孟德宇「覆舟的喜悦」

覆舟的喜悦

The Joy of Shipwrecks

2023.4.29 – 2023.6.11

艺术家：孟德宇
Artist: MENG DEYU

地址：北京市朝阳区酒仙桥路2号798艺术区中二街D06 Tong Gallery+Projects

Venue: D06, Middle 2nd St., 798 Art Zone, No. 2 Jiuxianqiao Rd, BJ

开放时间：周二至周日 10:30-18:30
Opening hours: Tuesday-Sunday 10:30-18:30

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TongGallery+Projects 荣幸呈现艺术家孟德宇继2021年《Ciao Amor》之后的全新个展《覆舟的喜悦》。展览主题来自意大利现代诗人朱塞培·翁加雷蒂的同名诗作：

旅途即将
重新开始
犹如
覆舟后
一名死里逃生的
老练的水手摘自

——《覆舟的喜悦：翁加雷蒂诗选》

覆舟本应是一件不幸的事。小舟倾覆的过程令人惊惧，舟载之物也随之纷纷落水，一个人所有的一切顷刻沉入海底，只徒留一条性命。但在翁加雷蒂笔下，失去一切的水手却称覆舟是“喜悦”之事：旅途即将/重新开始。这种微妙的心境变化也许能与孟德宇的创作同语。在近2年创作时，他形容自己不断被希望与失望拉扯：“就像扁舟游离在深潭之上，那种随时覆舟又可逆的快乐。”

此次展览延续了孟德宇于哲学层面上对理性与未知边界的探索。意大利的神话与诗歌对他影响尤深，此次展出的早年创作的九连幅油画，以及今年全新铸造的青铜雕塑组，背后都有诗人但丁《神曲》中关于肉体与灵魂、死亡与重生的探讨。正如孟德宇所言，创作时他痴迷于思考 “预知的危险、失落的情绪、模糊不清的形象与现实相互矛盾”，这种复杂的张力也是他作品中戏剧性与不安之所在。

Shipwreck should have been an unfortunate event. The process of the shipwrecking was terrifying, and the contents of the boat fell into the water one after another. Everything of a person sink to the bottom of the sea in an instant, leaving only one life. But under the pen of Ungaretti, the sailor who has lost everything calls the capsize a “joy”: the journey is about to begin/restart. This subtle change of the mood may be synonymous with Meng Deyu’s creation. In the past two years, he described himself as being constantly pushed and pulled by hope and disappointment: “It’s like a boat floating on a deep water, the kind of happiness of being capsizing and can be reversible at any time.” 

This exhibition continues Meng Deyu’s exploration of the boundary between rationality and the unknown at the philosophical level. Italian mythology and poetry had a particularly deep influence on him. The nine consecutive oil paintings created in the early years and the newly cast bronze sculpture group this year are all behind Dante’s “Divine Comedy”, discussing body and soul, death and rebirth. As Meng Deyu said, he was obsessed with thinking about “predicted dangers, lost emotions, blurred images and the contradiction of realities”. This complex tension is also where the drama and anxiety exist in his works. 

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