阿拉里奥首尔｜吉赛拉·麦克丹尼尔个展 《这一切构成了我》｜展期至8月17日

阿拉里奥首尔于2024年7月10日（周三）至8月17日（周六）呈现美国艺术家吉赛拉·麦克丹尼尔（1995年生）个展 《这一切构成了我》。此次展览也是艺术家在韩国的首次个展。麦克丹尼尔是一位散居海外、母系根源在关岛的查莫罗艺术家，目前生活、工作于纽约。她从个体身份中汲取重要灵感，创作出一系列作品，试图为历史上被边缘化的个体，包括原住民群体、有色人种、混血、女性、非二元性别和酷儿群体，构建完整的肖像。

麦克丹尼尔将画布上描绘的个体叙事转化为图像和声音，并在当下的空间中展开。此次展览将呈现艺术家2023年至2024年间的最新作品，总计11件，包括10件结合了图像、物体和声音的拼贴画作，以及一件专为此次展览创作的装置。

ARARIO GALLERY SEOUL presents the first solo exhibition in Korea of Gisela McDaniel (b. 1995, US), entitled All These Parts Make Up Me, from July 10 (Wed) to August 17 (Sat), 2024. McDaniel is a diasporic Chamoru artist with maternal roots in Guam, currently living and working in New York City. Drawing significant inspiration from her own identity, she has built a body of work that attempts to create whole portraits of historically marginalized individuals, including indigenous communities, people of color, mixed-race individuals, women, non-binary, and queer people. For those with diasporic identities, art is a crucial medium for exploring and expressing their complex identities, histories, and cultural narratives, which are often marginalized or misrepresented by mainstream discourse (Lucy Lippard, 1990). McDaniel's paintings transform the narratives of the individuals depicted on the canvas into images and sounds, unfolding them in the present space. Occupying the ground floor and basement of ARARIO GALLERY SEOUL, the exhibition will showcase the artist’s latest practice from 2023 to 2024, featuring a total of 11 artworks. These include 10 assemblage paintings that combine images, objects, and sounds, as well as one object created specifically for the exhibition.

展览现场，2024，阿拉里奥画廊首尔空间

麦克丹尼尔的作品以与她所称的“主体合作者”的对话为起点，建立共鸣，并讨论他们独特的生活经历或故事。这些对话的录音成为肖像画的核心部分，以音频形式与绘画共同呈现。艺术家的母亲是一位查莫罗学者和活动家，自小便告诉她：“我们的身体是美好的，最重要的是，它们是属于我们的。” 每幅画作都以自由和动态的方式独特地描绘了身体的自然形态，其中的主体合作者也积极地向外界展示他们的故事，以抵制各种针对少数群体的歧视和暴力。

McDaniel's work begins her portraits with conversations with, what she terms, ‘subject-collaborators,' building mutual empathy and discussing their particular life experience or story. The recorded voices from these conversations become a core component of the portraits she creates, existing as an audio recording alongside the painting. The artist's mother, a CHamoru scholar and activist, shared with her since she was litte that “our bodies are good and, the above all, they are ours.” Each painting uniquely depicts the natural form of the body in a free and dynamic manner. Gisela McDaniel's subject-collaborators present their own narratives to the outer world with a proactive attitude, resisting various forms of discrimination and violence against minorities.

怜悯心 Compassion

2023

布面油画、纸上物件与文字来自主体合作者 Oil on canvas, object and text on paper from subject-collaborator, sound

132.1 x 177.8 x 15.2 cm

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作品“这一切构成了我 (2024) ”描绘了主体合作者斯托姆·埃舍尔（Storm Ascher）坐在其纽约家中的肖像。埃舍尔是艺术家多年前结识的同辈和朋友，她分享了自己为何回到纽约以及前辈女性们的故事。“这个身体之所以存在，是因为此前的所有经历。我喜欢在这里，我喜欢活着，即使我出生的环境并不寻常。所以，它也有点像我们所有人的象征。不仅仅是我一个人。”这是埃舍尔的第二幅肖像画，是她追随自己的道路回到纽约这座城市，而谱写的独立而充满可能性的新篇章。

The subject-collaborator of All These Parts Make Up Me (2024), Storm Ascher, sits for a portrait in New York City. Storm, a peer and friend whom the artist connected with through the art world years ago, shares her story of returning to New York and the generations of women who came before her. "This body only happened because of all that stuff. I like being here, I like being alive, even if the circumstances of how I was born were weird. So it also is kind of like a representation of all of us. Like, it's not just me." This is the second portrait of Storm, signifying a new chapter as she follows her own path back to the city, independent and full of possibility.

展览现场，2024，阿拉里奥画廊首尔空间

吉赛拉·麦克丹尼尔的画作将主体合作者的个人物品和声音作为重要元素，并以多维和联觉的方式向观众呈现个体间的亲密叙事。她的作品艺术性地将自然界的荧光色彩与主体合作者生动的声音相融合，提醒我们每一个生活在当代社会之个体的独特性；通过结合图像、物品和声音，在画布上描绘出主体合作者的肖像——每幅画作都力求概括该人物的独特身份。麦克丹尼尔将创作过程中从每个主体合作者那里收到的小物品称为“共识文物”，并将其融入作品中。这些物品包括钥匙或项链等个人物品，以及头发或凝胶指甲等身体部位。共识文物不仅带有日常生活的痕迹，还微妙地揭示了个人喜好、个体历史和文化背景。

Gisela McDaniel's paintings incorporate the subject-collaborator’s personal belongings and voices as essential elements. McDaniel presents the intimate narratives of each individual in a multidimensional and synesthetic manner to her audience. Her body of work, which artistically blends fluorescent colors reminiscent of the radiant light of nature with the vivid voices of subject-collaborators, reminds us of the unique individuality of everyone living in the contemporary era. She combines images, objects, and sound—to depict a portrait of her subject-collaborators on canvas. Each painting strives to encapsulate the unique identity of that person. She refers to the small items received from each subject during the creative process as ‘consensual artifacts’ and integrates them into her works. These include personal items such as keys or a necklace, and parts of the body like hair or gel nails. The consensual artifacts not only carry traces of daily life but also subtly reveal personal preferences, individual histories, and cultural backgrounds.

展览现场，2024，阿拉里奥画廊首尔空间

在作品“不尽之旅”中，主体合作者汉娜分享了作为女性，尤其是跨性别女性所面临的暴力和歧视。她谈到了由不公正的偏见带来的、或源自亲密关系或源自陌生人的创伤。这些情境所带来的恐惧和抑郁常蛰伏于她的潜意识之中，时常在不经意间浮现出来，于汉娜而言，这像是一场永无止境的旅程。

In Never Ending Journey (2023), the subject-collaborator Hannah shares her thoughts on the violence and discrimination she has faced as a woman, especially as a trans woman. She speaks about the wounds and trauma inflicted by unjust prejudices, whether from close relationships or strangers in everyday encounters. Hannah confesses that the fear and depression from such situations often lie dormant in her subconscious, only to resurface unexpectedly, making it feel like a never ending journey.

展览现场，2024，阿拉里奥画廊首尔空间

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