《吴帆×李美京：记忆物语》是深圳⽊星美术馆迄今为⽌举办的规模最⼤的纤维艺术展，全⾯地展示了两位⼥性艺术家近 10 年的创作⽣涯。吴帆与李美京两位艺术家都采⽤⾃然元素作为再现个⼈对客观世界认识和记忆的载体。⽣⽣不息的⼤⾃然，包含了⼒量、旺盛的⽣命⼒、成⻓和希望等象征意义。沉淀在记忆⾥的感受和情绪以⾃然之物作为媒介，传达出艺术家对社会与⾃然、现实与精神、过去与未来的积极反思。
前言 | 吕红荣 / 李慧
记忆连接着过去和现在。时间流逝，当下逐渐成为记忆中的片段，记忆储存着人们的经历和情感。人们对记忆的回望不是怀旧，而是一种反思和自省的方式。在艺术家眼里，记忆和情感的唤起融入进一次次的艺术创作中，记忆被显化为艺术作品，创作过程如同一条线串联起艺术家面对的现实和脑海中的记忆，作品与观众产生共振共鸣之时，形成了艺术家个人与观众共同的记忆网络。
艺术家吴帆与李美京的作品有着相似之处，她们都采用自然元素作为再现个人对客观世界认识和记忆的载体。生生不息的大自然，包含了力量旺盛的生命力、成长和希望等象征意义。沉淀在记忆里的感受和情绪以自然之物为媒介，传达出艺术家对社会与自然、现实与精神、过去与未来的积极反思。记忆幻化成花朵、枝叶、森林、藤蔓等物象在现实世界中携带着此刻和更多人的感受延续。
本次展览旨在展现吴帆和李美京通过纤维艺术形式思考记忆与当下的关系。二人把自己定位于纤维艺术家，坚持使用纤维材料和纤维艺术语言进行创作。从古老的编织艺术演进而来的纤维艺术似乎一直在用自身连接着久远的历史和不断革新的观念，纤维艺术还通过亲切熟悉的材料和工艺连接着人类的个人情感和集体意识。来自中国的吴帆和美国的李美京不约而同地使用了线性材料，穿针引线般连接了记忆与现实。纤维艺术作品的创作过程是耗时的，艺术家在缠绕打结、捆绑等长时间的重复性手工劳作过程中跟着制作的节奏进入一种物我合一的境界，材料与手工成为贯通现实与精神的媒介。
吴帆的作品多以植物形态和装置形式为特点，展现出质朴的浪漫和从容的优雅。采用线性语言勾勒和围合出的自由舒展的植物形态和日常物品，既是符号又是核心元素，以此来表达她对自然、时间与生命的感悟。在艺术实践中手工艺不仅是吴帆完成作品的方法，其属性与特征也使之成为艺术家叙过往与论当下的媒介。
李美京的作品以活力的色彩和不寻常的造型产生出强烈的视觉张力，自然是她灵感的源泉，也是她反思现实的参照和期许未来的载体。然而，她的作品又介于自然之物的似与不似之间，引起共鸣，引人想象。通过拧系和连接的工艺手法，李美京把自身的记忆、情感与反思汇入自然意象中生长。
《吴帆 x 李美京：记忆物语》是深圳市木星美术馆迄今为止举办的规模最大的纤维艺术展，全面地展示两位女性艺术家近 10 年的创作生涯。疫情之下，筹办中外艺术家双人展并非易事，希望本次展览是一个美好的开始，在未来推出更多纤维艺术展览项目，同时，也化身为推广纤维艺术的平台。纤维艺术以生活中常见的材料和工艺拉近了观者与艺术的距离，而纤维艺术又以反映观念和多样的形式丰富观者的审美体验，为观者带来一种纤维艺术视角下的思考。
展览时间
2023.1. 11 — 2023.4.9
展览地点
深圳市木星美术馆A馆
学术主持 | 顾振清
艺术总监 | 尼跃红
策展人 | 吕红荣、李慧
Fan Wu X Mi-Kyoung Lee: The Reflective Memories is the biggest-scale fibre art exhibition held by Jupiter Museum of Art so far, comprehensively displaying the creative works of the two female artists in the past ten years. Both Fan Wu and Mi-Kyoung Lee use natural elements as mediums to reconstruct their perceptions and memories of the objective world. The eternal nature is the symbol of strength, exuberant vitality, growth and hope. The feelings and emotions that have been deposited in the memory utilize natural elements as the medium to convey the artist's positive reflections on society and nature, reality and spirituality, past and future.
