赵博个展 - 世界尽头与冷酷仙境

　　Zhao Bo Solo Exhibition “Hard-Boiled Wonderland and The End of The World”

　　开幕 Opening：2018.04.07 16：00

　　展期 Duration：2018.04.07 - 2018.05.13

　　地点 Venue：索卡艺术·北京

　　地点 Address：北京市朝阳区酒仙桥路2号798艺术区

　　电话 Tel：86-10-5978-4808

　　受到国内外资深收藏家喜爱的重要青年艺术家赵博，将于开春之际，在北京索卡艺术为大家呈献全新的重要个展“世界尽头与冷酷仙境”，此次展览为艺术家的第6次个展，也是在北京索卡艺术的第2次大型个展，将从2018年4月7日展至2018年5月13日。

　　赵博1984 年生于沈阳，是首位艺术创作者以学生身分，取得挪威奥斯陆国立美术学院的驻校交换资格，并在2011年前往挪威交流学习，同年，亦从鲁迅美术学院油画系硕士班毕业，现为极受瞩目的新锐艺术家，更是索卡少数签约经营的中国年轻艺术家。近年来，赵博真假虚幻的主题风格深受市场喜爱，2015年“欲望森林二号”以高于两倍预估价，40万港币成交，在拍卖市场上创下亮眼记录。

　　生于东北的他，成长于中国飞速发展的时代，体制的剧变恰好与赵博的成长同步，信息信息爆炸伴随着环境污染，使得热爱生活的他，作品中充满独特的悲剧感，魔幻的末日场景、炫丽狂野的色彩暗喻着现代光怪陆离的社会纷乱及精神上的焦虑不安。此次展览将推出“世界的尽头”、“冷酷仙境”及“星空下的芸芸众生”等新系列，被视为是以往系列“苏格拉底的预言”、“美丽新世界”所延续的创作进化，探讨人类社会无所不在的秩序及外在影响，身处在其之下的我们，“拒绝又认同，没有它也活不下去”的无奈，对其提出质疑的同时却感到深沉的无力感，痛苦并快乐。

　　繁华过后，一切终将归于星尘，转化成为万物生长的起始，赵博不只专注于个体忧愁，而以更广阔的眼界关心世界的发展，并企图透过作品感动其他人，使观者得到反思。邀请大家2018年4月7日到北京索卡艺术共同探索赵博的奇幻世界。

　　赵博

　　1984 生于辽宁沈阳

　　2011 毕业于鲁迅美术学院研究所

　　现生活工作于辽宁沈阳，中国

　　For me， the most important thing is to keep using my work to seek the existence of truth in this world。 The job and responsibility of an artist is to pursue truth。 Therefore， it is critical to understand the world and oneself。 With what order does this complex world operate？ The world is so huge， so cold， so chaotic， and so hard to imagine。 As a soft individual， from womb to tomb， we keep contacting and colliding with the world， and the experiences and encounters are collectively called “fate。”

　　Fate itself is hard to understand。 When it uses a mysterious force to connect an individual with the world， spirituality is thus created。 Joy， hope， anger， loneliness， anxiety—emotions affect an individual in various forms， making us feel powerless， small， and weak when facing the world， this gigantic existence。 That is why various cultural discourses from the East and West all have descriptions about a wonderful world， a world like the Garden of Eden or an utopia。 We all want to seek the end of the world that belongs to us， where our anxious soul can rest。

　　In the modern era saturated with technology and overwhelming messages， systems invade the life of an individual with an unprecedented and crazy gesture， making one feel as if there is no place to run， as if everything were drowning in this hard-boiled wonderland covered in light and mist， passing each day as if one were asleep。 I suddenly felt that those Gardens of Eden and utopias were part of this large design。 Identification and rejection could be the same thing。 Then what is the something the self as an individual tries to find？ Facing this gigantic world order， where does the meaning of life lie？

　　Every time I look up at the sky， thinking that my short life will eventually be devoured by eternity and that I know nothing about this minute space I alone occupy， I feel uneasy and fearful。 If everything will eventually turn into stardust， what is the meaning of life in the gigantic reincarnation of the universe？ As an artist， what I can do is to keep asking questions through the mediation of my works， just as Haruki Murakami keeps utilizing jogging and writing to respond to this chaotic world。 I used the title of his novel Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World as the name of this exhibition because it has a symbolic meaning that matches my work well and because I would like to pay homage to him。

　　2018.03.04 Zhao Bo

　　部分参展作品

星空 Starry Sky 330x300cm 布面综合材料 Composite Material on Canvas 2018

　　冷酷仙境-1号 Hard-Boiled Wonderland No.1 90x120cm 布面综合材料 Composite Material on Canvas 2017

　　我们来自星尘-3号 We Come from Stardust No.3 90x120cm 布面综合材料 Composite Material on Canvas 2017

　　星空下的芸芸众生-2号 All Living Creatures Under the Starry Sky No.2 150x230cm 布面综合材料 Composite Material on Canvas 2017-2018

冷酷仙境-2号 Hard-Boiled Wonderland No.2 250x300cm 布面油画 Oil on Canvas 2017

浮舟 Floating Boat 150x100cm 布面油画 Oil on Canvas 2018