ZHANG Ruyi 张如怡
ZHANG Ruyi (b.1985) currently lives and works in Shanghai. Her practice and work unfold around the logic of every day and occupy a unique space which reconciles artefacts, industrial experience, and urban life. The artist draws inspiration from commonplace materials, exploring and mediating the hierarchy and interplay between the individual, the material, and the place as a key narrative pathway. Her work mainly involves site-specific installation, sculpture, and integrated media, using "reality" as a model to draw out the shaping of individual emotions as the city shifts around its inhabitants, and planting intuition and observation in simple materials through the visual language of paradoxical transformation, to bestow a spiritual significance which extends beyond the material.
Her recent institutional exhibitions include Yuz Museum (Shanghai, 2023), the 16th Edition of Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art - “Manifesto of Fragility” (Lyon, 2022), He Art Museum (Foshan, Guang Dong, 2022), Tai Kwun Contemporary (Hong Kong, 2022), 2022 Beijing Biennial (Beijing, 2022), Power Station of Art (Shanghai, 2021), TANK Shanghai Art Centre (Shanghai, 2021), UCCA Dune (Beijing, 2020), K11 Art Foundation (Hong Kong, 2019), Rockbund Art Museum (Shanghai, 2018) and others. Her featured solo exhibitions include “Once Remain, Once Remould” (Don Gallery, Shanghai, 2023), "ZHANG Ruyi: Speaking Softly" (UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, 2022), "Modern Fossil" (START Museum, Shanghai, 2022), "Consciousness of Location" (Don Gallery, Shanghai, 2019), "Bonsai" (François Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles, 2019).
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To the Things Themselves Part I
Pop-Up Exhibition 3 - 22 August 2024Don Gallery Summer Pop-Up Exhibition 「To the Things Themselves」 PART I: 3 August – 22 August, 2024 PART II: 23 August – 11 September, 2024 HAI 550 L6-05, No.550 Huaihai...Read more -
ZHANG Ruyi: Once Remain, Once Remould
Solo Exhibition 3 November 2023 - 31 January 2024Artist ZHANG Ruyi Duration 2023/11/03 - 2024/01/31 Location Don Gallery, 2555-9 Longteng Avenue, West Bund, Shanghai Don Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of ZHANG Ruyi’s solo...Read more -
Hippocampus Capsule
Group Exhibition 8 July - 31 August 2023Hippocampus Capsule features paintings, installations, and sculptures by artists CAO Zaifei, CHANG Ling, GUO Haiqiang, LI Shan, LIU Ren, LU Song, WANG Ningde, WU Houting, ZHANG Peiyun, ZHANG Ruyi, ZHANG...Read more -
Theseus Voyage
Group Exhibition 8 January - 18 February 2022Theseus Voyage Theseus Voyage features furniture by Virgil Abloh, Mario Bellini, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand, and Jean Prouve, tufted carpets by QIAN Jing, and artworks by artists LIU...Read more -
Cloudy
Group Exhibition 20 June - 23 August 2020Don Gallery will be presenting the group exhibition, “Cloudy,” to audiences this summer. The show will explore whether the ambiguous and volatile surface of contemporary society obscures a more stable...Read more -
ZHANG Ruyi: Consciousness of Location
