低处生活——龚波x李立 双个展

INWARD GALLERY is proud to announce the exhibition “DECK BELOW” by young artists Gong Bo and Li Lee, which will be held on April 27, 2024, during the “Boundary-less Symbiosis – Shenzhen’s First Metro Art Festival.” Curator Wu Yunkai will oversee the exhibition, which will showcase a selection of their latest works. With the theme of “DECK BELOW, High-level Thinking,” the exhibition aims to present the artists’ reflections on the real world and their inner landscapes through their creative practices.

来自虚无 From nothingness

黄金时代 Golden age

世界高速迭代，现实生活似乎不经意间将人们压制至底处，而时间如潺潺流水，不断冲刷着岩石般坚硬的个体。面对这无休止的侵蚀，有人像机器人一样麻木不言，有人像摇滚歌手一样反抗呐喊，有人像流浪诗人一样伤春悲秋，有人则在这静默的流转中，悄悄酝酿着破茧而出的力量。低处生活，其意是指一种简单、朴素的生活方式，寻求内心的满足充实，强调与自然的和谐共处，关注社会责任的积极态度。

As the world rapidly evolves, real life seems to unintentionally push people to the bottom, while time flows like a gentle stream, constantly eroding the solid individuals like rocks. Facing this relentless erosion, some people become numb and silent like robots, some rebel and shout like rock singers, some mourn the passing of spring and autumn like wandering poets, and some quietly brew the power to break out of their cocoons in this silent flow. DECK BELOW refers to a simple and unsophisticated way of life that seeks inner satisfaction, emphasizes harmony with nature, and focuses on a positive attitude towards social responsibility.

西西弗斯 Sisyphus

艺术家李立和龚波，他们历经无数理想主义的种种图景和乌托邦的幻灭之后，从生活的低处凝视现实世界的虚空漩涡，在‘废墟’中重建各自的个人信仰。两位艺术家的创作都关注和表达个体生活体验和阅读经验、以及社会现象或事件、音乐、电影、小说、新闻等所带来的启示和思索。龚波的画面直面现实，如同直视骄阳的西西弗斯，通过色彩强对比、图像冲突及符号关联来描绘世界的错乱和荒谬；而李立选择降低生活的噪音，回归乡野的宁静和柔调，展现出后现代自为存在主义式的人文关怀。他们的创作不仅是对生活的透视，更是对生命的热爱和对世界的理想，是一种从荒诞中寻找人生存在意义的过程。

Artists Li Lee and Gong Bo, after experiencing countless idealistic scenarios and the disillusionment of utopias, gaze at the void vortex of the real world from the lowest point of life and rebuild their personal beliefs amidst the “ruins.” Both artists’ creations focus on and express individual life experiences and reading experiences, as well as revelations and reflections brought by social phenomena or events, music, movies, novels, news, and more. Gong Bo’s paintings confront reality head-on, like Sisyphus staring directly into the sun, depicting the chaos and absurdity of his world through strong color contrasts and image conflicts. On the other hand, Li Lee chooses to lower the noise of life and return to the tranquility and softness of the countryside, exhibiting a postmodern existentialist-style humanistic care. Their creations are not only a perspective on life, but also a love for life and an ideal for the world, a process of seeking the meaning of existence in absurdity.

无谓挣扎 A meaningless struggle

龚波 Gong Bo

布面丙烯 Acrylic on canvas

80×100cm,2023

时代在迅速变迁，自是充满了魔幻和荒诞，记忆在不断流失，我们曾所珍视的人和事物似乎渐渐模糊。此次展览两位艺术家的作品，是他们对过去的怀念、对当下的表达及对未来的憧憬，是对虚无主义广泛蔓延后的世界深刻思考。

As the times rapidly change, nature is full of magic and absurdity, and memories are constantly fading. The works of these two artists in this exhibition are their nostalgia for the past, expressions of the present, and aspirations for the future. They are profound reflections on a world that has been widely influenced by nihilism.