谭天：（广告牌，宣言，笑话）
2022年7月23日至8月28日
Gallery II｜SPURS Gallery，北京朝阳区酒仙桥路二号院798艺术区D-06
谭天的个人网站上写的“All works © Tan Tian. This site is neither under construction nor complete”来自他最喜爱的艺术家马丁·克里德（Martin Creed）。正如这句话一样，谭天经常以“既不……也不……”句式的抵抗来表达立场——但到底是“支持”、“反对”或者“弃权”，在一人只能投出一票的规则内，他选择投出三票。
谭天一直以来尝试以系统化的工作方式去开辟一条对艺术机制的批判路径，而全球疫情的来临产生的极速变化，让他转向了对另一维度现况的批判与反思。
如处在由“（广告牌，宣言，笑话）”定义的XYZ坐标轴内，他的每件作品都同时包含了这三种属性，也说明了谭天对形式的追求与态度取向——同时要招摇地吸引注意、要郑重地表达观点、要用幽默模糊意图。2013年的雕塑作品《吐出来就好了 No.5》、文本作品《伊索没办法寓言》（2018）和绘画装置《202230020010/1》（2022），展览中三件作品的材料、结构和内容全然不同，但其中传达出的一个统一信号，指向了对普遍真理的抵抗和替代性视角留存的重要性。
SPURS Gallery将于2022年7月23日在Gallery II举办艺术家谭天在画廊的首次个展“（广告牌，宣言，笑话）”，展览将持续至2022年8月28日。
Tan Tian: (Billboard, Manifesto, Joke)
July 23 - August 28, 2022
Gallery II | SPURS Gallery, D-06, 798 Art Zone, 2 Jiuxianqiao Rd, Chaoyang District, Beijing
On Tan Tian’s personal website, it labels “All Works © Tan Tian. This site is neither under construction nor complete”, which springs from his favorite artist, Martin Creed. Like what the label implied, Tan Tian always rephrased a sentence with the neither-nor construction to make a stand—within the rule that one person can only cast one vote among "for", "against" or "abstain", he chose to cast three votes.
Previously Tan Tian had been trying to develop a systematic way of his practices on art institutional critique. However, the rapid changes caused by the global epidemic made him turn to criticism and reflection on the current situation in another dimension.
Defined by "(Billboard, Manifesto, Joke)" as coordinate values in a three dimensional axis, each work in the exhibition contains these three attributes simultaneously, indicating Tan Tian's pursuit of form and attitude—attracting attention provocatively, making a point solemnly, and obscuring his intention humorously. His three works, the sculpture Feel Better After Throw Up NO.5 (2013), the text Aesop can’t Fables (2018) and the painting installation 202230020010/1 (2022), are completely different in materials, structure and content. However, they are conveying a unified signal, which points out the importance of resistance the universal truth and the existence of alternative perspectives.
SPURS Gallery will present “Tan Tian: (Billboard, Manifesto, Joke)” at Gallery II on July 23, 2022. This is Tan Tian’s first solo exhibition at SPURS Gallery and it will remain on view until August 28, 2022.