Solo Exhibition 6 November 2019 - 12 January 2020Don Gallery is proud to announce the upcoming launch of Zhang Ruyi’s solo show “Consciousness of Location.” In this show, the artist investigates intuition by modeling reality to establish a...Read more -
Epithet Portrayed
Group Exhibition 7 September - 27 October 2019This September, Don Gallery is welcoming eight artists to the group exhibition -- “Epithet Portrayed.” The show will feature HE Saibang, HU Zi, JIN Shan, LI Shan, LIU Ren, SONG...Read more -
Swallow It! Summer x Bacchanal
Group Exhibition 13 July - 31 August 2019Shanghai, July 13—As temperatures rise, and another Shanghai summer swings into full swelter this July, Don Gallery is offering a long, thirst-slaking gulp of art, with a septet of artists...Read more -
Steadfastly Raise the Standards in Nonproductive Construction
Group Exhibition 6 November - 30 December 2018In sync with the mission to commit fully to urban industrial production, the People’s Daily editorialised against waste in nonproductive construction, the ancillary facilities of the productive kind, in a...Read more -
ZHANG Ruyi: Profile
Project 27 - 31 March 2018Don Gallery is pleased to announce the launch of ZHANG Ruyi’s solo project “Profile” at Discoveries, 2018 edition of Art Basel in Hong Kong. ZHANG’s artistic practice embeds itself in...Read more -
Shanghai Dandy
Group Exhibition 10 November 2017 - 28 January 2018Don Gallery is pleased to announce “Shanghai Dandy,” a celebration of its 10th anniversary. By means of mega-metaphor, the phrasing of the title assumes the superimposition of a semantic pun...Read more -
ZHANG Ruyi: Building Opposite Building
Solo Exhibition 3 November - 25 December 2016Don Gallery is proud to announce the opening of Zhang Ruyi’s second solo show ‘Building Opposite Building’ on November 3, 2016. This exhibition is an interpretation of the artist’s recent...Read more -
Moments
Group Exhibition 31 May - 19 July 2015Don Gallery is delighted to present 'Moments' with participating artists: Hu Zi, Liu Ren, Su Chang, Zhang Ruyi and Zhang Yunyao. This group exhibition concentrates on the development and works...Read more -
ZHANG Ruyi: Cut | Off
Solo Exhibition 12 September - 26 October 2014Don Gallery is pleased to present 'Cut | Off' by young artist ZHANG Ruyi from Shanghai. As the first solo of ZHANG at Don Gallery, the exhibition will be opened...Read more -
Abuse
30 September - 20 October 2013Moderation is considered as one of the moral obligations from the traditional values. However, it seems less and less important in the fast developing and changing society. Abuse, as the...Read more -
Outdated
20 October - 28 November 2012The group exhibition 'outdated' was inspired by full belly of outdated stuff which was the brief description of life by the literature giant Su Shi from Northern Song Dynasty. This...Read more
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News | LIU Ren and ZHANG Ruyi's participation in "Returning to The Sea: Philosophical Reflections on the Anthropocene Ocean" at TAG Art Museum
Qingdao, China 13 April 2024Artist|LIU Ren, ZHANG Ruyi Group Exhibition | Returning to The Sea: Philosophical Reflections on the Anthropocene Ocean TAG Art Museum, Qingdao 3 April 2024 –...Read more -
