Times Heterotopia Trilogy #2: You Can Only Think about Something if You Think of Something Else
Curated by Nikita Yingqian Cai

Barbara Davi’s installations usually operate within a given space. Through sculptural interventions using minimalist methods, Davi challenges the rituals and aesthetics of an art space. The round windows were originally one of the prominent architectural elements of Times Museum, and Davi now transforms into sculptural elements, creating a particular visual relationship between the visitors, the work, and the space. The materialization of wooden elements contrasts with the clean and bright exhibition space, while the table—as an ordinary object from a domestic environment—responds to the everyday space that the museum situates, and creates a familiar reference to the body in the exhibition space. The table came from the artist’s imagination of another time; it changes our point of view by juxtaposing an idea of construction and deconstruction in the same temporal and spatial context.

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芭芭拉·戴维 境遇 2014 混合材料

芭芭拉·戴维的装置总是针对特定的建筑空间，她以一种极简主义的方式对空间作出回应，并挑战这些空间的日常美学惯例。原本属于时代美术馆建筑形态之一的圆形窗户，被转化为一种雕塑元素，戴维的装置因而创造出一种“观众-作品-空间”三者之间特定的视觉情景。作品的木质材料与整洁明亮的展览空间形成反差。桌子作为一种最常见的家具，不仅呼应了美术馆所处的日常生活空间，更为处于展览空间中的人的身体提供了一种熟悉的参照。桌子的概念来自于戴维对另一个时间维度的想象，当中的圆形镂空打破了事物的平衡状态，将构建与拆解的双重视角并置于同一时空。

「时代异托邦三部曲 #2:不想点别的事情，简直就无法思考 」
策展人：蔡影茜
主办：广东时代美术馆