“新艺见”艺术讲座系列

激沫乳酸酸

Kimo Milky Acid

嘉宾：陈天灼、陆扬、Robin Peckham

时间：2014年6月28日(周六) 16:30-18:30

地点：UCCA报告厅

“新艺见”讲座系列将持续关注和讨论当下年轻艺术家的创作动态。本期讲座我们很高兴地邀请到极具个性和先锋性的年轻艺术家陆扬和陈天灼。他们的创作代表了一种年轻艺术的倾向。艺术在他们眼里并非一个精英化的有明确定义的词汇，艺术是种途径和方式，给艺术家广泛的兴趣爱好研究以一个合法的身份和发声的平台。他们不惜代价地钻研在感兴趣的学科和领域，热爱音乐、漫画、影像、时尚和设计，并且将这些元素杂糅在一起，最终形成极其酷炫的、挑逗人视觉和心理体验的作品和现场。

题目“激沫乳酸酸”中，激沫源自日文Kimo，有恶心的意思，陆扬的新作品《激沫咔哇哇》中描述了一群怪异又可爱的癌宝宝形象；而“酸酸”源自陈天灼在星空间的个展名字，也暗示了艺术家无厘头的个性。这种基于艺术家个性和兴趣的“综合艺术”，有时彰显出艺术家极端的价值观和让观众难以接受的“恶”趣味而引起争议。但正如1969年那些参加伍德斯托克音乐节的嬉皮士们却是最真实最善良最无害的人一样，艺术家抱着轻松戏谑的心情，却在勤勉努力地工作着。

本次讲座两位艺术家将与年轻批评人Robin Peckham一起分享和探讨跨学科跨领域艺术创作的实践和观念。

嘉宾介绍：

陈天灼，生于1985年，毕业于伦敦中央圣马丁艺术设计学院和切尔西艺术设计学院。近期展览有“天灼酸俱乐部”（星空间，北京）及艺术北京的户外装置等，艺术家试图通过融合多种创作形式，构建出让观众置身其中“顶礼膜拜”的荒诞宗教感体验。陈天灼与设计师上官喆合作的Sankuanz 2013及Sankuanz 2014在上海时装周上引发了众多年轻粉丝们的狂热追捧。

陆扬，生于1984年，毕业于中国美术学院新媒体专业。其代表作品《子宫战士》、《震颤麻痹-计划》、《僵尸音乐盒-青蛙水下芭蕾》及《绝对零度之上的残酷电磁波》等，基于对解剖学及生物科学等知识的长期积累上，用轻松幽默怪诞的方式展示出艺术家的“疯狂科学实验”。

Robin Peckham，策展人、评论人，生活在香港和北京。他于2011-2013年在香港创办了独立艺术空间Saamlung。曾为多家机构策划展览，如香港城市大学和歌德学院，近期在北京尤伦斯当代艺术中心策划了“后网络艺术”展。他的评论文章发表于美国《Artforum》、中国《艺术界》和德国《Monopol》等多家艺术杂志。近期有论述中国影像先锋张培力及香港艺术家/建筑师Map Office的出版物。同时他还是《典藏国际版》和《燃点》的特约编辑。

“New Artrends”talk series continuously gives attentions to and arouses discussions on young Chinese art today. For the upcoming talk we’re delighted to invite two young pioneering artists Lu Yang and Chen Tianzhuo. For them, rather than an elitist notion with clear definition, “art” is no more than an expressive way and a legal excuse to do what they love. Indulged in different disciplines and knowledge as well as music, cartoon, film, fashion and design, artists combine these elements into their art to reach the punchy and provocative artistic style.

In the talk title “Kimo milky acid”, “Kimo” is from Japanese with the meaning of disgusting. Lu Yang’ new work “Kimokawa Cancer Baby” describes a group of cancer babies with grotesque but cutie appearances. While “acid” is from the solo exhibition title of Chen Tianzhuo in Star Gallery. It also reveals the nonsensical humor of the artist. Sometimes these controversial works show the artists’ values of extremeness and “bad” taste that audience might feel unease in front of them. Like the hippies attending the Woodstock Festival in the late 1960s who were actually the most goodhearted and harmless people, the artists work hard with light heart and sense of humor.

Young art writer Robin Peckham will also join with the two artists in the discussion of this kind of crossover art from a broader view.

Speakers:

Chen Tianzhuo, born in 1985, was graduated from Central Saint Martins of Art and Design and ChelseaCollege of Art and Design in London. The recent exhibitions and works include Tianzhuo’s Acid Club in Star Gallery, outdoor installation for Art Beijing 2014. Collaborated with Tianzhuo, Shangguan Ze’s the fashion series Sankuanz 2013 and Sankuanz 2014 won a crowd of young fans in SH Fashion Week.

Lu Yang, Born in 1984, was graduated from major of Multi Medias, China Academy of Fine Arts. Her representative works such as “Uterusman”, “Krafttremor”, “Underwater Zombie Frog Ballet” and “the Cruel Electromagnetic Wave Above Absolute Zero” show the artist’s crazy scientific experiments in the humorous and bizarre way based on the artist’s long-time study in anatomy and biology.

Robin Peckham is a curator and editor living in Hong Kong and Beijing. He founded and operated the independent exhibition space Saamlung until 2013, and has organized exhibitions for institutions including the City University of Hong Kong, the Goethe-Institut, and, most recently, "Art Post-Internet" at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art. His writing is published regularly in Artforum, LEAP, and Monopol, as well as books for the MinshengArt Museum, Para/Site Art Space, and Timezone8, including publications on video art pioneer Zhang Peili and architectural interventionists MAP Office. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, and is a contributing editor to Randian.