2012年1月20日星期五18：00－21：00， Eli Klein位于纽约的画廊将举办缪晓春与崔岫闻的"从头再来，神域，灰飞烟灭"影像作品展的开幕酒会与私人观赏会。
这两位艺术家利用无局限性的视频媒介，及其所带来不同的感官享受，表现出抽象的意境。
“从头再来”是缪晓春的三维动画视频。这一作品贯穿著复杂的幻想，将"从头再来"这一概念重新演绎。运用贝多芬的庄严弥撒曲，缪晓春带给大家一个全方位的情感之旅，去重新思考时间、空间及人类生存状况的限定。在如梦一般的奇幻世界里，穿行在艺术史的交织中，并从乐观的世界飞跃到世界末日后的场景。艺术家创造了迷幻、奇迹、及毁灭的同时，暗地里埋下理性与非理性之间的矛盾。通过缪晓春所创造出的雕像人物，从开始到结束，"从头再来"这件作品仿佛是一支视觉交响乐，使观众沉浸於超自然的状态中。
缪晓春的"灰飞烟灭"与"从头再来"一作有异曲同工之妙。它表现了在情感获得过程中，卡夫卡式无需词汇表达的超现实主义。精致的气泡代表人类生命的脆弱和短暂：分解，拆散和改造。在作品中，缪晓春运用线和气泡策划虚拟的舞蹈，时而巩固，时而解体，带来了视觉上"救赎与放弃"的人类超体验。
崔岫闻的"神域"，与缪晓春的作品相比，有著一种似是而非的冷静。二十二个赤裸的人体，在各自屏幕上浮动而相互影响的同时，散发著原始与纯粹的气息。每个现有的身体均具有值得探索的灵性和信仰, 而反之又能发现多层次的唯我论。每个个体都有属於自己的空间、轨迹，存在於他们各自的黑暗深渊中，探索著自己的存在与内部和外部的联系。崔岫闻简化了材料的复杂性，巧妙地以犹如仪式般的壮美对精神本质现象作出了回应。
缪晓春的"从头再来"、"灰飞烟灭"和崔岫闻的"神域"，都以人体作为哲学探索的容器，探讨灵性与存在的问题。观众会被艺术家从原始状态带到形而上学的混乱，而发出人类为何存在的疑问。
崔岫闻于1970年出生于中国黑龙江，现居北京。她毕业于东北师范大学美术系及中央美术学院油画系。近期个展包括："神域"，北京今日美术馆（2010）；"一刻钟--崔岫闻个展"，佛罗伦萨博物馆（2007）；"崔岫闻，阚萱--影像作品双个展"，法国波尔多当代艺术博物馆（2004）。主要群展包括："那么中国呢？"，巴黎蓬皮杜文化艺术中心（2003）；"无题：Julia Loktev, Julika, Cui Xiuwen"，伦敦泰特现代美术馆（2004）；"过去与未来之间-来自中国的新摄影及影片"，国际摄影中心及亚洲协会，纽约（2004－2007）；"十三--今日中国影像"，纽约 当代艺术中心P.S.1（2006）；"在瓦伦西亚 55 天--瓦伦西亚中国艺术节"，西班牙瓦伦西亚现代艺术博物馆（2008）；"中国: 当代的重生"，米兰Palazzo Reale 博物馆（2009）及"半边天--中国女性新艺术"，费城德雷赛尔大学画廊（2011）。
缪晓春于1964年出生于江苏无锡，现居北京。她毕业于中央美术学院及德国卡塞尔美术学院。近期个展包括："出窍记"，北京798白盒子艺术馆（2011）；"缪晓春 --两个大录像"，北京今日美术馆（2010）；"宏观狂"，德国科布伦茨路德维希博物馆（2010）。主要群展包括："开放的视域"，布拉格国家美术馆（2009）；"过去与未来之间-来自中国的新摄影及影片"，国际摄影中心及亚洲协会，纽约（2004－2007）；"各搞各的：歧观当代"，台北当代艺术馆（2009）；"消耗"，釜山双年展, 韩国釜山现代艺术博物馆（2008）；"建设的图像：摄影文化"，加拿大当代艺术博物馆（2007）。
该展览将于2012年1月20日至3月11日在艺莱画廊举行。崔岫闻将出席1月20日周五晚上6－9点的开幕酒会。缪晓春将出席3月8日周四晚上6－9点的闭幕招待会。 如需进一步信息，请联系 (212) 255-4388 或 info@ekfineart.com.
