“请脱钢盔”
PLEASE NO HELMET
策展人 / 陈嘉莹博士
Curated by Dr. Jenny Jiaying Chen
艺术家张移北（b.1992，大庆）的个展「请脱钢盔」（Please No Helmet）现已于Longlati经纬艺术中心正式揭幕。这是其艺术生涯中的首个机构个展，也是艺术中心驻留项目的成果展。围绕近年关注的心理学主题，她以其独特的雕塑语言在空间中拓扑出一个爱丽丝梦游仙境般的海洋公园。
“请脱钢盔”来自张移北在马来西亚购得的指示牌，是当地店铺用来预防罪犯戴头盔入室抢劫的指示。它曾被其别有用意地作为工作室入口标识，以提醒来访者“放下防备”。公共领域中的无效指示从而被转化为一种风趣的鼓舞。伴随着精神分析学习与个体意识的向内观看，她也对防御机制展开了一系列的意象探索：从动物（笠螺、沙钱、头盔海胆）、竞技武器（击剑佩剑），到个人物品（防弹手提包、奢侈饰品、化妆品），这些对象都透露着个体在自然或社会中自我保护的秘技。经过缠卷着私密心绪与跨物种情感的捏塑练习，艺术家将它们按自身感知的防御层级排布于空间中，邀请观众在非常规的展览动线中与之相遇。
Artist Zhang Yibei (b.1992, Daqing) has officially unveiled her solo exhibition “Please No Helmet” at Longlati. This marks her debut institutional solo exhibition and signifies the conclusion of Longlati’s residency program. Centring on psychological themes that she has been exploring in recent years, Zhang employed her distinctive sculptural language to construct a topological ocean park evocative of Alice in Wonderland within the space.
The title “Please No Helmet” originates from a sign Zhang acquired in Malaysia, originally intended for local shops to discourage individuals from entering while wearing helmets. She repurposed the sign for her studio entrance, humorously reminding visitors to “let down their guard.” This seemingly ineffective public directive was thus transformed into an amusing encouragement. Alongside her studies in psychoanalysis and introspective exploration of individual consciousness, Zhang delved into a series of visual explorations of defence mechanisms. From animals (such as limpets, sand dollars, and helmet urchins) to sports weapons (like fencing sabres) and personal items (including bulletproof briefcases, luxury accessories, and cosmetics), these objects all unveil the secret techniques of self-protection in nature and society. Through sculpting practices imbued with personal emotions and cross-species sentiments, Zhang scatters these objects in space based on her perception of defence levels, inviting the audience to encounter them through an unconventional exhibition path.
展览现场
Installation View
精选作品
Selected Works
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张移北 Zhang Yibei
我们的火堆里什么都有 There is everything in our bonfire
青铜、不锈钢、玻璃、水龙头、拾得物
Bronze. stainless steel, glass, faucet, ready-made material
尺寸可变 Dimension variable
2024
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张移北 Zhang Yibei
呼吸的食谱 Recipes for breathing
铸铝，陶瓷，玻璃，刷子，花剑，锁头，沙袋
Aluminum, ceramic, glass, brush, foil, lock, sandbag
尺寸可变 Dimension variable
2024
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张移北 Zhang Yibei
钢盔 Helmet
青铜，玻璃，防火砂，石蜡，毛巾
Bronze, glass, fire sand, wax, towel
尺寸可变 Dimension variable
2024
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张移北 Zhang Yibei
钢盔 Helmet
青铜，鹅蛋，刷子 Bronze, goose egg, brush
尺寸可变 Dimension variable
2024
关于艺术家 About the Artist
张移北 Zhang Yibei
张移北，1992年生于大庆。现⼯作⽣活于北京。硕士毕业于英国皇家艺术学院雕塑系，本科毕业于英国伦敦艺术⼤学雕塑系。张移北曾获得2019年第七届明天雕塑奖，2021年入围华宇青年奖，并获选Longlati基金会2022-2023年度驻留艺术家。近期重要展览包括：个展“所有东西凿出一个孔都可以成为花瓶”（BANK，上海，2021）；群展“第二届TAG新当代：离岸”（西海美术馆，青岛，2023）“应激之机”（泰康空间，北京，2023），“断裂的一代”（松美术馆，北京，2022），“日常的智慧—当代艺术邀请展”（银川当代美术馆，银川，2021），“第四届今日文献展（今日美术馆，北京，2019），“还要什么自行车”（德国文化中心·歌德学院，北京，2019）等。作品被松美术馆、Longlati基金会、北京泰康空间收藏。
张移北从一个假定的命题出发，在介于艺术家、材料与观念三者关系的重新思考。在这种构思/反思过程中，艺术家和她的材料形成了实在世界，实在世界构成了观念世界，思维和材料共同构成了艺术家的意象，这种意象就像鸡与蛋的关系，通向了艺术家与材料之间的合作关系。因此，材料、艺术家和思想注定要共存。那么什么是材料，谁是艺术家呢？观念在哪里？我们也许可以认为，艺术家挑选她的材料，无论是石头、硅还是世界上已经存在的东西(现成物)，因为她把她的材料组合成她的潜意识的参考物体。这给移北提出了一个问题，即材料是否属于艺术家，或者反之亦然，即相对于材料，艺术家被选择、移动，或者对于艺术家来说，材料被移动、选择。
Yibei Zhang (b.1992, born in Heilongjiang, China) lives and works in Beijing. Graduated from Royal College of Art MA Fine Art (Sculpture) 2017 and University of Arts London, Wimbledon College of Arts - BA Fine Art (Sculpture) 2015. Yibei has won 2019 Tomorrow Sculpture Awards and shortlisted by Huayu Youth Award in 2021. She is also the recipient of Longlati Foundation's Artist-in-Residence Program for the 2022-23 cycle. Her recent exhibitions include: solo exhibition "A Vase In Everything"(BANK/MABSOCIETY, Shanghai, 2021); group exhibitions "The 2nd TAG-New Contemporary: Seaward"(TAG Art Museum, Qingdao),"BODILY REACTION: VITALIZING THE BARE LIFE"(Taikang Space, Beijing, 2023),"The Disconnect Generation"(Song Art Museum, Beijing, 2022), "Wisdom of Everydau Life-Contemporary Art Invitation Exhibition"(Museum of Contemporary Art Yinchuan, Yinchuan, 2021), "The 4th Today’s Documents" (Today Art Museum, Beijing, China, 2019), "Whatever Works, Whatever It Takes"( Goethe Institut, Beijing, China, 2019), etc. Her artworks have been collected by important insitituions, including Song Art Museum, Longlati Foundation, Taikang Space.
Yibei Zhang starts with a proposition, that is, a rethinking of the relationship between artist, material and ideation. In this rethinking, the artist and her materials form the entity world and the entity world frames the ideation world; ideation and material together compose the imagery of the artist and this imagery leads, chicken and egg-like, to the collaboration of artist and material. Material, artist and ideation are therefore fated to co-exist. What then is material and who is the artist? Where is ideation? We might deem that the artist picks her material, be it stone, silicon or things that exist in the world (found or sought objects), because she combines her materials as reference objects to her subconscious. This poses for Yibei the question of whether the material belongs to the artist or vice versa, i.e. relative to material, the artist is moved and relative to the artist, the material is moved.
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