“奥德赛——回归” 艺术家自述

Fion Gunn, Niamh Cunningham, Gulistan, Li Xinmo and Qingqing
飞扬·戈恩,瑞莲,古丽斯坦,李心沫,庆庆

著名策展人黄笃在文章结尾处写道:

“总之,无论以上作品是抽象性的还是表现性的,无论是理性的还是感性的,参展的这五位女艺术家在实践中或多或少把图像与文学的连接作为其观念和意义艺术表现的砝码,她们从爱尔兰和中国两个国家的角度对《尤利西斯》进行解读,以个人化的视角,运用多样的语言重构了视觉的《尤利西斯》。她们充分发挥了其想象力、判断力和表现力,并从不同角度主观或本能地表达了对生命的体验,对身份的思考,对性别政治的批判,对经典的延展,对绘画本体的重建等议题的持续实践。她们充满自信地建构了独特而个性的思想维度和艺术叙事,让人能从其艺术表现中找到精神归属感。”

每位参展艺术家对于其作品都作了一些阐释,请点击继续阅读。

古丽斯坦 Gulistan

Gulistan essence of memory series

古丽斯坦 /《记忆的性质》  皮鼓上综合材料绘制    直径45厘米   2007

古丽斯坦 /《记忆的性质》  皮鼓上综合材料绘制    直径45厘米   2007

在《尤利西斯》中,利奥波德·布卢姆和斯蒂芬·迪达勒斯反映了许多来自过去的痕迹,这些反映既是个人的,也是集体的回忆。古丽斯坦以后现代的方式重新审视经典,借鉴荷马史诗《奥德赛》的风格,重建古典的优雅。

古丽斯坦在她的人生旅途中表达着,《记忆的性质》、《漫游欧洲系列》、《关于时间的传说系列》、《记忆中的肖像系列》。但她不是叙述记忆中储存的人物与事件,而是试图捕捉记忆的时间长度和温度……那悠悠的逝去的时光,才是她想真正揭示的世界……想起了奧德修斯……關於流浪和歸來。

 Memory of a Portrait II  Gulistan

《记忆中的肖像II》,布上油画,60 x120厘米,古丽斯坦, 2012

古丽斯坦 自述:

古丽斯坦在她的人生旅途中表达着,《记忆的性质》、《漫游欧洲系列》、《关于时间的传说系列》、《记忆中的肖像系列》。但她不是叙述记忆中储存的人物与事件,而是试图捕捉记忆的时间长度和温度……那悠悠的逝去的时光,才是她想真正揭示的世界……想起了奧德修斯……關於流浪和歸來。

Works by Gulistan at 'Odyssey the Return

在展览“奥德赛——回归”中展出的古丽斯坦作品
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李心沫 Li Xinmo

Viewing Li Xinmo's installation 'Dissociation'

观看李心沫的装置 “游离”

《尤利西斯》这本书把重点放在男性的社会关系上,充满了有关哲学、历史和政治的对话,这些对话往往涉及身体功能,黄色笑话和背后中伤。而艺术家李心沫运用截然不同的媒体语言转换了这一男性主导设定,重新讲述了一天的故事,使之成为一本新的书……来自女性视角。装置包括若干页手写书和浸在几层盐中的墨画。

Installation detail  by Li XInmo

李心沫装置细节

李心沫自述:

我的作品《游离》将图片、文字、装置等作为女性主体叙述的媒介。作品记录一个女人早晨从家里出发,去探访她曾经拒绝过的一位女朋友,伴随她对一位英国情人的回忆和想象,以及沿途的所见所闻等等,如此波澜起伏的思想和感情展现了作为一位个体艺术家对于世俗社会中的抗拒和精神逃离。在中文中“游离”实际上是来自“尤利的谐音“,也犹如一个女性的名字,但这里具有动词”游离“之意,其本意指一种物质不和其他物质化合而单独存在。它以此比喻离开集体或依附的事物而存在。

