Crossways against the war

SEO個(gè)展

展期：2010年6月2日—6月14 日

地點(diǎn)：今日美術(shù)館 1號(hào)館3層

SEO 創(chuàng)作了一系列戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)題材的作品。如果美學(xué)的上層建筑需要一個(gè)主題作為支撐的話，這些作品的主題就是——恐怖，它超越個(gè)人，涉及社會(huì)本身。但請(qǐng)注意，SEO 的圖像并非恐怖的圖像戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的圖像怎么可能不是恐怖、傷殘和肉搏的圖像呢？在藝術(shù)中，這當(dāng)然是可能的。她的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)圖像捕捉的是好戰(zhàn)行為背后的情感和心理。她恰恰對(duì)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中人性的一面感興趣，并將之轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)樗囆g(shù)的信息。

看到SEO 畫中的坦克向你嘎嘎地開(kāi)過(guò)來(lái)，會(huì)令你感到這種武器傳達(dá)的某種恐怖。幫助我們“消化”這種在其他情況下定然令人難以接受的視覺(jué)食物的，是輕盈、和諧的色彩，是特意營(yíng)造的那種非戲劇化的環(huán)境，還有畫家熟練的技法和精美的畫面品質(zhì)。對(duì)藝術(shù)來(lái)說(shuō)，美學(xué)經(jīng)驗(yàn)才是重要的，

反過(guò)來(lái)，美學(xué)經(jīng)驗(yàn)也不能完全和主題分離。只要是藝術(shù)，表現(xiàn)任何主題都是可以的，正如兵不厭詐（All is fair in war，意即戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中的手段不以道德論）一樣，藝也不厭兵——何況是像SEO 樣用偉大的人道主義方式解讀戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。即使現(xiàn)在就將這個(gè)系列列入21 世紀(jì)初最重要的圖像也不為過(guò)。

Without Words 2009

Solo Exhibition of SEO

Duration: June 2nd – June 14th

Venue: 3rd floor exhibition hall of building 1

SEO has created a series of paintings on the subject of war. If there is any subject in need of an aesthetic superstructure,it’s just that – more than other motifs of horror, like murder, as it transcends the individual, involving society itself. But, mind you, SEO’s images are not images of horror. Images of war which aren’t images of horror, mayhem and gore? How is that possible? By art, of course. Her images of war are images pursuing the emotions and the psychology of bellicose acts. It is definitely the very human side of it all which interests her most and transforms it into an artistic message.

Seeing SEO’s tank rattling towards youmakes you sense some of the horror this weapon communicates. Psychologists of war have always agreed on that the fear it spreads is a highly important function of the tank. It is the lightness, the harmonies of colour, the deliberately non-dramatic setting that provides, together with the painterly

mastership and exquisite quality, a way of “digesting” this otherwise less agreeable

visual food. Even more than that – the art of painting makes this a gratifying experience. It is the aesthetic experience that counts, which, in turn, cannot be completely separated from the subject. If it is art, it is fair, and be it on the subject of war – especially in the great humanistic way SEO interprets it. It is not too early to count this series among the most important images of the early 21st Century.