Work Statement:
记得，小时候会无意识在书本和纸上画起柱体和几何体的图案，当时认为自己会成为一名设计师，因为这些柱体和几何体能让我联想到建筑和空间。时隔多年，成为了广州美院绘画艺术学院一名研究生后，还是想把最初的这种似有似无的意识带入自己的绘画中，这种无意识状态下的柱体也恰巧表达了我对“关系”这个词的理解。对于“关系”的理解，借用余华老师的话“我不再装模作样地拥有很多朋友，而是回到了孤独之中，以真正的我，开始了独自的生活。我们曾如此期待外界的认可，到最后才知道，世界是自己的，与他人毫无关系。” 我这次的主题定为“无关”，包含两种含义，其一、历时性。其二、共时性。“没有关系， 不牵连”，我认为首先不牵涉传统意义上的绘画手感;其次，也不牵涉人的情感与欲望。作品中 我用“直白”甚至是“简单”方式去联系人性中复杂、难言的关系，将人与人关系的“疏离感”融入 画面之中。 在这个特殊的世界中，人际关系被圆柱状的触⻆所取代，人与人之间的羁绊纠缠在 一起，并栖息在多重世界中。真实的情感和情感交流在这里变得模糊不清。现在，在这个数码时代中，艺术家们如何去探索数字时代绘画在视觉和情感方面的可能性，以及这种媒介如何能够回应我们的当代现实?是一直困扰着我的问题。我们虽然生活在一个真实的虚拟现实里，却发现一切都被像素化，失去了原本的细腻和深度。这个地方人们仿佛被困在一个平面的存在中，缺乏真正的情感和连接。这个地方没有相应的连续或连带关系，没有“因” 与“果”，只是用冷冰冰的柱状元素刻意凸显在这个绘画的现实中。这种绘画景观源自于匹诺曹⻓鼻的隐喻，以及故障像素所带来的无奈。这样的描述虽然有点荒谬不经，却能在我内心深处找到共鸣，与我的成⻓经历紧密相连，将当代人的身体描绘成流动时间中的某个“瞬间”，并带有部分的轨迹......
这样的描述虽然有点荒谬不经，却能在我内心深处找到共鸣，与我的成⻓经历紧密相连，将当代人的身体描绘成流动时间中的某个“瞬间”，并带有部分的轨迹......
"I remember that in my childhood, I would unconsciously draw patterns of cylinders and geometric shapes on books and paper. At that time, I thought I would become a designer because these cylinders and geometric shapes made me think of architecture and space. After many years, when I became a graduate student at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, I still wanted to bring this initial, somewhat subconscious awareness into my paintings. These cylinders in a state of unconsciousness also happen to express my understanding of the word
'relationship.'
Regarding my understanding of 'relationship,' borrowing the words of Mr. Yu Hua, 'I no longer pretend to have many friends, but have returned to solitude, with my true self, starting a solitary life. We once eagerly sought external recognition, only to realize in the end that the world belongs to us and has nothing to do with others.' This time, I chose the theme of 'Irrelevant,' which includes two meanings: first, temporality, and second, simultaneity. 'No relation, no entanglement.' I believe that this primarily does not involve the traditional sense of painting technique; secondly, it does not involve human emotions and desires. In my works, I use a 'direct' and even 'simple' approach to connect the complexity and unspoken relationships in human nature, incorporating the 'alienation' in interpersonal relationships into the images. In this unique world, interpersonal relationships are replaced by cylindrical angles, and the entanglement of human relationships resides in multiple worlds. Genuine emotions and emotional communication become blurred here.
Now, in this digital age, how do artists explore the possibilities of digital painting in terms of visuals and emotions, and how can this medium respond to our contemporary reality? This has been a question that has constantly troubled me. Although we live in a virtual reality, we find
that everything is pixelated, losing its original delicacy and depth. People in this place seem trapped in a flat existence, lacking real emotions and connections. There are no corresponding relationships or cause and effect; only the cold cylindrical elements deliberately stand out in this painted reality. This painting landscape is inspired by the metaphor of Pinocchio's long nose and the helplessness brought about by faulty pixels.
While such a description may sound somewhat absurd, it resonates deep within me and is closely connected to my growth experiences, depicting the human body in contemporary society as a 'moment' in the flow of time, with traces of its path..."
Yang Liu / 刘洋, b.1995, China
Education
M.F.A., School of Painting Arts, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
广州美术学院绘画艺术学院硕士
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibition
2023 Irrelevance-Liu Yang Solo Exhibition, E4 Space, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, China
Group Exhibitions
2023 "The Eighth Guangdong Contemporary Art Exhibition", 21st Space Art Museum, Dongguan, China
2023- "People - From the Crowd - Chinese Young Contemporary Art Exhibition", Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Tianjin, China
2023 "Pick Up Art Festival", Beijing Hanjian Art Museum, Beijing, China
2023 "Rainbow: Contemporary Chinese Art Exhibition", Online Group Exhibition, Moscow State Ostrovsky Museum, Moscow, China
2023 "Oil Painting Lingnan-2023 Guangzhou Contemporary Oil Painting Exhibition", Guangzhou Municipal Cultural Center, Guangzhou, China
2023 "The Shape of Silence" Contemporary Art", online group exhibition
2022 "The First Guangdong Mixed Materials Painting Research Exhibition", Art Museum of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, China
2023 "Art Exhibition Hongtu", Shanghai Oil Painting Art Center, Shanghai, China
2023 "Deconstruction of Image.", Gaos Gallery Taiyuan, Taiyuan, China
Awards
2022 The Second "Youth - Creativity - Power" Youth Creative Culture Competition, Third Prize
个展
2023 《无关—刘洋个展》，广州美术学院大学城E4空间，广州
群展
2023 《广东省第八届当代艺术展》，二十一空间美术馆，东莞
2023· 《人·从·众——中国青年当代艺术展》，天津美术学院美术馆，天津
2023 《捡漏艺术节》，北京韩建美术馆，北京
2023 《莫斯科国立奥斯特洛夫斯基博物馆“虹：当代中国艺术展“》，线上群展
2023 《油画岭南·2023广州当代油画展》，广州市文化馆，广州
2023 《“沉默的形状” 当代艺术》，线上群展
2022 《“临山观海”——首届广东综合材料绘画研究展》，广州美术学院美术馆，广州
2023 《艺展鸿图“美院青年艺博会”》，上海油画艺术中心，上海
2023 《图像的解构 DECONSTRUCTION OF IMAGE.》，Gaos Gallery 太原，太原
获奖
2022 第二届“青年·创意·力量”青年创意文化大赛，三等奖
