展览预告｜杨迪&董孝驰双个展：丰容 Enrichment

丰容

Enrichment

2023.11.07 - 2023.12.10

开幕 Opening:

2023.11.07 15:00 - 19:00

艺术家 Artist:

杨迪

Di Yang

董孝驰

Xiaochi Dong

策展人 Curator:

付若瑄

Roxane Fu

2023年11月7日，杨迪（Di Yang）、董孝驰（Xiaochi Dong）的双个展“丰容”（Enrichment）将在南柯画廊开幕。两位艺术家横跨绘画、装置、影像等多种媒介的作品将在画廊纵深的空间内交错排布，在呈现出各自不同的艺术理念和创作风格的同时，共同围绕着“丰容”这个主题，讨论“内部”的自我意识和“外部”的客观存在对立又相互托生的关系。

On November 7, 2023, the dual exhibition Enrichment by artists Di Yang and Xiaochi Dong will open at the Nan Ke Gallery.Spanning various mediums including paintings, installations, and video, the artworks will be intricately arranged within the gallery's expansive space. While showcasing their distinct artistic philosophies and creative styles, the exhibition will revolve around the theme of 'Enrichment'. It will delve into the intertwined relationship between internal self-awareness and external objective existence, discussing the paradoxical yet symbiotic connection between the 'internal' self and the 'external' reality.

展览主题“丰容”是一个动物园术语。指在圈养条件下，通过有策略性地使用道具、食物、气味等因素，刺激所饲养的动物，使他们进行更多的原自然行为的做法。

此次展览中，画廊的场域本身就类似一个大的生态缸，而展览则是对栖居其间的艺术家和作品进行的“丰容”。人类作为灵长类动物的后裔，具有树栖的天性。由此延伸，展览在南柯画廊的空间内采用垂直的方式展开，在不同高度分配两位艺术家的作品和属地，纵向交叠中既展示出艺术家各自独立的风格，也在动线中贯穿展览统一的内核。

“丰容”脱胎于董孝驰的艺术理念。在他的艺术历程中，“生态缸”一直是他喜爱的观察对象。“它是一个模拟适应动物习性的人造环境，却比自然原生态的环境更加稳定。”

The exhibition theme ‘Enrichment’ is a term from the field of zookeeping. It refers to the practice of stimulating captive animals to engage in more natural behaviors by strategically using props, food, scents, and other factors within enclosed environments. This encourages the animals to exhibit behaviors closer to their natural instincts and habits.

In this exhibition, the gallery space itself resembles a large ecological tank, and the exhibition serves as an 'enrichment' for the artists and their works residing within it. As descendants of primates, humans possess an inherent arboreal nature. Extending from this concept, the exhibition in the space of Nanko Gallery unfolds vertically, with the works and territories of two artists being distributed at different heights. Through this vertical overlapping, the exhibition not only showcases the artists' distinct styles but also weaves a unified core throughout the exhibition's layout and movement pathways.

'Enrichment' originates from the artistic philosophy of Xiaochi Dong. Throughout his artistic journey, the "ecological tank" has remained a cherished subject of observation for him. "It is an artificially created environment that simulates animal behavior adaptations, yet it is more stable than the environment in its natural, pristine state," he explains.

董孝驰 Xiaochi Dong

无畏结果 Would Bamboo Bloom, 2022

墨、火山土粉末、亚麻布

Ink and volcanic clay on linen

130h x 160w cm

© Courtesy of the artist and Nan Ke Gallery

此次展出的作品中，在画廊二层分散陈列的作品模仿了生态缸内热植的形态，提供了从生态缸内部向外部观察的视角。在过去的创作中，董孝驰从上海植物园和伦敦邱园等温室植物场域取得灵感，这样的“观察”通常是从外向内的。

在创作的积累中，他逐渐转换视角，将空间缩小到自己在伦敦饲养箭毒蛙的生态缸的同时，也将“观察”的角度转移到了从内向外的凝视，借由所饲养动物的角度观察外部的所谓“现实世界”。

