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泡泡糖·望 之二70X80cm 布面油画 2004
策展人：韩之演
开幕酒会：2006年11月11日(六)18:00
展览时间：2006年11月11日(六)-2006年12月3日(日)
展览地点：索卡当代空间
地址：北京市东城区东四北大街107号天海商务大厦B座103室 邮编：100007
电话：010-84015810 传真：010-84015813 网址：http://www.soka-art.com
参展艺术家：杨静(中国)/ 李友宜(中国)/ 吕东宪(韩国)/ 陈怡洁(台湾)
2006年，距离“卡通一代”的提出已经过去了整整14个年头。
或许，我们不应再花气力去争辩关乎老“卡通一代”和新“卡通一代”的种种问题。这群生于20世纪70和80年代的艺术家们已经在用自己的作品向舆论宣示：其实我们需要的只是“卡通精神”而已。
“Icon”，词典里解释为，“图像，偶像”。在东正教的传统中，神圣或受人崇拜的人才能拥有属于自己的画像。耶稣沾满鲜血的十字架和荆棘冠无疑是对“Icon”一词最好的注释。然而，参与此次展出的四位画家显然已对自己的图式成竹在胸——纯情的玩偶、恣意的天堂、叛逆的“泡泡糖”……这些作品又不约而同向观者揭示了此次展览的主题：我们应该将注视的目光从艺术作品“卡通化”的表面抽离出来，更多地去关注作品图式背后深刻的精神涵义。
消费时代有属于自己的图像志，汽车、快餐食品、网络游戏、动漫绘画、席天卷地的广告，等等。然而，我们却不能盖棺定论地说，在消费文化中浸淫的艺术家们只能对卡通和游戏表示认同。几位艺术家作品中明净的图式所带来的审美愉悦，与其中所表达出的对于文化的执著思考同样令人感动。
Welcome to paradise！
ICON
Curator: Han Jiyun
Reception: November 11, 2006, (Sat.) 18:00
Dates: November 11, 2006 (Sat.) – December 3, 2006 (Sun.)
Venue: Soka Contemporary Space
Address: Room, B-103, Sky&Sea Business Plaza, No.107 Dongsi Beida Street
Dong Cheng District, Beijing Postcode / 100007
Tel: 010-84015810 Fax: 010-84015813 Website: http://www.soka-art.com
Participating Artists: Yang Jing (China) / Li Youyi (China) / Yeo dong hun (Korea) / Chen Yijie (Taiwan)
2006 has been 14 years later from the birth of the “Cartoon Generation”。
Perhaps, our disputation over the old “Cartoon Generation” and new “Cartoon Generation” seems not much necessary while those groups born from the 70s to 80s concerns more that—what we need is no other than” Cartoon Spirit”。
“icon” with the dictionary definition as “image, idol”， has the interpretation in the Orthodox Church that only saint or respected figure deserves his own icon so that Jesus, the blood covered cross and thorn crown could accomplish the best over this meaning. However, the four artists in this exhibition obviously has prepared their own expression---the naive doll, the unbridled heaven, treacherous “bubble gum”…coincidentally, all those works are reflecting an overall theme: it’s time to turn our attention from the superficial “Carbonization” of artistic works to the hidden spiritual dimension behind concrete images.
Consumption Era came along with its own image album---automobile, fast food, animation cartoon, overwhelming commercials, etc. whereas it’s early to state that those consumption-culture soaked artist could only identify with cartoon and game.
Hereby among aesthetic pleasure, fair images, profound thoughts, cultural persistence brought by our artists, everything gets so sensational…
Welcome to paradise！