斑马

Zebra

2015，影像，黑白，有声

8分32秒

作品由艺术家和王兵先生提供

2015, Video, black & white, sound

8'32''

Courtesy of the artist and Wang Bing 

在作品中，一匹刚被屠宰的黑马被屠夫凭想象力切割掉部分柔软皮毛。当一条条表皮被撕开露出白色脂肪后，黑马被“写生”成一只斑马。在这个案例中，马与人原本的友谊关系被隐去，转换为赤裸裸的屠宰生产关系。伴随着对流行消费和抽象趣味的诘问再次出现，徐渠试图以黑色幽默及残酷姿态的口吻来描述现实。

In the video, a slaughtered black horse is partially skinned by the butcher at his will. Strip after strip, the horse is skinned, showing the white fat beneath. And the black horse turns to a zebra by the end. In this case, the friendship between horses and human beings disappears, replaced is the simple relationship of butcher and animal. Xu Qu describes the reality in a cold but humorous tone when again questioning popular consumerism and the fancy of minimalism.

艺术家简介

徐渠，1978 生于江苏，2002 毕业于南京艺术学院美术学院油画系，2007于德国布伦瑞克造型艺术学院John M. Armleder教授和Birgit Hein教授的工作获得绘画和电影硕士， 2008年毕业于德国布伦瑞克造型艺术学院John M. Armleder教授的大师班，现生活、工作于北京。

徐渠在他的艺术实践上最具标识性之处在于他往往以足够的距离凝视各种价值体系的流动过程。这些价值体系有时是经济的，有时是关于伦理，又或者地缘政治的。这些被关注的事物经常带有某种残酷性，却在美学上呈现一种疏离的美感。

近期部分个展：

“混沌”，Massimo De Carlo，米兰，2019年

“疼痛”，天线空间，上海，2018年

“教义”，天线空间，上海，2016年

近期部分群展：

“祝福”，吉屋画廊，上海，2018年

“信息中的灵魂”，PPPP, 北京，2018年

“北京新语”，三远当代艺术中心，北京，2018年

“朋友圈+文化馆线上艺术计划展”，OCAT上海馆，上海，2017年

Xu Qu (b.1978, Jiangsu, China), graduated From Nanjing Art Institute in 2002, studied Fine Arts at the Braunschweig University of Art in 2007 under professors John M. Armleder and Birgit Hein, and finished his "Meisterschueler" (postgraduate study program) under Prof. John M. Armleder in 2008, and now works and lives in Beijing.

What distinguishes Xu Qu’ s artwork is his command of a critical distance where he investigates into the fluidity of various value systems. These value systems range from economics, ethics, or geopolitics. Although the objects of concern often embody a sense of cruelty, yet, they represent an alienated beauty aesthetically.

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

Chaos, Massimo De Carlo, Milan, 2019

Ache, Antenna Space, Shanghai, 2018

Doctrine, Antenna Space, Shanghai，2016

Selected Group Exhibitions:

Well-Wishes, Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai, 2018

Ghosts In Information, PPPP, Beijing, 2018

New Expression of Beijing, N3 Contemporary Art, Beijing, 2018

Moments and +More，OCAT Shanghai，Shanghai, 2017