对于董孝驰而言，本科和研究生阶段在上海学习中国传统绘画的经历对他的创作风格产生了深远的影响。在他创作的画面上，山水、树石的微小笔触与欧洲绘画的点彩风格相结合，创造出细微参差的纹理。结合火山灰等材料，创造出冷静、理性而又朦胧、温情的效果。

Among the exhibited pieces, the artworks dispersed on the gallery's second floor emulate the forms of tropical plants within the ecological tank, offering a perspective that allows observation from the interior to the exterior. In his past creations, Xiaochi drew inspiration from greenhouse environments like the Shanghai Botanical Garden and the Kew Garden in London. Typically, this kind of "observation" occurred from the outside looking in.

However, as his creative journey evolved, he gradually shifted his perspective. He narrowed his focus to the ecological tank where he kept poison dart frogs in London, transitioning his gaze from an external observation to an inward one. Through the lens of the animals he cared for, he began to scrutinize the so-called "real world" outside, offering a unique insight from the inside out.

For Xiaochi, his undergraduate and graduate studies in traditional Chinese painting in Shanghai have profoundly influenced his artistic style. In his artworks, the delicate brushstrokes of mountains, rivers, trees, and stones merge with the pointillist style of European painting, creating subtle and intricate textures. By incorporating materials like volcanic ash, he achieves a serene, rational yet hazy, and warm effect in his creations, blending precision with emotion.

如果说董孝驰的艺术语言呼应了“丰容”的内涵，杨迪则拓展了“丰容”这一概念的外延。此次展览的一系列新作以南柯画廊的空间为出发点展开，老式公寓的结构使他想起作家笔下的叙事空间。在这样的语境下，他以自己一贯的艺术语言，通过影像、装置等多种表现形式，回应现代人的精神困境。

将坐标尺拉伸到宇宙的维度，地球本身就类似一个生态缸，而以此为家园的人类则仿佛生态缸中被维护的动物。学者David J. Mellor认为动物福利包括五款，而“丰容”则是在维护其“不受限制表达天性的自由”。在现代文明提供了充裕的生存必需资源，甚至于精神享受的物料之后，集体精神状况依然日益崩塌的现状似乎也在隐喻着“丰容”的缺失。

这不禁让人思考，人类作为所谓的高级动物，在异化的社会中究竟有什么需求一直没有得到满足，甚至没有得到足够精准的定位和认知。杨迪的作品则似作家创作小说一样以叙事结构徐徐展开，旨在回应这一亘古的谜团。

While Xiaochi's artistic expression resonates with the connotation of 'Enrichment', Di Yang expands the concept's denotation. In this exhibition, a series of new works unfold from the space of Nan Ke Gallery, drawing inspiration from the layout of an old apartment building that reminded him of the narrative spaces described in literature. Within this context, using his consistent artistic language, Di responds to the contemporary human existential crisis through various forms of expression, such as imagery and installations.

Expanding the scale to the dimensions of the universe, Earth itself resembles an ecological tank, and humans, who consider it their home, are akin to the animals nurtured within this ecological tank. Scholar David J. Mellor identifies five dimensions of animal welfare, with 'Enrichment' representing the preservation of their "freedom to express their innate behaviors without constraints."

Despite the abundant material resources and even spiritual pleasures provided by modern civilization, the deteriorating collective mental state seems to metaphorically reflect the absence of this sense of 'Enrichment'.

This prompts one to contemplate what needs of humans, the so-called advanced animals, have not been fulfilled in our increasingly alienated society. These needs have not received precise positioning or recognition. Yang Di's works unfold like a novelist crafting a story, aiming to respond to this ancient enigma. Through narrative structures, his art endeavors to address these profound questions.

