CHEN Wei 陳維
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CHEN Wei
4 April - 3 May 2014 Gallery EXIT is pleased to present CHEN Wei's second solo exhibition with the gallery. Known for his idiosyncratic language, Chen presents a selection of photographs, light-boxes and installations exposing the inherent and dissonant contradictions between expectation and reality. Meticulously staged and intricately narrated, the presented tableaux developed by elaborating fragments of personal memories and fantasies, hidden symbols, contemporary realities and residues of histories. Inspired by cinematic methodologies of suspense creation, these works evolved by employing allegoric devices. Though his approach is focused in the mechanic of staging, Chen is cautious of leaving the narrative open. Coins, statues, books and light reappear throughout the narrative of the exhibition, hinting at contemporary themes and taboos such as desire in a consumptive society, the spectacle of the art world and the human condition in urban environment. |
陳維
2014年4月4日至5月3日 安全口畫廊呈獻與陳維合作的第二度個展。 以獨特的創作語言見稱，陳維攝影、燈箱和裝置新作品系列探討真實與期待裡本質上的內在固有矛盾。 運用精緻的細節鋪排和慎密的敍述結構，透過私人回憶和空想的片段、隱含的徵兆、同代的現實與歷史裡的殘餘組構成一幕幕獨特的場景。 從最初受到文學和戲劇等敘事概念所啟發，逐漸轉向於日常世界及系統內部的凝視。儘管創作重心聚焦在事物與環境的重構，藝術家仍然著力地維持敘事觀點的開放。錢幣、雕像、書本和光線的意象在整個展覽作品中反覆出現，指向一眾當代的議題和禁忌，如消費主義主導下社會對慾念的縱情、藝術世界的奇觀性和城市進化下的人性狀況等。 |
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