DREAM MECHANISM
Group Exhibition
Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Assemblages, Fibre Art, Ceramics, and Digital Prints by Daniil Alikov, Sally Clark, Mallory Donen, Anyuta Gusakova, Sofiya Mukhachova, Maude Ren, Sabine Simons, Grace Tao, and Guo Yan。
Opening August 8th, 2024 7-9pm
Exhibition: August 8 – 29, 2024, M-F 10-5, Tue 10-8
Opens during August 17-18 Richmond Art Walk and Coffee Walk.
Closes during August 21-23 for private event.
Nine Metro Vancouver-based artists explore the “new normal” in the post-epidemic era. The progress of artificial intelligence and synthetic biology, human cell regeneration, and virtual reality and augmented reality will soon be integrated into human life. Humans are facing an era of new and old productivity and may experience changes in ethics and the reshaping of moral norms soon. The artists lead us to think deeply, and in the dreamlike “reality”, they can achieve “nostalgia” or foresight through their works of art. The exhibition features painting, drawing, sculpture, assemblage, fibre art, ceramic, and digital prints by Daniil Alikov, Sally Clark, Mallory Donen, Anyuta Gusakova, Sofiya Mukhachova, Maude Ren, Sabine Simons, Grace Tao, and Guo Yan.
Special Viewing During the Richmond Art Walk: “Dream Mechanism” will be featured prominently during the Richmond Art Walk (www.richmondartwalk.com) on August 17th and 18th. This event is a vibrant celebration of art and culture within our community, providing a unique opportunity to engage with the artists and their works amidst the lively atmosphere of Richmond’s art district.
Richmond-based artist Daniil Alikov, an experienced designer, artist and the inventor of the Techno Naïve genre, incorporates painted canvases, synthesis materials, 3D printing, artificial and even real plants in his conceptual artworks that blend the border of two-dimensional and three-dimensional art. His newest generation canvases with pristine black fields adorned with drawn patterns, text, symbols and non-narratives speak of scientific systems, futuristic notions, and more importantly, the nativity of humans when facing technology.
At the opening night of “Dream Mechanism” exhibition Daniil will create and perform his new Living Sculpture in front of the audience.
Richmond-based artist Sofiya Mukhachova conveys her intricate perceptions and rich narratives through her witty paintings and sculpture. Her “playful” works delves into mythology, astrology, and science; they also remind us of the Superflat genre that strips away the perspectives of the richness of visuals that fill the canvases. On the contrary, her sculptures are nothing but flat. They break through the boundaries of three-dimensionality. She uses filler materials to expand the canvases and let them become a playground for fun materials such as hard plastic parts, stickers and soft paper balls.
Vancouver-based artist Sabine Simons’ Tide Series acrylic paintings on cradled canvases are her “latest works that explore the calm panorama of the beach, the ocean, and the horizon when the tide is out, in a minimalistic, abstracted style.” The beautiful and comforting colours, almost surreal lines and sea level, triggers our understanding and thinking of the coastal environment. “After intensely focusing on encaustics, mixed media and printmaking, I discovered that my preferred medium remains acrylics, for it allows me to work quickly and intuitively. How the work will unfold is not always immediately apparent to me.” – Sabine Simons 2024
Surrey-based artist Grace Tao is a Concordia University trained professional painter. She has a strong interest in studying machinery and mechanisms in paintings range from ancient to contemporary. “Machinery is one of the subjects I like to paint very much, because it is very similar to my experience of life. It has both the layered beauty of the structure, which is fascinating, and at the same time, it also makes people trapped in some degree of irresistible operation. The process of painting machinery is like an outlet for emotions.” – Grace Tao 2024
Richmond-based artist Maude Ren is a prolific award-winning public art designer and artist. Last year, he has settled down in Richmond to keep practicing art and design. His black and white drawing series The Charm of Rootes depicts the tree roots (driftwood) along the coastline he found in Richmond. He believes that the driftwood showcases the beauty that has endured the ravages of time. Their forms and textures seem to tell stories of time, with each groove recording the marks of years gone by. He draws lines and dots along the grooves that resemble science fiction creatures and invites the audiences to think what truly represents all the appearances of things we see.
