黃鉛筆之涂鴉,
Yellow Pencil-Scrawl
160 x 200 cm
acrylic on canvas

　　中國(guó)當(dāng)代畫(huà)廊
　　王可個(gè)展 － “你要聽(tīng)我的”
　　2008年6月28日-7月30日。開(kāi)幕式：6月28日， 下午3點(diǎn)

　　中國(guó)當(dāng)代畫(huà)廊將舉辦“王可個(gè)展 － 你要聽(tīng)我的”。展覽時(shí)間為2008年6月28日至2008年7月30日。開(kāi)幕式為：2008年6月28，下午3：00點(diǎn)。屆時(shí)藝術(shù)家將出席開(kāi)幕式，歡迎大家踴躍參加！

　　王可畢業(yè)于中國(guó)美術(shù)學(xué)院，她是卡通一代中最具有才華的一員。王可選擇在大尺寸的畫(huà)布上畫(huà)出別具風(fēng)格的卡通形象，她認(rèn)為這些卡通形象以擬人的風(fēng)格再現(xiàn)了自己的神情。卡通是她自我反思的媒介，藝術(shù)家的創(chuàng)作題材是最具個(gè)人主義色彩的。對(duì)于她的創(chuàng)作，王可說(shuō)“每天我都對(duì)自己進(jìn)行嚴(yán)格的自我評(píng)價(jià);我似乎每天都在畫(huà)我自己”。

　　王可是在中國(guó)實(shí)行計(jì)劃生育時(shí)出生的，所以這一代人都是獨(dú)生子女，這些孩子同時(shí)感受著孤獨(dú)和溺愛(ài)。與此同時(shí)，中國(guó)的改革開(kāi)放使西方文化迅速涌入中國(guó)，國(guó)家在傳統(tǒng)與現(xiàn)代化之間尋求自身的平衡，所以1979年之后出生的一代人，他們也正在尋找著他們自己的聲音。

　　為了鑒別自我的外在特征和內(nèi)心深處?kù)`魂的特征，藝術(shù)家將重點(diǎn)放置在細(xì)節(jié)的描述上，例如：一件服裝的接縫，瞬息的一現(xiàn)的眼神和iPod（蘋(píng)果播放器）的按鈕。畫(huà)布上有大片單一的顏色，但也不乏對(duì)細(xì)節(jié)的描述。借助于這些細(xì)節(jié)，藝術(shù)家表達(dá)了所要傳遞的信息以及她對(duì)細(xì)小部位的關(guān)注。

　　王可作品的主題是通過(guò)呈現(xiàn)細(xì)節(jié)從而表達(dá)自己的思想。有些畫(huà)面上狡猾的人物精打細(xì)算著。有些畫(huà)面能直接與觀眾產(chǎn)生對(duì)話，例如“我的泡泡”。在其它的作品中，比如“起飛”和“黃鉛筆之涂鴉”則展示了藝術(shù)家更嚴(yán)肅的一面。將此次展覽中的所有作品看作為一個(gè)整體，則體現(xiàn)了王可對(duì)自我的探索。其中包括各式各樣的豐富的神情，如滑稽的、富有批評(píng)的、具有諷刺意味的、夢(mèng)幻般的、郁悶的、壓抑的或挖苦的。她的畫(huà)有力地闡述了人性是由這些神情互相結(jié)合的，通過(guò)這些豐富的神情從而體現(xiàn)了人性的各個(gè)層面。

　　2007年王可在中國(guó)當(dāng)代北京畫(huà)廊的個(gè)展“大臉”和紐約畫(huà)廊的“卡通一代”，均為王可帶來(lái)了知名度。接下來(lái)她將在巴西圣保羅的托馬斯科恩畫(huà)廊舉辦展覽，此展的開(kāi)幕時(shí)間為2008年6月13日。

My Bubbles
2008
acrylic on canvas

　　Chinese Contemporary Gallery
　　Wang Ke – You Must Listen to Me
　　28 June – 30 July 2008
　　opening : 28 June 2008, 3 pm

　　For immediate release – Chinese Contemporary Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of You Must Listen to Me, an exhibition of new works by Wang Ke. The artist has prepared fifteen new paintings that will be on display 28 June – 30 July 2008 at Chinese Contemporary’s Beijing gallery in Factory 798. There will be an opening held on 28 June 2008, 3 pm where the artist will be present.

　　A graduate of the China Academy of Fine Art in Hangzhou, Wang Ke is one of the most talented stars of the Cartoon Generation. Through her quest for individual identity, Wang Ke chooses to paint oversized, stylized heads, which she claims are anthropomorphic interpretations of her own facial features. Employing cartoon imagery as a vehicle for self-reflection, the artist volunteers the most physically unique element that she lays claim to, her body, for critique. As Wang Ke says of her work, ‘Everyday I put myself through a rigorous self-assessment; it seems like everyday I have to paint myself.’

　　Wang Ke is a product of the One Child Policy which has resulted in a generation that has known both the oppressive loneliness and lavish attention which being an only child fosters. Combining this with the rapid influx of Western culture after Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms, it is no wonder that those born after 1979, like Wang Ke, are grappling with finding their voice in a country seeking its own balance between tradition and modernity. In order to extract and distinguish those qualities which drive her definition of self and elucidate the innermost psyche, the artist focuses on minute details – the cross-stitching pattern of a clothing seam, a gleam in the eye, the nodules of an iPod. Large swaths of canvas are painted in solid blocks of color, yet it is the details that lend the paintings their character and that convey the artist’s preoccupation with the expressive quality of minutia.

　　The subjects of Wang Ke’s paintings illustrate the artist’s belief in the value of depicting small vignettes as a reflection of her frame of mind. At times the characters are sly, with calculating, engaging eyes that cajole their audience into a direct dialogue – as in My Bubbles. In other works, such as Take Off and Yellow Pencil Scrawl, Wang Ke’s figures communicate the artist’s reserve, aloofness and altogether wistful reflections. When viewed as a whole, the paintings on display in You Must Listen to Me are a manifestation of Wang Ke’s exploration of herself – whether they be comical, critical, ironic, dreamy, morose, repressed, or quizzical. Through her paintings, the artist demonstrates clearly and resolutely the extent to which an individual is a synchronized, myriad compilation of these sentiments and that it is often the imperceptible components of life that reveal an individual’s various facets.

　　Wang Ke’s 2007 Solo Show Big Head and her inclusion in the exhibition Cartoon Generation, held at Chinese Contemporary Beijing and New York respectively, both met with unbounded success. The artist’s work will also appear in the upcoming show Cartoon Generation, set to open 13 June 2008 at Thomas Cohn Gallery in Sao Paolo, Brazil.