国美观·展讯｜上海新展｜井士剑「植物的意志」| 9月8日开幕
展览 ｜ EXHIBITION
井士剑
《植物的意志》
JING Shijian: Kunstwollen
展期｜Duration
2023.09.08 (Fri.) - 10.21 (Sat.)
地点 | VENUE
阿拉里奥画廊上海
ARARIO GALLERY Shanghai
上海市徐汇区龙爱路7号芒果广场D栋一层 1F, Building D,
Mangoo Hub, 7 Longai Rd. Mangoo Hub, Xuhui District, Shanghai, China
禅家颂雪压芦苇，柔韧而不折萎；诗人写落花依草，虽坠落，依然是美；哲人见大树庄严，即逸兴遄飞。此是植物意志，亦造艺意志，西人所谓Kunstwollen也。植物，物自体也。艺术家观其形态表象，意志生焉。艺术家造艺之痛苦，达于极致，与植物不可动摇之安宁，其境界一也。拜览井士剑教授之《植物的意志》启余感悟于上。范景中谨记。
The Zen master reveres the slender reeds, yielding gracefully against the snow but never breaking; The poet praises the flowers, fading yet still exuding beauty; The philosopher admires the wisdom of mighty trees that illuminate their soaring spirits. Thus, the inspiration of art emerges along with the will of plants, which some Western scholars describe as "Kunstwollen" (the will of art). A plant is a ‘being-in-itself’, by observing and depicting the forms and appearances of plants and trees, the artist develops his will of art. Akin to the unshakable tranquility of plants and trees, artists struggle in their pursuit of spiritual realm. These are my thoughts on viewing Professor JING Shijian’s solo exhibition "Kunstwollen”.
by Fan Jingzhong
阿拉里奥画廊欣然宣布将于2023年9月8日至10月21日呈现艺术家井士剑个展“植物的意志”Kunstwollen。展览不仅涵盖了艺术家近年的油画作品与绢本作品，还将展出其创作于90年代早期表现主义风格的大幅油画作品，以呈现艺术家对艺术语言的混合性使用与其创作风格不断嬗变的清晰线索。
ARARIO GALLERY Shanghai is pleased to announce artist JING Shijian's solo exhibition "Kunstwollen", on view from September 8th to October 21st, 2023. This exhibition encompasses JING 's recent oil paintings and silk works, and features one of his large-scale expressionistic paintings created in the early 1990s, presenting a clear trail of the artist's hybrid use of artistic language and his ever-evolving creativity.
作为“新西湖绘画”的代表人物之一，井士剑始终将目光望向自然本初，他提出“艺术地理”的概念，强调地理外延和地域景观对于艺术家创作的影响，关注人与艺术发生地自然景象与历史文化的关联。他生长于中国北方，而后又在江南生活多年。随着地理维度的迁移和所见之景的变换，体现在他的作品中，便有了相辅相承的以“新西湖”绘画和“植物意志”绘画为表现脉络的作品，如描绘西湖人文景致的《江湖·二十四小时》、《湖舟》系列等，及以植物意志为表现的“石榴系列”和“罂粟系列”等。他近期的作品依然根植于自然景观，将生活中熟悉而普遍存在的植物，运用混合性语言的手法呈现，以探讨自然与社会、植物与人类的共生关系。
As one of the representative figures of "New West Lake Painting", JING has always directed his gaze towards the nature of the original. He puts forward the concept of "Art Geography", emphasizing the influence of geography and regional landscape on artists' creations, and focusing on connections between natural scenery, history and culture where art and human converge.
Growing up in northern China and later living in Hangzhou, his works reflect the migration of geographical dimensions and shifting landscapes witnessed over time. This influence is evident in works like "Jianghu（literal meaning river, lake）- 24 Hours" series (“江湖·二十四小时”)and "Hu Zhou (literal meaning river, boat) " series (“湖舟”) , depicting West Lake scenery. He also explored northern plants in the "Pomegranate" and "Poppy" series. More recently, JING has progressed to employing surrealistic techniques to present plants in new ways, aiming to discuss the symbiosis between nature/society and plants/humanity.
“植物系列”是井士剑三十年前便开始创作并延续至今的系列，其中反复出现的意象——石榴和罂粟花等，是自然乡野常见的植物。将其入画时，他摒弃了传统的静物画法，转而经由对植物的观察和描绘，重返其自然生长的形态，在还原自然本初的过程中，抵达原本的真实。他的绢本系列就是这一艺术理念的例证，他笔下的罂粟花素雅清淡，呈现出其自然的状态，还原了视觉与知觉的真实。他描绘的植物性表现了中国传统的人文精神属性。
The recurring images in JING 's longstanding plant series- namely pomegranate and poppy flowers commonly found in northern China-depart from still-life techniques. Instead, he seeks their natural growth forms to capture the primordial essence of truth. This concept is also exemplified in his silk "Poppy" series, where the elegant, subtle poppies portrayed restore authentic visual and perceptual experiences of their natural state.