News | ZHANG Ruyi's participation in "Realm of Flow and Variation, Second Session: Unceasing Currents — 2024 Invited Art Exhibition of Contemporary Female Artists from the Yangtze River Delta" at Shanghai Oil-painting and Sculpture Institute Art Museum
Shanghai, China 10 April 2024Artist|ZHANG Ruyi Group Exhibition | Realm of Flow and Variation, Second Session: Unceasing Currents — 2024 Invited Art Exhibition of Contemporary Female Artists from the...Read more -
News | ZHANG Ruyi's participation in "Follow the Feeling" at Times Museum
Guangzhou, China 10 April 2024Artist|ZHANG Ruyi Group Exhibition | Follow the Feeling Curator | QU Chang Times Museum, Guangzhou 23 March 2024 – 23 June 2024 The song Follow...Read more -
News | ZHANG Ruyi's participation in "Shanghai Palimpsest: Restaging the R.A.S. Library" at Rockbund Art Museum
Shanghai 10 April 2024艺术家|张如怡 Art ist|ZHANG Ruyi 覆写上海:重构20世纪初的亚洲文会图书馆 Shanghai Palimpsest: Restaging the R.A.S. Library 上海外滩美术馆 Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai 2024年3月23日 – 2024年8月25日 23 March 2024 – 25 August...Read more -
News | ZHANG Ruyi's participation in "Dust Piles Us Up" @Longlati Foundation & SUHE HAUS
Shanghai 30 November 2023艺术家|张如怡 Artist|ZHANG Ruyi 群展|灰尘把我们堆积起来 Group Exhibition|Dust Piles Us Up 策展人|孙一钿 Curator|Sun Yitian Longlati 经纬艺术中心|Longlati Foundation 苏河皓司|SUHE HAUS 上海...Read more -
News | ZHANG Ruyi's participation in “Friends in the Arts — Chinese collector's new contemporaries” @TANK Shanghai
Shanghai 30 November 2023艺术家|张如怡 Artist|ZHANG Ruyi 群展|艺术的朋友——中国新世代收藏家展览 Group Exhibition|Friends in the Arts — Chinese collector's new contemporaries 策展人|袁佳维、乔丹 Curators|Evonne Jiawei Yuan、Qiao Dan 上海油罐艺术中心, 上海...Read more -
News | ZHANG Ruyi's Public Art launched at “Hu Shi Guang Art Eco Site”
Longyou, China 30 November 2023张如怡|公共艺术作品 ZHANG Ruyi|Public Art 废墟的影子|Shadow of Ruins 瀫石光·艺术生态走廊, 龙游 中国 Hu Shi Guang Art Eco Site, Longyou China The sculpture 'Shadow of Ruins'...Read more -
News | LU Song, ZHANG Ruyi's participation in "A Theatre of Waiting" @The Cloud Collection
Nanjing 27 November 2023Artist|LU Song, ZHANG Ruyi Group Exhibition|A Theatre of Waiting Curator|Zhu Zhu The Cloud Collection, Nanjing China 2023/11/06 –...Read more -
News | ZHANG Ruyi's participation in "Bordercrossing: Possibilities and Interactions" @Yuz Museum
Shanghai 5 September 2023艺术家|Artist 张如怡 ZHANG Ruyi 群展|跨界:可能与回响 Group Exhibition | Bordercrossing: Possibilities and Interactions 学术顾问 | 巫鸿 Academic Advisor | WU Hong 上海余德耀美术馆, 上海...Read more -
News | ZHANG Ruyi‘s participation in The Exhibition of Annual of Contemporary Art of China(Shagnhai)
Shanghai 5 September 2023艺术家|Artist 张如怡 ZHANG Ruyi 中国当代艺术年鉴展(上海) The Exhibition of Annual of Contemporary Art of China (Shanghai) 上海多伦现代美术馆, 上海 中国 Shanghai Doland Museum of Modern Art...Read more -
News | Zhang Ruyi's participation in "13+1 — Genealogy Study of Artists Season 1"@ Start Museum
Shanghai 1 July 202313+1 艺术家谱系研究系列回顾展 第一季 13+1 — Genealogy Study of Artists Season 1 星美术馆,上海 中国 2023/6/18 – 7/28Read more -
News | ZHANG Ruyi's participation in "Projection" at Sifang Art Museum
Nanjing 26 May 2023Taking the multiple perceptions of light as a starting point, this exhibition gathers 40 pieces of works by 26 Chinese and foreign artists, together with...Read more -
