年輕藝術(shù)家康海濤的首次大型個展"向內(nèi)，凝視"于2009年3月20日在偏鋒新藝術(shù)空間開幕，展覽展出康海濤1999--2009十年間數(shù)十件精品。展覽將持續(xù)到4月19日，同名畫冊展覽同期發(fā)布，本次展覽也是偏鋒進(jìn)駐798藝術(shù)區(qū)的首次展覽。

　　康海濤畢業(yè)于四川美院油畫系，是中國70后新藝術(shù)家中的佼佼者。他的作品早期嘗試多種風(fēng)格，藝術(shù)視野極為廣闊，有著激烈而迫切的情感釋放。近期康海濤更多關(guān)注到風(fēng)景和夜色，他創(chuàng)造性地把中國畫"積墨"的方法借鑒用到紙本丙烯，營造出一種"寧靜而懸疑"、"美麗而驚竦"的特殊氛圍，在美學(xué)追求上同阿爾弗萊德*希區(qū)柯克（Alfred Hitchcock）的懸念電影與宮崎駿"美麗中隱藏恐怖"有類而不同，跨越性地拉開同二者的距離，同時反襯出當(dāng)下都市人異樣心理。在此意義而言，康海濤身居小城，心通天下，在審美情趣上同大都市藝術(shù)家并無二致，且從容達(dá)到了許多藝術(shù)家夢寐以求的當(dāng)代性，雖然"當(dāng)代"一詞對他本人而言太過宏大----繪畫無非他的生活方式。

　　當(dāng)其他的藝術(shù)家紛紛前往的北京、上海等地時，康海濤足少出四川，他漫步于他的所居小城，并滿足于此。對康海濤來說，藝術(shù)就在他身邊，隱在路邊平凡之景，舊屋新房，老樹竹林，北京、上海等藝術(shù)中心城市的熱鬧紛繁、展事密集、資訊連連同他毫無干系。他沉迷于自己詩一般的世界，希望于世間繁蕪中尋求自然的簡單與真實：朦朧遙遠(yuǎn)的山嶺、道路旁破舊的老屋、夜色中縹緲的樹林、孤寂的池塘是他筆下不斷追逐的奇異風(fēng)景。他對夜色乃至風(fēng)景進(jìn)行不斷的探索，通過畫風(fēng)景將現(xiàn)實的物象升為心中的自然，精神表達(dá)、對心靈感受的描繪超越了外觀的內(nèi)在體驗，升騰出一種純化的精神世界。

　　康海濤認(rèn)為，大自然的藝術(shù)有時候遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)勝于人為。平常人眼里路邊的風(fēng)景，在他的筆下被賦予了寧靜而簡單的美。樹影靈動，黑暗的角落也不再只是一片漆黑?？岛龔牟皇褂闷G麗的顏色，只是用丙烯層層營造出灰暗的色調(diào)，畫面中不時出現(xiàn)偶然的光源帶來律動，一切不張不揚(yáng)，靜靜地釋放著最樸實的震撼力。精靈般融會了夜與景的呼吸感。畫中詩意的哲理訴說著人性的安定與美好，這在當(dāng)今浮躁的人文氛圍中顯得難能可貴；而康海濤個人對功利的淡定，對藝術(shù)的執(zhí)著使他一直維系著那片創(chuàng)作的心靈凈土，以致看康海濤的畫時，人會不由得全身心地安靜下來，直透心靈。

　　3月20日"向內(nèi)，凝視"將以康海濤對藝術(shù)的執(zhí)著和熱愛，帶領(lǐng)我們走進(jìn)一片寧靜的夜色世界。他如同一位樂者，以浪漫的筆觸、單純的色彩、樸素的情緒、內(nèi)心的安寧譜成旋律，讓人觀后，久久縈繞心頭......

Press Release

Introversion and Meditation

Wang Yanchu

PIFO New Art Gallery is proud to present “Introversion and Meditation”，Kang Haitao’s first solo exhibition, also PIFO New Art Gallery’s first exhibition in 798 Art Area. This exhibition will be on display from 20th March to 19th April, 2009, and the catalogue with the same name of the exhibition will be published at the opening of the exhibition. Ten fine art works during 1999 and 2009 of Kang Haitao will be shown.

“Introversion and Meditation” shows the theme of this exhibition. “Introversion” is the artist’s introspection to art and creation, following the claim from heart, to seek the essence of art and the source of the creation. “Meditation” is the inner attention for beauty, a kind of human solicitude. Besides the harmony between man and nature from traditional aesthetics, this exhibition also tries to initiate the attention and thinking, in a deeper layer, of human nature.

Graduated from Sichuan Fine Arts Academy, Kang Haitao is one of the outstanding artists among the generation of 70s. In his early time, he attempted various art forms, which revealed his wide view of art and his passion and eager. Recently, he pays more attention to the beauty of scenery and night. He borrows shills from Chinese traditional paintings to cover his acrylic paintings a mood of peace but suspense, beauty but scariness. It is more than Alfred Hitchcock’s movies or Hayao Miyazaki’s animations, and it just reflects people’s strange states of mind. In this aspect, Kang Haitao, like other artists in big cities, is concerning about the world while living in a small city, and achieves the dreaming contemporary, even though contemporary is abstract to himself, because to him, painting is just a way of living.

When most of the artists filed into Beijing and Shanghai, Kang Haitao rarely leaves Sichuan. He is satisfied with the small city he is living. To Kang Haitao, art is in the ordinary landscapes, like the buildings, the trees and the bamboo forests. He is absorbed into his poetic world, seeking the simple and true way of nature. In his paintings, the far off misty mountains, the old buildings, the ethereal woods at night, or a piece of water are marvelous sceneries. He keeps on exploring the beauty of night and sceneries to make the outside objects sublimate into the inner nature. The express of spirit and soul is more than the outside experiences, to build a pure world of spirit.

Kang Haitao believes that the nature is more artistic than human beings. He endows the landscapes with peaceful and plain beauty. A wavering shadow of the tree brings spirits to the darkness. Kang Haitao never use light colors. But there are always rhythms of lights within his dark-color acrylic paintings. The rhythms are not aggressive, but electrify the audience with the plainest beauty. He is painting the breathy of night and sceneries like an angel. The poetic logic is telling the peace and beauty of human nature, which is a treasure to the impulsive environment. Kang Haitao’s detachment to fame and wealth, and his pursuit to art keep him in the pure land of art creation. You will deeply calm down when you are appreciating his works.

On 20th March, “Introversion and Meditation” will show you a peaceful world of night by Kang Haitao’s passion and pursuit of art. He is like a composer who is writing a melody with romantic brush strokes, pure colors and plain emotions. The melody will vibrate in you memory once you know it.