA URBIS ROMAE Christopher Pelley/new works, Palazzo Delfini, Rome, Italy

2012“为您服务是我们的荣幸”Vizivarosi画廊 –布达佩斯，匈牙利

2010 It’s Our Pleasure to Serve You, Vizivarosi Gallery, Budapest, Hungar

2008“欺骗欲望”拉尔森画廊 –斯科茨代尔，亚利桑那州，美国

2008 Deception of Desire, Larsen Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, USA

2005 “旁经” Ogilvie-Pertl画廊 –芝加哥，伊利诺伊州，美国

2005 Apocrypha, Ogilvie-Pertl Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA

1999“格列柯/罗马”莫尼克·戈尔茨坦画廊 –纽约，美国

1999 Greco/Roman, Monique Goldstrom Gallery, New York, NY, USA  

群展

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2013“举手表决”图森艺术博物馆 –图森，亚利桑那州，美国

2013 A Show of Hands, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, USA  

2008“被永久收藏的艺术家大选”阿勒格尼山南部博物馆 –洛雷托，宾夕法尼亚州，美国

2008 Artists at Large - Selections from the Permanent Collection, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art,        Loretto, PA , USA

2007“个别样式”，酱艺术中心，北京，美国

2007 Individual Format, Pickled Art Center, Beijing, China  

2006“自己动手：工具的艺术”凤凰机场博物馆 –凤凰城，亚利桑那州，美国

2006 Do It Yourself: the Art of Tools, Phoenix Airport Museum, Phoenix, AZ, USA

2005“多伦多国际艺术博览会”—多伦多，加拿大

2005 Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, ON, Canada

Christopher Pelley CV:

EDUCATION

Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

BFA Summa cum Laude

Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012 MIRABILIA URBIS ROMAE Christopher Pelley/new works, Palazzo Delfini, Rome, Italy

2011  Roman Laundry (bucato alla romana) installation, Rome, Italy

2010    It’s Our Pleasure to Serve You, Vizivarosi Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2008    Deception of Desire, Larsen Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

2005 Apocrypha, Ogilvie-Pertl Gallery, Chicago, IL

Lexicon, Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, ON, Canada

Recurrent Themes, Larsen Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

2004 Journeys (to places I’ve never seen), Cultural Exchange Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

2003 Chinoiserie, Robischon Gallery, Denver CO

2002 Ancient Histories, West Valley Art Museum, Surprise, AZ

2001 Ancient Histories, The Cultural Exchange Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

2000 The Times of the Day, The Cultural Exchange Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

Labyrinthine, Visual Arts Gallery, County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ

1999 Greco/Roman, Monique Goldstrom Gallery, New York, NY

Still Life, Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, ON, Canada

1997 From Arcadia to Zeuxis, Arts in the Academy, The National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC                                                                                      

Pentimentos, The Cultural Exchange, Scottsdale, AZ

1993 Small Constructed Narratives, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

1989 Paintings, Works on Paper, Marilyn Butler Fine Art, Scottsdale, AZ

1988 Allegory, Marilyn Butler Fine Art, Scottsdale, AZ

1987 Narrative Paintings, Saxon Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1986 Paintings / Constructions, Marilyn Butler Fine Art, Scottsdale, AZ

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2013     A Show of Hands, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ

Inaugural,  Front Art Space, New York, NY

2010 A I R, Duna Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

2008    10 years: Hungarian International Artists Residents, Vizivarosi Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

Artists at Large - Selections from the permanent Collection, Southern Alleghenies Museum of       Art, Loretto, PA

2007    Individual Format, Pickled Art Center, Beijing, China

Extreme Media, Balatonfured Congress Center, Balatonfured, Hungary

 Summer!,  Applegate Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2006 Do It Yourself: the Art of Tools, Phoenix Airport Museum, Phoenix, AZ

Focus, Larsen Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

In the Viewing Room: Paintings by David Kroll, Christopher Pelley and Jamie Brunson,

Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO                                              

2005 Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, ON, Canada

2004 Small Wonders, Ogilvie-Pertl Gallery, Chicago, IL

2003 Dichotomies, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO

Water, Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, ON, Canada

2001 Looking at Landscape, Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, ON, Canada

1999 Magic Realism, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA (catalogue)

1998 Hindsight, Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Space and Surface, Monique Goldstrom Gallery, New York, NY

CHRISTOPHER PELLEY - 2

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (continued)

1997 Tools as Art, Selections from the Hechinger Collection, National Building Museum,

Washington, DC

1995 Incontro / Encounter, Tribeca 148 Gallery, New York, NY

Buoys: Marking the Place, Renegade Spaces Exhibition, curated by Bill Bace, New York, NY    

(catalogue)

1994 The Box Show, K & E Gallery, New York, NY

Italy-America, Castello di Ducale, Crecchio, Italy (catalogue)

Reality and Beyond, BEMIS Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NF,

10x10: Ten Dealers Pick Ten Artists, Tribeca 148 Gallery, New York, NY

Varied Visions: Interpretations of the Landscape, Virginia Miller Gallery, Coral Gables Fl

1992 Evento, APE Gallery, New York, NY

1993 Art of the Spirit, The Center for Transcultural Exchange, New York, NY

Contemporary Realists, Bentley Tomlinson Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

1990 Monotypes from the Sharokh Rezvani Workshop, Nelson Fine Arts Center,

Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Musical Instruments in Art, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ

1989 Tools, San Francisco Airports Commission Exhibition Program, San Francisco, CA  (catalogue)                      

1988 Four Square Feet, Sazama Brauer Gallery, Chicago, IL

Food in Art, Arizona Museum for Youth, Mesa, AZ

1987 The Current Landscape, Felicita Foundation for the Arts, Escondido, CA (catalogue)

Point of View: Landscapes by Martha Armstrong, Jane Everhart and Christopher Pelley,

Sazama Brauer Gallery, Chicago, IL

1986 Landscape in the Age of Anxiety, Lehman College Art Gallery, The City University of New

York, The Bronx, NY, The Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH (catalogue)

1985 The Romantic Landscape, Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY

Southwest ’85, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM (catalogue)

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Bird’s Nest Cultural Center has 15,000 square meters’ construction area. It is an important component of the architectural space of Bird’s Nest. The cultural center, based upon the architectural characters of the National Stadium/Bird’s Nest, strong Olympic spirit and unique brand culture, is now completing the role as a high end facility for cultural events and conferences which Bird’s Nest lacks as an outdoor sport stadium.