Preface | Hongrong Lyu / Hui Li
Memory connects the past with the present. As time passes, the present gradually becomes a fragment of memory, which stores people's experiences and emotions. The recollection of memories is not nostalgia, but a form of introspection and self-reflection. For the artist, the evocation of memories and emotions is integrated into the art works repeatedly, and the memories are manifested into the art works. The creation process is like a string linking the reality with those memories in the artist's mind, and when the art works resonate with the audience, it forms a joint memory network between the artist and the audience.
The artworks of artists Fan Wu and Mi-Kyoung Lee have similarities in that they both use natural elements as a medium to reproduce their personal perceptions and memories of the objective world.The eternal nature is the symbol of strength, exuberant vitality, growth and hope. The feelings and emotions that have been deposited in the memory utilize natural elements as the medium to convey the artist's positive reflections on society and nature, reality and spirituality, past and future. The memories are transformed into flowers, branches, leaves, forests, vines and other objects, carrying this moment and the feeling of more people and perpetuating in the real world.
The purpose of this exhibition is to show how Fan Wu and Mi-Kyoung Lee think about the relationship between memory and the present through fiber art. The two position themselves as fiber artists and insist on creating works with fiber materials and fiber art language. Fiber art, which evolved from ancient weaving, seems to have been connecting long history and constantly changing new ideas with itself. Fiber art also connects human collective consciousness and individual emotions through intimate and familiar materials and craftsmanship. Fan Wu from China and Mi-Kyoung Lee from the United States, coincidentally used linear materials to connect the past memory with the present reality. The creative process of fiber art works is time-consuming. In the process of repetitive manual work such as coiling, knotting and twisting, the artists enter the realm of "integration of objects and subjects" with the rhythm of creation. Materials and crafts have become a medium that penetrates reality and spirit.
Fan Wu's works are mostly characterized by plant form and installation form, showing simple romance and calm elegance.The freely stretched plant forms and ordinary objects outlined and enclosed by linear language serves both as symbols and core elements, so as to express her feelings about the nature, time and life. In art practice, Fan Wu not only uses crafts as the way of completing works, but also a medium for her to narrate the past and discuss the present through the attributes and characteristics of handicrafts.
Mi-Kyoung Lee's works generate strong visual tension with vibrant colors and unusual shapes. Nature is the source of her inspiration, her reference for the reflection on reality and the carrier for her visions of the future. However, the images in her works are between the likeness and non-likeness of the objects of nature, which arouse resonance and imagination. Mi-Kyoung Lee incorporated memory, emotion and reflection into the image of nature through her twisting and knotting craft techniques.
Fan Wu X Mi-Kyoung Lee: The Reflective Memories is the biggest-scale fibre art exhibition held by Jupiter Museum of Art so far, comprehensively displaying the creative works of the two female artists in the past ten years. Under the pandemic, it is not easy to organize a two-person exhibition of Chinese and foreign artists. Hopefully this exhibition will be a good start to launch more fiber art exhibitions in the future. At the same time, it will also become a platform for promoting fiber art. Fiber art makes viewers closer to the art with materials and art that are often used in life. Fiber art enriches the aesthetic experience of the viewer by reflecting ideas and variety, and brings viewers with thoughts under the vision of fiber art.
Time
2023.1. 11 - 2023.4.9
Location
Hall A Jupiter Museum of Art
No.6 Lanhua Road, Futian District,Shenzhen
Academic Moderator | Zhenqing Gu
Artistic Director | Yuehong Ni
Curators | Hongrong Lyu and Hui Li