2017.07.29 Saturday, 文 / 译 / 房小然
苏黎世Mai 36画廊宣布代理中国艺术家臧坤坤

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Mai 36画廊(Mai 36 Galerie)宣布代理中国艺术家臧坤坤。臧坤坤生于1986年,现在北京生活和工作。在2017年春季参加了Mai 36画廊备受好评的群展,并在2017年香港巴塞尔和2017巴塞尔艺术展亮相之后,臧坤坤将于2018年初在苏黎世举办其个人于Mai 36画廊的首次个展。

近些年来,臧坤坤逐渐将绘画视为一种“物”,而非仅仅将其作为描绘事物的载体。他试图在绘画、绘画对象和画中物体之间建立一种平等,而非主次之分的联系。这也意味着他的创作已渐渐摆脱了古板教条的绘画方式,转而形成一种无边界的自由创作方式,其关注点也确实从色彩、笔触和形体转移到探索物体、形式、观念和不同感官体验之间的微妙关系和结构构成之上。

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臧坤坤 <<Vision青年视觉>>

臧坤坤的创作突破了文化准则、集体认知和潜意识束缚,以更广为接受的艺术语言表现了其个人的本土体验。通过对工业媒介,包括日常生活用品的运用,臧坤坤的装置和绘画涵盖了如城市化及其带来的社会效应、时间的流逝,以及受限于时空的维度等主题。尽管年纪轻轻,可臧坤坤已经从事艺术创作近十年之久,这点从其创作的不同系列、跨越各种媒介的作品对主题的再思考,提炼深化的纯熟运用中可见一斑。

ZANG KUNKUN View II, 2016 Acrylic on canvas 2 parts, 150 x 315 x 5 cm (59 x 124 x 2 in.) Signed and dated verso (image courtesy the artist and Mai 36 Galerie)

ZANG KUNKUN
View II, 2016
Acrylic on canvas
2 parts, 150 x 315 x 5 cm (59 x 124 x 2 in.) Signed and dated verso (image courtesy the artist and Mai 36 Galerie)

ZANG KUNKUN Container XIII, 2015 Wooden frame, styrofoam, cork, aluminium, acrylic on canvas framed 30.3 x 38 x 9 cm (11 7/8 x 15 x 3 1/2 in.) signed and dated (image courtesy the artist and Mai 36 Galerie)

ZANG KUNKUN
Container XIII, 2015
Wooden frame, styrofoam, cork, aluminium, acrylic on canvas framed 30.3 x 38 x 9 cm (11 7/8 x 15 x 3 1/2 in.)
signed and dated (image courtesy the artist and Mai 36 Galerie)

ZANG KUNKUN Container XI, 2015 Board composition, frame, acrylic on canvas, tape, leather Total 153 x 40 cm (60 1/4 x 15 3/4 in.) signed and dated (image courtesy the artist and Mai 36 Galerie)

ZANG KUNKUN
Container XI, 2015
Board composition, frame, acrylic on canvas, tape, leather Total 153 x 40 cm (60 1/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
signed and dated (image courtesy the artist and Mai 36 Galerie)

ZANG KUNKUN Container, Dark Side, 2016 Acrylic on canvas, stainless steel ball Total 200 x 162 x 5 cm (78 3/4 x 63 3/4 x 2 in.) signed and dated  (image courtesy the artist and Mai 36 Galerie)

ZANG KUNKUN
Container, Dark Side, 2016
Acrylic on canvas, stainless steel ball
Total 200 x 162 x 5 cm (78 3/4 x 63 3/4 x 2 in.) signed and dated (image courtesy the artist and Mai 36 Galerie)

ZANG KUNKUN Passageway II, 2017 Acrylic on canvas, aluminium pipe Painting 50 x 60 x 4.5 cm (19 5/8 x 23 5/8 x 1 3/4 in.) Pipe drawn out 520 cm, height adjustable signed and dated  (image courtesy the artist and Mai 36 Galerie)

ZANG KUNKUN
Passageway II, 2017
Acrylic on canvas, aluminium pipe
Painting 50 x 60 x 4.5 cm (19 5/8 x 23 5/8 x 1 3/4 in.) Pipe drawn out 520 cm, height adjustable
signed and dated (image courtesy the artist and Mai 36 Galerie)