展览城市： 北京-北京
展览时间： 2007-04-29～2007-06-30
开幕酒会： 2007-04-28 15：00—18：00
展览地点： 中国当代画廊
联系方式： 84562421、13521492101

展览前言

　　朱冥是前卫先锋行为艺术家行列中最主要的一员。从他的第一个作品－东村艺术家们的集体原创《为无名山增高一米》，朱冥的作品一直给观赏者留下深刻的印 象，也给中国当代艺术增添了不可抹煞的一笔！无论是照片、还是行为艺术都以其独特的，毫不避讳的裸体表演，表现了人类的脆弱和孤独。他早期的表演作品在 中国大陆都是被禁止的，政府认为他的行为艺术有碍观瞻，影响了公众。所以，他的大部分作品，如泡泡系列，发光人系列都是在国外展出的。

　　始创于1997年的泡泡系列，其表演所用的泡泡都是特别设计的塑料制品。这些作品探讨了生命的变化莫测和生死无常。这些主题也在其近期作品中有所体现。 在发光人系列作品中，艺术家用一些对身体有害的荧光粉涂满身体，在一个黑暗的房间里进行表演。有时他蜷缩起身体，好象婴儿在母亲的胎盘中；有时他两手摆 动，在摄像机中捕捉到他的双臂运动的痕迹，好像千手观音；有时他只在头部涂抹荧光粉，一颗头颅好像在黑暗的无底深渊中漂浮。无论是用何种表现方法，朱冥 的作品往往都让艺术家本身承受着痛苦的生理上伤害，而作者却寻找着内在精神上的平静。

　　中国当代将会为朱冥举办从1993年以来的第一次个展。同时，中国当代也会为本次展览印制艺术家的画册。在本次展览上将会展出朱冥从1993年到 2006年期间所进行的行为艺术作品的照片，同时还会提供一个绝无仅有的观看这个实验艺术家所有的行为艺术的机会。

　　Zhu Ming is one the most important performance artists of the avant-garde.From his first appearance in the seminal group work by Beijing East Village artists,"To Add a Meter to an Anonymous Mountain,"zhu Ming has created performance works that leave an indelible impression upon the viewer and have left a deep impression upon the landscape of Chinese contemporary art.Whether seen in the flesh or in photographs,Zhu Ming's performances,through his raw display of his naked body,are controversial works that call attention to the vulnerability and aloneness of all humankind.During the first decade of his preformances,his works were banned from public display in Mainland China because it was believed that Zhu Ming's works were polluting to the general public.As a result,the majority of his performances from the Bubble and Luminescent Man series were performed abroad.

　　The bubble series,a performance series that was initiated in 1997 and makes use of specially designed plastic bubbles,discusses the transience of life and the endless cycle of life and death.These same themes were also an inherent aspect of Zhu Ming's more recent works,Luminescent Man,in which the artist paints his body with toxic fluorescent powder and performs in a darkened room.The images from these performances alternately show the artist curlen in foetal position,as a many-armed Bodhisattva and as a single head floating in a black abyss.Regardless of medium,Zhu Ming's works often place enormous stress on the artist's body and,through these external,physical struggles,the artist finds internal,spiritual peace in the process of performance.

　　Chinese Contemporary is giving Zhu Ming his first solo exhibition since 1993.A catalog of the artist's work has been published for this exhibition.Zhu Ming' Solo Exhibition will show photographs from the artist's performances from 1993-2006 and provides a unique opportunity to view a comprehensive body of work from one of China's leading experimental artists.