谭天 | 第二个个展
TAN TIAN | Jump to Second Solo Show
3.7-4.17, 2015
我们很高兴地宣布艺术家谭天在空白空间北京的首回个展“第二个个展”于3月7日开幕。将展出他两年来践行的行为项目中的绘画，雕塑和装置作品。
日益体制化与市场化的艺术世界迫使身处其中的艺术家摸索一套平衡自我表达与名利欲求的生存之道。画廊的工作经验颠覆了谭天早年经验中的艺术家形象，促使他不得不在自身性情与时代驱力的错位之间做出调整。“我是如何成为一个当代艺术家的”是谭天正在进行中的行为项目。在这个长期项目中，谭天抽空自己的生活，全身心投入当代艺术家的角色扮演。在自己建立的艺术家资料库中拼合国际一线艺术家的创作元素，制作貌似当代艺术的作品，向成功艺术家学习推广、社交的职业技能，揣摩应对媒体采访的虚实之妙。谭天在研究中发现，首次个展在大多数成名艺术家那里都是一段不堪回首的经历，由此不难理解本次展览的标题，即希望迅速跳过可怕的首展，进入为艺术家打开事业局面的第二个个展。本次展览将分为两个部分，以体系化地展现这个行为项目的阶段性记录。霓虹灯制成的七个网址作为谭天搜集国际一线艺术家资料的渠道，组成了艺术家资料库的索引部分；而以拼合艺术家关键词的方式制作的绘画、影像和装置等则作为艺术家资料库所得，经由被观者当做当代艺术欣赏，获得合法身份。在谭天看来，只有以这种自觉同化的方式，才能彻底擦除心底关于艺术家的种种理想主义色彩，而这一由内而外蜕变过程所经历的苦痛和挣扎，也是当下年轻人遭遇时代的一种折射。
谭天1988年出生于中国北京，2012年毕业于伦敦金斯顿大学自由艺术专业。现在生活和工作在北京。最近的展览有“CAFAM未来展”，中央美术学院美术馆，北京。
We are very happy to announce that White Space Beijing will be putting on its first exhibition of artist Tan Tian and his “Jump to Second Solo Show” on March 7th, 2015. Tan Tian will be exhibiting two years’ worth of his work with behavior, including paintings, sculptures, and installations.
The increasingly institutionalization and commercialization of the art world forces current artists to strike a balance between self-expression and any desires for wealth. The experience of working in galleries subverted artist Tan Tian’s early experiences and compelled him to make adjustments to his own temperament with regards to his generational gap. “How I Become a Contemporary Artist” is Tan Tian’s ongoing behavioral project. In this long-term project, Tan Tian empties out his own habits and instead adopts the behavior of contemporary artists in mind and body. Using a database he himself constructed of the creative elements of well-known contemporary artists, he manufactures replicas of their works. From these contemporary artists, he learns how to promote himself, improve his technical skills, and learn how to give great interviews to various media. Tan Tian discovered in the midst of his research that for most famous contemporary artists, putting on their first solo exhibition was a terrible experience. Thus, it is not hard to understand Tan’s exhibition title, as he hopes to skip this normally intimidating first step and jump right into the work of hosting his second exhibition. The present exhibition will be divided into two parts so as to systematically reflect the phases of Tan’s behavioral work. Neon signs make up the seven websites Tan Tian created with information on the well known contemporary artists, together which compose a database and keyword index of each artist’s painting style, videos, their tools, and salary, and through which the audience can appreciate contemporary art and gain an authentic identity. For Tan, only through this kind of conscious assimilation can one truly erase any kinds of idealism that one holds in their heart towards contemporary artist. Furthermore, he holds that the pain and struggle of this transformative process is a kind of refraction of the confrontation of young people with their present.
Tan Tian was born in 1988 in Beijing, China. He graduated from Kingston University, UK in 2012. He currently lives and works in Beijing. His recent exhibitions include "CAFAM Future" Exhibition at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing.