“自然”刘珂个展@上海白舍艺术空间

策展人的话

林庭安

Curator's Word

By Karen Lin

刘珂

本科毕业于东北师范大学美术学院，

研究生毕业于米兰布雷拉国立美术学院，

现工作生活于上海。

关于《自然》的自述

刘珂

在米兰人民公园里的自然历史博物馆出入多次之后，我决心以此为主题创作一个系列，这个念头萌发于二零一七年的盛夏，彼时的我还在布雷拉美术学院攻读绘画研究生。

暑假期间，酷热难耐。意大利国的民宅普遍没有空调，我在自家的阳台把百叶窗以约七十五度的倾斜角度安置好，估计着即使下雨也无妨，于是便不再关闭窗户，继而鼓起勇气用了三个月的时间，进行了一次作品的集中创作。

三个月过去，我数了数，一共创作了九张绘画。之后的半年里，上学之余，我又陆续创作了八张绘画，其中有几件尺寸比较大，然后果断地结束了这个系列。

系列创作是一把双刃剑，利弊都很明显。它在调校艺术家的创作语言的同时，也像一个框子把艺术家捆缚其间。不过对于我来说，这种捆缚还不至于不能忍受，甚至在品尝到了它的甜头之后，我发觉自己渐渐爱上了这样的工作模式。

初来上海，能够很快拥有一次个展是非常幸运的事情，我非常感谢白舍艺术空间提供了这次展览机会给我。为了匹配场馆空间的大小，我们筛选了《自然历史博物馆系列》里的若干小画，增添了几件《生活系列》里的纸本作品，以及一些手稿草图，做一个展示，为期一个月零十九天。期待您的来访。

On the Narration of Nature

By Liu Ke

After many visits to the Museum of Natural History in the People's Park of Milan, I decided to create a series on this theme. The idea originated in the midsummer of 2017, when I was still a graduate student of painting at Brera Academy of Fine Arts.

During the summer holiday, the heat is unbearable. And there is n oair-conditioning in the apartment of Italy. I placed the shutters on my balcony at an inclined angle of about 75 degrees. Even if it rained, it would be allright. So I stopped closing the windows. Then I took three months to muster up my courage and concentrate on the creation of my works.

Three months later, I counted that I created nine paintings. Over the next six months, afteres, I finished eight more paintings, several of which were quite large in size, and then I decisively ended this series.

Series creation is a double-edged sword, has both advantages and disadvantages. While adjusting the artist's creative language, it also acts as a frame to bind the artist. But for me, this kind bondage is not intolerable, even after tasting its sweetness, I found that I gradually fell in love with this mode of work.

Recent arrived in Shanghai, I am very lucky to have an exhibition in a short time. Very grateful to Bai She Art Space for offering me the opportunity of this exhibition. In order to match the size of the venue space, we selected several small paintings from the Museum of Natural History Series, added some paper works from the Life Series and a few sketches ofmanuscripts to make this exhibition for one month and nineteen days. Looking forward to your visit.