News | ZHANG Ruyi's participation in "Steadfastly Revise for the Standards in Nonproductive Construction (Part II: Liquid Circulates)" @Long March Independent Space
Beijing 11 March 2023Inspired by the architectural text “Steadfastly Lower the Standards in Nonproductive Construction” (1955), which informed the counter-narrative coined for the previous iteration of “Steadfastly Raise...Read more -
News | ZHANG Ruyi's solo exhibition "Speaking Softly" @UCCA Beijing
Beijing 10 January 2023低声细语 | Speaking Softly 张如怡 | ZHANG Ruyi 展期 | Duration 2022/12/23 -2023/04/09 地点 | Location UCCA尤伦斯当代艺术中心,北京 UCCA Center for Contemporary Art,...Read more -
News | LU Song and ZHANG Ruyi's participation in 2022 Beijing Biennial
Beijing 3 January 2023Don Gallery is honored to announce LU Song and ZHANG Ruyi's participation in 2022 Beijing Biennial at National Base for International Cultural Trade and...Read more -
News | ZHANG Ruyi's participation in ART'N DIOR
Shanghai 7 November 2022Don Gallery is honored to announce ZHANG Ruyi's participation in ART'N DIOR at West Bund Art Center from 10 November to 15 November 2022. Any...Read more -
News | ZHANG Ruyi's participation in the 16th Biennale de Lyon
Lyon, France 9 October 2022Don Gallery is delighted to announce the participation of our artist ZHANG Ruyi with her latest project Renovation: Vacant Lot at the 16th Lyon Biennale...Read more -
News | Zhang Ruyi's participation in "2021 ON | OFF: CAROUSEL OF PROGRESS" @ He Art Museum
Foshan, China 4 February 2022 Read more -
News | ZHANG Ruyi's solo exhibition "Modern Fossil" @SSSSTART
Shanghai 14 January 2022Start Museum Preparatory Team presents the tenth exhibition of Genealogy Study of Artists ZHANG Ruyi: Modern Fossil at SSSSTART from 15 January 2022 to 25...Read more -
Artists' News
18 December 2021Kumi Usui A ROOM OF MY OWN features Don Gallery artist Kumi Usui at ZHU QIZHAN Art Museum f rom 19 December 2021 to...Read more -
Artists's News
7 December 2021LIU Ren ZHANG Ruyi MIRAGE OR REALITY features Don Gallery artists LIU Ren and ZHANG Ruyi at K11 Art Museum f rom 11...Read more -
ZHANG Ruyi's participation in group exhibition at Pace Gallery
15 July 2021ZHANG Ruyi Don Gallery is honored to announce that ZHANG Ruyi's participation in group exhibition, Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth, at Pace Gallery,...Read more -
Artists's News
11 June 2021ZHANG Yunyao Don Gallery is honored to announce that ZHANG Yunyao's participation in his first European institutional exhibition, IDOLES. L’art des Cyclades et de...Read more -
ZHANG Ruyi's participation in the group exhibition "More More More"
15 December 2020Don is honored to announce that ZHANG Ruyi's participation in the group exhibition 'More More More' at the TANK Shanghai. More More More Tank...Read more -
Artists's News
19 September 2020「Shanghai Waves Historical Archives and Works of Shanghai Biennale」 QU Fengguo Power Station of Art & China Art Museum 2020.07.31-2020.11.15 678, Miaojiang Rd....Read more -
ZHANG Ruyi 's individual project "DECORATION :BULUDING DEBRIS"
14 September 2020ZHANG Ruyi 's individual project 'DECORATION :BULUDING DEBRIS' opens at the Room 314,No.7,Lane 314, Tongren Road,Jing'an,Shanghai on Sept 18. We sincerely invite you...Read more -
