Muhan Wu 吴牧寒

Muhan Wu 吴牧寒 (b.1997)

Wu Muhan (b.1997) was born in Quzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, and graduated from East China Normal University in 2022, majoring in public art, and now lives and works in Shanghai.

Her works include painting, photography and installation. As an artist with the belief that interrelationship consists of the prerequisite of the objective world, she focuses on the materials of objects and manages to present these objects ability to fulfill their own meaning by their forms, instead of putting these objects in a narrative story. She has achieved that aim by putting special attention on the relationship between objects, the influence brought by behavioral interventions on objects, and the correlation between self-consciousness and objects, instead of: the manufacturing process, the function of the objects, how the object is obtained, or the story that may have happened if the passage of time is involved. Some of her frequently used materials are waste, secondhand items and other objects that are readily available. She would destroy the familiar images of these objects by using geometric space structure, therefore giving prominence to their uncertainty and complexity and provoking the audience’s thought on the objective world, beyond themselves.

吴牧寒（b.1997）年出生于中国浙江衢州，2022年毕业于华东师范大学公共艺术专业，现工作生活于上海。

创作涉及绘画、影像、装置，尝试了大量与材料有关的作品。认为相互关系是构建客观世界的逻辑前提。关注物之间的关系，关注行为介入对物的影响，关注物与自我意识的关联，摒弃制造业背景，摒弃使用功能，摒弃获得过程的机缘，摒弃与时间有关的故事，展现物件之间的关系，尊重物件形态的自足。将信息压缩到低限度，利用几何的空间维度瓦解现成、二手、废弃物的视觉经验，强调物性的混乱性、复杂性、虚实性，引发观者自身之外的思考。

Exhibition (selected)

2024

'重返地景：我们感知的和我们构建的 · Returning to the Landscape: What We Perceive and What We Construct', 库比森画廊 Cub_ism_Artspace, CN

'人文设计 20th · Humanities Design 20th', 刘海粟美术馆 Liu Haisu Art Museum, CN

'橱窗计划 · Hello World', 今潮8弄 THE INLET, CN

'如是我见 · Thus Have We Seen', 南柯画廊 Nan Ke Gallery, CN

2023

'设计上海 · Design Shanghai', 上海世博展览馆 Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center, CN

'进化·奇点 · Evolution: Singularity', 南柯画廊 Nan Ke Gallery, CN

2022

“新青年”第四届学院实验艺术文献展 ·The 4th China Academic Experimental Art Education Documentary Exhibition ', 陶溪川美术馆 Tao Xichuan Art Museum, CN

2020

'2020艺术上海国际博览会 · ART PLUS Shanghai', 上海世博展览馆 Shanghai World Expo Exhibition Center, CN