涂鸦艺术家Futura 2000五十年回顾展: 突破
Futura 2000: 突破
FUTURA 2000: Breaking Out
展期:2024年09月08日—2025年03月30日
策展人:Robert Scalise、Zack Boehler、Eileen Jeng Lynch
艺术家:FUTURA 2000(Leonard Hilton McGurr)
地点:纽约·布朗克斯美术馆 Bronx Museum of the Arts|1040 Grand Concourse, Bronx, New York
FUTURA 2000: 突破 是这位独特艺术家从早期涂鸦艺术风格到当前当代抽象艺术实践的回顾展。这是在他家乡纽约市举办的对其五十年艺术生涯最全面的回顾。展览从2024年9月8日星期日开始,持续至2025年3月30日,展出了他的雕塑、绘画、版画、研究、合作作品以及从1970年代至今的档案资料,还有新的特定场地临时装置。
FUTURA 2000 的当代实践继续体现了他对科幻和太空时代的美学的迷恋。这些兴趣促使他早期采用了复杂的计算机技术和电子游戏。他以精湛的技艺使用喷漆,在画布上创作出抽象的宇宙构图。精致的线条与色彩的雾气和手势笔触形成对比,而大面积留白——允许形式在表面上自由漂浮,暗示了外太空的广阔。他反复出现的主题包括原子形状,象征着永恒的运动;一只鹤或线性标记,表示断裂的瞬间;以及神秘的点人,让人联想到外星存在。
「FUTURA 2000」是Leonard Hilton McGurr的笔名。FUTURA 2000的作品被以下机构收藏:纽约新博物馆(The New Museum);洛杉矶当代艺术博物馆(MOCA, Los Angeles);荷兰格罗宁根博物馆(Groninger Museum);伊冯·兰伯特(Yvon Lambert),德·诺蒙特画廊(Galerie De Noirmont);巴黎路易威登基金会(Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris),以及日本东京村上隆的凯凯基画廊(Takashi Murakami’s Kaikai Kiki Gallery)。他曾与维吉尔·阿布洛(Virgil Abloh)和川久保玲(Rei Kawakubo)of Comme des Garçons合作。2020年,野口勇博物馆(Isamu Noguchi Museum)展出了由FUTURA 2000定制的Akari光雕塑装置。同年,艺术家在巴黎东京宫(Palais de Tokyo)创作了一件大型场地特定装置,并被纳入波士顿美术博物馆(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)的展览《书写未来:巴斯奎特与嘻哈一代》(Writing the Future: Basquiat and the Hip Hop Generation)。艺术家居住并工作在纽约布鲁克林。埃里克·费尔斯通画廊(Eric Firestone Gallery)是艺术家在美国的美术代表。创意与艺术家管理机构ICNCLST在全球范围内代表艺术家的美术和商业项目。
FUTURA 2000: 突破 是这位独特艺术家从早期涂鸦艺术风格到当前当代抽象艺术实践的回顾展。这是在他家乡纽约市举办的对其五十年艺术生涯最全面的回顾,他的当代实践继续体现了他对科幻和太空时代的美学的迷恋。这些兴趣促使他早期采用了复杂的计算机技术和电子游戏。
FUTURA 2000: BREAKING OUT is a retrospective of this singular artist’s evolution from early graffiti art styles to his current practice of contemporary abstraction. The exhibition is the most comprehensive examination of FUTURA 2000’s five-decade career ever presented in his hometown of New York City. On view from Sunday, September 8 through March 30, 2025, BREAKING OUT showcases his sculptures, drawings, prints, studies, collaborations, and archival paraphernalia dating from the 1970s to the present, as well as new site-specific temporary installations. FUTURA 2000’s practice today continues to bear his fascination with the aesthetics of science fiction and the space age. These interests led to his early adoption of sophisticated computer technology and video gaming. Utilizing spray paint with virtuosic precision, he creates abstract cosmic compositions on canvas. Refined lines are contrasted by mists of vibrant colors and gestural brush marks while large areas are left empty—allowing forms to float freely across the surface, suggesting the expansiveness of outer space. His recurring motifs include the atom shape, symbolizing perpetual motion; a crane or linear mark, indicating a moment of rupture; and the enigmatic Pointman, reminiscent of an alien presence.
FUTURA 2000:
Futura 2000 is the nom de plume of Leonard Hilton McGurr. His collaborations include Virgil Abloh and Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons. In 2020, the Isamu Noguchi Museum presented FUTURA Akari, an installation of Akari light sculptures customized by FUTURA 2000. The artist lives and works in Brooklyn, NY