開幕時間?| Opening Reception

2024/11/06? 16:00-18:00

地點?|?Venue

上海普陀區莫干山路50號M50藝術園17號樓102室?

102, Building 17, M50 Art Park, No.50 Moganshan Road, Putuo District, Shanghai

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BLANKgallery上海將于11月6日至12月5日欣然呈現藝術家朱湘閩在畫廊的首次個展：水平對置。展出從2023年初創作至今的17件繪畫作品。展覽將與電子音樂人GUAN合作呈現，形成音樂與繪畫之間互相解析、互相襯托的獨特觀看方式。
新系列作品從雅克·戈蒂埃·達戈蒂著作“解剖天使”作為原點。藝術家起初通過對于這件作品重復描摹的方式試圖對原稿及其含義象征性“占有”，在描摹的過程中一種新的體會和感受被啟發，最終提煉出新的繪畫重點和演繹方式。新的繪畫語言承接朱湘閩一直以來對于解剖學系統性的關注和研究，與生活體驗相結合，誕生出嶄新的內容和充滿空間感的方向。

BLANKgallery Shanghai is pleased to present Horizontally Opposed, artist Zhu Xiangmin's debut solo exhibition at the gallery, running from November 6 to December 5. This show features 17 paintings created from early 2023 to the present and is presented in collaboration with electronic music artist GUAN, creating a multisensory experience that brings music and painting into a unique, mutual dialogue.

This new series draws inspiration from Jacques Gautier d'Agoty's The Anatomy of an Angel. Zhu initially approached the work by repeatedly tracing the original manuscript, a symbolic act of “possessing” its form and meaning. This process sparked fresh perspectives, leading him todistill new focal points and interpretive techniques within the new series of work. Zhu's new visual language builds on his systematic exploration of anatomy, now expanded by combining living experiences, yielding content on canvas that is layered with spatial depth and expressivedirection.

As the core concept in the creative process, Horizontally Opposed originates from the artist's comparison of theanatomy, dynamic movement of horizontally opposed engines, the experience of dense infomation in contemporary life rapidly passing through the body, and are ligious-like aesthetic image of divinity. By extracting symbolic elements, these interdisciplinary themes ultimately reveal the artist's integrated concept of Horizontally Opposed.

Compared to the surrealist paintings of H.R. Giger and Hans Bellmer that exploretherelationship between the human body and machinery, Zhu Xiangmin's paintings no longer express this relatonship through specific imagery. Instead, his works convey a distinct musicalquality and echo the creation mechanisms of electronic music. Rather than relying on specificlyrics to communicate content, the process of collecting "information"(like sound) is being?amplified, eventually forming structures built from modules and frequencies. The resulting works aim to present a spiritual and vital spatial scene. The smaller pieces in the exhibition serve as "modules" within the creative process, building up to larger structured works through a highly consistent state of mind and body, forming acontinuous creative logic.

The artist's creative method has always been closely related to physical presence and?movement of the body.?Compared to the previous,?freer approach,?the new working method is more restrained and rational,?resembling a training process where the body imitates themachine. This method combines bodily perception to determine the final feelings and contentpresented, gradually completing the work through a "imitation-copying-growth"process.?This deliberate training also echoes Zhu Xiangmin's research on the relationship between the humanbody and the machine in terms of creative method,?exploring whether an artist can work like a machine while simult aneously seeking the part closest to being "human".

He was born in 1989, Hunan, China. Zhu xiangmin received a bachelor’s degree in 2012, and a master’s degree?in 2015 from the China Academy of Art?majoring in oil painting. Currently he lives and works in Hangzhou, China.

Solo Exhibition: "Float Like A Butterfly", TOKU Gallery, Nanjing, China, 2023; "The Body Electric", Leo Gallery, Shanghai, China, 2018;?"An Image, An Eidolon", Hive Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China, 2016; Study the Phenomena of Nature·Ideal, Grand Space, Beijing, China, 2015.?

Group Exhibition: "Asphalt", GENE GALLERY, Shanghai, China, 2024; "K", Martin Goya Business, Hangzhou, 2022; "Mirror Mirror Tell Me", TOKU Gallery, Nanjing, China, 2022; "IT'S A JOKE", ARCH GALLERY, Changsha, China, 2021; "The Timing of Drifters", Martin Goya Business, Hangzhou, China, 2021; NEW WEST LAKE, MoCA Pavilion, Shanghai, China, 2021; "The Sequel of Light, RPP, Shanghai, China, 2021; Zhu Xiangmin&HAM: Reboot, Arario Gallery, Shanghai, China, 2020; Jinan International Benniale Youth Project, Jinan, China, 2020; "Montage", Epoch Art Museum, Wenzhou, China, 2020; SOUTH FACING, East Gallery, Nanjing, China, 2020;?etc.

他以獨特的數碼反烏托邦美學為個人特色，在對聲音與其它媒介的把玩中形成了自己的奇特思路，以人機關系為核心批判性地看待數字社會。GUAN的作品是癲狂的，音樂類型以融合、多變著稱，從現實經驗和未來想象中凝練出了一套“高科技自然主義”的聲音體系，激進的聲音實驗塑造出一個個瘋癲且有機的的詭譎景象。

GUAN的創作載體不僅顯于音樂，對多種工具、材料的批判性探索也時常作為創作出發點。演出形式橫跨Audio-Visual、合成器Live、DJ，且常與趣味相同的藝術家、藝術組織進行合作，例如LazyBackHome、ChillChill、馬丁戈雅生意、BRDG等，且創立了杭州實驗性俱樂部音樂廠牌FunctionLab。音樂作品主要發行于摩登天空、FunctionLab、美麗唱片、The Collection Artaud，已發行專輯3張及若干EP。

GUAN is an electronic music producer, digital media artist, and educator based in Hangzhou. He graduated from the China Academy of Art.

Distinguished by a unique digital dystopian aesthetic, GUAN has crafted his own distinct approach to sound and other media, critically examining the relationship between humans and machines within digital society. His work is characterized by its eccentricity, blending and shifting across musical genres. Drawing from real-life experiences and futuristic imagination, GUAN has developed a “high-tech naturalism” sound system where radical sonic experimentation shapes bizarre and organic landscapes.