绰影——吴哲仁和他的艺术
Shifting Silhouettes: Wu Zheren and His Art

展期 | Date
2025/03/01-2025/03/15

艺术家 | Artist
吴哲仁  Wu Zheren

策展人 | Curator
盛葳  Sheng Wei

学术主持 | Academic Host
王春辰 Wang Chunchen

开幕时间 | Opening Reception
2025/03/01  15:00

地点 | Venue  北京市798艺术区A04栋798国际艺术交流中心 
798 International Art Exchange Center, 798 ART ZONE A04, Beijing


艺术家吴哲仁的个人展览“绰影——吴哲仁和他的艺术”（Shifting Silhouettes: Wu Zheren and His Art）将于2025年3月1日在798国际艺术交流中心登场。本次展览将展出艺术家的20余幅作品，包含全新的“繁花”系列和“8字下的透”系列，展现艺术家在跨文化探索中将人类共通的时空与永恒落于画布所表达的时间感和朦胧感，以及克制而自由的创作意志。此次展览由盛葳策划，王春辰担任学术主持，将持续至2025年3月15日。
 

繁花2  Blossoming Abundance 2
布面油画 Oil on canvas
155×155cm  2024

前言

盛葳

吴哲仁作品给人的第一印象像是透过压花玻璃看到的风景或者池塘水面下的神秘绰影，充满了若隐若现的朦胧之美，让人不禁对“玻璃”的另一侧充满遐想。然而，斑斓的画面并非一成不变，而是充满了有节律的运动感，原因在于画面常常由一系列看似阿拉伯数字“8”的符号重复书写而成，调动着吴哲仁的画面，让它们看起来既宁静又律动。
 

中国8  China 8
布面油画  Oil on canvas
155×155cm  2024

受益于中国和德国两国的生活和教育经验，幼年时，吴哲仁就从祖父的书看到红山文化青玉双联璧的形象。后来，这个近似于“8”的符号又让他联想到“玄”字的甲骨文、金文形象。与此同时，跨越中德文化生活的吴哲仁还为这个符号找到了西方的渊源——莫比乌斯环，以及数学中的“无限”符号“∞”。
 

8字下的透4   8-Interpenetration 4
布面油画   Oil on canvas
150×150cm   2024

时间在空间扭曲中永恒的循环往复，中西文化不谋而合，不仅是形象上，也是思想上的。尽管文化具有各种不同的在地性变现形式，但最终它们都指向了人类共同的本质和理想。艺术家吴哲仁在画室中不断重复书写“8”，生动诉说着他创作时的每时每刻，观众在美术馆欣赏其作品时，也无不感到“时间”或者“生命”真切地流逝——或许，这就是“玻璃”的另一侧吧！



Artist Wu Zheren's solo exhibition, "Shifting Silhouettes: Wu Zheren and His Art," will debut at the 798 International Art Exchange Center on March 1, 2025. The exhibition will feature over 20 works by the artist, including his latest series, "Blossoming Abundance " and "8-Interpenetration," which explore the universal themes of time and eternity through the lens of cross-cultural experiences. These works capture a profound sense of deep temporal resonance and a hazy allure, translating shared human experiences onto the canvas. The exhibition, curated by Sheng Wei with Wang Chunchen serving as the academic advisor, will run until March 15, 2025.

Preface 
Sheng Wei
At first glance, Wu Zheren's artworks evoke the impression of a scene viewed through embossed glass or the mysterious world beneath the surface of a pond, exuding a hazy, elusive beauty that sparks endless imagination about what lies on the other side of the "glass". However, the vibrant imagery is not static; it is imbued with rhythmic movement, as the images often consist of a series of seemingly repeating symbols that resemble the Arabic numeral "8". These symbols are what animate Wu Zheren's works, making them appear both serene and dynamic.

Thanks to his life and educational experiences in both China and Germany, Wu Zheren encountered the image of the "Celadon Jade Double Bi Disc" from the ancient Hongshan culture in his grandfather's books during his early childhood. Later, the symbol, resembling "8", also reminded him of the oracle bone script and bronze inscriptions for the Chinese character "玄" (meaning "mysterious and profound"). Meanwhile, Wu Zheren, who navigates between Chinese and German cultures, has also found a Western counterpart for this symbol— the Möbius strip, and the infinity symbol "∞" in mathematics. 

The eternal cycle of time within the distortion of space coincides with the artist's discoveries in Chinese culture, visually and philosophically.Although culture manifests in various local forms, they all point towards a shared human essence and ideal in the end. Artist Wu Zheren repeatedly writes "8" in his studio, vividly narrating every moment of his creative process. When viewers admire his works in the gallery, they cannot help but feel the tangible passage of "time" or "life". Perhaps this is what lies on the other side of the "glass".