Installation detail by Li Xinmo
Installation detail by Li Xinmo

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飞扬·戈恩 . Fion Gunn

The Immigrants  Fion Gunn 2017

移民  1号, 100 x100厘米,布上丙烯,拼贴, 飞扬·戈恩,2017 The Immigrants no. 1 100x100cm, acrylic, canvas, collage Fion Gunn 2017

飞扬·戈恩自述:

‘“移民”与我的曾祖父詹姆斯·明特恩有关,他是爱尔兰科克人。从1896年起他每年有6个月在科克造船,另外6个月乘船前往纽约为百老汇打造布景。当时这样奔波的工作使他的家人不至于遭受爱尔兰的极度贫困。埃利斯岛是各地移民进出纽约的大门,这些移民怀着创造未来美好生活的愿望与决心来到这里。今日,成千上万的移民和难民对生活抱有同样的期待。詹姆斯·乔伊斯在《尤利西斯》中说,“历史是个噩梦,我努力醒过来。”

The Dream of Zhang He,  Fion Gunn 2017

郑和的梦,纸,丙烯,拼贴,190×57厘米,飞扬·戈恩,2017 The Dream of Zhang He, paper, acrylic,collage, 190x57cm Fion Gunn 2017

中国郑将军的个人生活,失去家人,被明军俘虏,被阉割,这些经历似乎不太可能鼓舞他完成非凡的探索之旅。如果没有无尽和好奇心和无所畏惧,没有与其他文化和民族相接触的强烈愿望,这些旅行将不会成为可能。乔伊斯对平常的、从每日生活中恢复的力量——一个人如何度过生命中的每一天——十分感兴趣。数以百万计的经验快照创造出生活叙事。


探索时代 (右) 飞扬·戈恩作品

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庆庆QingQing

Viewing Qingqing’s work centre Han Feng -Artificial Artifact Series


在“奥德赛——回归”展览上观看庆庆作品  中间作品《汉风》 手工制品系列  2016  旁边小幅装置

在“奥德赛——回归”展览上观看庆庆作品  中间作品《汉风》 手工制品系列  2016  旁边小幅装置

‘Heaven is not far’ by Qingqing 天堂不遥远,庆庆
‘Heaven is not far’ by Qingqing 天堂不遥远,庆庆

庆庆自述:
装置“天堂不遥远”或许可以被被解读为在平凡生活中生存下来和追求更伟大之事,个人的和集体的,我觉得这也是《尤利西斯》要讲述的。

The measure of things 走为上计, Qingqing2018
The measure of things 走为上计, Qingqing2018

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瑞莲 Niamh Cunningham

Swim Duck (cataracts, whirlpools , maelstroms.. still) Niamh Cunningham 2019
Swim Duck (cataracts, whirlpools , maelstroms.. still) Niamh Cunningham 2019

鸭子游泳——布卢姆把水壶注满时想到的

视频的名字“鸭子游泳”来自《尤利西斯》中Cylops章中的一个酒吧场景。这是一个典型的有点奇特的都柏林风格的表达/转折语。乔·海因斯给了叙述者一杯饮料,问“你能在另一品脱酒里打个洞吗?”叙述者回答,“那么鸭子会游泳吗?”(鸭子当然会游泳,我的答案是当然如此。)视频的内容来自另一个章节Ithaca,布卢姆在把水壶注满的时候想到许多水的品质……我拍摄了户外各种不同的水流和泳池,并把这些水下和水面上的拍摄与书中布卢姆所想一一对应。汉语说“神游”,意思是在想象中游历,我觉得“游”既与中国文化相关,又特别与乔伊斯的著作有关。

“游岩”系列肖像画

Niamh Cunningham with Wandering Rocks Portraits
Niamh Cunningham with Wandering Rocks Portraits

