在畫(huà)廊初創(chuàng)期的2008年，我們?cè)谏虾Ｄ缮铰?0號(hào)的老空間舉辦過(guò)一個(gè)群展，藝術(shù)家都是來(lái)自魯迅美術(shù)學(xué)院的畢業(yè)生，其中就有曲巖。

時(shí)隔10余年，曲巖的個(gè)展即將在畫(huà)廊遷址后的復(fù)興路空間舉辦。他的作品在堅(jiān)持、演化。從工業(yè)的、頹廢的，到剛強(qiáng)的張力里面蘊(yùn)涵著修行人的瀟灑和超脫，擁有時(shí)間沉淀后的思考和積累。

色彩感覺(jué)里不變的是主色調(diào)碳灰，也欣然發(fā)現(xiàn)近作蘊(yùn)藏了一些藍(lán)、綠新色的實(shí)驗(yàn)和嘗試。

廢墟

你記憶里的故事

自有情節(jié)

和我記憶里的片段

脫節(jié)，迥異

在雨中

不用雨傘的我

再也看不到你的大手

憐惜我的模樣

心離開(kāi)了

應(yīng)該就回不來(lái)了

16年的故事

終結(jié)興許可以再出發(fā)

廢墟里

你熟悉的身影

在關(guān)懷另一個(gè)身影

也好吧

廢墟的雨

樹(shù)葉讓我們看不見(jiàn)森林，年少時(shí)我們往往會(huì)太滿(mǎn)，缺乏「余白」的輕松。曲巖的畫(huà)面從張力十足到現(xiàn)在的略見(jiàn)余裕，其實(shí)畫(huà)面里可以看到他真實(shí)的歷史和自畫(huà)像。

Rainy Ruins

In 2008, when Shun Art Gallery was in its infancy, we held a group exhibition at the old space in 50 Moganshan Road in Shanghai, featuring graduates of the LuXun Academy of Fine Arts, QU Yan was one of the participators.

More than a decade later, QU Yan's solo exhibition will be held at the gallery's current and relocated space in Fuxing Road. His works are persistent and evolving from an industrial and decadent state to a strong tension expressing the dash and transcendence of a practitioner, with the reflection and accumulation of time.

The main hue of carbon gray in his paintings remains unchanged, but one may also be pleased to find that his recent works contain some new experiments and attempts of blue and green.

Ruins

The story in your memory,

Has its own plot.

The fragments in my memory,

Disconnected,?disparate.

In the rain,

The one who doesn’t need an umbrella,

Won’t be able to see your?big?hands,

Had mercy on me.

Once The heart has left?–

It might not return.

A story of 16 years,

When it?ends, maybe?it?could start again.

In the ruins,

Your familiar figure,

Still caring another one.

It's okay,

The rain in the ruins.

The leaves prevent us from seeing the forest, and when we are young we tend to be too self-conscious, lacking the ease of "blanking". Qu Yan's images have changed from a full tension to the veiling space now. Meanwhile, through those images, the authentic history and self-portraying are presenting.

曲巖?QU Yan 出生于1980年，2006年碩士畢業(yè)于魯迅美術(shù)學(xué)院油畫(huà)系，現(xiàn)生活工作于上海。個(gè)展：凝聚與奔放，東籬畫(huà)廊，臺(tái)北 中國(guó)（2015）；“梵行手記”曲巖單車(chē)騎行川藏線(xiàn)油畫(huà)與攝影雙個(gè)展，非馬美術(shù)館，成都 中國(guó)（2014）。群展：藝來(lái)藝往兩岸東籬，東籬畫(huà)廊，臺(tái)北 中國(guó)（2017）；明心見(jiàn)性，香海畫(huà)廊，上海 中國(guó)（2016）。藝博會(huì)：亞洲畫(huà)廊藝術(shù)博覽會(huì)——中日韓畫(huà)廊精品展，中國(guó)文化部，上海 中國(guó)（2012）。 Born in 1980, graduated from Master of Oil Painting, Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts?in 2006,?Now?living?and working?in Shanghai.?Solo Exhibition:?Condensation and Enthusiasm, Dongli Gallery, Taipei China?(2015);?Journal of Brahmacariya Oil Painting and Photography Exhibitions of Qu Yan’s Bike-riding Trip along the Sichuan-Tibet Highway, Feima Gallery, Chengdu?China?(2014).?Group Exhibition:?Art to Cross-Strait, Dongli Gallery, Taipei China?(2017);?Find One’s True Self, Xianghai Gallery, Shanghai China?(2016).?Art Fair:?Art Gallery Art Fair—China-Japan-Korea Fine Art Gallery Exhibition, Shanghai China?(2012).