Vancouver-based artist Guo Yan continues her oil painting series of The Circle of Life. She focuses more on people’s life and experience as well as social evolution and clash. She explores the nuanced relationship between humans and the environment through interpretative dual themes of light and darkness. In her paintings, humans are no longer in the centre or the only subject. All things have animism, and humans are only a part of coexisting with the environment and participating in energy conversion. The acquisition and endowment, release and acceptance of cosmic energy all are unfolded in her works, which are metabolized and endless.
Vancouver-based artist “Mallory Donen’s practice exists at the intersection of digital art and contemporary craft. By using the distinct grid format of cross-stitching she creates connections between threads and pixels. Her main source of inspiration is found through computer glitches; by capturing moments of failure, she transforms them into something positive. She always begins with a collaborative process with computers and converts digital imagery into something handmade. By embracing time-consuming processes such as embroidery, knitting, and quilting passed down through generations of women, she brings awareness to the value of women’s work.” – Mallory Donen 2024
Vancouver-based artist Anyuta Gusakova is a classically trained sculptor who works predominantly in 3D but also does painting and drawing with dreamlike narratives of imaginary creatures, with myth-inspired figures that are visually warm, inviting, and whimsical. They comfort “the ‘inner child’, which is the pure core of the human psyche where individual desires, emotions, and dreams are nested.”
Vancouver-based artist Sally Clark “captures the dreamlike quality of everyday reality. What lies underneath the surface. People moving through a platform of the Millennial Bridge in London, are floating in space; some in bright sunshine and others, in diffused shadow, below. A human aquarium.” – Sally Clark 2024
The exhibition opens on Thursday August 8th from 7:00pm to 9:00pm at Lipont Gallery, 4211 No. 3 Road Richmond, BC. Admission is free. Parking is free.
The exhibition will be on view from August 8th-29th, as well as during the August 17th – 18th Richmond Art Walk (www.richmondartwalk.com). The exhibition closes during August 21-23 and weekends, otherwise open Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm with extended hours to 8pm on Tuesdays.