Dublin Walk – The Sucroses

Sam Beckett Bridge detail Sucrose mixed media March 2018
Sam Beckett Bridge detail Sucrose mixed media March 2018
Sam Beckett Bridge detail Sucrose mixed media March 2018
Sam Beckett Bridge detail Feb 2019

行走都柏林——蔗糖系列

这些蔗糖作品取材于都柏林利菲河岸多个地方,它们都在书中被提及。蔗糖系列的创作手法探索了转化、时间与结晶的概念。结晶过程推着游离出来的墨使其移动,并使画的表面渐渐模糊。

展览记录或艺术图书馆存档:

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在此,我想对爱尔兰驻华大使馆文化专员Jack Mc Cormack先生表示感谢,并对向本次展览及相关活动提供大力支持的爱尔兰驻华大使馆、亚太基金、爱尔兰文化和都柏林市议会致以诚挚的谢意。

Niamh Cunningham- Bio 。。。个人简介-倪芙瑞莲
'The Pattern that Connects' is part of the Common Threads project showing at EPIC Museum Irish Emigration Museum, Dublin Feb 1- 14th


Currently Showing Oct 2022: The Sasse Museum of Art , Pomona, CA, in the US opened a photography exhibition last weekend showing a process print (23.01.2018) from my mixed media Sucrose Series "Ginkgo Palace", Niamh Cunningham 2018
The original physical sucrose plate and accompanying print on aluminium was collected at Art Beijing 2021
Promoting Connectivity through Creative Industries Sept 2022 at Yindi Art Museum, hosted by Opportunity Lab
Hair Skull recently exhibited (Oct 1st-7th 2022) at Art Plus Shanghai , the group exhibition"Linear" is curated by Chang Feng

For more information on the Hair Skull and working with DNA as an art material click HERE

Ann Derwin, Ambassador to Ireland in China with gallerist 庞春慧Peng Chun Hui at For 觅 gallery , August 2022
Currently showing - Moon Covenant
证在展出-月亮之约

Artist talk on gathering peoples tree stories before Spitoon Book Club discussion on Pulitzer prize winning novel " The Overstory" by Richard Powers
Online Catalogue launched Jan 2022 , showing Sucrose Series alongside Microbe Art
Recently exhibited in Xishuangbanna State Art Museum Dec 2021
Canal Bank Walk , Yuan Dadu Culural Relics Park Beijing
Grand Canal artist Residency and Exhibition

Her Name Penninsula Art Museum Weihai, Shandong 16 July- 22 Oct 2021

Linear….. showing at LangKong Art Museum (朗空美术馆) 07.7-30.7.21
Suzhou Couples Retreat Gardens
The Second Step – mini solo of 18 portraits in HouHai from 6.6 tp 8.8 2021
Astro World Exit Tourism – Group exhibition June 2021
Recently ART Beijing 2021 Booth B28 Irish Contemporary Art
Early stage – Sculpture project HongFangzi ShaWan Sichuan
Current Events 正在展出

即将展出:

2022 9月   谷山村中国农民丰收节暨大地艺术节

正在展出:

2022 9月   传粉者:北京西山鼓山乡村公园的再生材料雕塑

最新动态:

 

