展览预告｜迈克尔·⻨格拉斯 Michael McGrath个展 “翅眼” 于11月11日开幕 @上海U-CUBE×伯年艺术空间

BONIAN SPACE, in collaboration with Shanghai U-CUBE Space, will present the Shanghai stop of artist Michael McGrath's touring solo exhibition "Night Float" from November 11th to November 20th, 2023. The exhibition will showcase more than ten of the artist's canvas oil paintings and mixed media works on paper.

迈克尔·麦格拉斯 Michael McGrath

我们搬至郊区，遇到些有毒的东西

We Moved to the Country and Some Things Have Poison

2022

亚麻布上丙烯、石膏、彩铅和水彩蜡笔

Acrylic, gesso, colored pencil, and watercolor crayon on linen

153 × 122 cm

When animism was put forward by the German philosopher Georg Ernst Stahl in the 17th century, its advocates believed that everything has life, soul, or spirit. Although the controversy surrounding animism has continued until now, this concept represents another perspective of human cognition of the world. In a way that distinguishes it from modern science, animism offers a more poetic and humane interpretation of how humans give life and spirit to "things."

迈克尔·麦格拉斯 Michael McGrath

夜之流动 No. 1

Night Movements No. 1

2021

纸本上丙烯、软色粉笔、彩铅、混合纸片、羊皮纸纸莎草

Acrylic, soft pastel, colored pencil, mixed papers, vellum, and papyrus on paper

65 × 50 cm

In McGrath's paintings, trees, houses, clouds, and many unnamed bizarre "beings," originally without sensory functions or awareness, are endowed with human eyes, noses, and mouths. Through his art, McGrath establishes a connection and perception with these "beings," allowing them to perceive the world in a human-like way. Although this relationship is extended outward from his own experiences, it maps the most authentic emotional experiences of life and the world for him.

Just like Michael McGrath, who explores themes of death and decay in his creations, he believes that all endings bring rebirth and hope. The exhibition's Chinese title, "Chì Yǎn," refers to the eye-like patterns on butterfly wings, also important symbols frequently seen in McGrath's paintings. The butterfly's wing eyes represent the eyes of nature. Through this exhibition, Chì Yǎn, the audience is invited to rediscover life, nature, and the world through Michael McGrath's paintings, guided by his gentle and equal vision

上文中图片版权 © 艺术家 & 伯年艺术空间

Images copyright © Artist & BONIAN SPACE

1977年出生于美国纽约，2000年毕业于伊萨卡学院 （Ithaca College）并获得艺术学士学位，目前在美国纽约哈德逊河谷的莱茵⻉克生活和工作。艺术家创作的灵感来自于纽约州北部的环境及其历史，同时也受到他对神秘主义、神话和宗教崇拜的好奇心的影响。艺术家通过宗教、神话和神秘学等元素增加画面泛灵化的色彩，以“面孔”的贯穿作为对存在主义的探索。自2017年以来，Michael的作品⻛格开始从抽象转为具象，叙事性意味逐渐增强，而成熟的绘画语言也为其赢得了来自全球画廊的展览邀约，覆盖美国纽约、瑞士布鲁塞尔、美国亚历山大、德国符腾堡等地。艺术家的最新作品现展出在中国、美国、英国、墨西哥。

Michael McGrath (b.1977), graduated from Ithaca College in 2000 with a B.F.A. in Fine Art, currently lives and works in Rhinebeck, in New York's Hudson Valley. His recent work is inspired by his current upstate NY environment and its history, and also in his curiosity in the cults of mysticism, mythology, and religion through the lens of naivety. The artist incorporates elements of religion, mythology, and magic to infuse the artwork with a panpsychic essence, using the motif of "faces" as a conduit for existential exploration. Since 2017, Michael's artistic style has shifted from abstraction to representation, gradually gaining a stronger narrative meaning. His matured visual language has earned him exhibition invitations from galleries worldwide, spanning locations such as New York, USA; Brussels, Switzerland; Alexandria, USA; and Stuttgart, Germany. His latest works are currently showcased in exhibitions across China, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Mexico.

伯年艺术空间，2019年创立于北京，专注于当代年轻艺术家的发掘与推广。通过展览、学术研究、公共教育等多种形式，支持富有活力并具备全球视野的创作者在专业领域中的发展。致力于促进艺术家和公众，以及多方机构间在国际上的交流与合作，共同探索当代艺术语境中更多的机遇和可能。

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