张巍个展《造像》将在百年印象画廊开幕

展览名称：张巍个展《造像》
策展人：杜曦云
展览总监：陈光俊
展览时间：2013 12.21 - 2014 03.15
开幕时间： 2013 12.21 16:00

展览地点：北京朝阳区酒仙桥路4号798艺术区百年印象摄影画廊
联系电话：010-64381784/59789188
电邮:798@798photogallery.cn
网址：www.798photogallery.cn

展览介绍：
造像
文 杜曦云
与其说张巍是摄影者，不如说是以摄影的方式制造虚拟图像的人。这些看似客观记录的、很接近“原型”的图像，其实是把很多中国人的身体局部在电脑中无缝拼接而成。这些略带怪异的脸孔和身体，呈现出一种微弱的荒诞感。因为貌似客观记录，这种介于真实和虚拟之间的微弱荒诞感，在感觉上更加牵动人心。

张巍很重视对人性的洞察，这些图像精致而怪异，有浓厚的“艺术”趣味，但有一定人生阅历和知识储备的观者，又能感觉到混杂在艺术趣味中的文化政治观念。他这几年制造出的大批图像，透露有沉重的历史负担和生存体验，但他懂得“魅力”的重要性——这些沉重的、令人不悦的、劳神费心的观念，如果以直白的方式出现，很可能让人望而却步。当把它们掺和在富有直观吸引力的感性形式中时，却可能被吸收、消化。

在绘画/摄影、拍摄/制作、真实/虚拟、正常/反常之间，张巍在精心调节着尺度，让这些图像保持着动人的张力。他的作品散发着迷人的异趣，有游戏的轻松和戏谑的快感，又夹杂着悲情抑或是绝望。

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Zhang Wei is not so much a photographer as a person who manufactures virtual photographic images. These seemingly objective records, very close to the “prototype” of the images, have, in fact, spliced Chinese people’s body parts seamlessly. These slightly weird faces and bodies show a weak sense of the absurdity. Because of these seemingly objective records and the a weak sense of absurdity between the real and virtual, it affects people more.

Zhang Wei has a deep insight in human nature. These delicate and bizarre images have a strong “artistic” taste. Viewers with life experiences and knowledge base can feel the cultural and political concepts mixed in the artistic tastes. In the past few years, he has created a large number of images that revealed heavy historical burden and survival experiences. But he understands the importance of “charm”-these heavy, unpleasant, and bothering concepts. If using straightforward approaches, it appears like to be prohibitive. When blending them in a visually attractive and rich sensual form, it may be absorbed and digested. 

Between painting/photography, filming/production, real/virtual, normal/abnormal, Zhang Wei carefully regulates the scale so that these images keep moving tension. His work exudes a charming interest. There is a relaxed and playful games of pleasure, but also mixed with sadness and hopeless.