杨迪 Di Yang

泡沫女孩 Foaming Venus, 2023

2K video installation, 10min 52sec

1920 x 1080

© Courtesy of the artist

一层半的空间被塑造成仿佛浴室的景观，播放杨迪的影像作品《泡沫女孩》。在文学作品中，浴室常被描绘成家庭生活的避难所。在影像中，一个青年女孩在浴室里面唱歌。她时而扮演一位理想中的idol，时而是一个从家庭生活中暂时躲避的青少年。似乎她理想的形象可以是很多人，唯独除了她自己这个“本体”。

三楼的隔间营造了仿佛上海老式发廊的空间，展示了串联所有图像的ASMR作品。声音像一个游荡在发廊的幽灵，引导观众先从发型的更换，到潜入水底。在结尾处，它用声音描绘动作，慢慢将“顾客”的皮肤扒下，并给其一个更换外表的契机。艺术家试图以此探讨“外在形象”和“身份”的辩证关系。并由此延伸，讨论社交标准对现代人精神本体的要求、规训，甚至毒害。

一旁的展览空间中，墙面上以牛皮材料展示各类梳子图样的架上作品也在呼应这一思考。当外在形象受制于社会和身份约定俗成的标准时，无论是向内挖掘改变的勇气，还是向外呼吁维持的权利是否都是对于精力的大量占据和侵蚀，都会挤压本就摇摇欲坠的精神本体的生存空间？

当这些作品以相互独立又被主旨统一的元素的形态交织在老洋房的空间内，似乎构成了小说家创作过程中忽然闪现的灵感来源，被立即以野生的状态记录、定格，等待观者加入创作，以自己的思路和偏好补全整个故事线。

The space of the lower floor has been transformed to resemble a bathroom landscape, screening Di's video work Foaming Venus. In literary works, bathrooms are often portrayed as sanctuaries within the realm of domestic life. In the video, a young girl sings inside the bathroom. At times, she portrays an idealized idol, and at other times, she represents a teenager temporarily escaping from family life. It appears that her idealized image can be anyone except her own authentic "self."

The partition on the third floor has been designed to resemble the atmosphere of an old-fashioned Shanghai hair salon, showcasing ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response) works that connect all the images. The sound functions like a ghost wandering through the salon, guiding the audience from hairstyle changes to diving underwater.

Toward the end, it uses sound to depict actions, slowly peeling off the "customer's" skin and providing an opportunity to change one's appearance. The artist aims to explore the dialectical relationship between "external image" and "identity." This exploration extends to discussing the demands and regulations of social standards on the essential essence of modern individuals, even to the extent of their toxicity.

In the adjacent exhibition space, artworks feature various comb patterns presented on walls covered with leather material, echoing these contemplations. When external appearances are confined by societal norms and established standards of identity, the courage to seek inner change and the right to maintain outward appeal both demand significant mental energy. These demands and encroachments can potentially compress the already precarious mental essence's space for survival.

When these works, with their interwoven yet individually distinctive elements unified within the space of the old Western-style house, they appear to embody the sudden flashes of inspiration that occur in a novelist's creative process. These inspirations are immediately captured and frozen in their wild state, waiting for viewers to join the creation. Each viewer can contribute to the storyline with their own perspectives and preferences, completing the narrative in their unique way.

“丰容”作为展览主题，不仅呼应了两位艺术家的创作内容和艺术理念，也统协了布展思路和展览传达。 “双个展”的思路沿袭了“社群丰容”的概念。在生态缸中，混养不同品种的生物不仅可以增加观赏效果，也可以向观者阐述生物多样性。 两位风格迥异又具有相通之处的艺术家，将横跨绘画、影像和装置等多种表现方式的艺术品分散在空间内，呈现出独特而丰饶的艺术生态。

观者被邀请进入“丰容”的展览， 帮助完成了整个概念的叙述。这既可以看作对画廊呈现的，经过了丰容的艺术生态的游历，也可以视为以看展这一行为对自己的日常生活进行丰容和调剂。通过“生态缸”引申到“浴室”，甚至于画廊场域和社会生活的密闭饲养的空间概念，便由此被补全。

The theme 'Enrichment', not only resonates with the artistic content and philosophies of the two artists but also harmonizes the exhibition layout and communication. From an organizational perspective, the concept of a 'dual solo exhibition' follows the idea of 'community enrichment'. Much like the diverse species coexisting within an ecological tank, mixing different artistic styles not only enhances the visual appeal but also communicates the message of biodiversity to the viewers. This exhibition connects two artists with distinct yet interconnected styles, dispersing their artworks across the space through various forms such as paintings, videos, and installations, resulting in a unique and abundant artistic ecosystem.

