Group Exhibition Art Fairs Shenzhen
ShanghART Gallery is delighted to present Sun Xun's solo project "A Poetry from Jing Bang" at the 10th Art Shenzhen from 7th to 10th September 2023, Booth A06, which will showcase Sun Xun's explorations of the oil painting material in recent years, and original drafts of oil paintings which are used as the main component in the animation.
"A Poetry from Jing Bang" focuses on Sun Xun's fictional place "Jing Bang" for his animation work. The concept of "Jing Bang" (Whale State) is inspired by Sun Xun's 2013 residency programme in Singapore: "Jing Bang" is built on the back of a whale – it starts when the whale rises, and comes to the end when the whale falls. Jing Bang is a place of fun, with rare birds and animals, but also a lot of sprites and interesting stories. Around "Jing Bang", Sun Xun constructed its basic appearance and worldview, and conceptualised the scenes and characters in the animation, such as the four sacred birds of "Jing Bang" as shown in the picture below, and the totem of "Jing Bang": the lobster.
Sun Xun's works are usually hand-drawn animation films, so in addition to the animation film itself, viewers can also see the original drawings related to the animation. Sun Xun's works involve a wide range of creative media, such as pencil, gouache, charcoal, ink, woodcut, etc. Oil painting is not common in Sun Xun's animation works due to the complexity of the medium and the difficulty of drawing.Sun Xun's first attempt at oil animation was "Requiem" in 2007, a 7-minute stop-motion short film that was exhibited and all collected by the Astrup Fearnley Museum, followed by "Black Incantation" in 2008, both of which are dark in tone, creating a deep tension. The world of "Jing Bang", however, is bright and full, with rich colours accompanied by oil brushstrokes that are sometimes serene and sometimes exaggerated. The volume of objects is emphasised, and the whole work presents a sense of light, with highlights always smeared on the objects inadvertently, and the colours squeezing into each other in the dynamic strokes of the brush. The detailed content of the images allows the viewer to imagine the animation before it is completed.
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