ZHANG Ruyi's participation in UCCA Dune
25 April 2020作为2020年UCCA首个展览,“沉睡者的抵抗”延续了UCCA沙丘美术馆对国内外新锐艺术家的关注,就睡眠的意义及其延伸议题展开探讨。本次展览中,艺术家张如怡将带来两件委约作品。 “沉睡者的抵抗”展览现场,2020,UCCA沙丘美术馆,秦皇岛 | View of “Resistance of the Sleepers,” 2020, UCCA Dune, Qinhuangdao ©UCCA尤伦斯当代艺术中心 UCCA Center for Contemporary Art 幽暗的灯箱 Dim Light Box, 张如怡 ZHANG...Read more -
Bonsai — ZHANG Ruyi's solo exhibition at François Ghebaly
6 March 2019François Ghebaly is proud to present Bonsai, Shanghai-based artist Zhang Ruyi’s first solo exhibition in the United States. The exhibition consists of an architectural space...Read more -
Flowing of Still Life, Thinking of Retreat: Glenfiddich Artists in Residence Programme—12 Years from China
29 October 2018Flowing of Still Life, Thinking of Retreat: Glenfiddich Artists in Residence Programme—12 Years from China Duration: 7 November 2018 – 11 November 2018 Address: Hall...Read more -
ZHANG Ruyi is participating at 166 Art Space
25 September 2018张如怡 ,《被风化的细节—1》,2018年,混凝土、瓷砖、木板、金属,20 × 20 × 61.5 厘米 | ZHANG Ruyi, Weathered Detail—1, 2018, concrete, ceramic tiles, wood panel, metal, 20 × 20 × 61.5 cm...Read more -
ZHANG Ruyi is participating “A World in a Grain of Sand: Mapping Shapes and Sites for Social Geometries”
29 April 2018ZHANG Ruyi is participating “A World in a Grain of Sand: Mapping Shapes and Sites for Social Geometries,” an exhibition drawn from Fosun Foundation Collection...Read more -
ZHANG Ruyi is participating “Witness” at Pilar Corrias, London
11 April 2018“见证” 展览现场, 2018 年,Pilar Corrias画廊 ,伦敦 | View of “Witness,” 2018, Pilar Corrias, London ZHANG Ruyi is participating “Witness” at Pilar Corrias, London. The exhibition...Read more -
ZHANG Ruyi is participating “Emerald City” at K11 Art Foundation, Hong Kong
7 April 2018“Emerald City” 展览现场, 2018 年, K11 艺术基金会,香港 | View of “Emerald City,” 2018, K11 Art Foundation, Hong Kong ZHANG Ruyi is participating “Emerald City” curated...Read more -
ZHANG Ruyi is participating “Walking On The Fade Out Lines” at Rockbund Art Museum
24 March 2018ZHANG Ruyi is participating “Walking On The Fade Out Lines” curated by Larys Frogier, Director and Hsieh Fong-Rong, Senior Curator at Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai....Read more -
ZHANG Ruyi is participating “Zhongguo 2185” at Sadie Coles HQ, London
26 November 2017ZHANG Ruyi is participating “Zhongguo 2185” curated by Victor Wang at Sadie Coles HQ, London. The exhibition features the media perspective of sinofuturism to...Read more -
ZHANG Ruyi is participating the "4th Documentary Exhibition of Fine Arts / Stress Field"
17 September 2017ZHANG Ruyi is participating the '4th Documentary Exhibition of Fine Arts / Stress Field' co-organized by the Hubei Museum of Art and the Fine Arts...Read more -
Review on "Decoration: Location" by ZHANG Ruyi
12 July 2017Conceptual drawing of 'Decoration: Location' by ZHANG Ruyi , 2017 'Decoration' is the primary orientation for my artistic practice throughout the whole year of 2017....Read more -
ZHANG Ruyi is participating the 2017 Glenfiddich Artists in Residence Programme at Dufftown
1 June 2017Z HANG Ruyi is participating the 2017 Glenfiddich Artists in Residence Programme at Dufftown, Scotland to conduct her commissioned works and related exhibits in three...Read more -
