Footnotes

Provenance
Art Beatus Gallery, Hong Kong
Collection of the Schoeni Family

邱志傑
標準體相之一
油彩 畫布
1996年作

簽名：邱志傑 一九九六（背面）

來源
香港精藝軒畫廊
少勵家族收藏

As an artist, curator as well as educator, Qiu Zhijie is an active protagonist in Chinese contemporary art. He creates with multifarious mediums, including painting, calligraphy, photography, performance art, and video. He was the curator of the China Pavilion for the Venice Biennale in 2017. His works are also in the collection of the Guggenheim Museum in New York.

Qiu Zhijie's work challenges the viewer with a world of complex visual experience. Blurring all boundaries, brushstrokes in black, grey, and white crisscross to form a coherent whole. Two figures face off against each other, while a third figure behind them on the right appears to exit the picture's red circle. Similar to the image circle of a camera in which only objects inside can come into focus, artist utilises their works to bring attention to pressing issues. This painting employs the imagery of flowing masses to investigate the relationships between space, time, opportunities, and conflicts. It is also a metaphor for the chaos of the information age in contemporary society.

邱志傑不僅是位藝術家，更以策展人和教學者等多重身分，活躍於中國當代藝術圈中。他的創作橫跨不同媒材，包含繪畫、書法、攝影、行為藝術和錄像。他曾擔任2017年威尼斯雙年展中國館策展人，作品也可見於紐約古根漢美術館中。

邱志傑讓觀眾置身在一個複雜的視覺世界，黑、灰、白三色縱橫交錯的筆觸彼此交融，模糊了分界。畫中兩個人物相互對峙，而後方背對的人物似乎想衝破畫面中的紅色弧線。如同照相機的影像圈，僅圈內才可聚焦成像，藝術家透過流動的形象和背景，探討關於空間、時間、機會與衝突，同時也暗示著當代社會資訊紛亂的狀況。