箭厂胡同38号(国子监街内)
北京 100007 中国
38 Jianchang Hutong
(off Guozijian Jie)
Beijing, 100007 China

焦虑的中产阶级

赵亮

2015年10月17日- 12月5日 展览延期到2016年1月中


一个巨大的水晶灯影像在玻璃推拉门上催眠式的来回摆动，这是纪录片导演兼艺术家赵亮在箭厂的装置作品“焦虑的中产阶级”。将空间已有的三扇玻璃门变为一个屏幕，黑色背景上的华丽灯具被投其上。不依靠任何可见的外部动力，水晶吊灯由静止到强烈倾斜再归于平静，摇摆的尽头,吊灯的形象失控似地消失在了门框边缘之外。伴随着吊灯无节奏无止尽地缓慢摆动，作品“焦虑的中产阶级”在此试图唤起某种持续的不安和令人无法安歇的感觉。

赵亮主要从事于摄影和纪录片创作，通过带有个人经验和集体经历的镜头语言，他的作品探讨了当代中国社会的多个方面 。由于通常他将摄影镜头面向弱势或边缘群体，赵亮在纪录电影界的位置醒目甚至是带有几分争议。他的纪录片《告别圆明园》(2006)，《罪与罚》(2007)和《上访》(2009)已引起国际电影界的广泛关注，最新完成的一部电影《悲兮魔兽》(2015)进入了第72届威尼斯电影节主竞赛单元。

赵亮1971年生于辽宁丹东，1992年就读于鲁迅美术学院。他的作品曾展出于第十届上海双年展，北京三影堂摄影艺术中心，美国沃克艺术中心，曼彻斯特华人艺术中心，马德里雷纳索非亚美术馆，柏林世界文化宫美术馆，玻利维亚国家美术馆，瑞典Stasiatiska美术馆，休斯顿当代美术馆，赫尔辛基Kiasma当代美术馆以及纽约国际摄影中心。赵亮目前生活和工作于北京。

“焦虑的中产阶级”可见于每日黄昏至子夜。

Middle Class Angst

Zhao Liang

Oct 17 – Dec 5, 2015 EXTENDED THRU MID-JAN 2016

The image of a large crystal chandelier swinging hypnotically back and forth across Arrow Factory’s architectural facade is a new video installation by documentary filmmaker and artist Zhao Liang entitled Middle Class Angst. Transforming Arrow Factory’s trifold glass doors into a screen, Zhao projects a video of an ornate light fixture swinging on a generic black background, progressing from stillness to fierce careening and back to tranquility without any visible exterior force. At the apex of its sway, the chandelier’s image veers off uncontrollably beyond the outer edges of the Arrow Factory door (and projection) frame. Endlessly moving at uneven speeds with no climax or clear resolution, Middle Class Angst evokes a sense of unceasing instability and the impossibility of rest.

Working in photography and documentary film, Zhao’s work probes aspects of contemporary Chinese society through the lens of individual experience and collective history. Often pointing his camera at the underrepresented or disenfranchised, Zhao has earned himself a distinguished and sometimes controversial, position in film circles. He has received international attention for his documentary films Farewell Yuanmingyuan (2006), Crime and Punishment (2007) and Petition: The Court of the Complainants (2009). His most recent film Behemoth (2015) received accolades at the 72nd Venice Film Festival.

Zhao Liang (b. 1971 in Dandong, Liaoning China) graduated from the Luxun Academy of Fine Arts in 1992. His work has been exhibited at the 10th Shanghai Biennial (Shanghai), Three Shadows Photography Art Center (Beijing), Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), Chinese Arts Centre (Manchester), Museo Reina Sofía (Madrid), Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Berlin), National Museum of Fine Arts (La Paz), Stasiatiska Museum (Stockholm), Contemporary Arts Museum (Houston), Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma (Helsinki) and the International Center of Photography (New York). He lives and works in Beijing.

Middle Class Angst is viewable daily from dusk to 1am.