QU Fengguo and ZHANG Ruyi at Hive Center for Contemporary Art (Beijing) and Hi Art Center
27 May 2017QU Fengguo and ZHANG Ruyi are participating 'Degree Zero of Art: the Rational Expression of Abstract Art' at Hive Center for Contemporary Art (Beijing) and...Read more -
Zhang Ruyi wins Prix Yishu 8 Chine 2017
9 April 2017Don Gallery is proud to annouce that Zhang Ruyi wins Prix Yishu 8 Chine 2017. Yishu 8 is a non-profiit art origanisation founded by the...Read more
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顾灵 | 张如怡:旁白的房间
12 January 2017“对面的楼与对面的楼”:张如怡个展 东画廊(上海市复兴中路1331号26室),2016年11月3日到2016年12月25日 一转眼,东画廊搬到复兴中路1333号的黑石公寓已经五年了。五年,这栋老楼的外墙可能又黑了一些,雕花地砖上的花纹可能又淡了一些,对面的上海交响乐团音乐厅从无到有、人气也又旺了一些。这个空间在二楼,是一套公寓。除了卫生间,整套房子的采光都非常好,每个房间都有窗户。画廊的室内是全白色的,木头地板,天顶和窗户的贴边都是优雅而老式的。于是,这所有房间作为画廊的展厅,既是典型的白盒子,又因其公寓住宅的结构而在某种程度上限定了每次展览空间上的构造。 这种构造上的限定令人欣喜地在东画廊的最新展览中被打破了。原本进门就是敞通明亮的客厅,这次却迎门立起了一面顶天立地的高墙。墙面铺满了划成方形小格的白色瓷砖,墙顶离天花板留了极小的缝隙。这种贴砖,常被用于八九十年代中国水泥建筑的外墙,所以我在打开门的那一瞬间,觉得自己没有步入室内、反倒是走入了一个户外空间。这种室内外颠倒错乱的感觉,与白色、和体感寒冷的水泥,贯穿了整场展览。虽然是步入了一个房间,但其实又是步入了某种异域的空间,比如反复出现的仙人掌,这种典型的热带植物,在这房间中似乎成为错乱现象的标记。 张如怡对工业网格绘图纸与仙人掌迷恋已久。在印有密集网格的绘图纸上描画,形成具有静物画特质的多层平面作品,或许需要个性里多少患点强迫症。张如怡大学先学的版画,后学的综合材料。她告诉笔者,“版画是一种极具逻辑且重复的过程。”这个过程,既见于她既往的绘画,又可从这次的展览现场想见(白洁齐整的展厅背后,让砌墙的师傅把砖垒直,让我们眼前水泥墙或水泥部件上的网格线都是舒服的直线,肯定是一件很费功夫、时间、耐心、受了泥水匠不少白眼的活儿)。在数十年如一日画十字的上海知名艺术家丁乙眼中,张如怡的实践秉持着理性平衡的原则,而他认为,“审慎而理性的立场在中国当代艺术实践领域并不普遍,成果也同样不够丰硕,也许正是其(张如怡)探索的意义和价值。” 这要看理性如何定义,用很多几何元素、以秩序和重复作为工作方法就是理性吗?(又或者这些特性普遍到不需要被简单地从形式或工作方法上被归类,比如不能一谈到格子就只想阿格涅斯·马丁( Agnes Martin)或蒙德里安 。)如果理性是对整体生活现实基于严谨逻辑推断的态度,那么在东画廊的现场,我所感受到的,是这被认作理性的肌肤之下、漂浮在白色中的网格及其间大量的空间留白之上、袒露出的一段长长的、持续的旁白。就像张如怡喜欢的奥地利导演迈克尔·哈内克在其影片《第七大陆》(1989)中伴随着镜头里无聊而重复的日常生活的语调单调的旁白。如果旁白在电影与戏剧中给予画面与现场以声音,那么展览空间的空则是一种无声却仍给予空间音乐性的旁白。 张如怡是个上海小囡,八零后。她对水泥大楼与白色瓷砖贴面的借用,让笔者想起东画廊展示过的另一位与她同龄、一样是上海人的艺术家苏畅早期做的一些造型逼真的微型楼房雕塑。八九十年代特定的审美、或者说只为实用功能与标准化而定义的楼房设计所导致的审美缺失,在苏畅以临摹手法手工做出的超写实雕塑中得以重现,构成一种失衡的比例尺度,提醒我们重新审视既已熟悉的、甚至被快速淘汰的陈旧的城市空间。而在张如怡的现场,楼宇在写实的同时亦成为一种高度的抽象,就像她画中的线条与留白,是某种空间划分张力的结点。 转身朝向进门的方向的右手边,通往第二个房间的门中间竖了一扇 混凝土门,只要不是特别瘦的人,都只能擦着它任选一边侧身进入灯光昏暗的第二个房间。混凝土这种材料,对张如怡而言,其很多成分来自自然的局部,却在今天被广泛地运用于“建设”,形成社会“雕塑”,它像是连接不同时间的庞大静物,包容着个体的“柔软”。 比在客厅中对空间的构造更激进,这面竖在门中间的门,是对她“我所不能了解的事”(2011)及“隔 | 断”(2014)的进一步探索。前者,张如怡把上海虹口区的一处住宅空间的大多数门窗都用水泥封起来;后者,用立体的混凝土块填充门窗的位置,两者的相同之处,均是针对通道或门窗的阻隔、占有、拒绝,从而改造空间及身体在空间中的状态与感知。第二个房间,仍在混淆室内与户外:儿时石库门弄堂里常见的公用水泥水斗挂在墙上熟悉的高度,只是没接着水、而是灌注了大半缸浅色的、早已凝固的水泥;三面窗(与客厅里窗的位置相同,让人想到常见于中世纪宗教画的三联幅形制)前一个半人高的小方格白瓷贴面基座上,放着一个中等大小的鱼缸。鱼缸,又一个可以与水泥、白瓷砖、仙人掌组合的元素,水里沉着一对水泥做的面对面的楼宇模型,三条黑不溜秋的清道夫以“缓慢的静止”的状态生活在此。观者得到了一个活的景观、一个典型的、属于日常的景观,但在看着水中的楼房时,心中却会堵塞一丝莫名的窒息感。安德里亚·阿诺德的影片《鱼缸》(2009)是年轻的女主角向窒息的现实寻求释放的一种隐喻,这个被普遍用做喻体的意象,为展览提供了节奏上的变频。静止无声在这里被悄悄地打破,唯有鱼缸里的白色灯管的苍白仍呼应着展厅的日光灯。 张如怡在最后一个房间只设了一根包着小方格白瓷砖的立柱,上面露出一截光 着。左侧的窗洒进天光,日光灯围着天花板固执地亮着。再一次,对室内与户外的成功反转,并完美地延续了整个展厅空间一以贯之的张力。行至此,笔者也就很有信心这将肯定不是一个光靠照片就能了解的展览,而是一个将空间现场性发挥出来的必须身临其境方得其妙的展览,也是一个充分利用并改造画廊空间、将之与创作无缝贴合、并转化为一种属于张如怡的空间绘画的现实之镜,一方可步入的看似普通实则异类的三维之镜。她对空间的介入手段亦是对这些现场作为实物的“雕塑”本身空间性的凸显,物与空间相衬之妙。 谨慎的舒适,明亮的阴暗,单色的寒冷,压抑着却因此其实是饱涨的、试图宣泄的情绪。就像说水泥还是混凝土,本质上的同质与认知上的异质在这场有效的空间体验构建中展开,每一件作品都与另一件在前面这些形容词组成的共同场域中连接起来。对面的楼,其实是对面,其实是面,其实是你,其实是材料与空间所描摹的现实的种种细节,是多余或不够的光线,是线条与网格,是不再是东画廊的一个能让你在安静里生发出对现实空间更多好奇与疑问的现场。这时,白色瓷砖构成的网格开始在视觉上脱离它所依附的实体(混凝土的墙或部件),延展覆盖到周身的所有空间,似乎一切都可以被其衡量、甚或就是被它设计出来的。这时,东画廊的窗也成了展览的一种不可忽视的元素,笔者不禁靠着窗往外望,将身处的这片寒冷网格与上海金秋清冽的空气联通起来,将这片无名的、用水泥的沉重与空间的错落所构建出的轻质的时间,与黑石公寓和复兴中路沿街数百幢楼宇(大多也都是混凝土结构)所亲历见证的记忆的时间交织在一起。正如张如怡会用“缓慢的静止”来命名其作品,我们或可感受其赋予静态以速度和时间感的把控力。Read more -
