參展藝術(shù)家：戴牟雨、高磊、金閃、趙洋、鄭強
策 展 人：廖薇
開幕時間：2008年11月1日下午16：00
展覽時間：2008年11月1日－2009年1月4日
展覽地點：上海奧沙藝術(shù)空間
《幻想的瘟疫》將展出五位藝術(shù)家的作品，它們是高磊、戴牟雨的攝影作品，趙洋和鄭強的繪畫以及金閃的錄像。
越來越多的藝術(shù)展覽和藝術(shù)空間開幕，使城市突然間被無數(shù)藝術(shù)品占領(lǐng)，人們被邀請往返其間，接受各種視覺符號的狂轟亂炸，揣測無數(shù)觀念背后的暗語，囈語和夢語，信息爆炸使得頭腦短路，審美疲勞，感覺失靈，我們幾乎忘記藝術(shù)最初帶來的自由和喜悅，就像古人居斗室方圓卻可繪出胸中丘壑，對宇宙和精神的認(rèn)識在書畫行為的過程中得到實現(xiàn)，而作為結(jié)果的藝術(shù)品不是那么重要。當(dāng)前的社會進(jìn)入一個消費主義時代，已脫離了傳統(tǒng)政治經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)中對物品的滿足和需求，而是演變成符合資本社會內(nèi)在邏輯的人與物品之間的關(guān)系。在消費主義時代，不再是為了滿足實際的需求，而是為了滿足被刺激制造出來的欲望。生活中的一切皆是消費品，藝術(shù)也不能例外。在這樣的一個背景下，個人應(yīng)該怎樣如何進(jìn)行藝術(shù)創(chuàng)作，是本次展覽思考的主題，也是這五位藝術(shù)家被邀請的理由。
The Plague of Fantasies will present photography by Gao Lei and Dai Mouyu, paintings by Zhao Yang and Zheng Qiang, and video art by Jin Shan.
As more and more exhibitions and art venues open in the city, artworks have suddenly taken over our life. Under all kinds of invitations, we travel between exhibitions, receiving visual bombardments, and trying to decode ideas and fantasies behind countless concepts. The information explosion has short-circuited our brain, leaving us aesthetically exhausted and sensually numb. We have almost forgotten the freedom and pleasure that art brought us a long time ago, when our ancestors dwelling in confined rooms were able to depict their inner landscape, achieving in this process an understanding of the universe and the spiritual world. To them, artworks as the end result are not as important. However, our society has stepped into an age of consumerism, and our needs and satisfaction can no longer be defined by the terms of traditional political economics. Our relationship with products has evolved into one that fits into the inner logic of a capitalist society. In this age of consumerism, our practical needs are replaced by stimulated and fabricated desires. Everything in life is consumable, and art is not excluded. Under such circumstances, how should one carry out artistic creation as an individual? This is the theme we attempt to tackle and is the reason why these five artists have been invited to participate in this exhibition.
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