When viewers are invited into the exhibition of Enrichment, they actively contribute to the entire narrative of the concept. This participation can be seen as a journey through the enriched artistic ecosystem presented by the gallery. Simultaneously, it can be viewed as an act of enriching their own daily lives through the act of attending the exhibition. The concept, extending from the 'ecological tank' to the 'bathroom' and even to the notion of enclosed and nurtured spaces within gallery domains and social life, is thus completed through this participation and engagement.

文/付若瑄

Text by Roxane Fu

艺术家Artist

杨迪 Di Yang

杨迪（Di Yang, b.1990），现居苏州。

2015-2020年，获得德国杜塞尔多夫艺术学院研究生学位，师从艺术家Martin Gostner 和 Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster，并得得到大师生荣誉。

2008-2012年，获得四川美术学院新媒体艺术专业本科学位。

获奖：

2021年 第九届华宇青年奖入围

2021年 杜塞尔多夫艺术协会-北威州艺术基金奖项

2020年 杜塞尔多夫艺术学院毕业生奖

2012年 四川美术学院学院奖

展览：

2023 年 白洞：甲骨文的奥秘与当代表意，798cube 美术馆，北京

2023 年 Cafe Crush，BlOOM 艺术空间个展，杜塞尔多夫

2022年 改造未来——第八届上海多伦青年美术大展，上海多伦美术馆，上海

2022年 野餐计划，歌德学院北京，北京

2022年 起航-新当代艺术展，成都市美术馆，成都

2022年 “科幻与幻想”影像展，罗马国立二十一世纪当代美术馆，罗马

2022年 轻重之躯——草场地青年艺术群展，苏州

2021年 三亚艺术季——第九届华宇青年奖入围展览，三亚

2021年 苏州声色，金鸡湖美术馆，苏州

2021年 一个人在荒岛——生命延续的另外一种形式，阆风艺术画廊上海

2021年 我认出了世界——生于八、九十年代，银川当代美术馆

2021年 科幻——前时间/无时间的旅行，kuenstlerhaus-dortmund，多特蒙德

2021年 窗，符望艺术空间，北京

2021年 Coming to Voice群展，K21美术馆，杜塞尔多夫

2021年 "软着陆"个展，Bloom艺术空间，杜塞尔多夫

2020年 双城记，成都重庆当代影展，成都当代影像馆

2019年 Die Grosse，Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf，Klasse Gostner，杜塞尔多夫艺术宫美术馆

2019年 Just A-Sittin’ And A-Rockin’，Künstlerverein Malkasten，杜塞Malkasten艺术协会

2019年 “盲点”群展，阆风艺术画廊，上海

2018年 C.A.R 2018，Medienkunstmesse，德国鲁尔区当代艺术媒体艺博会

2017年 Akademie [Arbeitstitel]，Kunsthalle Düsseldorf，杜塞多夫市立美术馆 50周年展

2017年 Aus jedem Dorf ein Hund群展，kuenstlerhaus-dortmund，多特蒙德艺术家之屋

2017年 Kempten艺术之夜，德国Kempten Museum美术馆

2013年 EXIN亚洲实验电影与录像艺术论坛，北京元典美术馆

2013年 细胞加工厂，成都美术馆，成都

电影节：

2019年 Bye bye Comrade摄影指导，艺术指导，香港国际电影节

2018年 Athens Animfest入选

2018年 Bye bye Comrade德国北威州电影短片基金项目逐帧动画短片，摄影指导，艺术指导，雅典动画电影节

2018年 Bye bye Comrade摄影指导，艺术指导，Essen第八届Rodeo电影展

2015年 乌兰巴托中国实验电影展映，蒙古

2013年 西宁国际First电影节，⻘海⻄

2013年 EXIN亚洲实验电影与录像艺术论坛，台北牯岭街小剧场，北京展映

2012年 第九届中国独立影展，南京

2012年 第九届北京独立影像展，北京

Di Yang was born in 1990, lives in Suzhou.

