Xiyadie, Eating from the bowl, thinking of the pot《吃著碗裡的，想著鍋裡的 , 2022, papercut with water-based dye and Chinese pigments on Xuan paper, 130 x 134 cm (artwork), 174.5 x 174.5 x 5 cm (framed). Image courtesy of artist and Blindspot Gallery.
Ames Yavuz is pleased to announce Black Box 黑匣 curated by Yang Zi, Beijing-based researcher and independent curator.
Black Box features works by 12 Chinese artists, revolves around themes of “imprisoned bodies” and “boundaries of space.” The title of the exhibition not only refers to colour but also spaces void of light—where the covert can be concealed and objects engulfed by darkness are temporarily or permanently obliterated.
The exhibited works often depict oppressive scenarios shrouded in “black,” accompanied by the subject’s intense struggle for liberation. In the process, body parts even detach from and forfeit their original structures, twisting into “flesh.” Other times, movements—such as emitting faint, sharp signals (Jiang Zhi, Name (Aranya), 2024) or tidying household objects (Zheng Yuan, What Is To Be Done? 2024)—are subtle and cautious, yet the bodies remain irregular and disjointed. Distortion of space and time shapes the contours of “flesh,” and the body concurrently deforms as the subject’s consciousness seeks to break free from its skeleton. Trembling under the tension of both internal and external forces, the flesh and body struggle to perform such sets of precise actions.
Venue: Ames Yavuz, Gillman Barracks, 9 Lock Road, #02-23, Singapore 108937
When: 29 Aug - 12 Oct 2024,
By: Ames Yavuz