2022 6-8“月亮之约” For觅画廊,通州,北京

2022 1 来自爱尔兰的艺术家 ,线上展览 在线链接

2022 1 清华大学精准医学研究院, EBM 中心

202112“生命之律动”,西双版纳州美术馆,景洪

202112“线性”,竞衡艺术空间,上海

202110-11“中国抽象艺术”,江苏泰州

202110“相遇大运河”,通州新光大中心

20217 “线性”,798朗空美术馆,北京

20217“她的名字——存在”,半岛美术馆,威海

20216“润物细无声·艺术与遗产新解构”,苏州耦园 

2021610“万物有灵——多样之美” 艺术展与企业社会责任国际论坛,北京

20216“第二步”(小型个人展),龙头井胡同JoyBeans Space,北京

20216“天体世界:出逃旅行” 蓝色港湾KUN美术馆,北京

2021年3月4月 ART Beijing 2021

202012 艺术推动可持续未来” 中国企业社会责任国际学术研讨会, 北京泰富酒店

20209月“同生·由此及彼”,山东济宁市泗水等闲谷艺术粮仓美术馆 

20207  “沉默的爆破”,无锡外滩美术馆,江苏无锡, 7月11日至31日

2019年11月”中国 爱尔兰  MUSEu&m , 上海

*2019年11月装置中国—红房子首届国际户外装置创作营在乐山沙湾红房子开营 …开始阶段

*2019年8月*Gobi Heaven- August 戈壁。天堂-八月

*2019年7月”1919″ 爱尔兰  Sligo -Hamilton Gallery  

*2019年5月“胜日寻芳“ 山东济宁市泗水等闲谷艺术粮仓美术馆

2019年5月-16 爱尔兰大使馆布卢姆日的展览

20195-6  《一张棉花纸》   在宋庄东区玖层美术馆展出

*2019年4月-5月在匈牙利首都布达佩斯

*2019年4月”奥德赛——回归”群展2019年4月13日在东岳美术馆开幕。

*2018年11月-12月“地图与疆域”国际艺术邀请展 北京吉利学院

*2018年11月-12月“纸上·至上”展览,韩国光州市立美术馆北京创作中心

*2018, 10月中欧国当代艺术全球巡展·上海

2018, 9月-10月“纸上·至上”展览,沈阳市拓•空间,

2018, 6月-11月诗人叶芝日,爱尔兰,斯莱戈(SLIGO),汉密尔顿艺术画廊

*2018年8月 淮阴艺术馆提名展,淮安市

*2018, 8月 “纸上·至上”展览, 鄂尔多斯,

*2018 , 6月30日 济南“国际抽象艺术展”

*2018 , 6月17 日 纸上•至上2018 在青岛,

*2018 , 5月20 日存在-国际女性艺术展,湖南长沙,

*2018 , 4月21 日延缓的时间,4月21日-29日,红门画廊,798艺术区

*2018 , 4月20 日 挖掘,,和画廊,来鹏高尔夫俱乐部

*2018年4月-12日 挖掘, , 展览,悦美术馆,北京798艺术区

*2018年2月-3月深圳观澜版画艺术区,5个星期驻地项目

*2018年1月28日-3月3日,《红&果》,流浪美术馆融空间,新年主题艺术展,北京中关村融科资讯中心

*2017年12月,中外视觉艺术湖南展,湖南长沙梅溪新天地梅溪书院.

*2017年12月末至2018年1月末, 《时间之外》主题艺术展, 北京中关村融科资讯中心

*2017年12月, 形质与叙事, 形质与叙事, 东岳美术馆

 *2017年12月,广州新造当代艺术中心,纸上·至上 纸艺作品群展.

Upcoming Exhibitions:

* Gushan Rural Village Park Harvest  Autumn 2022

Current Exhibition

 

Recent  exhibitions:

2022 Moon Covenant Forgallery , Grasse Town , Beijing June- August

2022 Artists from Ireland (online) Sasse Museum of Art Pomona, CA, USA (catalogue link)

2022 Peoples’ Portraits EBM Centre, Tsinghua Uni Intelligent HealthCare, BJ

2021 Rhythm of Life Xishuangbanna Art Museum, Jinghong, Dec

2021 Linear Jingheng Art centre, Jinshan, Shanghai Dec

2021 Abstract China, Taizhou, Jiangsu Oct-Nov

2021 Meet the Grand Canal Xinguanda Centre Tongzhou, Oct

2021 Linear Langkong Art Museum 798, Beijing July

2021 Her Name – Existence Peninsula Art Museum, Weihai, July

2021 Silent and Soft -New Interpretations Suzhou classical Gardens June

2021 All things Bright CSR symposium Shangrila Hotel, Beijing June 10th

2021 The Second Step (mini solo) Joy Beans Space, Jiu Longtou hutong, June

* AstroWorld Kun Art Museum June 5 2021

*Portraits (solo) Joybeans  Hou  Hai 6.6-8.8

*River things  Suzhou Zhenyuan garden UNESCO world Heritage Training and Research centre June 12 th

*Art Beijing  2021 Booth B28  Garden of Friendship

*“Art promotes a Sustainable Future” China CSR international symposium Dec 2020.