梦想机制 – 夏季联展
绘画、素描、雕塑、拼合艺术、纤维艺术、陶瓷和数码印版画
参展艺术家：Daniil Alikov、Sally Clark、Mallory Donen、Anyuta Gusakova、Sofiya Mukhachova、Maude Ren、Sabine Simons、Grace Tao 和 Guo Yan。
开幕：2024年8月8日星期四7-9pm
展览：2024年8月8日至29日
8月17-18日Richmond Art Walk 列治文艺术漫游期间开放
8月21-23日休息
其他时间周一至周五 10am-5pm开放，每周二开放至晚8:00时
九位温哥华艺术家在后疫情时代探索“新的常态”。人工智能和合成生物学的进步，人体细胞再生，虚拟现实和增强现实即将融入人类的生活。人类正在面临生产力新旧交替的时代，不久的将来也许会经历伦常的改变，道德规范的重塑经等等。而艺术家们带领着我们进行进行深度思考，在如梦如幻的“现实”中，通过他们的艺术作品或实现“怀旧”，或实现前瞻。本次展出 Daniil Alikov、Sally Clark、Mallory Donen、Anyuta Gusakova、Sofiya Mukhachova、Maude Ren（任莫德）、Sabine Simons、Grace Tao 和 Guo Yan （郭燕）的绘画、素描、雕塑、拼贴、纤维艺术、陶瓷和数码版画。
“梦想机制”将在 8 月 17 日和 18 日的列治文艺术漫步 (www.richmondartwalk.com) 重点展出。列治文艺术漫游由Lipont Gallery主办，是社区内艺术和文化的一次充满活力的庆祝活动，为在列治文艺术区的氛围中与艺术家及其作品互动提供了独特的机会。
列治文艺术家 Daniil Alikov 是一位经验丰富的设计师、艺术家，也是 Techno Naïve 流派的发明者，他的概念艺术作品融合了彩绘画布、合成材料、3D 打印、人造甚至真实植物，融合了二维和三维艺术的边界。他最新一代的画布以纯黑色为主调，上面点缀着绘画图案、文字、符号和非叙事，讲述了科学系统、未来主义概念，更重要的是，人类面对技术时的本能。在“梦想机制”展览的开幕之夜，丹尼尔将在观众面前创作和表演他的新作品《活雕塑》。
列治文艺术家索菲娅·穆哈乔娃通过诙谐的绘画和雕塑传达了她错综复杂的感知和丰富的叙事。她的“俏皮”作品深入探讨了神话、占星术和科学；它们也让我们想起了超扁平流派。相反，她的雕塑则完全不是扁平的，它们突破了三维的界限：她使用填充材料来扩大画布，让它们成为有趣材料的游乐场，例如硬塑料部件、贴纸和软毛球。
温哥华艺术家 Sabine Simons 的《潮汐系列》丙烯画作是她“最新的作品，以简约、抽象的风格探索退潮时海滩、海洋和地平线的平静全景。” 美丽而舒适的色彩、近乎超现实的线条和海平面，引发了我们对沿海环境的理解和思考。“在专注于蜡画、混合媒体和版画之后，我发现我更喜欢的媒介仍然是丙烯画，因为它让我能够快速而直观地工作。作品将如何展开并不总是立刻显现出来。”—— Sabine Simons 2024
萨里艺术家 Grace Tao 是从康考迪亚大学毕业的专业画家。她对研究从古代到当代绘画中的机械和机制有着浓厚的兴趣。“机械是我非常喜欢画的主题之一，因为它与我的生活经历非常相似。 “它既有结构的层次美感，令人着迷，同时也让人陷入某种程度的无法抗拒的操作中。绘画机械的过程就像是情绪的出口。”——Grace Tao 2024
列治文艺术家Maude Ren（任莫德）是一位多产的获奖公共艺术设计师和艺术家。去年，他定居列治文，继续从事艺术和设计工作。他的黑白素描系列《根韵》描绘了他在列治文发现的海岸线上的树根（漂木）。他认为漂木展现了经受住时间摧残的美丽。它们的形态和纹理似乎在讲述时间的故事，每一个凹槽都记录着岁月流逝的痕迹。他沿着凹槽画出类似科幻生物的线条和点，邀请观众思考什么真正代表了我们所看到的所有事物的表象。
温哥华艺术家郭燕继续创作她的油画系列《生生不息》。她更关注人的生命与体验，社会的演进与冲突，通过对光明与黑暗双重主题的阐释，探讨人与环境微妙的关系。在她的画作中，人不再是中心或唯一主体，万物皆有灵性，人只是与环境共存、参与能量转换的一部分，宇宙能量的获取与赋予、释放与接受都在她的作品中展开，不断代谢，生生不息。
温哥华艺术家“Mallory Donen的创作处于数字艺术和当代工艺的交汇处。通过使用独特的网格格式十字绣，她创建了线和像素之间的联系。她的主要灵感来源是计算机故障；通过捕捉失败的时刻，她将它们转化为积极的东西。她总是从与计算机的协作过程开始，将数字图像转换成手工制作的东西。通过采用刺绣、编织和绗缝等代代相传的耗时工艺，她让人们意识到女性工作的价值。”——Mallory Donen 2024
温哥华艺术家 Anyuta Gusakova 是一位受过古典训练的雕塑家，主要从事 3D 工作，但也进行绘画和素描，以梦幻般的虚构生物叙事为主题，神话风格的人物在视觉上温暖、诱人且异想天开。它们安慰着“‘内在的孩子’，这是人类心灵的纯粹核心，个人的欲望、情感和梦想都寄托于此。”
温哥华艺术家 Sally Clark “捕捉到了日常现实的梦幻品质。表面之下隐藏着什么。人们穿过伦敦千禧桥的平台，漂浮在空中；一些人沐浴在明媚的阳光下，另一些人则在下面弥漫的阴影中。一个人类水族馆。”——Sally Clark 2024
展览将于 8 月 8 日星期四晚上 7:00 至晚上 9:00开幕。
展览将于 8 月 8 日至 29 日以及 8 月 17 日至 18 日的 Richmond Art Walk (www.richmondartwalk.com) 期间展出。8 月 21 日至 23 日以及周末闭馆，其余时间周一至周五上午 10 点至下午 5 点开放，周二延长开放时间至晚上 8 点。