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Légendes de gauche à droite :
1/ Lu Chao - 陆超, Stage - 舞台, ink on paper - 纸上油墨, 21×30 cm, 2013.
2/ Lu Chao - 陆超, Fight - 斗, oil on canvas - 布面油画, 150×120 cm, 2013.
3/ Lu Chao - 陆超, Where - 哪, oil on canvas - 布面油画, 200×198 cm, 2013.
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présentation - 展览介绍 :
Hadrien de Montferrand Gallery is pleased to present Lu Chao "Black Forest". Following last year's group show "New Figuration: Chapter 1", this exhibition will present Lu Chao's oil paintings, drawings and sketches in the past 3 years focusing on "crowds". This is the artist's first solo exhibition in Beijing.
Foreword
Lu Chao's character tends to be rational: he leads his life in a well-ordered way. His passion for Art lies behind the graceful loftiness from which he overlooks the world. In works inspired by the expanding population of China and of the world, he looks down on the masses, as if the enormous motley crowds of people were concentrated on a small map.
Lu Chao grew up at a time when China's social and economic environment improved; he received a comprehensive artistic education since his childhood and he still studies in the United Kingdom. This background distanced him from the universal angst shared by the older generation of artists who formed the Chinese avant-garde. His Art doesn't simply allow him to express his angst; but his refinement naturally transpires through it. Thanks to his outstanding painterly skills, he has astonishingly integrated an expanding world into his own complex and personalized patterns. His works pave the way for a new trend: a road to freedom for a new generation of sophisticated young artists.
Liu Xiaodong
September 9, 2013
Artist's Statement
I like to watch and depict live crowds; this allows me to observe myself and my life from another angle. Each time I look at a crowd, I see that everyone is different, unique, and at the same time so small and identical. I love crowds, I fear them and I am curious about the life of each member. When I observe and depict them, I wish I were a spectator; however, I am one of them and I can never escape that fact. Our current environment is brimming with people's desires, and through my art I try to capture this restless, helpless and confused mass of people. Sometimes, it is a bittersweet pill to swallow.
About the Artist
Born in Shenyang in 1988, Lu Chao graduated from the oil painting department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing in 2012. He is currently studying at the Royal College of Art, London, U.K. and will graduate in 2014. He has exhibited in China and Europe. He now works in China and London.
About the Works
For the "Black Forest" series, Lu Chao was initially inspired by the crowds of people in the Beijing underground. Thereafter, he expanded the theme of crowds, constructing different stories intertwined with humor as he went along. He then concealed these stories behind a dark forest.
Hadrien de Montferrand 画廊非常荣幸地邀请到年轻艺术家陆超继“新写实:第一回展”之后的个展“黑森林”，这次的展览集中展示了三年来所创作的有关于人群这一系列的作品，作品材质包括油画，素描及草图等，此次展览也是艺术家在北京的首次个展。
陆超是一种新的趋势
陆超的性格趋于理性，生活有条不紊，他对艺术的激情隐藏在优雅的俯瞰态度里。他作品的灵感源于中国及至世界的人口爆炸，他游于其上，俯瞰世界，像庞大混杂的城市浓缩在小小的地图上。
陆超成长在中国社会物质生活变好的时代，从小接受完整的教育,至今仍在英国求学。这种背景使他脱开老一代前卫艺术家们的普遍愤怒，他不再简单地用艺术表达愤怒，转而自然流露出他的学养，他的笔调复杂，技艺超人，叹为观止，把纷争的世界融于他个人化的复杂图案里。这是一种新的趋势，是新一代的有素养的年轻艺术家的自由之路。
刘小东
2013.9.28
艺术家自述
我喜欢观察和描绘生活中的人群，这让我可以从另一个角度看待我自己，看待生命。当我俯视人群时我发现每个人都是那么鲜活，那么独特同时他们又那么雷同那么渺小。我对人群充满热爱，恐惧和好奇。我希望我像一个旁观者一样来观察和描绘人群，同时我又无法逃离其中。这是一个被欲望充斥着的疯狂的时代，我渴望用绘画来捕捉这个时代人群的躁动，不安，迷茫，无助。这种令人窒息的震撼有时候会那么的安静，那么的迷人。
关于艺术家
陆超，1988年出生于沈阳市，2012年毕业于中央美术学院油画系，毕业以后他赴英国皇家艺术学院深造，将于2014年毕业。他曾在欧洲和中国参加过展览，目前工作生活于北京，伦敦。
关于作品
陆超“黑森林”中作品创作的最初灵感来源于北京地铁站拥挤的人群，之后他便延续着“人群”的这条线索不断的延伸下去，他用他的幽默有条不紊的排列着画面中不同的故事，然后他把这些故事都隐藏在一片黑色的森林里。
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