*Silent Explosion, Wuxi Bund Art Centre, Jiangsu,  July 11-31 2020

* Sculpture project in HongFangzu , Shawan, Sichuan , begining phase Nov 2019

Current Exhibition

*China Ireland exhibition at MUSEU&m, near the Bund , Shanghai, Nov 29th 2019

* Sculpture project in HongFangzu , Shawan, Sichuan , begining phase Nov 2019

*1919 – Group Exhibition (Hamilton Gallery) in New York, Irish Consulate

*1919 – Group Exhibition Hamilton Gallery , Sligo , Ireland July – September

*Gobi Heaven Art Festival , Inner Mongolia , August 2019

*A piece of Cotton Paper  9th floor gallery Songzhuang June 15th

*”Winning the Day ‘ Granary Art Centre,  SiShui , Shandong, May – June 2019

*Beyond the form of Art , Wick Art Centre , Budapest, Hungary may 2019

*Odyssey The Return ; group exhibition at Dong Yue Art Museum, Beijing  in April

Map and Territory Art IRRCA at Beijing Geely College Nov 20- Dec 20 2018

*Thousands of Sprouts, an experimental online exhibition – by Elizabeth Ross  Nov 2018

* On Paper Supreme, Gwangju Art Museum Beijing Creative Centre Songzhuang Nov- Dec 2018

*China Europe Internaitional Contemporary Art Global Tour Shanghai Oct 2018

*An Irish Airman foresees his Death – Hamilton Gallery Sligo, Ireland June – Nov 2018

*On Paper Supreme, Extension Space, Shenyang, Liaoning,  Sept 16th – Oct 21st  2018

*Artist Nomination Exhibition, Huaiyin art gallery, Huai ‘an shi, Jiangsu, July-Aug 2018

*On Paper Supreme, Ordos Culture and Art Centre , Inner Mongolia , Aug 17th – Sept 10th  2018

*International Abstract Art , ChungChuen College, Jinan, July 2018

* On Paper Supreme, QingDao , Tiantai Art Centre, June 2018

* Existence , International Feminist Art Exhibition,  Mezzi Bookstore Art Space , Changsha

* Excavations 20 April-4th June  He Gallery, Golf Club.

*’Mortgaged Time’ 21st- 29th April at Red Gate Gallery , 798 Beijing  April 21st

*’Excavations’ 12-18th Enjoy Museum 798,  Beijing   preview 5 pm 12th April

* 5 week residency at Guanlan Printmaking base , Shenzhen (Feb-March 2018)

*Lunar New Year theme exhibition “Red Fruit” showing at Raycom IT centre, Zhongguancun,  28th Jan continues to March 3rd, organised by RoveArt , supporting the Female Protection Fund.

*Chinese & Foreign Visual Arts Hunan,  at the Meixi Academy Book Complex, Changsha Dec 26th to Jan 26th 2018.

* ‘Beyond Time’  Raycom IT Centre, Zhongguangcun, Beijing Dec – Jan 27th  2018

*”Qualitative Phase and The Narrative” Beijing Film Academy Triennial Exhibition at Dong Yue Art Museum, Beijing, curated by Li Zhen till Dec 18th 2017…………………………………………….

