本次展出的作品，創作上既有延續，又有了新的進展和思考。色調更加柔和，輕薄， 嚴謹的排布和表面質感其 實帶著一定隨機性生成的肌理，產生了某種獨有的張力。新作中，畫面的安排也有了突破，張偉在一些作品中 干脆地消解了畫面的唯一中心， 隨著張偉將視線方向和表達重點擠壓到四周，觀看者的常規觀看方式也被打破 ，與作品的不同距離和角度的觀看也將獲得不同的體驗。
也許，將張偉的藝術直接定義為“抽象”并不那么準確。就如吉爾徳勒茲在《感覺的邏輯》中所言：“有兩種 辦法可以超越具象，或者是轉向抽象，或者是走向形象。這一通向形象的道路，塞尚給了它一個簡單的名字： ‘感覺’。”誠然，作品的形式脫離了具體的形體和具象的表達，然而，我們是否可以將此看作是，在我們熟 悉的視覺經驗不再生效以后，對于“潛在”或“不可見”的事物探尋的開始：不管是抽象的空間概念，還是除 了視覺以外的其他感官可能。總有什么被隱藏在了畫面背后，而正是這些“潛形”，似乎指引著一條通往抽象 與具象之間的第三條路線。 我們在此是否可以自問，在觀看藝術作品，尤其是架上繪畫的時候，我們是否過于 僅僅依賴于視覺了呢？因此，我們誠邀您來到張偉的作品前，一起慢慢思考，細細體會。
關于藝術家 張偉，1984 年出生于中國河南省平頂山，現居住工作于北京。2010 年畢業于中央美術學院壁畫系，獲得學士 學位；而后繼續在該校深造，師從陳文驥先生，并于 2014 年獲得壁畫系碩士學位。通過在布面上使用礦物質和 水彩顏料，張偉的作品讓觀者的眼睛仿佛在虛虛實實之間見到了深淺與明暗的細微變化。他作品的幾何構架以 在平面和空間中折疊、重疊、分層和創造維度為基礎。 藝術+上海畫廊簡介 創辦于 2007 年 10 月，坐落于上海外灘名勝之地的蘇州河畔，藝術＋上海畫廊致力于宣傳與推動中國當代藝 術，是一處充滿活力的藝術場館。藝術＋上海畫廊不僅展示來自中外的知名藝術家，也同時支持有潛力的新興 藝術家，旨在能夠不斷催促和激勵當代藝術舞臺的多樣性不斷延伸擴大。除了舉辦藝術家群展和個展，藝術＋ 上海畫廊也同時提供藝術品咨詢服務，文化活動策劃服務以及參加各大國際展會等
Exhibition Duration: May 25th - July 10th 2018 Artist: Zhang Wei Curator: Zhang Linmiao
About the Exhibition: "The Invisible Forms" that opens on May 25th, 2018 in Shanghai Art+ Gallery is Zhang Wei’s first solo exhibition in Shanghai. After his post-graduation from the Mural Department of CAFA (Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing) in 2014, where he was studying under the tutelage of Chen Wenji, Zhang Wei spent four years of tireless artistic exploration and adjustment. His latest paintings in “The Invisible Forms” are the result of the past four years of work. They show both continuance and progress in the artist’s thinking. The overall tone is soft, light, and there is always this unique tension generated from the strict arrangement of the painting and randomly generated texture on the surface. There is also a breakthrough in the arrangement of the painting as Zhang dismissed the only central object of the tableau. The viewers’ way of observing the painting is now altered as Zhang moved the line of sight and focal point to the periphery of the tableau. Viewers are able to achieve a different experience of appreciating the works as they change the distance and perspective.
Perhaps it is not accurate to define Zhang Wei’s art as abstract. As Gilles Deleuze puts it in Francis Bacon: The Logic of Sensation, “there are two ways to go beyond the concrete, abstraction and visualization. Paul Cezanne gave the latter way a simple name: feeling.” Indeed, Zhang Wei’s works are separated from the concrete form and representational expression. But what about thinking of it this way: when familiar visual experience no longer works, a search for the “potential” and the “invisible” begins - whether regarding the imagination of abstract space concepts, or senses other than sight. It is these “invisible forms” that may be moving towards a third way between abstract and concrete. So, we can ask ourselves, do we rely too much on vision when we view artworks?
About the artist: Zhang Wei (張偉) is a Beijing-based artist born in 1984 in Pingdingshan, Henan Province, China. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts from the Mural Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in Beijing in 2010 and 2014respectively. Using mineral paints on canvas, his works trick the eye into seeing shadows and depth with soft gradients and shading. His geometric compositions are based on the idea of folding, overlapping, and layering, creating dimensionality that lies somewhere between the planar and spatial.
Zhang Wei has participated in a number of group exhibitions in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Tokyo, as well as in international art fairs such as Art Central Hong Kong and Tokyo Art Fairs. The works of a young artist have received recognition internationally when entered a prestigious White Rabbit Art Collection in Sydney, Australia.
About Art+ Shanghai Gallery Founded in October 2007 and located along the Suzhou River within walking distance to Shanghai's famous Bund area, Art+ Shanghai Gallery is a dynamic art space dedicated to the exhibition, promotion, and development of Chinese contemporary art. Art+ Shanghai Gallery showcases a range of established and emerging contemporary artists from within China and abroad, stimulating and celebrating the diversity of the sprawling contemporary art scene. In addition to holding group and solo exhibitions, Art+ Shanghai Gallery offers art consultation services, hosts cultural events, and participates in international art fairs.
