“暗线”乔纳斯·伯格特个展

当代唐人艺术中心北京空间荣幸地宣布，将于2020年12月19日推出德国艺术家乔纳斯·伯格特（Jonas Burgert）的最新绘画作品展，展览由旷卫及爱米莉旷策划。2019年，乔纳斯·伯格特在当代唐人艺术中心香港空间举办了他的亚洲首展。本次展览“暗线”是他与当代唐人艺术中心合作的第二个展览。

展览囊括了伯格特各种绘画和雕塑作品，艺术家在其中构建出充满了难以捉摸的人物形象、有如仙境般生动的另类维度。“暗线”是乔纳斯·伯格特最新创作的作品系列。作品《暗线》展示了一个污浊的房间，其中充满了明暗相间的模糊物体。它所描绘的人物身着各种颜色的皱褶服饰和紫色、绿色的植物状叶子，胸前和头部饰有柔和、飘动的色带和彩色的几何图形，展现了伯格特作品中经常出现的神话和神秘元素。人物被放置在画面的中央，并向画面之外的观众投以直视。背景显得毫无生气，除了绿色在其中跃动。如果认真观看这幅绘画，就会感觉像是进入一个新的世界，它的文化和时间向我们敞开，让我们希冀去进一步探索乔纳斯·伯格特个人内部的缤纷宇宙。

“对我而言，我无意去展示那些已经存在的事物，我所感兴趣的是去展示那些或许存在的事物。这就是潜台词。我试图挖掘我周围的人背后的东西，那些存在在表象之外的东西”，伯格特这样说到，“绘画是一个视觉媒介；这关乎我如何在视觉上呈现出表面之外的东西。这或许是通过一些非常细小的事物，有时我会制造一些非常微小的姿态；有时则会让它变得非常戏剧化。对我来说，能看到场面背后的东西是很有趣的，这不只是坏事，也是好事。”

伯格特的绘画既包含了具有视觉冲击力的大尺寸绘画，也使用较小的画布来呈现他对单一主题的深入探究，其中主要为各种神秘人物的肖像，他们仿如被放置在显微镜下一样。伯格特的独特之处在于，他将我们引入到一连串的视觉事件和人物之中，使我们在其中体察到我们自身。他的绘画表现着奇装异服的人物形象、装饰过的面孔和怪诞的物件。我们往往难以辨识哪些是无生命的物体，哪些则是生命体。黑暗笼罩在伯格特的画作中，这提醒了观众关于生和死的危险游戏。在伯格特的绘画中，我们可以清晰地看到对文艺复兴时期及弗拉芒画派大师，如耶罗尼米斯·博斯（Hieronymus Bosch）的参照。
伯格特的调色极其大胆和强烈。对他而言，色彩是一种非常抽象的东西。“最终，我 们对色彩的感受要比我们对色彩的思考更多。”伯格特的绘画叙事引发观众的思考。 作为观众，我们必然会去解读这些物件、人物和背景的意义。但色彩是我们直接感受 到的东西，而不是思考所得。对伯格特而言，色彩是在绘画中保持抽象语言的一种方 式，它最终化为感觉和情感的的存留。因此，色彩创造出一种特殊的氛围。这种氛围只有在现实中去观看他的作品才能体会到。

Tang Contemporary Art –Beijing is pleased to present an exhibition of new paintings by the German artist Jonas Burgert. Burgert introduces brand new paintings in which Burgert construct other dimensions filled with obscure characters. Burgert examines contemporary life and illustrates his vision of human existence.

Burgert creates a wide range of marks and depth, all culminating the new exhibition Blindstich. The use of luminous colour and grotesque figures celebrates the balance between memory and imagination. Jonas Burgert did his first solo show in Hong Kong in 2019 at Tang Contemporary Art Gallery. This exhibition- Blindstich will be his second one for Tang Contemporary Art.

“Blindstich” is a collection of Jonas Burgert newest works. The work Blindstich reviles a smudged room filled obscure objects lying on the floor in bright and dark colour. The work portrays a figure dressed in different colourfull drapes and vegetation looking leaves in purple and green, with silky, fluttering ribbons and colourful geometries covering the chest and head, the figure showcases the mythological and mystical elements which are often present in Burgert’s paintings.The figure gazes directly into the viewers eyes, and is placed in the center of the painting. The background is lifeless expect for the colour green which dances in the background. Observing the painting it feels as if a new world, culture and time opens up to us, and leaves us eager to further explore the colouful universe that exists within Jonas Burgert.

‘’For me is not interesting to show what it’s there, for me it’s interesting to show what’s also there. The subtext. I try to see what’s behind the people around me. What’s behind the surface.’’ Says Burgert. ‘’ Painting is a visual media; how can I show what’s behind the surface visually. Maybe it’s a very little thing, sometimes I make very little gestures, sometimes I make very it dramatic. It's interesting for me to see what’s behind the scene, and not only the bad things, also the good things’’

Burgert uses both large surfaces with great visual impact and smaller canvases for a deeper examination into individual subjects, with portraits of mystique characters. If they were under a microscope. Burgert has the quality to introduce us to a visual collection of events and individuals in which we can identify us with. His paintings reveal human figures dressed in odd costumes, decorated faces, and obscure objects. What is carcass and what is alive is often unclear. Darkness looms in the paintings of Burgert, which reminds the viewer of the dangerous play of life and death. It's clear to see references of renaissance and the Flemish masters such as Hieronymus Bosch are apparent in Burgert’s paintings.

Burgert uses a very strong and bold palette. Colour is for Burgert very abstract. ‘’In the end, we feel colour more than we think colour.’’ The viewer thinks about the narrative in Burgert’s paintings. Us as viewers spend time deciphering the meaning of objects, figures, and backgrounds. But colour is something we feel not something we think about. For Burgert colour a way of maintaining of abstract language in the painting that in the end leaves a residue of feeling and emotions. And therefore, create a special atmosphere. An atmosphere which only can be experienced in real life viewing of his works.