維度之間---李暉個展 Between Dimensions- Li Hui Solo Exhibition

展覽時間：2009/ 6/12-7/19
展覽地點：關渡美術館4F展覽室
開幕茶會：2009/ 6/12/17:00 PM

1977年出生於中國北京，2003年畢業於中央美術學院的李暉，以精密的層疊壓克力雕塑、空間性的激光雷射在中國新媒體藝術裡展現了中國新世代的獨特性與開拓性。相較於中國當代藝術中佔絕大比例的主流架上繪畫形式，更顯這位七○後青年藝術家的重要性與前衛性。

本次在關渡美術館的李暉個展由索卡藝術中心所籌辦，李暉將以雷射激光裝置來重新詮釋關美館的空間，作品《被理性釋放的靈魂》將運用鐳射、煙霧、醫用紗布、醫療設備等在裝置藝術中不常規的材料來組合、再塑、創造出一種充滿變化、迷幻、神秘，甚至宗教式的視覺效果的手術現場。期待觀眾能在這無中生有的煙霧中，體會這不可言說、卻又充滿想像的空間知覺。

去年上海藝術博覽會上，李暉以作品<琥珀>展現上海F1賽車與當代藝術結合的另一種精確性，在本展中，另一件作品<橋>，同樣是李暉以精密的透明壓克力層板的切割技術，形構出深具內涵與反思意義的空間性立體作品，李暉說到「在我的觀念裏，如果世界上沒有戰爭那這些武器都將成為廢物，那時就可以把武器改裝成建築、橋樑、路標等公共設施。」 李暉對材質的運用皆別具巧思，如用壓克力與LED燈做為創作材質的雕塑作品，構思出他的概念性裝置作品。這兩種材料具備同一種特性：視覺上的透明度。壓克力本身可以形成不同的空間；LED燈則可以將空間轉變成為一層一層的視覺深度，營造出雕塑作品神秘難測的氛圍，表達與速度及生命變遷相關的主題。

當材質性過於強烈時，藝術家往往更須謹慎在創作背後所堅持的思想核心為何?在李暉的過程中，作品材質上從不鏽鋼、壓克力，到雷射及LED燈等，李暉皆淋漓盡致地、精準地發揮這些西方工業材質的特性與美感價值，一次又一次營造出一個如夢似真的夢幻世界，但重要的是，在李暉創作的核心價值仍能保有極具東方思惟的反思空間，並誠如李暉所說「回顧我的學習生涯，我認為，我們接受的是西方的技巧訓練，但就內容、甚或骨子裡，我們仍跳脫不開東方傳統。我要在我的作品裡呈現這樣的現象，而這正是今日存在於中國一種相當典型的現象」。

若創作本身也是實驗，李暉以獨特的創作形式，透過精密的藝術實驗，讓東方唯心思維與西方形式美學有了一場難得的當代際遇。歡迎您來關渡美術館，一同進入李暉夢工廠。

Li Hui was born in 1977 in the city of Beijing, and he graduated from the China Central Academy of Fine Arts in 2003. Li shows the uniqueness and new boundaries of the new age of Chinese New Media art in his sculptures made of precisely-cut acrylic and artworks created from spatial lasers. Chinese contemporary art is centered around paintings and portraits, thus Li, as a young artist born in the 1970’s, is of great importance to the Chinese art world, and his works are considered very avant-garde.

The Li Hui personal exhibition at the Kuangdu Museum of Fine Arts is organized by the Soka Art Center. Li uses laser installations to reinterpret the exhibitions space in the Kuangdu Museum of Fine Arts. The work “The Soul Released by Rationality” uses lasers, smoke, gauze, medical equipment and other materials not commonly seen in artworks to construct and create a surgical operation scene full of changing, fantastic, mysterious and religious visual effects. Li hopes that viewers can understand the spatial sensation that is indescribable yet full of imagination in this fabricated smoke.

In the work “Amber”, which was on exhibition at the Shanghai Art Exhibition last year, Li Hui showed the precise integration of Shanghai F1 races with contemporary art. In the work “Bridge” which will be shown at the Kuangdu exhibit, Li uses his skills in forging stainless steel and cutting with a fruit knife to create a spatial three-dimensional work that has deep connotative and introspective meanings. Li Hui says that “In my opinion, if there are no wars, all weapons will become useless, and then we can use weapons to construct buildings, bridges, road signs and other public infrastructure.” Li uses materials in unique ways, and an example is the way

in which he uses LED lights and acrylic planks to create his sculptures and conceptual installations. These two materials have a common trait: they are both transparent. Acrylic can be molded into different shapes, and LED lights can transform space into layers of visual depth to create an aura of mystique around the sculpture and express themes related to speed and the changes in life.

When the materials in artworks start to become more unique and eye-catching, artists need to put more emphasis on the core ideals behind the work. In his works, Li Hui is able to precisely and fully bring out the aesthetics and traits of Western industrial materials such as stainless steel, acrylic, lasers and LED lights and create many times a fantasy world that is dreamlike and almost real. But more importantly, Li is able to retain an Eastern style introspective space in the core values of his works. Li said that “Looking back at my artistic life, I believe that we Chinese artists receive Western art training, but the content of our works and our spirits are still rooted in traditional Chinese culture. I want to portray this phenomenon in my works, because this is a classic phenomenon that exists in China today.”

If art creation is an experiment in itself, Li Hui has used his unique creativity and createed a precise art experiment that integrates Eastern idealism and Western-style aesthetics. We welcome you to the Kuangdu Museum of Fine Arts and enter Li Hui’s dream factory.