GUARDIANS OF TIME • XII Calls | Edition WEST BUND
为庆祝中法建交60周年,法国国立吉美亚洲艺术博物馆邀请了来自中国的艺术家蒋琼耳女士,通过其天马行空的创造力,以史无前例的全新艺术项目《时间的容器》勾勒华夏文明与神话符号的当代诠释,描绘出一座东西方思想和文化交流的桥梁。
蒋琼耳的这一宏伟壮观的大型系列装置艺术创作由“民胞物与”、“祈起”、“XII 呼唤”、“AI 女书 2024/ 勇敢”以及“内观洞穴”五组作品组成。蒋琼耳创作了代表着她心中21世纪世界公民价值观精神的十二神兽,它们栩栩如生地出现在博物馆历史建筑外立面的洞穴中,仿佛安住在我们当下时间的洞穴, 向众人呼唤。这是一次对人类的祝福,“我们每一个人,都是时代的守护者, 一切万物同根同源。”《时间的容器》展览持续至 2025年2月,于2024 年11月落地上海西岸,与吉美博物馆遥相呼应,共庆中法建交60周年。
《时间的容器》从巴黎吉美博物馆穿越时间和空间,携同蒋琼耳运用人工智能技术所创造的十二个神兽们,相聚在上海西岸艺术与设计博览会。
每个神兽象征着对当下人类共同体的一个精神价值观的呼唤。在西岸艺术博览会上, 十二青铜神兽与大型声光影像组成了一件大型艺术装置作品。它们的呼唤声,沙沙细语充盈着整个空间,让历史的厚重感呼之欲出,文明的全部能量,汇聚在神圣的沉默里, 以心灵与天地对话,抵达光明,抵达“人之为人”的领悟。
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France, the Musée national d'art Guimet invited Chinese artist Jiang Qiong Er to create an unprecedented new art project entitled 'The Guardians of Time', outlining the contemporary interpretation of Chinese civilisation and mythological symbols, and depicting a bridge between East and West in the exchange of ideas and cultures, through her wildly inventive creativity.
Jiang Qiong Er's magnificent monumental installation artworks consists of 'Origin', 'Initiation', 'The Twelve Calls', 'Her Voice–Bravery' and ‘Introspection’. Jiang Qiong Er has created twelve mythical creatures that represent the spirit of her values of 21st century global citizenship, and they appear vividly in the caves on the façade of the museum's historic building, as if they were dwelling in the caves of our present time, calling out to the crowd. This is a blessing to mankind, 'Each one of us is a guardian of the times, and all things have the same root and origin.'
The exhibition 'The Guardians of Time‘ runned until February 2025 inviting friends from China and the world to explore the enduring Chinese culture of the 21st century; and in November 2024, the Edition West Bund landed in Shanghai, echoing the Musée Guimet and celebrating the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between France and China.
The Guardians of Time travelled through time and space from the Musée Guimet in Paris to meet at the West Bund Art & Design in Shanghai with twelve mythical creatures created by Jiang Qiong Er with the help of artificial intelligence.
At the West Bund, a large-scale art installation consisting of twelve bronze creatures emerging in animation, sound and light. Each carries a particular message, each expresses a hope. As they seem to foat in the air, the rustle of their multilingual murmur fills the space. Their incantations call for human harmony.