China Network On January 27, recently, "Relationship Reshaping - Lu Zhengyuan and Tang Yong Double Solo Exhibition" debuted at the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts Art Museum. "Double-Sided Portrait - Lu Zhengyuan Solo Exhibition" is one of the "Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts Art Museum Series Solo Exhibition Project", which exhibits a total of ten sculptures, installations and video works by Lu Zhengyuan. As a combing of Lu Zhengyuan's contemporary sculpture practice in recent years, this exhibition presents a new direction for artists to expand their perceptions with art and jointly construct the field with the public.
Solidified Liquid, Variable Size, Colored Crystal Glass, Metal, 2021-2022
One of the highlights of the exhibition is to narrow the distance between the audience and contemporary art through the interactivity and immersion of the works, mobilize the audience's perception from the aspects of vision, touch and hearing, and bring people a strange viewing experience. For example, the audience's shouts at the exhibition site trigger the voice-activated device of "Light in the Eyes", causing a strong light to erupt inside the towering black felt. They can also cover the sculptural surface of Our Island with their hands, and the color of the photosensitive coating will change due to the influence of light. Another new media imaging installation, The Moment of Heartbeat Proves You're Alive, can even capture the viewer's inner world, and when they touch the sensor with their hands, red and blue images representing emotional ups and downs are generated on the surrounding walls in real time.
"All the Light in the Eye" is variable in size, soft fiber, steel, lighting, voice control, 2021-2022
"Instant Heartbeat Proves You're Alive", New Media Installation, Variable Size, Somatosensory Instrument, Multi-screen Projection, Computer, 2021-2022
In recent years, Lu Zhengyuan's creative direction has gradually changed from shaping the sculpture object itself to shaping the space field, paying special attention to the construction of the interactive relationship between artists, audiences and space. When people walk into this exhibition, they will find that the sculpture as an independent individual no longer exists, but instead, the audience opens the work and harvests the experience in continuous interaction.
Instant Cave, Variable Size, Courier Carton, Sound Player, Neon, Wood, 2021-2022
Professor Fan Di'an, president of the Central Academy of Fine Arts and chairman of the China Artists Association, fully recognized Lu Zhengyuan's new work. He said: "Lu Zhengyuan's comprehensive characteristics in artistic language are the result of his always focus on thinking about the human existence situation and realistic psychology in the era of great changes. In Lu Zhengyuan's own view, the value of experiential art is not only in the experience itself, but also in how to let the audience complete the perception of self-existence and the improvement of self-meaning in a relationship between people and the field.