孙原&彭禹 Sun Yuan & Peng Yu

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孙原1972年出生于北京,彭禹1974年出生于黑龙江、随后搬到北京,两人目前都在北京生活和工作。这两位杰出人物在90年代中国曲折的文化环境中共同前行,以不跟随当时盛行的艺术主流的方式表达他们的独特性,极具挑衅性,挑战全球艺术流派中占主导地位的道德标准。他们对非传统材料的兴趣、对古老冲突的吸收,以及非凡的直觉和远见,使他们的艺术作品充满张力和独特性。

孙原和彭禹在艺术道路上如走钢丝般坚持追求不失平衡的矛盾概念;他们在恒常与对比、现实与理想、冲突与和谐之间进行探索。他们直白地表达了一种不同于典型当代艺术喧嚣的艺术交流本质,更倾向于自我反省而非单纯挑衅。

从扩展的角度来看,他们的作品既可以被视为对生命的细致研究,也可以被认为是一种不可或缺的体验。此外,还可以被视为对本质的不断探索,因为本质与表象不同。为此,他们在风格和概念上大胆地努力改变主题,以揭示被传统障碍剥离后的真相,并扩大概念的界限。

他们在众多公共和私人机构做过展览,其中包括:第五届里昂双年展(2000年);横滨三年展(2001年);第一届广州三年展(2002年);北京今日美术馆(2003年);里昂MAC当代美术馆(2004年);光州双年展(2004年);安特卫普MuHKA当代美术馆(2004年);伯尔尼美术馆(2005);第51届威尼斯双年展(2005年);利物浦双年展(2006年);第二届莫斯科双年展(2007年);格拉茨美术馆(2007);常青画廊(2008年,2009年,2011年);伦敦萨奇画廊(2008年);东京国立新美术馆(2008年);北京UCCA尤伦斯当代艺术中心(2009年);第二届莫斯科双年展(2009年);名古屋爱知三年展(2010年);悉尼双年展(2010年);香港Para Site艺术空间(2011年);北京佩斯画廊(2011年);第十三届卡塞尔文献展(2012);台北当代艺术中心(2012年);伦敦海沃画廊(2012年);基辅平丘克艺术中心(2013);柏林Uferhallen艺术空间(2014年);多哈卡塔尔博物馆(QMA)(2016年);纽约古根海姆美术馆(2016年);第十一届上海双年展(2016年);韩国DMA大田美术馆(2017年);毕尔巴鄂古根海姆博物馆(2018年);第58届威尼斯双年展(2019年)。


Sun Yuan was born in Beijing in 1972, Peng Yu was born in Heilongjiang in 1974 and subsequently moved to Beijing, where both of them currently live and work. These two prominent figures made their way together through the winding cultural situation of the 90’s in China, expressing their singularity without following the spectacular artistic mainstream of that period, being extremely provocative, challenging the moral standards that prevailed in the global art stream. The interest in unusual materials, the absorption of ancient conflicts and an extraordinary ability of intuition and foresight is what make their artworks intense and unique.

Sun Yuan and Peng Yu forge their artistic route walking straight on a tightrope without losing balance of the paradoxical concepts they pursue; the dichotomies between constants and contrasts, reality and ideals, clashes and harmonies. They express bluntly the communicative essence of a different art, far different from the typical contemporary din; oriented toward self-examination rather than mere provocation.

In expansion, their work can be taken as a meticulous study of life as much as it may be considered an indispensable experience, and additionally as a perpetual search of the essence as it differs from the evidence. For this purpose they stylistically and conceptually strive to alter the subject with audacity, in order to expose Truth stripped of all conventional barriers and to widen conceptual limits.

They have exhibited in numerous public and private institutions, including: the 5th Lyon Biennale (2000); the Yokohama Triennial (2001); the 1st Guangzhou Triennial (2002); the Today Art Museum, Beijing (2003); the MAC Contemporary Art Museum, Lyon (2004); the Gwangju Biennale (2004); the MuHKA Contemporary Art Museum, Antwerp ( 2004); Kunstmuseum Bern (2005); 51st Venice Biennale (2005); Liverpool Biennale (2006); 2nd Moscow Biennale (2007); Kunsthalle Graz (2007); Evergreen Gallery (2008, 2009, 2011); Saatchi Gallery, London (2008); The New National Gallery, Tokyo ( 2008); UCCA Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art, Beijing (2009); 2nd Moscow Biennale (2009); Aichi Triennial, Nagoya (2010); Sydney Biennale (2010); Para Site Art Space, Hong Kong (2011); Pace Gallery, Beijing (2011); Documenta 13, Kassel (2012); Centre for Contemporary Art, Taipei (2012); Hayward Gallery, London (2012); Pinchuk Art Centre, Kiev (2013); Uferhallen Art Space, Berlin (2014); Qatar Museums of Art (QMA), Doha (2016); Guggenheim Museum of Art, New York (2016); 11th Shanghai Biennale (2016); DMA, Korea Daejeon Museum of Art (2017); Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (2018); 58th Venice Biennale (2019).

时间知道艺术的答案——常青画廊北京二十周年特展

Time Knows the Answer to Art - Galleria Continua Beijing 20th Anniversary Exhibition

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常青画廊 Galleria Continua 北京