钱宁越 Qian Ningyue ( b.1999 )

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生于1999年,生活和工作在伦敦,本科毕业于上海大学美术学院雕塑系,硕士毕业英国皇家艺术学院雕塑系。宁越的作品灵感来自于现代性神话的探讨,在英国与中国两地间穿梭所感受的差异重塑了她对空间、记忆与身份的基本理解。期间,她将视角转至她家乡—中国宁波—的烹饪文化。饮食与消化所参与构成的社会与身体的同构空间是她不断与这个世界进行协商的现场,也是她创作的重要手段。现代性神话(the myth of modernity)叙事下的情感空间(affective space)隐含在宁越的作品与材料当中。她以烹饪(文化烹饪)为灵感进行创作和批判,运用面团、糖等厨房中的日常材料,以当代或是现场的烹饪方式将这些看似脆弱,习以为常的材料连接起来并不断提升其延展与覆盖的能力。


Born in 1999, lives and works in London, graduated with first class honours in sculpture from Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts as an undergraduate, and master’s degree from MA sculpture 23-24 at the Royal College of Art. Ningyue's work is inspired by an exploration of the myths of modernity. As a Chinese expatriate living in London, the differences she feels as a result of her constant travelling between geographical and cultural locations have reshaped her fundamental understanding of space, memory and identity. She focuses on the culinary culture of her hometown, Ningbo, China. Food and digestion constitute a structural isomorphism between society and the body, and this is the main site in which she constantly negotiates with the world and develops the important means of her creation. Dough as a medium inspires her; everchanging dough shapes trigger her to think about unconscious habits within oneself and how the body floats in relationships.

The affective space beneath the narrative of the myth of modernity is implied in Ningyue's treatment of materials. She uses cooking (cultural cooking) as an inspiration for her creativity and criticality, using everyday kitchen materials such as dough and sugar, and combining these seemingly fragile and mundane materials with contemporary or on-site cooking methods to continuously extend and expand them until they reach a level of coverage.

幕后之后,物外之外

Behind the Scene, Behind the Thing

2025.4.12—2025.5.31
库比森画廊 Cubism Art Space 上海