新展预告｜卤猫——“花与花豹的凝视”（微信文章未删减版）

展览日期

2024年7月27日-9月26日

展览地址

MoCA上海当代艺术馆

（上海市黄浦区南京西路231号人民公园7号门内）

开放时间

周二至周日13:30-21:30

（周一闭馆）

艺术家

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卤猫

卤猫，1988年生于福建，现居上海，是中国顶尖插画师之一。近年来，他跨界油画、雕塑及当代艺术，创作力愈发旺盛。其作品融合自然与人文，情感饱满，独具一格。

代表作包括个人画集《旅行箱里的四季》，个人绘本《找到这颗星球》、《狐狸卜》。

上海当代艺术馆举办其最全面，作品量最多的大型个展，全面呈现其艺术探索之路。

Oamul, born in 1988 in Fujian, China, now resides in Shanghai and is recognized as one of the leading illustrators in the country. In recent years, his artistic endeavors have expanded into oil painting, sculpture, and contemporary art, with his creativity flourishing more than ever, yet his mastery of emotionally resonant pieces blending nature and humanity remains unparalleled.

His important published works include "Travelling Through the Seasons" and illustrated storybooks "I Found a Star" & "Feribo."

The Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai （MoCA） hosted Oamul's comprehensive and largest-scale solo exhibition, whilst also showcasing the full extent of his artistic journey.

策展人

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孙文倩

上海当代艺术馆执行馆长，艺术行动力主席，国际民营美术馆协会亚太区理事。

担任馆长期间，她积极推动“跨界+”科学与艺术的融合，推动中国化走向世界舞台与世界对话:五度参与威尼斯双年展平行展，在罗马、圣彼得堡、盖蒂博物馆等艺术馆策划展览项目。在国内，她带领上海当代艺术馆开创如草间弥生展览、迪奥精神展览等当代艺术现象级别大展。2019年被澳门特区政府邀请主持澳门回归20周年艺文荟澳学术主持及策展。2024年带领中国艺术家和国际科学家团队第五次参展威尼斯双年展，融艺术和科学向世界发声。

Miriam Sun, Executive Director of MoCA Shanghai, President of Arts Momentum, Director of Global Private Museum Network (China).

She has kept actively promoting the "Cross+" aesthetic concept, she has always spared no effort to promote Chinese contemporary art and culture to the world stage: participating the Venice Biennale, Rome four times, planning art projects in St.Petersburg, the Getty Museum, the Hammer Museum and so on. Meanwhile, exhibitions held in MoCA Shanghai such as Dior Esprit and Kusama Yayoi A Dream I Dreamed had become phenomenal exhibitions. In 2019, Miriam Sun was specially invited by the Department of Culture of Art Macao and MGM to be the curator and art director of the Art Macao for celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Macao’s Return to China. In 2024, she led a team of Chinese artists and international scientists to participate in the Venice Biennale for the fifth time, fusing art and science to speak to the world.

李政钟

90后青年策展人，艺术家，青年艺术家平台“伙聚”创始人，上海青年美术家协会理事，上海美术家协会会员，艺术与科技组委会委员。

他曾多次组织并参与国内大型艺术展览，在策展中推动“青年艺术多维群聚”以及“艺术与科技跨界融合”等多种命题，引发社会高度讨论。希望通过艺术推动新“制”生产力，以及中国当代青年艺术国际话语权。

Li Zhengzhong，a post-90s young curator, artist, founder of the youth artist platform "Huo Ju", director of the Shanghai Young Artists Association, member of the Shanghai Artists Association, and committee member of the Art and Technology Organizing Committee.

He has organized and participated in many large-scale art exhibitions in China, promoting various propositions in curation such as "multidimensional youth art aggregation" and "cross-disciplinary integration of art and technology", which have sparked high social discussion. He hopes to promote new "systemic" productive forces through art and the international discourse of contemporary Chinese youth art.

