ARTIST 艺术家
EXHIBITION 展览
SUPPORT 支持
在幽暗中感知的牡蛎
2023.03.31-2023.05.16
The third group exhibition of the OOPS project, “Oysters Sensing in the Dark,” opened on March 31 at O2art’s Shunyi space. The exhibition brings together four emerging artists—Bi Xiaohui, Lin Jingyun, Song Xiuyin, and Wang Qingyuan—each working with the traditional technique of gongbi painting, while exploring the evolving artistic language it generates within contemporary contexts, particularly in relation to emotion and the body.
The refined and lucid visual language of gongbi painting evokes the luster of shells. Its tactile quality seems to resonate subtly with the idealized, luminous human body—its creamy skin and even its pores—forming an ineffable connection. This delicate linear language runs throughout art history, underpinning numerous depictions of “perfection” and “love.” It is precisely this dual sensory experience—both visual and tactile—that continually fuels a fascination with such mysterious natural forms. Johann Gottfried Herder placed great importance on human sensibility and corporeality, likening the human being to “an oyster sensing in the dark.” In his view, the emergence of touch is directly tied to aesthetics (the science of perception). Within gongbi painting, what is most emphasized is the absolute control of the hand over the brush—an experience rooted in touch. Through meticulous line work and layered washes, the artists transmit the tactile experience of hand and tool into the visual realm. The inked silk surface carries an ambiguous texture, concealing a poetic and romantic imagination. As the origin of perception, “touch” is both a spontaneous bodily act and a metaphor woven into contemporary desires. When the artists’ individual states intersect with the broader social environment, a perceptual consciousness—formed through image and emotion—emerges. Within these intricate and disciplined brushstrokes, a quiet, unspoken spiritual tactility is awakened.
OOPS项目展览的第三回群展「在幽暗中感知的牡蛎」已于3月31日在新氧艺O2art 顺义空间开幕，展览邀请了四位年轻的参展艺术家:毕晓慧、林静云、宋岫音、王晴园。他们分别以工笔绘画为创作手法，聚焦于当代语境下工笔绘画在情感与身体维度中所散发的新艺术语言。
工笔清润的绘画语言令人联想到光泽的贝类，特殊的触感似乎与人类发光理想化的躯体，凝脂般的皮肤乃至身体的各个孔窍，都有着不可言喻的微妙关联，这细腻的线性语言贯穿着美术史，表现了众多"完美与爱"的作品，正是这种视觉与触觉上的双重感受，不断催化着人们对这种神秘自然造物狂热的痴迷。赫尔德重视人的感受性和身体性，他将人比作是"在幽暗中感知的牡蛎"，认为触知觉与美学(感知学)的出现有着直接的联系。而工笔中最为强调的，是手对笔的绝对控制力即触觉上的经验。此次的参展艺术家们通过绵密细致的勾勒和层层渲染，经由手对工具的接触与运用，再把这种经验传递给视觉，墨染于绢上的暧昧质感隐匿着无限充满诗意浪漫的想象。感知的源头"触"既是一种自发的身体行为，同时也织就了对当下世界欲望的隐喻。当艺术家们的个人状态与社会环境相碰撞后，由意象和情感构成的意觉也因此产生，在巧密精细的笔触中，唤起我们秘而不宣的个体精神性触觉。