Her Face: Huang Jia (Julia) & Fan Zhen Dual Solo Exhibition 她的模樣:黃佳&范禎雙個展
In the contemporary order of existence, what can women become? "One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman." - Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex to "There is no gender identity behind the expressions of gender; that identity is performatively constituted by the very 'expressions' that are said to be its results." - Judith Butler, Gender Trouble, the discussion on reshaping womanhood finds expression in the works of Huang Jia (Julia) and Fan Zhen.
The exhibition "HER FACE" does not generate female narratives through specific female portraits or visual stories. Instead, Huang Jia uses minimalist lines and shapes to layer traces of life and threads of time on the canvas. Fan Zhen depicts the world through dots, shapes, and light, connecting her heart to the imagery. Through their works, they articulate the diverse representations of themselves and of women. Women are no longer different paradigms of "puppets"; countless women will generate endless female "appearances."
在當代的生存秩序中,女性能成為什麼?從「女人不是天生的,而是後天形成」(西蒙娜·德·波伏娃《第二性》),到「性別並非生理性別的表達,而是文化構建的一種行為」(朱迪斯·巴特勒《性別麻煩》);在重塑女性性別的討論之中,黃佳與范禎以作品展示自己的回答。
展覽「她的模樣」並不以具體的女性肖像或畫面情節生成女性敘事——黃佳以極簡的線與面在畫布上疊加出生命的痕跡與時間的線索;范禎用點、形狀與光感描繪世界並與心聯結。她們用作品書寫她們及女性的多樣面貌。女性不再是不同範式的「人偶」,無數的女性將生成無盡的女性「模樣」。