
Hou Chen-Lu 侯辰璐
The process of creation is one of exploration and escape. Any hesitation or paradox throughout ultimately finds itself chronicled and depicted in a final viewing perspective. The artist’s childhood memories include accompanying her parents to the factory where they worked, a collective production environment typical of the 90s, where everyone would go to the public baths after work before returning home.
She remembers the wafting steam in the baths, and the plump middle-aged bodies of the women from the factory. In her works, Hou Chen-lu constructs small interrelated scenes to guide the viewer’s perspective, restoring elements of the painting through pottery. Heat from the hands leaves its mark in the sculpting process, creating a sense of warmth and time. The jet-black ink strokes on coarse grass paper also create something familiar and close.
The emotional release from creation manifests itself in a sense of madness permeating her works , in which she has created a “garden” both for the viewer and for herself, in which we find things of her imagination – a woman with three breasts, transactions, complete remains… these “archaeological” finds are a reexamination of our modern beauty standards, as societal values overcome personal tastes and preferences. As such, Hou seeks to challenge these definitions, to see if they are indeed so absolute.
創作過程於創作者而言即為探索與逃離的出口,期間的踟躕或矛盾最後都經由篤定的視角的建立而被記錄與呈現。藝術家幼時的生活記憶伴隨著父母工作的工廠,那種九○年代群體生產線的環境,下工後所有人都會在公共澡堂沐浴過後再回家。
她永遠記得澡堂內瀰漫的蒸汽以及工廠裡中年婦女豐腴的身材。侯辰璐在作品中通過構置相互關聯的小場景引導觀者焦點的流動,同時借由陶藝這一材料對畫中的要素進行還原。陶燒的手感溫度,透過醺燒的過程而留下的痕跡,讓作品更能感受到溫度跟時間性。繪畫上使用的粗纖維草紙結合墨色的線條,襯托出一種理性的溫度。
作品裡呈現的癲狂狀態,明顯感受得到藝術家在創作時內心的情感抒發,她為自己也為我們營造了一個“花園”,花園中有她想像中的第三個乳房,變異、交易、完整的殘遺……,看似考古出土的雕塑,有著三個乳房的女性,重新探討現代人的審美觀,對於社會大眾而言群體的價值觀往往凌駕於個人,因此侯辰璐想要藉由創作探討當今社會的群體主流價值,是不是真的這麼的絕對、不可動搖。
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CV | |
2019 | Ceramic Art Graduate Program, Providence, Rhode Island School of Design |
2016 | M.A. Decorative Art Design, School of Architectural, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, China |
2016 | Exchange student, Ceramic Art Graduate Program, Tainan National University of the Arts, Tainan, Taiwan |
2012 | B.A. Ceramic design, School of Architectural, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, China |
1989 | Born in China |
Solo Exhibition | |
2017 | Theatre. September Art Space. Guangzhou, China. |
2016 | Slaughtering Yard, Uxü Ceramic Art Space, Guangzhou, China |
2016 | The Molty Crew, YIRI ARTS, Taichung, Taiwan |
Group Exhibition | |
2018 | Beyond the Brickyard, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena. United States |
2018 | In the Mood for Love, Gelman Gallery, Providence, United States |
2018 | Ceramics+Photography, Nature Lab, Providence, United States |
2018 | Sleepover, Gel man Gallery, Providence, S. 2018 |
2018 | Flora Fauna, RISD Nature lab, Providence, US |
2018 | Dirt Eating Kids-Ceramics Graduate Biennial, Sol Koffler Gallery. Providence, US |
2017 | Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale, Yeoju, Korea |
2016 | Contemporary Ceramic Art in Asia, Taipei, Taiwan |
2016 | Guangdong Academy of Ceramics Exhibition, Hangzhou, China of GAFA, Guangdong, China |
2015 | Asian Ceramics Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art of China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China |
2014 | International Ceramics Exhibition, Jingdezhen Exhibition Center, Jiangxi, China |
2014 | Guangdong Academy of Ceramics Exhibition, Hangzhou, China of GAFA, Guangdong, China |
2014 | 《Fire and water blend》Ceramics watercolor Exhibition, Foshan1506 Art Museum, Jiangxi, China |
2012 | Contemporary Ceramics art in Asia, Incheon culture Art Center, Incheon, Korea |
2012 | A thousand miles- Graduation Create Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art of Xi’an Academy of Art, Shanxi, China |
2012 | National Youth Ceramic Artist Biennial, Hangzhou Art Museum, Hangzhou, China |
Art Fair | |
2018 | Art Beijing, National Agriculture Exhibition Center, Beijing, China |
2017 | Art Beijing, National Agriculture Exhibition Center, Beijing, China |
2016 | Shenzhen International Art Fair ,Exhibition Center Hall 8 ,Shenzhen ,China |
2016 | Art16 London, Olympia London, London, UK |
Artist Residency & Workshops | |
2018 | Ceramic Residency ”Residence of Strangeness”, Suroyo-Bocheon Ceramic School, Korea |
2016 | Ceramic Residency ”Residence of Strangeness”, Suroyo-Bocheon Ceramic School, Korea |
CV | |
2017 | 就讀美國羅德島設計學院 陶藝碩士 |
2016 | 畢業于廣州美術學院研究所 建築藝術設計學院 裝飾藝術設計系碩士班 |
2016 | 交換生,陶瓷藝術研修所 台南藝術大學 |
2012 | 畢業于廣州美術學院 建築藝術設計學院 陶瓷藝術設計 |
1989 | 出生於中國山東 |
Solo Exhibition | |
2017 | 劇院,九曰藝術,廣州 |
2016 | 屠宰花園,五需陶瓷藝術空間,廣州,中國 |
2016 | 烏合之眾,伊日藝術,臺中,臺灣 |
Group Exhibition | |
2018 | In the Mood for Love,Gelman Gallery,普羅維登斯,美國 |
2018 | Ceramics+Photography,Nature Lab,普羅維登斯,美國 |
2018 | Beyond the Brickyard,艾奇布雷陶藝基金會,海倫娜,美國 |
2017 | 京畿道陶藝雙年展,驪州,韓國 |
2016 | 亞洲當代陶藝展,臺北,臺灣 |
2016 | 廣東高校陶藝學院展,廣州美術學院美術館,廣州,中國 |
2015 | 亞州陶藝展,中國美術學院美術館,浙江,中國 |
2014 | 國際陶藝特展,景德鎮陶瓷會展中心,江西,中國 |
2014 | 廣東高校陶藝學院展,廣州美術學院美術館,廣東,中國 |
2014 | 《水火交融》陶藝水彩畫展,佛山1506美術館,廣東,中國 |
2014 | 亞洲當代陶藝展,仁川文化藝術中心,仁川,韓國 |
2012 | 千里之行-優秀畢業創作展,西安美術學院美術館,陝西,中國 |
2012 | 全國青年陶藝家雙年展,浙江美術館,浙江,中國 |
Art Fair | |
2018 | 藝術北京,全國農業展覽館,北京,中國 |
2017 | 藝術北京,全國農業展覽館,北京,中國 |
2016 | 深圳國際藝術博覽會,深圳會展中心8號館,深圳,中國 |
2016 | 倫敦Art16藝術博覽會,倫敦奧林匹亞,倫敦,英國 |
Residency | |
2018 | CAFA国际合作研讨会:陶瓷艺术 |
2016 | 陌生的駐地-陶藝駐村項目,首露窯陶藝學校,固城,韓國 |