Zhang Ge defines his work as "new pop art". "Because I like to use colors with high color saturation, influenced by pop art and neo-pop art, I hope to let the grotesque and wanton break the shackles of tradition, and I don't want to let dogma trap the burst of inspiration." 」
From March 3 to April 20, the "Namito, Ho" exhibition opened at the PALPITO Gallery in Ginza, Tokyo, Japan, marking the first solo exhibition by French-Chinese fashionist Lune in Japan. A total of 31 works were exhibited at the exhibition, including the first public appearance of recent new creations.
In recent years, the rise of trend art has given unparalleled vitality to contemporary cultural and artistic activities, and thus entered the public eye. This art form, which encompasses different categories such as contemporary art, pop art, street and urban art, has gradually developed from a hobby of a small group of people to an artistic trend with a global context, thus demonstrating the contemporaneity of the artist's creative subjects. Artists keenly project their gaze on the future and technology, trends and fashion, and even the re-creation of traditional art under contemporary retelling, thus making trend art more inclusive and open.
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The exploration of Lune's works especially reflects the unique inclusiveness and unique creative tension of trend art. She created the artistic IP image of Nami Rabbit, and carried out artistic creation in various media and dimensions around Nami Rabbit, and in the process of her creation, she adhered to the concept of subtraction from her own mind to create a pure "Nami Rabbit Meta Universe". At the same time, with its very personal style of artistic language, it will integrate the understanding of Western art in Europe for more than ten years with Chinese culture and trend cultural symbols, showing the unique charm of artistic creation under the dual cultural background of The East and the West, and such characteristics have also condensed into its powerful creative energy.
"Creating an image that can subtract for the mind is something I've been thinking about. The creation of the artwork image Namito's "namito" is based on my personal experience, after which the innocence of the child gave me a new understanding and perspective on life. Zhang Ge said.
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In terms of creative concept, Zhang Ge's creative inspiration comes from Nietzsche's "three spiritual changes". The first stage of mental change is the camel stage. He bears the burden before, works hard, and obeys the influence of social values, without the Lord. The first stage is the lion stage. The transformation from a camel to a lion is both a challenge to traditional values and spirits, as well as a challenge to the past, and at this stage is a rebellion against the values entrusted to society, and there is more than enough destruction, but it lacks the ability to create. Finally, there is the third stage of mental transformation, the infant stage. Above the "camel" and the "lion", the "child" itself is the most reliable, the most real, containing limited possibilities, the will to obey the decisions he makes, and the standard of things also comes from social values, which is a unique self. Zhang Ge's "Nami Rabbit" series creation is the "child" of this third stage.
Talking about the difference between trend art and contemporary art, Zhang Ge said: "Trend art makes contemporary art more dynamic, closer to the public and life, and is also a reflection of popular culture phenomena in different eras. ”
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It is reported that Zhang Ge's series of encrypted art works "NAMITO NFT" is currently available for purchase on the overseas NFT platform Opensea. In the current outbreak of the new crown epidemic, Zhang Ge (Lune) hopes that through these works with rich expressions and colors created by himself, he will bring more vitality and hope to the world and bring more colors and happiness to the viewers.
Nandu reporter Huang Qian