行为艺术、摄影、影像、装置 performance art, photography, video, installation.
王彦鑫,1988 年出生于中国甘肃兰州,2013年毕业于四川美术学院,2012年至今以行为艺术的方式为基础进行多媒介的艺术创作,现工作生活于成都;现任四川文化艺术学院副教授。
Wang Yanxin, born in 1988 in Lanzhou, Gansu, China. graduated from Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in 2013. Since 2012, he has been engaged in multi-media artistic creation based on performance art. He currently lives and works in Chengdu and is a professor at Sichuan Conservatory of Culture and Arts.
王彦鑫从身体出发,不断探讨身体和身体与他者的关系,在这不断探讨的过程中也不断加入现实关怀与人文关怀,对身体语言的探索和现场的定义有独特的个人理解,并由此力求向观众呈现个人独有的艺术语言。首先是语言的放弃,作品中的声音不再是人为的制造,而是自然而然;其次是空间的变化,从白盒子或建筑空间走向公共空间与自然空间,完成了艺术家构建自我向解放自我的过渡;第三是从身体的使用向身体的利用的转换,身体置于环境中,所表达的是作为问题提示存在的身体。同时王彦鑫也在不断丰富个体身体介入空间的方式,视觉诗化的身体、社会景观的身体、作为隐去的身体。
一直以来,作为年轻的行为艺术家,王彦鑫一直以其极具现场爆发力的身体行为作品为人所瞩目,现场作品所关联的作者-观众-特定场域,在其多年的创作中慢慢的揽括内化为一系列的语言风格。王彦鑫的第一轮艺术转向应该是在2018年,身体的具象肉身开始被冰冷的工业产物所 “覆盖”(LED冷光灯带),身体的媒介化开始成为探索方向及重点。2024年,艺术家再次尝试以video art的语言开启新一轮创作,特定场域空间的即兴表演,编排设计后的身体行动,诗化叙事中的散文化影像,身体在特定场域(时空历史)间的回响纠缠。不同于强调现场性即时性唯一性的现场行为创作,video art给到艺术家更多的创作想象和编织可能性,亦因为自身语言体系的完善向艺术家提出新的边界及限制,例如视听语言的风格选择,影像叙事的风格或倾向,行为(偶发)和表演(设计)间的取舍等。
王彦鑫是一位对行为语言极为敏感的艺术家,注重在场性的思考和行动与环境、场域、历史发生关系。重要的是,在这个过程中王彦鑫有其自身的方式和方法,他的行为往往在某种对抗割裂的不合时宜之地隐藏着互动融合。就像狼性和爆发力是大多数人对彦鑫作品的印象,但狂野瞬间后那股温暖、诗意的宁静却更让人动容。
王彦鑫就是一位将自己的身体作为艺术战场的艺术家。从他的所有作品中,我们都能感受到,他是一位不断在用身体体验、探索世界的艺术家。当然,触觉、肉欲这些生物的本能,并不是他想展现的最终目标。他更多是将自己的身体作为一种工具,即通过身体及生理机能去操控和标记外部物体,并以此从枯燥的日常生活或者不断重复的行为中,获得对未知世界的探寻以及掌握和发现一些偶然性的文化现象和契机。
王彦鑫的作品给人一种混合着个人英雄主义的豪迈感和戏谑游戏的亢奋感的印象,它们通常以类似短幕剧的形式展开,但随即又会让人陷入莫名的悲伤,一些愤怒的情绪在他强劲的行动和表现决绝的意志中间蔓延。自我惩罚、挑衅观众或者一场宣泄,他会在失控的边缘展开行动。他的现场看上去很野性,也时常让人感到震惊甚至受到惊吓。
王彦鑫的行为以强力干预的方式,以看似荒诞的姿态,发生在公共空间或自然环境中,增加了空间的荒谬性或赋予了环境的非连续性,行为表现富有强烈现场的感染力。
王彦鑫作品中的「身体」抽象为一种扁平化的轮廓的时候,其所指涉的便不再简单是肉身的基本属性,也不是具体的某个人的身体,而是一种符号化的,对公众身体状态的提取。这种独特而准确的符号是王彦鑫后续创作的「核心词汇」。借助这种「核心词汇」,艺术家得以自如的表达自己对于社会现场及公共事件的判断。也因此引出此阶段的第二个突破,那就是从个体的社会性叙事到抽象的群体社会景观的转变。
王彦鑫的行为艺术有其敏锐之处,震惊的方式作为现场艺术的一种新的语法模式,恰如其分的映照了社会的时代性,游戏发起的趋平广结了受众,社众觉知身体在痛并快乐着的临场中玩耍,事件的戏谑象是对号的玩笑,当行为者来到特定观众面前时,从惊吓体查中对撞出单子的自觉,与其说社众主体给出了选择,更象是其选择牵动出主体甚至自觉。用主体屏蔽(屏蔽)的方法,待更深刻的理解主体外的觉知和身体,把控甚至把玩其公约数,探找进而体查登入意识的可能性,虚弱、无力,假强可以是主体缺失、是反思、是身体、主体、知觉的再视,抑或是艺术家将身份、职能放进社会生态进程中不断的提问,也许艺术家在反身中希冀的正是主体的自觉。
王彦鑫的作品相对于其他行为艺术的直接性,他的作品背后则藏着一个历史事件或文本,他的作品从历史题材(滇越铁路建设中死亡的中国劳工)、物质元素(水、火)到佛家眼里的“众生平等”,大体上聚焦于对生命的关注。虽然如虫豸一般死亡,不能与劳工的死亡相提并论。但是,在人类的宏大叙事中,个体生命的丧失究竟意味着什么?今天的地区冲突与战争中,失去生命的个体意义又在哪里?
