Trevor YEUNG: That Dog at That Party  楊沛鏗《該聚會裡的那隻狗》

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Trevor YEUNG
That Dog at That Party

8 August – 6 September 2014

Gallery EXIT brings the curtain down on the summer exhibition series with  Trevor YEUNG’s That Dog at That Party - the artist's first solo exhibition with the gallery.

The exhibition anchors in the idea of distant proximity - space is not only conceived as an absolute unit of measure, but also the result of cultural, social, interpersonal and temporal tensions. Under this “relational unit of measure” of space, the exhibition That Dog at That Party explores the sophisticated geography of proximity and distance. By creating spatial paradoxes through artistic means, YEUNG engenders a sleek aesthetic experience of distance and proximity.

In Trevor YEUNG’s That Dog at That Party - often highly emotionally coloured and meanwhile tinged with a peculiar touch - this tension is translated into a personal relation. Through a leap of linguistic manoeuvre, the artist creates an environment in which organic and inorganic entities all convene for an imaginary “tango dance”. In the midst of visual unreality and tactile encounters, like dancing tango, each work draws audience near while at the same instance parachutes him to the ocean floor. Caging inside this moment of double-detachment, That Dog at That Party revolutionises our ordinary and habitual way of looking at things, unveiling an unexpected perspective from the reverse as a surprising revelation.

  

楊沛鏗
《該聚會裡的那隻狗》

2014年8月8日至9月6日

安全口畫廊的夏季展覽來到尾聲，閉幕的是楊沛鏗的《該聚會裡的那隻狗》—— 藝術家與畫廊首次合作的個人展覽。

展覽以「在遙遠的鄰近」這概念定位，空間並不僅只能透過絕對的量度單位去理解 —— 它亦是一連串文化、社會、人際關係和時間的張力之下的產物。在空間的這種「相對的量度單位」之下，《該聚會裡的那隻狗》將發掘「距離」和「鄰近」這兩個概念之間錯綜複雜的內容。楊沛鏗透過藝術的方式，創造出空間上的矛盾， 營造出一個富美感、流暢、既遠亦近的經驗。

一如以往風格，楊沛鏗的創作不但富有濃烈的情感色彩，而且同時滲透出一絲怪異的氣息。在展覽《該聚會裡的那隻狗》中，這股張力將被翻譯成一種個人關係。藝術家巧妙地透過語言的躍動，創造出一個有機體和無機體共存的環境，薈萃不同元素去成就一場幻想的「探戈舞」。觀者置身於虛幻的視覺世界裡，在觸覺上與每件作品的相遇，都像跳探戈舞一樣 —— 被一把拉近的同時，又被射到大海深處。《該聚會裡的那隻狗》這展覽乃設置於這雙重抽離的𣊬間之中，扭轉我們最習以為常的角度去觀看事物。藝術家從相反方向向我們展示出意料之外的觀點，作品就像一個個充滿驚喜的啟示。