恍 

梁梁绍基个展 

2018年年9月15日-11月11日 

木木美术馆 

 

木木美术馆今秋即将呈现梁绍基个展“恍”。这是梁绍基时隔近十年后，再次在北京举办的大型个展，展出作品涉及雕塑、装置、录像和摄影等不同媒介，其中六件为全新力作。

以蚕的生命历程为“材料”，是梁绍基最广为人知的创作方式；以强调与自然的互动为特征，他的艺术与生物学、高科技等跨学科领域发生着关联。

在30余年的艺术实践中，形而上哲思与诗性冥想贯穿始终，梁绍基以蚕丝所具有的令人信服的象征意涵追问着生命的起始和终结，从微观世界中窥见宏观命题。

梁绍基喜用寥寥数字来概括展览和作品的主旨，此次展览标题“恍”首先指向艺术家自蚕得到创作灵感的重要时刻：1988年年，梁绍基第一次用干茧和丝绸创作装置作品《易易》之时便由丝纤维的变幻莫测联想到了《道德经》中的“惚兮恍兮，其中有象；惚兮恍兮，其中有物”。 30年后，梁绍基对“恍”字的理解无疑融入了更加丰厚生命体验——在恍若隔世与恍若重生之间，“心”与“光”的意象也指向当代生活的困顿与自我救赎的可能。本次展览即旨在通过各有侧重的作品从不同维度再现这些沉思与顿悟。

关于梁绍基 

1945年出生于上海，1986年至1989年在中国美术学院师从万曼研究软雕塑，现居浙江天台。其近期个展包括：“云上云”，中国美术学院美术馆，杭州，2016；“梁绍基个展：丝梦”，上海爱马仕之家，上海，2015；“元”，香格纳画廊，上海，2014；“天问”，高玛吉画廊，马德里，2012。近期群展包括：“生命之树：原料的知识”，南洋理工当代艺术中心，新加坡，2018；“艺术怎么样”，卡塔尔国家博物馆，卡塔尔，2016；“20”，复星艺术中心，上海海，2016；“变化的艺术”，海沃特美术馆，英国，2012。梁绍基于1999年参加第四十八届威尼斯双年展、第四届伊斯坦布尔双年展；2000年参加第五届里昂双年展；2000年年第三届及2006年第六届上海双年展。2002年获中国当代艺术奖（CCAA）提名奖；2009年获荷兰克劳斯亲王奖。

Liang Shaoji 

As If 

15 September - 11 November 2018 

M WOODS 

M WOODS is pleased to present Liang Shaoji: As If, a survey of works from the 1990s to the present and his first solo exhibition in Beijing in nearly a decade. Featuring six new pieces, the show spans the entirety of the museum and comprises sculpture, installation,video work, and photography. Renowned for his adaptation of silkworms within the creative process, Liang skillfully manipulates light, sound, texture and smell, crafting environments monumental and diminutive over which they spin their thread. 

Living in the remote mountainous city of Tiantai (four hours from Shanghai), Liang bridges disciplines of science, spirituality and metaphysics, probing our origins in nature, and eventual return to it in death, through the symbolically potent vehicle of silk.

As in many of Liang’s previous exhibitions and artworks, the concept of the show is embodied by a singular character. Here, “恍” (huang), alternately translated as “indistinct,” “dim,” “all of a sudden,” “seemingly” and “as if,” refers to the pivotal moment that inspired the artist to use live silkworms in his practice. In 1988 while working on Yi (Change), Liang observed the light of dawn breaking across dried silkworm cocoons, which appeared reanimated. While watching the play of light and shadow, he recalled a passage from the Tao Te Ching: “As if invisible while visible; as if formless while given form.” This exhibition represents the culmination of 30 years of deep meditation on this character. Comprised of the constituent parts “心” [heart] and “光” [light], Liang reads “恍” as a message of self-atonement, a means for transformation and rebirth through art.

About the Artist 

 

Liang Shaoji (b. 1945, Shanghai) graduated in 1989 from the Varbanov Institute of Tapestry in Zhejiang Academy of Art, Hangzhou. His recent solo exhibitions include “Cloud Above Cloud” (2016) at the Museum of the China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, “Silk Dream” (2015) at Hermes Masion in Shanghai, and “Questioning Heaven” (2012) at Gao Magee Gallery, Madrid. Recent group exhibitions featuring his work include “Trees of Life: Knowledge in Material” (2018) at NTU Centre for Contemporary Art, Singapore, “Blissful Land II: Universe” (2018) at Shanghai Himalayas Museum, and “20” (2016) at Fosun Foundation, Shanghai. His work was featured in the 48th Venice Biennale (1999). In 2002, Liang was the 

recipient of the Chinese Contemporary Art Award, and in 2009 he received the Prince Claus Award.

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观展须知 

Polices 

禁使用闪光灯拍照、录像.

No flash photography or video;

请勿在观展过程中大声喧哗，馆内禁止饮食、吸烟.

Please control your voice level during your visit; no food or drinks in the exhibition area; smoking is strictly prohibited.

本次展览，木木美术馆将为持票观众免费提供中文讲解导览，详情请咨询美术馆前台工作人员.

We are going to provide free public guided tours in Chinese for our visitors, please enquire at the 

reception for more info.

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关于木木美术馆 

About M WOODS MUSEUM 

M WOODS木木美术馆坐落于北北京798艺术区，是由收藏家林林瀚、雷雷宛萤（晚晚）和黄勖夫于2014年年共同

创办的民营非营利利美术馆。作为中国本土面向公众的新型全球性艺术平台，M WOODS将定期举办展览，并推出公共活动、艺术出版物以及艺术家驻留留计划等项目。美术馆艺术项目主要依托美术馆藏，从中国古画石刻到现当代影像装置，以不不限于特定时代、地域或媒介的收藏，致力力于探寻艺术的普适性、纯粹性及恒久性，探索当下美术馆的职责。除艺术展览之外，木木美术馆将向公众定期开展系列列论坛讲座、艺术活动和电影放映等公共教育项目，推动艺术在公众中的普及与传播。2015年年，木木美术馆由经北北京市文化局和北北京市民政局批准，正式成为“非营利利艺术机构” ，并将持续在公众文化服务上做出贡献。

M WOODS is an independent, not-for-profit art museum founded in 2014 by collectors Lin Han and Wanwan Lei, and co-founded by Michael Xufu Huang. Housed in a former munitions factory in Beijing‟s 798 Art District, M WOODS opened to the public with a permanent collection based on the founders‟ private collection of international art.

The exhibition program draws from the collection but also includes major presentations of works by solo artists. As an institution in China and in the world, the M WOODS curatorial mission seeks to bring attention to emerging or overlooked artists, and new perspectives to established artists. Alongside the exhibitions, the museum runs an education program manifest in talks, events, film screenings, and art activities to engage as broad an audience as possible. In 2015, M WOODS received official not-for-profit status in acknowledgment of its cultural services to the public.