Wang Yanxin starts with the body and continuously explores the relationship between the body and others. In this ongoing exploration, he also incorporates concerns for reality and humanity. His exploration of body language and the definition of the site demonstrates a unique personal understanding, through which he strives to present a distinctive artistic language to the audience. First, there is the abandonment of language—sound in the work is no longer artificially produced, but rather emerges naturally. Second, there is a shift in space—from the white box or architectural space to public and natural spaces, completing the artist's transition from constructing the self to liberating the self. Third, there is a transformation from the use of the body to the exploitation of the body. The body is placed within the environment, expressing itself as a presence that raises questions. At the same time, Wang Yanxin continues to enrich the ways in which the individual body intervenes in space, including the visually poetic body, the body in social landscapes, and the body as something that is erased or concealed.
Throughout his career, Wang Yanxin, a young performance artist, has garnered attention for his body-centric works characterized by immense live energy. His practice intricately weaves the dynamic relationships between the artist, the audience, and specific sites into a distinctive artistic language, which has gradually matured over the years. Wang’s first significant artistic shift occurred in 2018, when the tangible, visceral aspects of his body began to be “overlaid” by cold industrial materials—such as LED cold light strips. This marked a turning point where the mediation of the body emerged as a central theme of his explorations. In 2024, the artist embarked on a new creative phase, employing the language of video art. This shift embraced improvisational performances in specific spatial contexts, choreographed bodily actions, fragmented yet poetic narratives, and images that resonate and intertwine the body with temporal, spatial, and historical layers. Unlike live performances that emphasize immediacy, singularity, and presence, video art offers Wang a broader creative scope and opportunities for intricate narrative construction. At the same time, this medium imposes new boundaries and challenges, such as defining stylistic choices for visual and auditory elements, determining narrative directions, and negotiating the balance between spontaneity (chance) and choreography (design). These considerations reflect Wang's ongoing inquiry into the evolving intersections of body, space, and time within his practice. Let me know if you'd like further refinements!
Wang Yanxin is an artist who is extremely sensitive to behavioral language and pays attention to the relationship between the thinking and action of the presence and the environment, field and history. What is important is that Wang Yanxin has his own way and method in this process, and his behavior often hides interaction and integration in an inappropriate place of confrontation and separation. Just like the wolf and explosive power are the impressions of most people on Yan Xin's works, but the warm and poetic tranquility after the wild moment is even more moving.
Wang Yanxin is an artist who takes his body as an art battlefield. From all his works, we can feel that he is an artist who constantly experiences and explores the world with his body. Of course, the instincts of touch and lust are not the ultimate goal he wants to show. He takes his own body as a tool, that is, he manipulates and marks external objects through his body and physiological functions, so as to obtain the exploration of the unknown world and grasp and discover some accidental cultural phenomena and opportunities from the boring daily life or repeated behaviors.
Wang Yanxin's works give people an impression of mixing the heroic feeling of personal heroism and the excited feeling of joking games. They are usually unfolded in the form of short act plays, but then they will make people fall into inexplicable sadness. Some angry emotions spread among his strong actions and his determination to express. If he punishes himself, provokes the audience or gives vent, he will act on the edge of losing control. His scene looks very wild, and it often makes people feel shocked or even frightened.
Wang Yanxin’s performances intervene forcefully, often adopting seemingly absurd postures, and take place in public spaces or natural environments. These actions enhance the absurdity of the space or introduce a sense of discontinuity into the environment. His performances are highly impactful, creating a strong sense of presence and engagement in the moment.
When the "body" in Wang Yanxin's work is abstracted into a flattened outline, it no longer refers simply to the basic attributes of the physical body or to the body of a specific individual. Instead, it becomes a symbol, an extraction of the public's bodily state. This unique and precise symbol is the "core vocabulary" that underpins Wang Yanxin’s subsequent work. With this "core vocabulary," the artist is able to freely express his judgments on social contexts and public events. This also leads to a second breakthrough in this phase of his work: the transition from individual social narratives to the abstract representation of collective social landscapes.
When the "body" in Wang Yanxin's work is abstracted into a flattened outline, it no longer refers simply to the basic attributes of the physical body or to the body of a specific individual. Instead, it becomes a symbol, an extraction of the public's bodily state. This unique and precise symbol is the "core vocabulary" that underpins Wang Yanxin’s subsequent work. With this "core vocabulary," the artist is able to freely express his judgments on social contexts and public events. This also leads to a second breakthrough in this phase of his work: the transition from individual social narratives to the abstract representation of collective social landscapes.
Compared to the directness of other performance art, Wang Yanxin’s works are often underpinned by a historical event or text. His works range from historical themes (such as the Chinese laborers who died during the construction of the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway), material elements (such as water and fire), to the Buddhist concept of "all beings are equal." Overall, his focus is on the concern for life. While the death of insects may seem insignificant in comparison to the loss of workers' lives, what does the loss of individual life mean within the grand narrative of humanity? In today’s regional conflicts and wars, what is the significance of the loss of individual life?
1988出年生于甘肃兰州,2013年毕业于四川美术学院新媒体系,现工作生活于成都,任教于四川文化艺术学院,副教授。
Wang Yanxin, born in 1988 in Lanzhou, Gansu, China. graduated from Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in 2013. Since 2012, he has been engaged in multimedia artistic creation based on performance art. He currently lives and works in Chengdu and is a professor at Sichuan Conservatory of Culture and Arts.
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