 

由此及彼——中(国)爱(尔兰)女艺术家邀请展 The Pattern That Connects Sept 2020
Wuxi Bund Art Centre “Silent Explosion”
My interview with Today Art Museum and Today Art Media on the COVID era

Recent Interview , click on above image April 2020

Link to newspaper coverage -Carlow Nationalist (click on image)

In Her Eyes, F&E 100x100cm acrylic on canvas, 倪芙瑞莲Niamh Cunningham 2019

Silent Explosion
‘China-Ireland’ exhibition Shanghai Nov 29th 2019

China Ireland exhibition at MUSEu&m, Shanghai , opening Nov 29th

‘Whirls in the Old’ in New York at the exhibition ‘1919’

1919-Whirls in the Old Terezin acrylic on canvas 30x30cm Niamh Cunningham 2019

Gobi Heaven Art Festival August 2019

Participating in the International Artists program for this exciting event in the Gobi Dessert

Jul.Aug 2019 Group Exhibition , Hamilton Gallery , Sligo, Ireland and also Sept 2019 at the Irish Consulate Offices , Park Ave NYC
Granary Art exhibition SiShui Shandong June 2019

Granary Art Exhibition SiSHui , Shangdong June 2019 click on image

Swim Duck Video …30 sec clip of original work recently shown at Bloomsday event at Embassy of Ireland Niamh Cunningham 2019
clip from Swim Duck video Niamh Cunningham 2019

Clip from 'Swim Duck' Video by Niamh Cunningham 2019

Group exhibition in Sishui, Shangdong 正在展出

Granary Art Museum , Sishui, Jining , Shandong

April /May 2019 in Budapest 近期展出匈牙利

Currently showing in Budapest Aprli- May 2019

Wandering Rocks series of portraits 游岩系列
Web Of Fabulous Grass – Sucrose Series Click on image for Artist Profile English &简体中文
Talk on James Joyce at Bookworm with prof Fu Hao 乔伊斯座谈会
Aritst Talk on James Joyce at Beijing Bookworm

Talk on James Joyce at Bookwork Beijing April 2019

Map and Territory project Nov -Dec 2018 at Beijing Geely University
Map and Territory

Map and Territory

Artist talk at Beijing Geely College Dec 11th 2018
-.On Paper Supreme made its final exhibition for 2018 in Beijing Songzhuang opening Nov 16th
Group exhibition Hamilton Gallery, Sligo
Hamilton Gallery Sligo - Lonely Impulse 2

A response to WB Yeats poem 'An Irish Airman Foresees his Death'

Group show Oct 27th Shanghai Bund 27 The House of Roosevelt House , the Bund Shanghai
With curator Guo Zhen at the opening of Existence in Changsha , exhibition continues till end of July 2018

和策展人郭桢在开幕式《存在》

Recent ‘At your Leisure’ Summer exhibition Jiangsu “悠游“——淮阴艺术馆
exhibited in Jinan curated by Ma Yi Ying
简体中文Artist Interview & Profile for the Art Project ‘Existence’
Group exhibition at Red Gate in April 2018 focussing on antiwar poet Ingeborg Bachmann
Niamh Cunningham 'Bachmann Girl' 2017

Artwork for poster is 'Bachmann Girl' 100x100cm Acrylic on Canvas by Niamh Cunningham 2017

Recent Posts
Excavations showing at Enjoy Museum 798 April 2018

Excavations , a cross collaborative exhibition showing contemporary art by Chinese and Irish artists , showing in Enjoy Museum, 798 , 2018.4.12

Very honoured to have Irish Ambassador Eoin O’ Leary visit Chinese New Year exhibition “Red & Fruit”

Irish Ambassador Eoin O'Leary with subway paintings at Raycom Centre exhibition Feb 2018

The Grand Canal (Hangzhou to Beijing) artist residency(August 2021) and exhibition (Oct 2021)

RTE interview on preparing for upcoming group exhibition 2 min clip

Currently showing as part of the Common Threads project, at EPIC Irish Emigration Museum , Dublin

Feb 1 -14th , 2023