单屏DVD视频投影, 每14分22秒循环播放。.)
Eli Klein cordially invites you to attend the opening reception of RESTART, Spiritual Realm, Disillusion, featuring video installations by Miao Xiaochun and Cui Xiuwen. Miao Xiaochun will be present to give a talk about his two videos, RESTART and Disillusion, and will take part in an open question and answer session following his lecture. Please join us at our New York gallery on Thursday, March 8, 2012 from 3 - 5 PM.
Stretching the concept of reality, both artists utilize the human body as a medium for metaphysical and philosophical exploration. By confronting perceptions of spirituality and existence, they inspire an inquisitive examination of personal existential beliefs.
Miao Xiaochun presents "RESTART" and "Disillusion." The former is a three-dimensional animation in which Miao explores human existence through a comprehensive and emotional journey. Set to the score of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, "RESTART" is a visual symphony in which the characters travel through time and space, referencing the canon of art history. Meanwhile, "Disillusion" evokes Kafka-esque surrealism as the artist delicately presents the fragility of human life through a dance of virtual figures made of disintegrating linear elements and spherical forms.
Cui Xiuwen's "Spiritual Realm" explores the dimensions of spirituality through animated, ethereal human bodies. Twenty-two individuals swim in their isolated dark abysses, exploring the inner and outer connection to existence and the metaphysical. The figures shed their material complexities and create an exceptional religious and philosophical challenge to the experience of human transcendence.
Miao Xiaochun was born in Wuxi, China in 1964 and now lives and works in Beijing. He studied at the Central Academy of Fine Arts and the Kunsthochschule (Kassel, Germany). Recent solo exhibitions include "Out of Body," White Box Museum of Art, Beijing (2011); "Miao Xiaochun - Two Big Video Works," Today Art Museum, Beijing (2010); "Macromania", Ludwig Museum, Koblenz (2010). Major group exhibitions include "Mediators," The National Museum in Warsaw (2010); "Open Vision," National Gallery, Prague (2009); "Spectacle: To Each His Own," Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei (2009); "Synthetic Times - Media Art China," National Art Museum of China, Beijing (2008); "China Design Now," Victoria & Albert Museum, London (2008); "Expenditure, Busan Biennale," Busan MoMA (2008); and "Made in China," Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek; Israel Museum, Jerusalem (2007).
Cui Xiuwen was born in Heilongjiang, China in 1970 and now lives and works in Beijing. She studied at Northeast Normal University and the Central Academy of Fine Arts. Recent solo exhibitions include "The Domain of God," Today Art Museum, Beijing (2010); "Quarter," Florence Museum (2007); "Cui Xiuwen - Kan Xuan," Museum of Contemporary Art, Bordeaux (2004). Major group exhibitions include "Half the Sky: Women in the New Art of China," Leonard Pearlstein Gallery, Drexel University, Philadelphia (2011); "China: The Contemporary Rebirth," Palazzo Reale, Milan (2009); "The Thirteen: Chinese Video Now," MoMA PS1, New York (2006); "Untitled: Julia Loktev, Julika, Cui Xiuwen," Tate Modern, London (2004); and "Alors, la Chine?," Centre Pompidou, Paris (2003).
Works by both artists were included in "Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China," International Center of Photography and Asia Society, New York; Victoria & Albert Museum, London; The Smart Museum, Chicago and Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Seattle Art Museum; Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; Santa Barbara Museum of Art; Nasher Museum of Art, Durham (2004-2007).
The exhibition is on view at Eli Klein Fine Art from January 20th through March 11th, 2012. Cui Xiuwen will be present at the opening reception on Friday, January 20th from 6 to 9 PM. Miao Xiaochun will be in attendance at the closing reception on Thursday, March 8th from 6 to 9 PM.
For further information, please contact the gallery at (212) 255 - 4388 or info@ekfineart.com.
Single screen video projection on DVD. 14' 22" loop
