Awakening to Origins

Curated by David Adam Brubaker from the collection of Brian Wallace

觉醒溯源

大卫·亚当·布鲁贝克策展 布朗·华莱士收藏甄选

Opening 开幕3 - 5 pm, November 16 Saturday, 20242024年11月16日下午三点至五点

Exhibition Dates 展览日期

11.16.2024 - 1.19.2025

2024年11月16日至2025年1月19日

Venue 地点

Red Gate Gallery 红门画廊

Curator 策展人David Adam Brubaker

大卫·亚当·布鲁贝克

Artists 艺术家

Ben Cauchi, 陈可 Chen Ke, 陈庆庆 Chen Qingqing, 杜伟 Du Wei, Jayne Dyer, 贡嘎嘉措 Gonkar Gyatso, 何森 He Sen, 胡声平 Hu Shengping, 黄岩 Huang Yan, 蒋龙 Jiang Long, 解国平 Xie Guoping, 李金国 Li Jinguo, 李晓峰 Li Xiaofeng, 刘瑾 Liu Jin, 刘庆和 Liu Qinghe, 吕喆 Lv Zhe, 毛同强 Mao Tongqian, 农少华 Nong Shaohua, 盛奇 Sheng Qi, 苏新平 Su Xinping, 铁心 Tie Xin, 王强 Wang Qiang, 张朝晖 Zhang Zhaohui, 赵驰 Zhao Chi

“Awakening to Origins”

Contemporary life is sometimes described as a return to original sources in natural life for personal entry into realities of history. One question for technological civilizations today is how the individual person has contact with natural origins that are not already engineered and processed. Is life today entirely conditioned and swamped by ready-made high-tech imagery? Or can each person still awaken to the essence of natural life by savoring elements of visible space, touch, and taste that are more stable than temporary experiences of things? The contemporary artists here invite you to savor the origins of sensuous life. They return to sensuous origins in inventive ways: a scintillating non-object sparkles within a dull suitcase, shape is split to reveal fruitful interiors, the inner touch of a living finger is present by its absence, mountains fuse with touch and territories of body, and sparks of fire make pin-points of empty space for entry into the great original universe. Through marvelous waters without objects and skies with no names, you cross over to a space right before your own eyes. The challenges of awakening are not hidden: butterflies perish or are forgotten in bubble wrap, portals shade into darkness, and skin thickens. Yet, artistry creates new patterns from shards of history, and the unity between persons is mirrored and displayed as dialogue. The artists here offer the vitality and uniqueness of human life that supports existence and the world of things.