面对创作，他始终保持着开放的态度，以严谨的视觉感知逻辑创造绘画，不曾将自己局限在某种固定的创作方法中。纵观近期井士剑的作品，不难发现其创作风格的变化。在用色上，画面一改沉静悠远的棕灰色调，而愈发浓重丰富。他近期的植物绘画似乎更强调一种介于真实和想象之间叙述叙事——以一个意象为锚点，展开艺术的联想，赋予画笔下的事物以精神性的维度。以古希腊月亮崇拜、女性生殖崇拜及狩猎女神阿尔忒弥斯为原型创作的作品《阿尔忒弥斯》，以鲜明浓郁的色彩勾勒，象征大地之母丰硕的生命力，同时也是向艺术家路易斯·布尔乔亚的致敬。
Over the decades of his artistic career, JING remains open-minded, never confined to fixed methods. In recent years, his works have revealed colorful evolution - paintings moving from serene brownish-grays into increasingly vibrant tones. Latest plant depictions emphasize a stronger reality-imagination narrative. Using images as anchors, he unfolds associations and imbues spiritual dimension. The work, "Artemis", inspired by ancient Greek worship and reverence for motherly fertility, is created in bold vivid hues symbolizing the abundance of Mother Earth, which is also a tribute to the artist Louise Bourgeois.
经由植物性，井士剑进而开始思考我们切身所处的现实，展开了对于物我关系的追问和探寻。他的创作从对事物存在方式的描绘再现开始，逐渐接近心灵。正如著名美术史学家范景中先生所言：“植物，物自体也。艺术家观其形态表象，意志生焉。艺术家创造艺之痛苦，达于极致，与植物不可动摇之安宁，其境界一也。”井士剑的创作既有自然的踪迹，又饱含精神的蕴藏，将物与我相统一，成为一种对生命万物体察和关照的方式。
As art historian Fan Jingzhong wrote,“A plant is a 'being-in-itself', by observing and depicting the forms and appearances of plants and trees, the artist develops his will of art. Akin to the unshakable tranquility of plants and trees, artists struggle in their pursuit of spiritual realm.” Jing Shijian's journey starts depicting plant existences, gradually approaching the soul realm. His works bear nature's traces while containing profound spiritual essence, unifying self with the world. It ultimately becomes a way of observing and caring for all aspects of life through deeper contemplation of the reality in which we are all embedded.
关于艺术家 ABOUT THE ARTIST
井士剑 1960出生于中国辽宁省黑山县。艺术家，中国美术学院教授、博士生导师，现工作生活于杭州。从上世纪80年代至今，致力于当代艺术研究与创作。关注全球语境下的当代艺术研究和形成自身独特的艺术语言结构和词语与语法。以几十年一系列个展勾勒出艺术创作持续不断的艺脉。并以世界变幻的近几十年，自身经历和艺术创作揭示出历史、社会、未来的艺术断裂与碎片的多元文化的视觉景观。从1996年上海美术馆《艺术的对话》与瑞士艺术家的双个展，至今以《艺术地理》《漫步江湖》《江湖泛舟》三个展览，持续以视觉艺术，再现人与自然的境遇，与艺术原发性问题，以《宇宙的蜗牛和戏谑的风景》《寓言》《谜·湖》《1/2》《次九》《长亭外·井士剑》等个展，关注艺术创作的逻辑、意志、混合语法等要素，对绘画的时间空间进行视觉回应与艺术实践。
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阿拉里奥画廊自1989年创立至今，分别于韩国天安、首尔和上海拥有其支点画廊。在过去的三十年间，阿拉里奥画廊始终致力于关注与推广亚洲与国际艺术家，丰富其艺术家名单，并长期培养支持年轻艺术家。其代理的五十余位艺术家来自韩、日、中、印和东南亚地区各国，涵盖自20世纪70年代至今的实验艺术先锋，创作门类包括视觉艺术、绘画、雕塑、影像以及装置等众多艺术类别，突出展现亚洲地区令人瞩目的社会历史文化。
自2005年入驻北京798艺术区起，阿拉里奥通过展示亚洲地区极具代表性的优秀艺术家，迅速成为中国当代艺术发展的重要枢纽。2014年8月，上海徐家汇衡山坊馆正式开馆，2017年7月迁址上海西岸，与来自中国和海外的艺术家一道为中国艺术舞台的多元性注入活力，继续作为中国当代艺术的先驱力量而存在。
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