讓之在– 蔡東東個展 Photo as Object– CaiDongdong’s Solo Exhibition

2016.03.12-04.17

“我对图像的内容并不感兴趣，因为图像的本质是具有欺骗性的，我感兴趣的是图像生产背后隐藏的机制。我试图通过处理这些图像，撕开虚伪的面纱，哪怕只露出一瞬间的真实。”----- 蔡东东

文／百藝畫廊

百藝畫廊將於2016年3月12日於台北敦南空間展出－「讓之在蔡東東個展」。蔡東東利用攝影圖像的解構與再建構，希冀在保留原本圖像信息主體的完整前提之下，重新試探關於既有圖像內容所可能延展、變異或者失效的圖像實驗。他利用捨棄不用的照片，經由重新沖印、反覆閱讀之後，著手進行改造。圖像內容所乘載之符號順序重新編譯，或者經由現成物件的介入干擾，蔡東東的作品誘發了觀者對於原本圖像的語意聯想，鬆動了圖像與真實時空的聯繫。《被移動的月亮，2015》湖上波光粼粼的景象回溯了拍攝的當下，然而夜空上方月亮的球體卻被蔡東東武斷地裁剪下來後任意嫁接在一旁。月亮成為一個現實的破綻，「對影成三人」的詩意成為一廂情願的想像。隨後的作品《脫靶，2015》，一幅射擊練習的場景的舊照片中央，插著一支竹箭，卻未命中畫面中教練所直指的靶心位置。在這件作品中蔡東東提出了藝術對於媒介與時代應有的質疑，亦為他的創作途徑下了如是的註腳：「藝術創作的過程中，往往在預先設定的目標之外，找到了最終表達的途徑。藝術的沒有目的性，或者透過不斷消除目的性的探索，或許才是趨近於真實的方向。」

蔡東東，1978年生於甘肅天水，作品於中國北京今日美術館、北京三影堂攝影藝術中心、北京泰康空間、西安OCAT美術館、美國洛杉磯巴黎攝影、意大利比耶拉UNIDEE藝術基金會、德國埃森弗柯望博物館、俄羅斯莫斯科多媒體美術館等展出。2010年，蔡東東被授予意大利第三屆特爾納當代藝術獎一等獎。

Photoas Object – CaiDongdong’s Solo Exhibition

2016.03.12-04.17

Text/Gallery 100

Gallery 100 will launch Photo as Object–CaiDongdong’sSolo Exhibitionat Dunnangallery on12 March 2016. By deconstructing and reconstructing the photoimages, CaiDongdongtries to conduct experiments on the images, re-exploring thepossibilities of current image contents, observing their extension, variationand neutralization, under the premise that the main components used forconveying the messages remain intact. The artist has re-developed the discardedphotos and studied them repeatedly to perform the transformation. The symbolscarried by the images have been re-edited or re-ordered, orbeen intervened by ready-mades.Cai’s works induce the audience to create a semantic association with theoriginal images, slacking the connections between the images and the reality.In the oeuvre Shifted Moon(2015), thegleaming reflection of the lake recalls the snapping moment, while the spheroidof the moon in the night sky was arbitrarily cut off by CaiDongdongand has beencarelessly planted aside. The moon ergo becomes a fracture of the reality, andthe poetic expression of “with the Moon, my shadow, and I, we’re three to havea drink beneath the night sky” has been reduced to nothing more than a wishfulthinking. For the next oeuvre Off-Target(2005),an old photo shows the scene of an arching practice. A bamboo arrow is stuck inthe center of the photo but not at the bull’s eye indicated by the coach in theimage. Through this work, the artist acts as a spokesperson of the art toquestion the media and our times, and also makes a remark about his creativeapproach: “During the course of creating arts, we invariably find the ultimateapproach of presentationbeyond the scope of the predetermined goals. Thenon-purposiveness of art, or the constant attempts to eliminate thepurposiveness, may be the real way to get closer to the truth.”

CaiDongdong was born inTianshui, GansuProvince, China in 1978. His works have been exhibited at manyprestigious art institutions such as Today Art Museum (Beijing, China), ThreeShadows Photography Art Centre (Beijing), Taikang Space (Beijing), OCAT Xi’an,Paris Photo (LA, USA), UNIDEE Art Foundation (Biella, Italy), Museum Folkwang(Essen, Germany), and Multimedia Art Museum (Moscow, Russia). Cai was bestowedwith the first prize of the 3rd Terna Contemporary Art Award in Italy,2010.

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