阿拉里奥首尔｜苏伯德·古普塔个展「内在花园」｜展期至10月12日

阿拉里奥首尔荣幸呈现艺术家苏伯德·古普塔（Subodh GUPTA，1964年生）个展《内在花园》（Inner Garden）。本次展览是古普塔自2014年以来在韩国的首次个展，汇集了他近期创作的绘画、雕塑和装置作品，展示了艺术家作品观念发展的最新脉络。展期至2024年10月12日。

苏伯德·古普塔（生于1964年），这位来自印度的当代艺术先锋，凭借其对日常用品的开创性再阐释在国际艺术舞台上声名鹊起。他巧妙地将印度日常生活中司空见惯的器物——饭盒、餐盘、自行车和牛奶罐等改造成不朽的形式，挑战了传统艺术价值观念，更致力于在创作过程中开拓新的美学维度。他的艺术实践涵盖雕塑、装置、绘画、影像和行为艺术等多元媒介，以敏锐的洞察力剖析亚洲社会文化的复杂图景，对城市化进程、全球化浪潮和文化杂糅等议题进行了深刻反思。

ARARIO GALLERY SEOUL is proud to present Inner Garden, a solo exhibition by Subodh GUPTA (b. 1964, India). This exhibition marks GUPTA's first solo show in Korea since 2014, featuring a collection of his recent paintings, sculptures, and installations that showcase the latest developments in the artist's conceptual oeuvre. The exhibition will run until October 12, 2024.

Subodh GUPTA (b. 1964), a renowned contemporary artist from India, has garnered international acclaim in the art world for his distinctive works that reinterpret everyday objects commonly found across India. By transforming ordinary items such as tiffin boxes, thali pans, bicycles, and milk cans into monumental forms, GUPTA challenges conventional notions of artistic value, striving to uncover new forms of beauty in the process. His body of work reflects a deep engagement with socio-cultural realities in Asia, which he explores through various mediums including sculpture, installation, painting, video, and performance, offering profound reflections on themes such as rapid urbanization, globalization, and cultural hybridity.

展览现场，2024，阿拉里奥画廊首尔空间

展览的核心主题围绕人与自然间微妙而深邃的精神联结展开。地下空间中的新作《佛塔》（2024）将观者引入一个冥想式的神圣境地。这件作品融合了佛教传统建筑元素与现代生活用品，白色石膏主体镶嵌着厨房器具，每一件器物都承载着过往生活的印记，共同构成了一座当下生命的圣龛，以及感念时间流逝的静默纪念碑。与之呼应的《这容器中有七海和无数星辰 I》（2024）则是一件充满哲思的反浮雕作品，古普塔将一个壶劈成两半并将其并置，再嵌入石膏中。其标题源自印度哲学家、诗人卡比尔的诗作，这首诗讲述了一个普通的壶中也蕴藏着宇宙奥秘，与古普塔的艺术理念不谋而合。

The series of works on display centers on the spiritual process of developing an intimate relationship with nature. The new piece Stupa (2024), located on the basement, transforms the space into a meditative and sacred environment. The 'stupa' is a traditional Buddhist architectural structure. The body of the stupa, finished in white plaster, is embedded with kitchen utensils. The surfaces of these utensils, once used in homes, bear different traces of past lives. GUPTA's Stupa serves as a reliquary for the living and a humble monument honoring the fleeting nature of time. Within this vessel are the seven oceans and unnumbered stars I (2024) is a counter-relief work made by splitting a pot in half and placing the openings together, embedded in plaster. The title is borrowed from a poem by Kabir, an Indian philosopher and poet. The verse, which speaks of an ordinary pot containing the universe within, closely resonates with GUPTA's artistic vision.

佛塔 Stupa

2024 

铝和石膏 Aluminum and plaster 

组件1) 172 x 172 x 190(高/h) cm 

组件2) 132 x 132 x 156(高/h) cm 

组件3) 108 x 108 x 110(高/h) cm 

组件4) 91 x 91 x 105(高/h) cm 

ⓒ阿拉里奥画廊及艺术家

这容器中有七海和无数星辰I

Within this vessel are the seven oceans and unnumbered stars I 

2024

石膏、铜、钢、铜绿 Plaster, copper, steel, patina

61 x 14 x 85(高/h) cm

ⓒ阿拉里奥画廊及艺术家

一楼和三楼展出的《内在花园》（2024）系列以绘画和雕塑的形式，表达了艺术家对与自然的关系的思考与情感。画作中心的静物以流动的形态，象征性地揭示了自然界蓬勃而充满韧性的生命力。同名雕塑系列则将工业化生产的餐具——勺子、汤勺和不锈钢碗等，重塑为花盆的形态，构建出一个充满冥想气息的当代花园景观。《普鲁斯特式联想》系列巧妙运用了"普鲁斯特效应"的概念，每一件器物都以其自身历史、记忆与生活痕迹，唤起观者意识中的旧日记忆，也成为唤起文化记忆和精神共鸣的符号元素。

Inner Garden (2024), exhibited on the first and third floors, is a series of paintings and sculptures that visually express emotions derived from reflections on communication and relationships with nature. The still life at the center of the paintings, with its fluid, dynamic form, symbolically reveals the powerful and resilient forces of nature. The series of sculpture of the same name is composed of flowerpots made from spoons, ladles, and stainless steel bowls. By reconfiguring these mass-produced industrial objects into delicate, nature-inspired forms like flowers, GUPTA creates a meditative garden landscape formed by these assembled objects. The title of the series Proust Mapping is borrowed from the 'Proust Effect,' wherein the utensils, each with its own history, memory, and traces of life, evoke old memories in the viewer's consciousness. GUPTA recontextualizes ordinary objects as symbolic elements that evoke cultural memory and spiritual resonance.

古普塔在国际艺术界备受瞩目，其作品频繁亮相于重要的国际双年展，并在亚洲、欧洲和美国等地举办过多次大型个展。他的作品被全球顶尖艺术机构广泛收藏，包括英国泰特美术馆、美国古根海姆博物馆、德国法兰克福现代艺术博物馆、印度新德里国家现代美术馆、芬兰萨拉·希尔登艺术博物馆、印度基兰·纳达尔美术馆、法国蓬皮杜艺术中心、法国路易威登基金会、日本福冈亚洲美术馆、英国萨奇收藏、法国弗朗索瓦·皮诺收藏和韩国阿拉里奥博物馆等。

GUPTA's work has been highlighted in numerous major international biennales and has been featured in solo exhibitions across Asia, Europe, and the United States. His works are held in prestigious collections around the world, including the Tate Collection (UK), the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (USA), MMK Museum of Modern Art (Germany), National Gallery of Modern Art New Delhi (India), Sara Hildén Art Museum (Finland), Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (India), Centre Pompidou (France), Louis Vuitton Foundation (France), Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (Japan), Saatchi Collection (UK), François Pinault Collection (France), and Arario Museum (Korea).

展览现场，2024，阿拉里奥画廊首尔空间

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