Because of / —— 2016 Chen Wenji New Works

2016.12.18 – 2017.02.18

Press Release

The exhibition “Because of /” will be opened at AYE Gallery on December 18th, 2016. This is the third exhibition by Chen Wenji at AYE Gallery since 2006.

The exhibition consists of eight oil paintings and eight sketches on paper.

The oil paintings in the exhibition continue the production way of using aluminum panel material which Chen Wenji has been diligently exploring in recent years. The artist has always been fascinated by the industrial technology materials in the visual contemporary art. And the paper works are the corresponding partial graphics to the oil painting works. The pictures are easy while the shapes tend to become more planar. The blue and red tone forms two different experiences atmosphere throughout the exhibition. The rational, quiet mood continues the main line of Chen Wenji’s previous works. In this exhibition, his works seem to have some paranoid expression attitude, which should be a kind of choice and personal thinking inertia of the artist at a certain time.

All the works this time are Chen Wenji’s new works in 2016, which are based on “/” elements to create. “/” here is no longer the meaning people familiar with, but as a form of the artist. Chen uses it to limit and strengthen his own way of thinking and expression, forcing himself to squeeze a new energy in such small space. Obviously, the artist is hoping to use this paranoid method to wake up his potential power. The audience did not see the struggling process of the artist, but to see the final confirmed visual fact. When we face the existing results, do we have the opportunity to restore the artist’s original intention and unremitting endurance?

ARTWORKS

Sketch of ∠

Pencil on paper
27 x 19 cm
2016

Sketch of Right Color Page

Pencil on paper
27 x 19 cm
2016

Page Red•Color

Oil on aluminum panel
90 x 175 cm
2016

Page Black•Color

Oil on aluminum panel, spray paint
90 x 175 cm
2016

Two yougou(2 pieces)

Oil on aluminum panel
67.5 x 50 cm
2016

Overlapping∕

Color pen on paper
27 x 19 cm
2016

Overlapping ∕

Oil on aluminum panel
175 x 100 cm
2016

Rounded Corner∠

Oil on aluminum panel
80 x 80 cm
2016

感叹未及 Incomplete Exclamation

布面油画
Oil on canvas
123.5 x 162.5 cm
2016

重叠间 Overlaps

木板油画
Oil on board
40 x 30 cm
2016

左•色页素描 Sketch of Left Color Page

纸上铅笔
Pencil on paper
27 x 19 cm
2016

右勾的素描ⅡSketch of Rightward HookⅡ

纸上铅笔
Pencil on paper
27 x 19 cm
2016

右勾的素描ⅠSketch of Rightward HookⅠ

纸上铅笔
Pencil on paper
19 x 27 cm
2016

素描的感叹未及 Sketch of Incomplete Exclamation

纸上铅笔
Pencil on paper
19 x 27 cm
2016

重叠∕ Overlapping ∕

纸上铅笔
Pencil on paper
27 x 19 cm
2016

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