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展览海报一

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展览海报二

　　在我小时候家人总是带我去内陆的一个湖边消夏。我们的大篷车停在绿树掩映的湖边，望向窗外可以看到湖水如逐渐扩散的墨迹一般映射出天空的形状，四周没有车马喧嚣，夜晚被黑暗和静寂所覆盖。我常常回想起在湖边生活过的那些日子，我也曾试图在有着潮湿的石头和蜿蜒的水草的地方修建屋子，但爱尔兰的法律之于在湖边建屋安瓴却是不胜其烦。

　　2016 年机缘巧合，在世界的另一边，我参观了广东的华艺廊。从外界看两层木楼结构的它端坐于一条繁华的马路边上，如同中国庭院般的回廊婉转地引领我们进入到它的主厅，气氛柔和。移步造境一般地通过主厅，我们又步行其外并穿过一座石桥，在建筑物内我体验到了曲径通幽。穿过密集的绿色植物和沿途那些雕刻过的石柱，如同每一个画廊原本所应该具备的特征，这个建筑给我的感受是它已成为一个通道，而在这令人出乎意料的通道的另一边是公园和内湖，瞬间我意识到它并不毗邻喧嚣闹市，它实际上是坐落于这秀妍湖边的静谧岸上。

　　这次我们的展览将世界的两端连接在一起，意义非比寻常：里亚姆• 杰里柯(Liam Gillick)，卡拉莫• 伊内斯(Callum Innes)，梅林• 杰姆斯(Merlin James)，刘可(Liu Ke)，伊萨贝尔• 诺兰(Isabel Nolan)，肖恩• 斯库利(Sean Scully)，丽莲• 托马斯寇(Liliane Tomasko)，周力(Zhou Li)。这八个艺术家，带着其自身鲜明的个体语言，在湖边，“趴”在一起待了一会儿……

　　这次展览和出版物的呈现缘于一次深度的交流。这是一次探索新关系和可能性的尝试。科林画廊对所有同意参与此展览的艺术家深表谢意，尤其是对华艺廊的邀请以及王野夫先生的慷慨合作深以为感。

　　达沃• 霍根，都柏林科林画廊

　　2017 年2 月

　　PARK

　　When I was younger my family spent summers by a lake in the midlands. Parked in a caravan, hemmed in by trees. Through the window a Rorschach view of water mirroring sky. There was no sound of cars.At night, an absolute darkness and full silence. I would imagine and still imagine living on the water's edge. I tried once but there are too many laws in Ireland against building on a lakeshore among it's wet stones and purple loosestrife.

　　In 2016 I visited Holly's Gallery in Guangdong, Guangzhou, on the other side of the world.It sits proud, elevated on the edge of a busy road. Steps take you up and away through an entrance that feels welcoming, it has a soft and friendly face. Inside, the building plays tricks. Once past the reception I am outside again and crossing a stone bridge. The constant traffic is distant and the passage is now through dense green plants and carved stone columns. The building is, as every gallery should be - a gateway. On the other side of this remarkable gate is a park and water. Holly's gallery not on the edge of a road but on the shore of a beautiful lake.

　　This is the unusual setting for an unlikely gathering; Liam Gillick, Callum Innes, Merlin James, Liu Ke, Isabel Nolan, Sean Scully, Liliane Tomasko and Zhou Li. Eight very different artists, parked together for a while…

　　This exhibition and publication is the result of a conversation. It is an attempt to explore new relationships and suggest possibilities. Kerlin Gallery would like to thank all the artists who have agreed to take part and in particular Yefu Wang and Holly’s Gallery for extending to us the invitation to visit and collaborate.

　　Darragh Hogan, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin

　　February 2017