策展人前言

《花与花豹的凝视》是对卤猫十年创作的一次完整回顾。

温室花园里，一个照明的人，一只花豹和满园芬芳，是旅程的开始。卤猫的世界，被浓郁的大自然场景包围，连花豹的扑咬也带着罗曼蒂克式对远方的遥想和崇拜，植物和野兽在丛林中和谐共处。在他的绘画里，学院派高塔般的叙事和理论结构失去支点，游离在带有后现代质感的“凝视”关系中，我们试图祛魅当代艺术中的理论，在国际当代的艺术语境里我们选择了“观看（Eye on）”。万物有灵，在卤猫如梦的画中很多场景与元素是想象出来的，每当我看到他画中的温室与野兽，都让我想起亨利·卢梭的话“每当我走进大玻璃房，看到那些来自异国的神奇植物，就好像走进了梦中”。

“万物有灵，彼此关照”，是卤猫内心深处对自然、人性的爱与诗意的向往。正如花豹静静注视一朵花的绽放，卤猫的作品捕捉到了生活中那些转瞬即逝的美好瞬间，并将那些生命的力量与美丽流动于笔端、练就出不属于学院也不属于素人的独特风格。

展区近 300 件作品，涵盖绘画、雕塑、影像和装置艺术，全面展示卤猫从自由插画师到当代艺术家的十年创作历程。另有新媒体艺术家付彤与卤猫跨界的AI影像装置艺术《气生》；上海园林集团有限公司以及著名花艺师扎西桑珠和朱文琴以“再造自然”为题，特别为本次展览定制的花艺设计。

上海当代艺术馆始终致力于支持中国优秀年轻艺术家，让我们一起在夏日的午后，走进卤猫的艺术花园，感受他对生命的热爱与不羁的自由。“见一朵花，借一场夏”在仲夏夜入梦，绽放属于自己心灵的花。

"Eye on Blossoms" is a comprehensive review of Oamul's artistic exploration in his ten year career.

In the greenhouse garden, an illuminated figure, a leopard, and a garden full of fragrance mark the beginning of the journey. In Oamul's world, plants and beasts co-exist harmoniously in the jungle surrounded by lush natural scenes, where even the danger of the leopard's pounce exudes a sense of romantic yearning and admiration.

In his paintings, Oamul aims to establish a more direct relationship between his work and the audience, thereby deconstructing and demystifing contemporary art theory by inviting the audience to develop an emotional and sensual connection to his work, giving power back to the viewer’s ‘gaze’.

Everything has a spirit, and much of what is depicted in Oamul's dreamy paintings is imagined. Whenever I see the greenhouses and beasts in his paintings, I am reminded of Henri Rousseau's words: "Whenever I enter the large glass house and see those exotic plants from foreign lands, it's like entering a dream."

Henri Rousseau: "Quand je vais dans les maisons de verre et je vois les plantes étranges des terres exotiques, il me semble que j’entre dans un rêve."

Everything has a spirit and mutual care. This reflects Oamul's deep love for nature and humanity, and his poetic longing. Just as a leopard quietly watches the blooming of a flower, Oamul's works capture those fleeting moments of beauty in life, allowing the vitality and beauty of life to flow through his brush, creating a way of expression

Nearly 300 works, including paintings, sculptures, videos, and installation art, comprehensively showcase Oamul's ten-year creative journey from illustrator to contemporary artist. Additionally, the new media artist Fu Tong and Oamul collaborated on the AI video installation art "Qi Hub"; Shanghai Garden Group Co., Ltd., and renowned floral designers Tashi and Lulu Zhu have customized floral designs for this exhibition under the theme of "Recreating Nature."

The Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai is always committed to supporting outstanding young Chinese artists. Let's step into Oamul's artistic garden on a summer afternoon, feeling his love for life and unrestrained freedom. "Eye on Blossoms." On a midsummer night, let us dream and let our hearts' flowers bloom.