郑孟强 Zheng Mengqiang

Photo: Courtesy of Artist Studio

1987年生于福建,2011年毕业于天津美术学院油画系,现工作生活于北京。

在郑孟强的绘画受到多种不同的影响,其中也有不同的传统。 许多创作直接受过去伟大的画家以及电影导演的启发——巴尔蒂(Balthus)、爱森斯坦(Eisenstein)、雷诺阿(Renoir)等——让观者很容易产生熟悉感。 同时也有部分作品直接与插画,以及1950 年代至1960 年代的艺术评论和插画审美产生联系,使他的创作与像亚历克斯·卡茨、爱德华·霍珀等艺术家产生联系,都有着同样的灵感汲取来源。 然而,这两种看似不太可能的结合恰好赋予了他的作品如此独特的气质。

在郑孟强的作品中,展现给观众更多的是一种平静的结局而不是一段故事中的关键时刻。 绘画中暗示的不是接下来会发生什么,而是之前发生过什么。 画面展现了一个叙事性的结论而非故事发展。 因此,郑孟强的作品与记忆、过往密切相关。 有一部分艺术家习惯于在一件绘画作品中尽可能多地融入细节,郑孟强与之形成了鲜明的对比,作品充满内省和沉思。 色彩近乎于单色,如一张张老照片,颜色的强度逐渐淡化的过程中融为一体。

在郑孟强的艺术实践中,另一个独特之处在于对人物比例的处理上——将人物拉长且变得细长, 更自然地融入周围环境,也使图像有了统一性。而其中每一个元素都给予观者以相同的印象: 平静、宁静、渴望或性感。 艺术家的目标是构建一个和谐的画面而非冲突的图像。

郑孟强的艺术实践仅仅依赖于有限的柔和色彩,这也让他能够更轻松地将不同的元素相互融合,并且每件作品产生的情感效果能产生细微差别。 观众的眼睛不会被某幅画所吸引,相反,它会将画作作为一个整体,然后发现其中的每个细节,这种体验能营造出一种冥想的氛围。


Born in Fujian in 1987, he graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts in 2011. He currently works and lives in Beijing.

The paintings of Zheng Mengqiang conjure several different influences and traditions. Many of his paintings are directly inspired by the great painters and film director of the past – Balthus, Eisenstein, Renoir etc – and look at once familiar to the viewer. Others are more directly linked to illustration and to the aesthetic of reviews and illustrations from the 1950’s and 1960’s; in this respect he can be linked to a particular strand of American artists like Alex Katz and Edward Hopper that have drawn their inspiration from the same sources. Yet it is the unlikely combination of both these threads that give his production such a unique feel.

In Zheng Mengqiang’s paintings, the audience doesn’t get to see the pivotal moment of a story but rather its peaceful denouement. It is not what comes next that is suggested in the painting, but rather what has been going on before. The paintings show the conclusion of a narrative, not its unfolding. The works are therefore closely linked to memory and the past. They seem thoroughly introspective and meditative, in contrast with those painters who want to pack as much details as possible into a single work. In Zheng Mengqiang’s case, the paintings are almost monochromatic, just like vintage photographs in which the intensity of colors has gradually faded to blend elements together.

Another unique feature of Zheng’s artistic practice is the liberty taken with the proportion of human figures, who are in turn elongated and slimmed out to blend more smoothly with their surroundings. This has the effect of presenting a uniform image, one where each and every element is created to produce the same impression: calm, tranquility, longing or sensuality. The artist aims to create a harmonious picture, not one where the parts are conflicting amongst one another.

The artistic practice of Zheng Mengqiang relies solely on a limited palette of muted and pastel colors. This allows him to blend elements more easily into each other, but also the nuance the emotional effect produced by each work. The eye of the spectator is not attracted to a particular piece of the painting, but on the contrary it embraces the painting as a whole before inspecting each detail in turn, thereby creating a meditative aspect within the experience.



教育 Education:

2011   毕业于天津美术学院油画系



个展 Solo Exhibition:

2024   东冲暖流,HdM Gallery,北京,中国

2023   流光,新加坡艺术博览会,新加坡

2022   潮汐,五五画廊,上海,中国

2022   季风拂过东礵岛,可以画廊,合肥,中国

2011   一个人的戏剧,天津美术学院,天津,中国



群展 Group Exhibition:

2023   上海廿一当代艺术博览会,HdM 画廊, 上海,中国

2023   少女的收藏 101,X 美术馆,北京,中国

2023   艺览北京艺术博览会,HdM 画廊, 北京,中国

2023   旅途,索卡艺术中心,北京,中国

2023   日内瓦艺术博览会,HDM 画廊,日内瓦,瑞士

2023   新加坡艺术博览会,HDM 画廊,新加坡

2022   掩映:中日艺术交流展,东京画廊,北京,中国

2022   Asia Now 艺术博览会,HdM 画廊,巴黎,法国

2022   图像的震撼-80,90 中国新绘画,成都美术馆,成都,中国

2022   春风,山隐造物,北京,中国

2022   一隅三生,伯年艺术空间,北京,中国

2021   FANSHION·第二回,五五画廊,上海,中国

2021   五岁抬头展,绘画艺术坏蛋店,北京,中国

2021   Hi 21 新锐艺术市集,Hi 艺术中心,北京,中国

2020   破冰艺术计划 2020—将至已至,发酵艺术中心,沈阳,中国

2020   把光献给即将消失的仲夏夜,虚室合舍画廊,北京,中国

2019   青衿计划 2019,关山月美术馆,深圳,中国

2019   青衿计划历年优秀作品展,济宁美术馆,济宁,中国

2018   “城墙之外”2018 西安当代艺术展,西安美术馆,西安,中国

2018   “星巢计划”青年艺术家邀请展,时代艺龙美术馆,北京,中国

2018   2018 年度青年思想家:勇气与自由展,张江当代艺术馆,上海,中国

2018   “艺术北京” Hi21 新锐艺术市集,北京农展馆,北京,中国

郑孟强:东冲暖流

Zheng Mengqiang: Warm Flow From the East Coast

2024.5.22—2024.6.29
HdM Gallery 北京