Daniel Szehin Ho | ZHANG Ruyi
9 October 2014CUT | OFF” is made up of two seemingly divergent series of works. One consists of realistic drawings of diminutive cacti framed by primary geometric...Read more -
王懿泉 | 采访:张如怡谈近期创作
21 November 2016艺术家张如怡工作与生活于上海,她的创作包括了装置、雕塑、绘画等不同形态,但在这些多元的媒介背后,她专注表达着其个人化、冷静的对都市环境的审视。近期,她在东画廊举办了第二次个展“对面的楼与对面的楼”,并参与了2016西岸艺术与设计博览会特别策展单元ArtReview Asia Xiàn Chǎng。“对面的楼与对面的楼”将持续到12月25日 最近一年我的装置和雕塑作品的表达方式在慢慢变化。从早期创作中我关心的单纯的自我感受力,到结合环境空间去发现、捕捉日常物质与精神磨合的瞬间,再过渡到对于材质本身中寻找个体的精神刮痕。但是,变化是微小递进的,不是非常突然的。这种变化也源于我对今天社会现实的理解。现实给我直观的体验是矛盾的,存在于开放与限制、亲近与疏离、享受与拒绝之间;生活永远包含着错误,我们自身的一切都是被动的。我们在重复、秩序、对称、直线中寻找精确和稳固,又在这样的追寻中被限制束缚,相对能控制的东西是非常有限的。 关于创作的媒介,我并没有故意地去偏好某种材料,但目前混凝土是我观念表达的主要媒介。对于这个材料,我也有自己的理解,我认为混凝土的某些特质似乎与自然以及过去有关,但它此刻是被广泛运用在现代文明的每一处,尤其在“建设”方面,它是一种衔接物,来自过去,存在于现在,安静地成为与我们有关或无关的空间物质。 这一次在东画廊的个展是一个阶段性的总结,也为之后我的创作铺垫了可能性。个展“对面的楼与对面的楼”依旧是在探讨个体、外部世界和物理空间之间的相互作,在这样的关系中或隐藏或保留人的精神“形状”。我认为,楼,就是一个“社会雕塑”,包含了所有的信息,无论是柔软的还是强硬的。在过去的创作里,我主要是针对一些通道或门窗的阻隔、占有、拒绝,来体现当下现实节奏和个体情绪之间的作用力。这次,我更多的是在原有的主线上,关注到更多的可能性:从个人的居住空间延伸至更多的空间以外的空间与生活碎片,例如走道上的楼梯、建筑楼房、柱子、鱼缸、水池等等来自现实生活的局部信息。它们通过我的介入和转换,再返还到现实空间中,希望呈现出既熟悉又别捏的感觉。在视觉结构上,我主要使用了“面对面”、“捆绑”两个置放方式,在一个亲近交流的方式里提示一种被压制的情绪,这种情绪也是对“隔断”另一层解读。 在本次个展里,整个布展都与空间的结构有关,除了根据空间现场制作的作品以外,还有很多单件雕塑加入其中。进门的贴有瓷砖的墙体,一方面是与走廊通道挤压呼应,形成一种“看不见”的阻隔,另一方面能让空间隔开,使墙背后的空间更“聚气”和有整体感,同时又通过《间距》这件作品使两个空间流通,通过空间与空间之间的结构语言引入下一个房间。比起前面两个主空间里的作品,最后一个房间相对放置得比较“开放”,《柱子》这件作品是由四件面面相觑的建筑与贴有瓷砖的底座构成的,外观看上去就像瓷砖剥落的柱子。在一般意义上,柱子是建筑的一部分,但在这里,建筑属于柱子,并又归置在一个室内环境中,与角落里电流被“固化”的作品形成呼应。 采访/ 王懿泉Read more -
袁 佳维 | 海上景观:丹迪的意外反身
6 January 2018每当满潮时,河水暴涨,便出现逆流。观测站的信号旗显示出平稳的风速,朝着塔上飘去。在茫茫夜雾之中,海关的尖塔显得烟气迷蒙起来。堆放在堤坝上的木桶坐着许多苦力,他们的身上湿漉漉的。残破不堪的黑帆随着钝重的波涛东倒西歪地吱吱嘎嘎地向前移动。长着一张白皙明敏的中世纪勇士面孔的参木满街转悠之后回到了码头。河畔长条椅上坐着一排满脸倦容的俄国妓女。逆潮行驶的舢板上蓝色的灯光,在她们默默无语的眼睑前一刻不停地旋转着。([日] 横光利一著、卞铁坚译,《寝园》(横光利一文集/叶渭渠主编),北京:作家出版社,2001年,第3页。) 这是新感觉派作家横光利一(Riichi Yokomitsu)所著第一部长篇小说《上海》(1928—1931年)的开场:日本青年参木在外滩无所事事地闲逛,视线边沿浮现起对于上海的原始印象。苏联导演亚科夫·布利奥赫(Yakov Bliokh)拍摄的黑白无声纪录片《上海纪事》(1926—1928年)以相同的画面开启这座世界之城:俯视镜头首先对准黄浦江边密密麻麻的货轮与渔船,随即切换为特写锁定乘坐“WANDERER”(漫游者)号快艇兜风的异国男女,细节涉及男士的西服钮扣与女士的玛丽珍鞋。更为巧合的是,《上海》将时代背景设置在五卅运动,《上海纪事》则取材四一二事件,两者都通过吸纳殖民主义风格创作中的“凝视”策略进行时空构造,通过投射丰富多元的情感、性别与身体关系来完成对上海的全景式描述,并在一定程度上渲染对左翼或其他革命力量的同理心。 东画廊十周年展览“海上丹迪”意图重新审视“凝视”策略在跨文化实践中的特殊意义,尤其关于“凝视”如何对外来文本与地方文本展开互译而在长久以来影响着上海这座城市的文化话语。因此,展览选择以浪荡子(dandy)作为“凝视”的媒介,同时赋予该文学形象自属的名字“丹迪”(Dandy),强调虚构/虚拟人物的表演性、装置性与叙事性。历史上经典的浪荡子主要包括十九世纪上半叶巴黎最著名的象征主义者夏尔·皮埃尔·波德莱尔与英国维多利亚时代的唯美主义者奥斯卡·王尔德,他们提出一种颓废而颠覆的个人主义创造精神与艺术观念,凭借不同的面具与姿态唤醒并领导自身所处的不定状态。曾经出现在上海这方水土里的浪荡子比如活跃于上世纪二三十年代的刘呐鸥是的新感觉派的引介者与推动者,他以丰富的散居经历结合蒙太奇、人物心理分析等手法,将现实生活中的各种矛盾组织成展示内心强烈激情与暧昧的外部条件。 “海上丹迪”的十二位参展艺术家通过自身的视觉路径对浪荡子作出想象,甚至直接把浪荡子看成是第二自我,在开启角色游戏的过程中渲染个人独有的气质、性格、习惯、癖好。他们不自觉地使用起浪荡子善用的“模拟”方法,以此解构“凝视”与世界主义上海的关联。世界主义往往是一个用来美化殖民事实的台词,而一连串复杂的内化作用逐渐累积并造成了对殖民化的漠然以及对世界主义的向往。“模拟”恰巧具有颠覆殖民权力的力量。一般来说,殖民化能够带来的现代化不免让原居者产生崇拜或渴望的心态,甚至对本身的文化心存自卑和厌恶。但是通过“模拟”,原居者可以逐渐了解殖民权力并非天然而是被建构的产物。原居者透过“模拟” 看清殖民化的问题,使自己处于进退两难的境地,并发展出相互依赖的关系。这种既吸引又排斥的混乱干扰了既定的殖民秩序。 比如, 张云垚假借毛毡的有型质地,由绘画模仿雕塑,西方哲人、帝王、统治者、神话人物的身体轮廓叠加出一个偏执的、悲惨的、处于错误时代的自我,徘徊于放纵与约束之间,质询社会文化框架对于享乐的容许度。a.f.art theatre芳翎在为自己圈定的剧场框架中把白衬衫穿着成戏服,说明其趋于放弃原居者身份的意图,却又在男性画外音的指正下不断修改着自己的行为而表现出不安。胡为一把裸露的女性身体与腐败的城市遗址覆盖到一起而产生缠绕效果,强调兼具浪荡子与漫游者特质的艺术家人格,正是对浪荡子“先贤”们的致敬。许以挪用比利时超现实主义画家雷内·马格利特的《情人》并让一对闺蜜扮演处于室内的两人,一人佩戴在无名指上的戒指提示着性别与婚姻正相关的刻板印象,另一人却通过化装/异装发泄过高的性别表现欲望,挑战固化的性别意识形态。若将这些作品视为幻肢而构成丹迪的整体,那么浪荡子在跳脱其舶来品属性后依旧具备着生命力。或许,丹迪本身就是一个来自未来的时光旅行者,悄无声息地协调起我们与此刻、与地方的联系。Read more
