The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Silent Planet
林泓君个展·纽约
策展人：约翰• F •拉纳
Curator：Dr. John Francis Larner
学术支持：纽约当代艺术中心
Academic Assistance：
New York Contemporary Art Center
纽约 | MCGallery
展期：2024.3.10-4.10
地点：West 52nd Street,
New York, NY 1004
中国艺术家林泓君的首次美国个展【沉默星球 Silent Planet】展览画册现已出版，值此之际，与各位分享画册中作家、策展人、艺术评论家John Francis Larner 撰写的文章《Silent Planet》，以下为本篇文章的全部内容。
The exhibition catalog of Chinese artist Lin Hongjun's first solo exhibition in the United States, "Silent Planet", has been published. On this occasion, I would like to share with you the article "Silent Planet" written by writer, curator, and art critic John Francis Larner in the catalog. The following is the full content of this article.
Silent Planet
林泓君近期在纽约展览作品【沉默星球系列】以旅者的目光思索着这些几千年来为人类所好奇的那些迷人而神秘的问题。她在画布上记录着对浩瀚星河的认知与想象，作品排除了之前的叙事性、情感和人类的存在，让宇宙成为唯一被咏叹的主体。探讨着当个体弱化人类的主体性时，该如何面对庞大的，如旷野般沉默的宇宙我们的记忆和对宇宙的思考仿佛都融入其中。
Lin Hongjun’s recent exhibition “Silent Planet” in New York pondered over those charming and mysterious questions that have fascinated human beings for thousands of years from the perspective of a traveler. She recorded her cognition and imagination of the vast universe on the canvas, excluding the previous narrative, emotions and the existence of human beings, so that the universe became the only subject to be praised. It explored how to face the vast and silent universe like the wilderness when the individual weakens the subjectivity of human beings. Our memories and thoughts about the universe seemed to be integrated into it.
她的作品广阔、抽象，是对宇宙对自然、身体和物质的沉思，占主导地位的色彩逐渐沉入背景，一扫而过的姿态逐渐消失，露出隐藏的层次。那些色彩如缓慢旋转着的气体恒星一般在画布上流转着，散发着千万年前耀眼的光。金黄色、绿色与紫色相互辉映，组成了行星的山脉、平原和河流。它在静静的诉说着一个几万亿光年之外的，隐蔽而生动的历史。
Her works are vast and abstract, meditating on the universe, nature, the body, and matter. Dominant colors gradually sink into the background, fleeting poses disappear, revealing hidden layers. Those colors flow on the canvas like slowly rotating gaseous stars, emitting the bright light of millions of years ago. Golden yellow, green, and purple complement each other, forming planetary mountains, plains, and rivers. It quietly tells a hidden and vivid history trillions of light-years away.
如何突破人类的感知局限去探知宇宙不可感之物？在宇宙的漫长历史中，地球，人类或许只是一个转瞬即逝的间奏。
How can we break through the limitations of human perception to explore the imperceptible objects in the universe? In the long history of the universe, the Earth and humans may just be a fleeting interlude.
从钢筋森林的缝隙间显出繁茂的迹象，也只是几万年的时间，对于经历过上亿年洗礼的地球来说也不过须臾。
The signs of prosperity emerging from the gaps between the concrete jungles have only existed for tens of thousands of years, which is but a moment in the context of the Earth's billions of years of existence.
林泓君用比山峦还厚重的颜料来回应这些沉默的回答，这些与群星间无声的交流，当个体在巨物前时，所获得的他我感，所能感受到的那种诡谲迷人的安全感，也是对自我凝视的投射。给观者们全新的启发。
Lin Hongjun responds to these silent answers with pigments thicker than mountains, these silent exchanges with the stars. When an individual stands before giants, the sense of alterity and the eerily fascinating sense of security they feel is also a projection of self-gazing, inspiring viewers with fresh insights.
关于艺术家/Artist
Lin Hongjun
Artist
Currently living and working in Tokyo
Principal Solo Exhibition
2023 The Unbearable Lightness of Being Solo Exhibition,Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
2022 Large-scale Contemporary Ink Wash Solo Exhibition, Infinite West Lake Art Museum
2022 Lin·Meta Narratives Solo Exhibition, Yu Ting Art Museum
2021 Leisurely Afternoons of Spring' Solo Exhibition, Qixia Art Mansion
2021 Desires Unveiled: Exhibition of Works by Lin Hongjun and Marianne Wilson
2020 Hu Shourong & Vivian Lin Dual Exhibition
2018 The Spirit in Ink Painting Exhibition , London
2012 Solo Exhibition BROUWERS GALLERY, Amsterdam
Principal Group Exhibition
2018 Nanpū Ink Painting Association and Kyoto International Urban Exchange Exhibition
2019 ArtLinkArt: China-Europe International Youth Artists Exchange Exhibition
2019 Nitchū Rijoi Writers and Artists Exhibition, Kyoto, Japan
2019 The Urban Narratives of Contemporary Chinese Art: 1995-2019, Shanghai, China
2019 "Fervent", BIG SPACE X CHINO GALLERY, Shanghai, China
2019 “Paper temperament 4” The Ranch Gallery, New York, America
Principal Curated Exhibition
2022 Kyoto International Ink Painting and Calligraphy Exchange Exhibition,50th Anniversary Commemoration of the Normalization of Japan-China Diplomatic Relations
2019 URBAN MYTHS Art Exchange Exhibition, London, UK
2019 Japan-China Youth Writers and Artists Exhibition, Kyoto, Japan
2018 The Continuation and Connection: Works Exhibition by Professor Wu Shanming, Professor Hu Shourong, and Their Studio Students
2018 NEW DIMENSION Berlin Art Collective Exhibition，Berlin， German
2018 Japan Nanpū Ink Painting Association and Kyoto International Urban Exchange Exhibition
2017 Nomination Exhibition of Zhonghe Yazheng's Painting Works at Zhejiang University Art Museum
2014 San Tai He Chinese Painting and 'Jianci Vision' Longquan Celadon Art Exhibition
关于策展人/Curator
John Francis Larner
Born on August 10, 1951, in New York City.
In 1973, obtained a Bachelor's degree in English.
In 1978, earned a Master's degree in English.
From 1978 to 1980, pursued a Ph.D. in Literature at Carnegie Mellon University.
In 1984, published the novel 'Wang Tangyi.'
From 1988 onwards, involved in curating the Venice Biennale and the Venice Film Festival.
Continuously participated in curating the documenta exhibitions for the tenth and eleventh editions in Kassel.
开放时间 /Opening HourMonday: Closed
Tuesday: Closed
Wednesday: 6 pm - 9 pm
Thursday: 11 am - 5 pm
Friday: 6 pm - 9 pm
Saturday: 11 am - 5 pm
Sunday: 11 am - 5 pm
地址 /Address
West 52nd Street, New York, NY 1004
