{"id":8474,"date":"2023-01-03T09:42:44","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T01:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vitamincreativespace.art\/en\/?p=8474"},"modified":"2023-02-09T19:11:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T11:11:22","slug":"shao-fan-in-the-name-of-the-rabbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitamincreativespace.com\/en\/?p=8474","title":{"rendered":"Shao Fan: In the Name of the Rabbit, Mirrored Gardens, Space 1, Space 2, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2022.12Shao Fan:\u00a0In the Name of the Rabbit<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Through the process of repetitive work, one experiences the slowing of time, to the point that one achieves the mental state of a jade-polishing artisan from the Liangzhu culture. Shao Fan truly embodies this state in his painting process: a state that allows him to profoundly contemplate the relationships between form and line, between ink and color\uff1a<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Does line follow form, or does form follow line? It\u2019s impossible to know which comes first. Lines can cohere and lines can collide; it\u2019s unknowable which is more important.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Shao Fan began his series \u201cIn the Name of the Rabbit\u201d in early 2020. We can discern the rabbit image in these paintings, but upon close examination, its original significance seems to dissolve. As examination yields obfuscation, our separateness falls away, and \u201cwe\u201d enter an alternative state of co-existence. When we further consider the artist\u2019s focus on repetition, we see that the repetition takes place not only on each painting, but also amid the connections between paintings. The artworks in the series “In the Name of the Rabbit ” gradually unfold, inducing us into a temporal garden. As we weave our way through this space, blurred semantics and indeterminate auras lead us to feelings of ethereal lightness and shelter.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 In Shao Fan\u2019s other recent works, this temporal volume and topography is expressed in further indescribable forms. Accumulated layers of ink neither affirm each other nor contrast with each other; instead, they blend together serendipitously, allowing the \u201ctime\u201d to organically reveal itself in the gaps between brushstrokes. The artist commits himself to the guidance of uncontrollable forces, and we follow him along this winding path to secluded places, probing the possibilities of alternate dimensions. In this way, painting itself becomes the site of ineffable phenomena.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0These creations of Shao Fan\u2019s might be seen as \u201csites of communal contemplation\u201d to which each individual can bring the perspective of their own lived experience. Unlike specific, historical places, these sites hold a void at their center, a measure of distance, an instant of original perception, that invites each visitor to pause, recalling the poetry of Gary Snyder: \u201cUp here \/ out back \/ drink deep \/ that black light.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Vitamin Creative Space<\/p>\n

Shao Fan<\/strong>
\n In the Name of the Rabbit<\/strong><\/p>\n

February 10 \u2013 April 9, 2023<\/p>\n

Venue<\/strong>
\nMirrored Gardens, Space 1, Space 2<\/p>\n

Address<\/strong>
\nHualong Agriculture Grand View Garden, Panyu, Guangzhou<\/p>\n

Daily Opening Hours<\/strong>
\nWednesday to Sunday, 1 to 5pm (closed on Monday and Tuesday)
\nHours may vary on holidays or in special circumstances.<\/p>\n

Please reserve<\/a> a time slot to visit the exhibition via the official website of Mirrored Gardens.<\/p>\n

Website:\u00a0mirroredgardens.art<\/a>
\nWeChat: mirroredgardens
\nTel: +86 20-31043759
\nEmail: mail@mirroredgardens.art
\nPress: PR@vitamincreativespace.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shao Fan:\u00a0In the Name of the Rabbit \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Through the process of repetitive work, one experiences the slowing of time, to the point that one achieves the mental state of a jade-polishing artisan from the Liangzhu culture. Shao Fan truly embodies this state in his painting process: a state that allows […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[36],"class_list":["post-8474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-index"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitamincreativespace.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8474"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitamincreativespace.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitamincreativespace.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitamincreativespace.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitamincreativespace.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8474"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vitamincreativespace.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8477,"href":"https:\/\/vitamincreativespace.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8474\/revisions\/8477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitamincreativespace.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitamincreativespace.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitamincreativespace.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}