生逢其时—小林敬生&陈琦作品展

Right Place Right Time

Artworks by Keisei Kobayashi & Chen Qi

策展人/Curator:张远帆 Zhang Yuanfan

艺术家/Artists: 小林敬生Keisei Kobayashi, 陈琦Chen Qi

展期/ Duration: 2019.4.27 - 6.30

开幕/ Opening: 2019.4.27 (Sat.) 3:00pm

地点/ Venue: 亚洲艺术中心 (北京) Asia Art Center (Beijing)

北京市朝阳区酒仙桥路2号大山子798艺术区（周一休馆）

Dashanzi 798 Art Dist., No.2, Jiuxianqiao Rd., Chaoyang Dist., Beijing

Asia Art Centerannounces the opening of Right Place Right Time—Artworks by Keisei Kobayashi & Chen Qion April 27th, 2019. This is a Duo Exhibition of showing two artists’ works. Keisei Kobayashi was born in Shimane prefecture, Japan in 1944. He has been a professor in Tama Art University since 1997 and is currently the director of The Japan Print Association. Chen Qi was born in Nanjing, China in 1963, he is currently working as a professor and the Deputy Dean of Graduate School of CAFA (Central Academy of Fine Arts), the associate director of Printmaking Art Committee of China Artists Association, and the secretary general of Printmaking Department of China National Academy of Painting. This exhibition is not only the first time for Japanese artist Keisei Kobayashi to show his oeuvre in China, but also a systematic review of Chen Qi’s works along with the upcoming 58th La Biennale di Venezia. The exhibition features more than a dozen pieces of wood engraving by Keisei Kobayashi during his 40 years art career from late 1970s till now, these works are in juxtaposition with Chen Qi’s latest large-scale woodblock paintings as well as early figuration works so as to create a dialogue between them. The exhibition build a bridge of connecting the two artists between whom lies a 20-year gap, they put their reflection about our times into their works and show their distinct creative conception. The exhibition will be on view until June 30, 2019.

小林敬生 Keisei Kobayashi 白色早晨-群舞•05D At the Dawn-Gunbu•05D 图心 87x233.2cm; 图纸 115x259cm 木口木刻版画 Wood Engraving　2014

小林敬生 Keisei Kobayashi 漂泊-No.6D Space Wonder Land-No.6D 图心 37x61.5cm; 图纸 55.5x82.3cm 木口木刻版画 Wood Engraving　1981

小林敬生 Keisei Kobayashi 漂泊-No.10C Space Wonder Land-No.10C 图心 41.5x97cm; 图纸 68x106cm 木口木刻版画 Wood Engraving 1984

小林敬生 Keisei Kobayashi 日复升-绿色之星•8D Sunrises Again-Illusional Planet•8D 图心 103.2x257.5cm; 图纸 124x283cm 木口木刻版画 Wood Engraving 2008

小林敬生 Keisei Kobayashi 苏醒时刻-群舞 94•10C Transferred Soul-Gunbu 94•10C 图心 87.5x105.8cm; 图纸 105.5x125.7cm 木口木刻版画 Wood Engraving 1994

小林敬生 Keisei Kobayashi 早晨-群舞•04A At Daybreak•04A 图心 58x29.5cm; 图纸 72.2x44.3cm 木口木刻版画 Wood Engraving 2014

From concerns in the vicissitudes of social reality to exposing the shifts in our surrounding environment, Kobayashi’s work has been gradually leaning toward optimistic depictions of the future; his incisiveness has softened, and his once aggressive imageries have embraced a gentle touch in an effort to convey his wishes for all “beings” (sheng) to live in harmony. Chen Qi’s work has progressed into continuous explorations into a hybrid of abstract shapes and cultural sentiments through continuous observations at his surrounding objects and scenes; his perspective pierces deep beneath the surface, his former complex elements are now simplistic, and his imagery seems so enigmatically mystical as it attempts to probe at the significance of “life” (sheng).

陈琦Chen Qi 初本 The Origin 图心 159.5x159.5cm

图纸 180x180cm 水印版画 Woodblock Print 2016

陈琦Chen Qi 风景图式 Scenery Schema 52x76cm

水印版画 Woodblock Print 1998

陈琦Chen Qi 美杜莎 Medusa 200x600cm

水印版画 Woodblock Print 2019

陈琦Chen Qi 水中鱼之二 Fish in the Water No.2

80×80cm 水印版画 Woodblock Print 1999

陈琦Chen Qi 双峰图 Dual Lotus 73x180cm

水印版画 Woodblock Print 2019

陈琦Chen Qi 天人之际 Heaven and Men 240x120cm

水印版画 Woodblock Print 2019

The paths these two have taken might have seemed incongruous with the course of time and space as people never shied from voicing their criticisms and doubts. The two’s unyielding stance and, luckily, them having been born in an era that accepts different voices allowed for their individual discourse to spring, and frees them to respond to the era from their distinct perspectives. As Kobayashi once said, it would be futile to discuss his work once the factor of time is removed. Times make the man just as men have enriched the times, and is that not a great tale of our times? Chen Qi once said, “Having been born in this magnificent era, we should complete the tasks handed to us so as to not waste the time we are in, and to not squander our lives of limited years.” The proverb of Right Place Right Timeseems to be exactly so.

Courtesy of the artists and Asia Art Center.

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