在线展厅
邵帆
Between Truth & Illusion
2020年2月15日 - 10月18日
北布拉班特博物馆，荷兰斯海尔托亨博斯
Shao Fan (Beijing, 1964) holds a special place in contemporary Chinese painting. He is a master of the classical ink drawing techniques. In his work, Shao Fan combines painting, drawing and design with an extensive knowledge of Chinese culture. For over ten years, his work has been exhibited worldwide. His first solo exhibition in the Netherlands gives a unique overview of his work, featuring the monumental portraits of hares and rabbits.
Long live the hare and the rabbit
The protagonists of his monumental works are animals. Shao Fan particularly sees the rabbit and the hare as archetypes and hybrid creatures between man and animal. In doing so, he is in keeping with tradition: the rabbit and the hare are recurring subjects in traditional Chinese arts and crafts, although in China people do not distinguish these two animal species. In the Taoist tradition, the hare and the rabbit are associated with immortality and a long life.
“Today, we human beings always forget the animal side of us, either automatically or deliberately. But in fact the animal side of us is very precious.”——Shao Fan
"...the future is elusive. I have no control over the future, I do admit. Therefore in my art I mix the past with the present, wishfully thinking that time can thus be stopped so that I can travel freely in time."——Shao Fan
A Chinese Journey
Since 1988 Shao Fan's work has been part of the permanent collection of various museums worldwide, including the National Art Museum of China in Beijing, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Victoria, Albert Museum in London and the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. In 2018, two works by Shao Fan were on display in Het Noordbrabants Museum during the successful exhibition A Chinese Journey: The Sigg Collection.
Innovative and traditional
Shao Fan is also one of the first Chinese artists to explore the boundaries between visual art and furniture. Although the design of his Ming-style chairs is innovative, they are made using traditional methods. The chairs can be considered to be sculptures that recall functional furniture.
影像：Wang Yu
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