关于艺术家
吴哲仁  
旅德华人艺术家
中国致公党党员
出生于中国浙江
毕业于德国汉堡美术学院自由艺术系
上海师范大学美术学院客座教授
德国汉堡艺术与新媒体学院客座教授
现生活工作于德国汉堡，中国北京

个展
2025 “绰影——吴哲仁和他的艺术”，798国际艺术交流中心，中国北京
2023 “重组与再现——吴哲仁作品展”，天趣艺术中心，中国香港
2023 “光影之痕——吴哲仁作品展”，798先声画廊，中国北京
2018 “TRAUM | ZEIT—吴哲仁个展”，Kulturforum—Hafen画廊，德国布克斯特胡德
2018 “TRAUM | ZEIT 梦|时—吴哲仁作品展”，OBER FETT画廊，德国汉堡
2017 “ TRAUMBILDER—吴哲仁作品展”，KULTUR BOTSCHAFT画廊，德国汉堡
2016 “另眼看世界—吴哲仁新作品展”，湖州市文化馆，中国湖州
 
群展（部分）
2024 “北京当代”·艺术博览会，全国农业展览馆，中国北京
2022 “游目骋怀——旅德中国艺术家作品展”，国家大剧院，中国北京；上海新美术馆，中国上海；青岛西海美术馆，中国青岛；常州美术馆，中国常州
2021 “超融体——2021成都双年展”，成都市天府美术馆、成都市当代艺术馆，中国成都
2020 “时间之痕—中德当代艺术交流展”，巴特塞京根市市立美术馆，德国巴特塞京根
2019 “besetzen—占据”，xpon-art画廊，德国汉堡
2019 “东方来信”第四届Inter-Youth国际高等艺术学院青年绘画展巡展，鲁迅美术学院美术馆，中国沈阳
2019 “东方来信”第四届Inter-Youth国际高等艺术学院青年绘画展巡展，苏州美术馆，中国苏州

Wu Zheren
Chinese artist residing in Germany
Member of the China Zhi Gong Party
Born in Zhejiang, China
Graduated from the Department of Fine Arts, University of Fine Arts of Hamburg (HFBK-Hamburg), Germany
Visiting Professor at the Fine Arts College, Shanghai Normal University, China
Visiting Professor at the Design Factory International, College of Communication Design and Visual Arts, Hamburg, Germany
Currently lives and works in Hamburg, Germany, and Beijing, China

Solo Exhibitions
2025 
Shifting Silhouettes: Wu Zheren and His Art, 798 International Art Exchange Center,
Beijing, China
2023   
Wu Zheren – Reassemble and Reapperance, Art of Nature Contemporary, Hong Kong, China
Wu Zheren – Traces of Light and Shadow, 798 The First Sound Gallery, Beijing, China
2018
TRAUM | ZEIT – Wu Zheren Solo Exhibition, Kulturforum am Hafen e.V. Buxtehude, Buxtehude, Germany
TRAUM | ZEIT – Wu Zheren Solo Exhibition, OBER FETT, Hamburg, Germany
2017
TRAUMBILDER – Wu Zheren Exhibition, KULTUR BOTSCHAFT, Hamburg, Germany
2016
A Different Perspective – Wu Zheren New Works Exhibition, Huzhou Culture Center, Huzhou, China
 
Group Exhibitions
2024  
Beijing Dangdai Art Fair 2024, National Agricultural Exhibition Center, Beijing, China
2022 
Broad Horizons: Exhibition of Works by Chinese Artists Living in Germany, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing, China; New Gallery of Art, Shanghai, China; TAG Art Museum, Qingdao, China; Changzhou Art Museum, Changzhou, China
2021 
Super Fusion: Chengdu Biennale 2021, Chengdu Tianfu Art Museum, Chengdu Contemporary Art Museum, Chengdu, China 
2020 
Traces of Time – China-Germany Contemporary Art Exchange Exhibition, Bad Säckingen Municipal Art Museum, Bad Säckingen, Germany
2019 
besetzen, xpon-art, Hamburg, Germany
Letters from the East – 4th Inter-Youth International Higher Institutes of Art Youth Art Exhibition Tour, Luxun Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Shenyang, China 
Letters from the East – 4th Inter-Youth International Higher Institutes of Art Youth Art Exhibition Tour, Suzhou Art Museum, Suzhou, China