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NADA Miami 2024
Miami 3 - 7 December 2024Don Gallery is pleased to announce its participation in the 22nd Edition of NADA Miami art fair from 3 December to 7 December 2024, where...Read more -
Frieze London 2024
London 9 - 13 October 2024With pleasure, Don Gallery announces its participation in Frieze London 2024 from 9 October to 13 October 2024, presenting the latest painting and sculptural works...Read more -
Art Basel Hong Kong 2024
Hong Kong 26 - 30 March 2024巴塞尔艺术展香港展会 Art Basel Hong Kong 展位 Booth 1B41 贵宾预览|VIP Preview March 26-27, 2024 公众开放|Public Days March 28-30, 2024 地点|Location 香港会议展览中心 Hong...Read more -
ART 021 SHANGHAI 2023
Shanghai 9 - 12 November 2023参展艺术家|Artist 曹再飞 CAO Zaifei 柯乔 James Carl 刘任 LIU Ren 吕松 LU Song 吴厚挺 WU Houting 章佩芸 ZHANG Peiyun 张如怡 ZHANG Ruyi 张云垚 ZHANG...Read more -
Art Brussels 2023
Brussels 20 - 23 April 2023参展艺术家 | Artists 曹再飞 CAO Zaifei、常陵 CHANG Ling 郭海强 GUO Haiqiang、李珊 LI Shan 刘任 LIU Ren、吕松 LU Song 王宁德 WANG Ningde、章佩芸 ZHANG...Read more -
Art Basel Hong Kong 2023
Hong Kong 23 - 25 March 2023参展艺术家 | Artists 曹再飞 CAO Zaifei、常陵 CHANG Ling、 刘任 LIU Ren、吕松 LU Song、 王宁德 WANG Ningde、张如怡 ZHANG Ruyi、 张云垚 ZHANG Yunyao 藏家预览...Read more -
ART SG 2023
Singapore 11 - 15 January 2023新加坡艺术博览会 | ART SG 东画廊展位 1D05 | Don Gallery Booth 1D05 参展艺术家 | Artists 曹再飞 CAO Zaifei、常陵 CHANG Ling 郭海强 GUO Haiqiang、...Read more -
ART021 SHANGHAI 2022
Shanghai 10 - 13 November 2022 -
Frieze London 2022
London 12 - 15 October 2022 -
Art Basel Hong Kong 2022
Hong Kong 25 - 29 May 2022 -
ART021 SHANGHAI 2021
Shanghai 11 - 14 November 2021 -
Frieze London 2021
15 - 17 October 2021 -
DnA SHENZHEN
30 September - 4 October 2021 -
Art Shenzhen
9 - 12 September 2021 -
JINGART Art Fair
10 - 13 June 2021Don Gallery is proud to announce that Don Gallery will participate JINGART Art Fair, this is the first time for Don Gallery to participate in...Read more -
ART021 SHANGHAI
12 - 15 November 2020Don Gallery will participate ART021 Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair to present artworks by CHANG Ling, HU Zi, LI Shan, LIU Ren, LU Song, QU Fengguo,...Read more -
West Bund Art & Design
7 - 10 November 2019During Shanghai Art Week, Don Gallery will participate the 6th edition of West Bund Art & Design to introduce artworks by CHANG Ling, HU Zi,...Read more -
West Bund Art & Design
7 - 11 November 2018During Shanghai Art Week, Don Gallery will participate the 5th edition of West Bund Art & Design to introduce new paintings, sculptures, installations by HU...Read more -
Art Shenzhen
14 - 17 September 2018Cindy Sherman 1982, HU Zi 胡子, 2015. Gouache on paper 纸上水粉, 53.5 × 35.5 cm Multiple Red Columns (The Forbidden City) 一群红柱子 (故宫), LI Shan...Read more -
Art Basel Hong Kong
27 - 31 March 2018Don Gallery is pleased to announce the launch of Zhang Ruyi’s solo project “Profile” at Discoveries, 2018 edition of Art Basel in Hong Kong. Zhang...Read more