来源：东画廊

Sarah Lucas, HU Zi 胡子, 2014, Gouache on paper 纸上水粉, 45 x 51.5 cm

肉  胡子个展
2014格兰菲迪艺术家驻村计划

展期：2014年12月13日－2015年1月7日
地址：上海市复兴中路1331号26室
开幕：2014年12月13日，下午4-6点

今年5月，当胡子的个展“Kids”刚刚结束、展览和作品还在被频频谈起的时候，胡子接受格兰菲迪艺术家驻村计划的邀请，前往苏格兰达夫镇，在格兰菲迪酒厂度过了4个月的难忘光阴。每天从工作室对面的酒厂飘过来的麦芽香、周围森林野花的气息、出门一小时就能遇到大西洋、苏格兰寂寥壮阔的荒原、达夫敦纯朴可爱的人们、与驻留中各国艺术家的沟通交流等等，都对常年在城市生活的胡子产生了巨大冲击，也对她的思考和创作产生深远影响。
2014年12月13日，东画廊荣幸地推出格兰菲迪艺术家驻村计划2014艺术家胡子的个展“肉”。展览的近20幅作品大部分来自于胡子驻留期间的创作。
本次展览“肉”围绕着生、死、肉三个主题展开。延续胡子具有明显个人风格的肖像作品，胡子描绘了Marina Abramović、Sarah Lucas、Robert Plant等她非常欣赏的艺术家肖像；也描绘了Edie、Amy Winehouse和River Phoenix几位27俱乐部成员；穿鞋的脚和无脚的鞋讲述的是艺术家对物质与存在的思考，Sleep和Flesh探索的是展览主线“身体，一块穿在灵魂上的肉”，就好像没有了灵魂的肉体无非躯壳而已。
苏格兰独特的地理气候以及格兰菲迪酒厂的环境在色彩运用方面给艺术家带来较大的启发，色彩运用愈见空灵和透明，并且，此次展览首次出现了单色绘画，使胡子在人物肖像的表达上愈加纯粹；驻留期间，胡子亦开始尝试在木板上绘画，赋予了她油画创作更大的发挥余地及更多可能性。
胡子2007年硕士毕业于中国美术学院综合绘画专业，曾分别于2007年和2014年在法国巴黎和英国苏格兰驻留生活，目前生活和工作于上海。2007年参加上海美术馆“果冻时代”群展，并于2010年巡展于法国里昂当代艺术馆和瑞士巴塞尔艺术中心。2014年3月曾于上海东画廊举办个展，2008年和2012年曾于上海东廊艺术举办个展。作品广受赞誉、关注和收藏。

Flesh II, Hu Zi 胡子, 2014, Oil on board 木板油画, 45 x 50 cm

FLESH,  Hu Zi Solo Exhibition

Glenfiddich Artists in Residence Programme 2014

Duration: December 13, 2014 - January 7, 2015

Address: Unit 26, 1331 Middle Fuxing Road, Shanghai

Opening: 16:00 - 18:00, December 13, 2014

It was in May, right after the solo exhibition “Kids”, while the show and works werestill a topic, Hu Zi accepted the invitation of Glenfiddich Artists in Residence Programme and headed to Dufftown in Scotland. The four months in Glenfiddich Distillery was memorable: aroma of the malt drifted from the distillery opposite her studio, the fragrance of wild flowers surrounded, the Atlantic that is only one-hour-ride-away, the quiet vast wilderness of Scotland, the simple and adorable people in Dufftown and the communication with other resident artists, etc. For a girl who had been living an urban life for such a long time, all these experiences not only had great impact on her life, but also on her mind and works.

On13th December 2014, Don Gallery is delighted to present the solo exhibition “Flesh” of Hu Zi, the artist of Glenfiddich Residence Programme 2014. Most of the works displayed this time are created during her residence.

The exhibition “Flesh” focuses on three topics: life, death and flesh. Continuing her style of portraits, Hu Zi depicts not only artists that she appreciates, such as Marina Abramović, Sarah Lucas and Robert Plant, but other members of 27 Club like Edie, Amy Winehouse and River Phoenix as well. The feet with shoes and the shoes without foot are her thinking upon material and existence, while Sleep and Flesh are her efforts to explore the main theme “body is just flesh that covers the soul” as flesh without soul is just the shell of body.

The unique climate and surroundings of the Glenfiddich Distillery greatly inspired the artist when dealing with colors. Her works become more and more spacious and transparent. Also, for the first time that her works are in monochrome,which purifies her expression of portraits. Moreover, the attempt to paint on the wood board during her stay in Dufftown has offered more space and possibilities for her oil painting.

Hu Zi graduated with a master degree in Paintings from China Academy of Art in 2007. As a resident artist, she stayed in Paris, France and Scotland, U.K. but currents lives and works in Shanghai. In 2007, her works were shown in the“Infantization” by Shanghai Art Museum and toured to Museum of Contemporary Art in Lyon, France and Art Basel Dreispitzhalle, Switzerland in 2010. After her two solos in Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai in 2008 and 2012, she had a solo show “Kids” in Don Gallery in March 2014. Her works have been widely received and collected.

Amy 2011, HU Zi 胡子, 2014,Gouache on paper 纸上水粉, 30 x 37 cm