An ordinary family

A solidified sensibility

A sealed temperature

A period of tangible, fluctuating time

Some appearances, words and pictures erased from memories

A block of an object filled with the most authentic and richest records

——Shen Liang

Shen Liang’s “Material, Engraving, Picture” Solo Exhibition planned by Bao Dong was opened at Space Station on 10th March, 2012. The exhibition will display up-to-date oil paintings of the last two years created by a member of N12-Shen Liang. At the exhibition, a veranda-like mode of appearance will be structured to circuitously present the fondness for old things by artists. Within the dark colour and indistinct walls, a feeling of shuttling between normal objects and ancient stone tablets is constructed.

From the early years of the 21st Century, the trend of “Photographic Painting” or “Graphic Painting” formed a kind of limited aesthetic interest while distinguishing itself from realistic painting. Artists emerged from the trend of shaping general pieces, and started to learn how to surpass the general and propel their artistic practice which had become the major problem that they were facing.

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Shen Liang’s recent works demonstrate the opportunity to change the situation. He highlighted the existence of pictures when using old photos, and involved the picture itself in the structure of the plane of existence as a material object. The relationship between photos and pictures is more like the relationship between “original” and “erased”, a physical connection between the body and the brush stroke. The thickness of the relief sculpture is like a pigment covering the graphic character of old pictures, and releases the memorial essence of the object itself.

These art works created by Shen Liang are pictures as well as objects. They not only point to a certain feeling of nostalgia and an aesthetic atmosphere but also decline any possible interpretation; they need a concentrated gaze as well as an idle glance. The possibility of considering the relationship between a painting and the picture, art and the object is also involved.

Time: 2012.3.10-3.31

Artist: Shen Liang

Curator: Bao Dong

Opening: 2012/03/10 16：00

Venue: Space Station, NO.4 Jiuxianqiao Rd, 798 Art District