余少龑個(gè)展—獨(dú)白

A Monologue: A Solo Exhibition by YU Shaoyan

展期：2019年6月9日—7月9日

Duration：9 June—9 July, 2019

策展：鐘林春

Curator: ZHONG Linchun

開(kāi)幕：2019年6月9日，下午三點(diǎn)

Opening: 9 June, 2019 @ 15:00

主辦：三影堂廈門(mén)攝影藝術(shù)中心

Organizer：Three Shadows Xiamen Photography Art Centre

地點(diǎn)：三影堂廈門(mén)攝影藝術(shù)中心（廈門(mén)市集美區(qū)杏林灣營(yíng)運(yùn)中心，2號(hào)樓301）

Venue: Three Shadows Xiamen Photography Art Centre (301, Building No. 2, Xinlinwan Business Center, Jimei District, Xiamen)

前言

鐘林春

初知少龑?zhuān)▂ǎn），是他在假雜志的一個(gè)線上展，《扁平的建筑》。那是他留學(xué)柏林之初，于街頭所拍的種種建筑表面，冷靜而簡(jiǎn)約。及后見(jiàn)他用WASHI FILM和紙膠卷所拍的“花的姿態(tài)”三部曲等，忽已有情。黑白的影像，隱約，虛白，流動(dòng)，有水墨之感。本是修習(xí)書(shū)法的他，有了這一載體，驀然找到了個(gè)人的風(fēng)格。

處身異國(guó)的他，借師友遙遠(yuǎn)的目光，更自信地錘煉自己的攝影語(yǔ)言。他成長(zhǎng)著，亦廣泛地吸收著，從東到西。不變的，是他仍愛(ài)一人獨(dú)行，將一己情感，寄托在山、水、云、海，自然萬(wàn)物之上。這些出自傳統(tǒng)山水畫(huà)的元素，在他的照片里，若現(xiàn)實(shí)，若夢(mèng)幻。他說(shuō)自己喜歡沉醉其中，用意象來(lái)表達(dá)意境。他的作品，以此如一次次的獨(dú)白，行吟于天地間。

他寄情于山水，喜歡國(guó)畫(huà)無(wú)問(wèn)透視的觀看方式。但原不肯止步于此，而去留學(xué)的他，更希望做出西方人也看得懂的新作品。他嘗試著，將傳統(tǒng)的書(shū)法、國(guó)畫(huà)，與西方的攝影術(shù)結(jié)合做成當(dāng)代藝術(shù)。

不得不說(shuō)，這是一個(gè)很有野心的計(jì)劃，但從找到這一和紙膠卷開(kāi)始，這個(gè)探索，有了突破的方向。一度受井上有一啟發(fā)的他，決定用抽象水墨一樣的黑白負(fù)片的方式，來(lái)對(duì)接德國(guó)浪漫主義風(fēng)景油畫(huà)，及至抽象表現(xiàn)主義的脈絡(luò)。他還寫(xiě)詩(shī)，會(huì)書(shū)法，兼以他對(duì)影像、裝置等的興致，很可期待，將來(lái)還有更多的可能性。

他還在尋找并確認(rèn)風(fēng)格的路上。從本科書(shū)法畢業(yè)時(shí)，寫(xiě)下一個(gè)巨大的“覺(jué)”字開(kāi)始，到留學(xué)德國(guó)，創(chuàng)作“花的姿態(tài)三部曲”-“腐朽”、“重生”、“綻放”，他始終在尋找那“黑暗中最亮的光”。雖然，未見(jiàn)伊人，心有憂傷。我仍感嘆他，那種“素履之往，獨(dú)行愿也”的情懷。

 Preface

I first discovered the images of Shaoyan through an online exhibition titled “Compressed Architecture” that was presented on JZZP’s WeChat account. Shaoyan contributed calm, simple photographs of buildings that he took while studying in Berlin. I then saw his series “The Gestures of Flowers,” an emotional work for which he used Washi Film – a novel black-and-white film that mimics traditional Japanese washi paper. The looming, flowing images looked akin to Chinese ink paintings, and I believe it is with this tool and his background in calligraphy that Shaoyan found his style. 

Shaoyan has wandered far from the motherland, absorbing East and West and adapting his language along the way. But he has retained a sense of solitude and an ability to project emotion  onto mountains, clouds, the sea – indeed, all natural beings. Elements originating in traditional Chinese painting merge with reality in his pictures. He presents us with a reiterative monologue, flickering between heaven and earth. 

Shaoyan is in love with landscape and the askew perspectives of traditional Chinese painting. But he was not content to remain in the province of “tradition.” Studying overseas, he tried to make work that Westerners could understand and appreciate. He explored combinations of Chinese calligraphy and painting and contemporary photography, striving to make modern art. 

This is an ambitious goal. And since discovering Washi Film, he has made significant progress. Influenced by the Japansese painter Inoue Yuichi, he decided to use black-and-white film as a form of abstract ink, drawing from abstract expressionism and romantic landscape paintings of Germany. He has also been writing poems, creating calligraphy, and exploring the potential of installations. New possibilities open all the time. 

Shaoyan is still exploring. When he graduated from his undergraduate program in calligraphy, he wrote a large “覺(jué),” which means “feelings” and “introspection.” Then, when he went to Germany to study, he created his “flower trilogy” – “death,” “rebirth,” and “bloom.” He is always looking for “the brightest light in the darkness.” Now he is unsatisfied with himself and on the road to something bigger. I appreciate his lonely persistence. 

-Zhong Linchun

藝術(shù)家簡(jiǎn)介

1989年生，湖北宜昌人。

藝術(shù)家，現(xiàn)留學(xué)于德國(guó)柏林學(xué)習(xí)攝影。

個(gè)人網(wǎng)站：https://suchtsehn.com

2011年畢業(yè)于湖北美術(shù)學(xué)院國(guó)畫(huà)系首屆書(shū)法專(zhuān)業(yè)。

2013年-2017年就讀于德國(guó)柏林工程藝術(shù)大學(xué)(BTK)本科攝影專(zhuān)業(yè)。

2017年-2019年就讀于德國(guó)柏林BTK, University of Applied Sciences攝影專(zhuān)業(yè)研究生，獲碩士學(xué)位。

余少龑長(zhǎng)期致力于中國(guó)傳統(tǒng)文化的研究與西方當(dāng)代藝術(shù)的創(chuàng)新與結(jié)合，并從中提煉出自己獨(dú)特的語(yǔ)言及表現(xiàn)方式。