YANG YONGLIANG: Journey to the Dark
Whitestone Gallery Taipei is pleased to announce the opening of “Journey to the Dark:Yang Yongliang solo exhibition”.
Yang Yongliang uses architectural images as brushstrokes; heavy mountain rocks with enriched details draw a faithful reference to Song Dynasty’s landscape painting. Urban development gives prosperity to city life although it imprisons many lives on the other side of the coin. Similarly, centuries-old cultural tradition in China has dignified profoundness, but it is always fraught with stagnation. Ancient Chinese people painted landscape in admiration of magnificent nature; Yang’s works meanwhile lead us towards a critical re-consideration on contemporary reality.
The exhibition will also showcase Yang Yongliang’s very first work based in Virtual Reality (VR) – Eternal Landscape (2017). In this work, Yang portrayed an authentic Song Yuan mountain landscape in respect for the golden age of Chinese landscapes. We cordially invite you to come visit this precious opportunity.
台北
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Opening Hours: 11:00 - 19:00
Closed: 周日，周一，国定假日
ARTIST
杨泳梁出生于上海，2003年毕业于中国美术学院视觉传达设计系，他从2005年起从事当代艺术的试验与创作，涉及摄影、绘画、影像与装置等多种媒介。杨泳梁的作品连结着传统和当下，以现代语言结合数码技术，重现东方传统的审美方式和文人情节。他展开了一种独特的元叙事描述手段，在接受历史、寓言典故、社会文化的启示之后，重塑了一片城市，也重塑了历史长河中那些不断变换的背景。杨泳梁最为人知的是以城市建筑的影像作为画笔，谱写以宋代层峦叠嶂的山水风格为蓝本的数码影像创作。城市化的发展在滋养一个城市的同时也禁锢了它们：正如中国传统文化因其悠久、深邃，而被固有的思想局限。古人通过描绘山水来赞美自然，而杨泳梁的山水则引发人们对当今社会现状的反思。他的作品获大英博物馆和大都会艺术博物馆等著名公共机构收藏。目前艺术家居住并于上海与纽约展开艺术活动中。