In 2020, he graduated with a Master's (Diplom) in Free Art from the Art Academy of Düsseldorf, Germany, where he was awarded the honor of Meisterschüler (Grand Master).

In 2012, he graduated from the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute with a degree in Film and Video Photography from the Department of New Media Art.

Award:

2022 Reisestipendium, NRW Kunstverein und Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf

2021 Huayu Youth Award 2021 Finalist

2020 Absolvierendenpreis der Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

2012 Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts graduate creative Academy Awards, Chongqing, China

Exhibition:

2023 White Hole: The Mystery of Oracle Bones and Contemporary Meaning, 798 cube Art Museum, Beijing, China

2023 Cafe Crush, Solo Exhibition at BlOOM Art Space, Düsseldorf, Germany

2022 The eighth Shanghai Duolun Youth Art Exhibition, Shanghai

2022 The Intimate Revolt, Goethe-Institut Beijing, Beijing

2022 Sailing-New Contemporary Art Exhibition, Xihai Art Museum, Qingdao

2022 The Hidden Everyday, Chengdu Art Museum, Chengdu

2022 Science Fiction and Hallucination, MAXXI-National Museum of 21st Century Art, Roma

2022 A Light and A Heavy Body, Caochangdi Young Artists Group Exhibition, Beijing

2021 Sanya Art Huayu Youth Award 2021, Finalist, Sanya

2021 I Recognise the World-Born in the Eighties and Nineties, Yinchuan Contemporary Art Museum, Yinchuan

2021 Science-ex/timeless travels, kuenstlerhaus-dortmund, dortmund

2021 Through the Window, Fernweh Artgallery, Beijing

2021 Weiche Landung, Bloom, Düsseldorf

2021 Coming to Voice, Graduates of the Düsseldorf Academy of Arts 2020, K21 Museum Düsseldorf

2020 Chengdu Contemporary Image Museum, Chengdu

2019 bilnd point, Langfeng Artgallery, Shanghai

2019 Die Grosse, Klasse Gostner, Kunstpalast Düsseldorf

2019 Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin', Künstlerverein Malkasten, Düsseldorf

2018 Contemporary Art Ruhr, Medienkunstmesse, Essen

2017 Akademie [Arbeitstitel], Kunsthalle Düsseldorf

2017 Aus jedem Dorf ein Hund, kuenstlerhaus-dortmund

2017 Kunst Nacht Kempten, Kempten Museum, Germany

2013 InductorII, Experimental Art Exhibition, Songzhuang Art Festival

2013 Experimental Film and Video Art Forum, BeijingYuan Dian Art Museum

2013 cell factory, Chengdu Museum

Film Festival:

2019 Bye bye comrade, Cinematographer and Art Director, Hong Kong International Film Festival, Hong Kong, China

2018 Bye bye comrade, Cinematographer and Art Director, Athens Animfest, Athens, Greece

2018 Bye bye comrade, Cinematographer and Art Director, 8th Video Rodeo, Essen, Germany

2015 Ulan Bator Experimental Film Festival, Ulan Bator, Mongolia

2013 EXIN Asian Experimental Film and Video Art Forum, Taiwan, China

2013 Beijing Film Academy New Media Art, Triennial, Beijing, China

2013 First International Film Festival Xining, Xining, China

2012 The 9th Beijing Independent Film Festival, Beijing, China

2012 Dalian Independent Film Festival, Dalian, China

董孝驰 Xiaochi Dong

董孝驰 （Xiaochi Dong)

