A haven of tenderness - Exhibitions

温柔乡 A haven of tenderness

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个展 Solo Exhibition

展期 Opening

2025/09/27-2025/10/29 2025/09/27-2025/10/29

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范桦晓的创作承袭于16、17世纪荷兰静物画，在象征主义与超现实主义的框架内，借助视觉寓言探索生命的存在本质，描绘出一幕幕深邃而诗意的哲学场景。他的作品会让人联想到达米恩·赫斯特(Damien Hirst)的骷髅与标本容器，联想到凯瑟琳·瑞安(Kathleen Ryan)用珠宝做的腐烂水果，联想到玛格丽特(René François Ghislain Magritte)和达利(Salvador Dalí)。在他的作品中我们可以看到微观生物与宏大宇宙的交织，生命的炽热与死亡的静谧进行着对话。 Fan Huaxiao's artistic practice is deeply rooted in the traditions of 17th-century Dutch still life painting. Within a framework blending symbolism and surrealism, he employs visual allegory to explore the essence of existence, creating deeply poetic and philosophical tableaux. His work evokes Damien Hirst's skulls and specimen displays, Kathleen Ryan's jewel-encrusted decaying fruit, and the imaginative realms of Magritte and Dalí. In his compositions, we witness the interweaving of microscopic organisms and the vast cosmos, where the fervor of life engages in a silent dialogue with the tranquility of death.

艺术家构建了一个极其独特且自洽的世界观。这个世界观中，苍蝇、蚂蚁、蜜蜂、蜉蝣、蜘蛛等这些在人类社会看来极为不起眼的微小生灵成为了舞台中的主角。艺术家不断将最脆弱的生命置于最宏大的自然背景之下，并非为了宣扬生命的虚无，而是为了歌颂一种悲壮的尊严。在宇宙的尺度下，每一个生命的挣扎都同样重要。

蜂巢是脆弱的，却能承载一个王国；树叶是轻薄的，却也能成为横渡汪洋的方舟。艺术家痴迷于展现一种基于脆弱本身的坚韧，一种在必然消亡的命运中坚持存在的勇气。

黄昏、清晨、月夜与静谧的水面，艺术家几乎无一例外地选择了一天中光影交替、明暗模糊的时刻。这种氛围为所有作品笼罩上一层忧郁、诗意的面纱。 Fan Huaxiao's artistic practice is deeply rooted in the traditions of 17th-century Dutch still life painting. Within a framework blending symbolism and surrealism, he employs visual allegory to explore the essence of existence, creating deeply poetic and philosophical tableaux. His work evokes Damien Hirst's skulls and specimen displays, Kathleen Ryan's jewel-encrusted decaying fruit, and the imaginative realms of Magritte and Dalí. In his compositions, we witness the interweaving of microscopic organisms and the vast cosmos, where the fervor of life engages in a silent dialogue with the tranquility of death.

范桦晓的作品构建了一个又一个精致的寓言故事。他邀请我们停下脚步，俯身观察我们脚下的尘埃，并从中映照出自身的存在——我们的爱、我们的负担、我们的恐惧以及我们那对宇宙来说如蜉蝣般短暂，却又如磐石般坚韧的生命力。在这个意义上，他的艺术是一场持续而庄严的生命礼赞。 Fan Huaxiao's works construct one exquisitely crafted allegory after another. He invites us to pause, to bend down and observe the dust beneath our feet, and to find reflected within it our own existence—our loves, our burdens, our fears, and that vitality of ours, as ephemeral as a mayfly in the cosmic scale, yet as enduring as a rock. In this sense, his art is a continuous and solemn celebration of life.

艺术家 ARTIST

范桦晓 Fan Huaxiao