生于1993年，硕士毕业于英国皇家艺术学院，现生活工作于伦敦与上海。

董孝驰的艺术实践以中国古典绘画为基底，并探索当代绘画的实验逻辑，作品因而具有调和不同美学传统的视觉特征。艺术家从不同尺度的人造景观——古典园林、现代植物园与微型生态缸——中获取灵感，探索不同观念对于自然的模拟、仿造与压缩。董孝驰的创作主要涉及绘画与综合平面作品。通过创作饱含光线、湿度与气氛暗示的画面，艺术家旨在为当代的自然图景赋予形式。

教育：

2021-2023

MA 绘画，皇家艺术学院，伦敦

2015-2018

MA 中国画系，上海美术学院，上海

2011-2015

BA 中国画系，上海美术学院，上海

展览：

嫩如沥青，Sherbet Green画廊，伦敦，2023 年

借用时间的园艺，Studio West画廊，伦敦，2023 年

重返自然，明珠美术馆（PAM），上海，2023 年

RA 夏季展，皇家艺术学院，伦敦，2023 年

进化：奇点，南柯画廊，上海，2023年

递归，Split画廊，伦敦，2023 年

艺术家驻地：

斯沃琪和平饭店艺术中心，上海，中国

Xiaochi Dong

Born in 1993, Dong Xiaochi earned a master's degree from the Royal College of Art in the United Kingdom and currently lives and works in both London and Shanghai. Dong's artistic practice is deeply rooted in classical Chinese painting while also exploring the experimental logic of contemporary art. His works exhibit harmonious visual elements that seamlessly blend various aesthetic traditions.

Drawing inspiration from artificial landscapes of different scales, including traditional Chinese gardens, botanical gardens, and miniature ecosystems, Dong explores diverse concepts related to simulating, imitating, and compressing nature. His creative endeavors primarily encompass painting and mixed-media pieces. By creating images saturated with hints of light, humidity and atmosphere, Dong aims to give form to contemporary images of nature.

Education:

2021-2023

MA Painting, Royal College of Arts, London, UK

2015-2018

MA Chinese Painting, Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, Shanghai, CN

2011-2015

BA Chinese Painting, Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, Shanghai, CN

Exhibition:

Tender like asphalt, Sherbet Green, London, 2023

Gardening on Borrowed Time, Studio West, London, 2023

Return to Nature, Pearl Art Museum (PAM), Shanghai, 2023

RA Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2023

Evolution: Singularity, Nan Ke Gallery, Shanghai, 2023

Recursion, Split Gallery, London, 2023

Artist Residency:

2020 Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai, CN

策展人Curator

付若瑄Roxane Fu

付若瑄（Roxane Fu）是南柯画廊的驻馆策展人。她毕业于爱丁堡大学，获电影，展览与策展专业硕士学位。毕业后任职于伦敦日本画廊，负责文献研究和策展工作。继而在Royal Academy of Arts工作，同期在进行“链的故事”（Tale of the Chain）独立策展项目。

策展方面，她追求基于作品的热忱和真实，并努力以完整而清晰的叙事贯穿展览，帮助艺术家和观者在轻松安全的环境进行真诚的对话。在策展实践中，她喜爱以仿佛小说的故事线整合展品，把展览看作三维的文学，诚实地传递和表达艺术家最为真挚的想法。

Roxane Fu currently serves as the Curator-in-Residence at Nan Ke Gallery. She graduated from the University of Edinburgh with an MA in Film, Exhibition, and Curation. After completing her studies, she worked at the Japan Gallery in London, where she was responsible for documentary research and curatorial tasks. Following that experience, she joined the Royal Academy of Arts and contributed to the independent curatorial project 'Tale of the Chain.'

In her curatorial practice, Roxane Fu endeavors to amplify the passion and authenticity inherent in artworks. She is dedicated to constructing a comprehensive and coherent narrative within exhibitions, fostering genuine dialogues between artists and viewers within a relaxed and secure environment. Roxane's approach involves integrating exhibits into a storyline, akin to crafting a novel, transforming exhibitions into three-dimensional literature. Her goal is to faithfully convey and articulate the artist's most sincere ideas.

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要闻 | 南柯画廊宣布代理艺术家杨迪（Di Yang）

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