Beijing Commune is pleased to present the artist Xie Molin’s eponymous new exhibition “Xie Molin”. This is Xie Molin’s third solo exhibition at the gallery, and it will continue until June 23rd, 2018.
From 2004 onwards, Xie Molin initially utilized the cutting plotter to intervene in painting creation, and established his interest and direction of how humans and machines collaborate altogether to explore the possibilities of painting. And then, by designing a triaxial linkage painting machine himself, his works continued to advance towards more abstract features namely light, texture, trajectory, and colors. This exhibition mainly features Xie Molin’s latest achievements in the exploration of painting in recent years.
The series of “Shuo” tried new types of mixed pigments, in which the features of interference color make the surface of the paintings have more intensely reflective characteristics, and the artworks become more sensitive to the brightness, color temperature, irradiation angle and distance of the light source. Different from the traditional pattern of viewing, “Shuo” encourages the audience to move step by step in front of the paintings while viewing them. The movement of the audience triggers a sense of motion in the artworks. This is a new sensory experience brought about by the integration of materials and trajectories. In terms of “Ji” series, the pigments constitute a continuous dagger-like texture in a one-way flow during the process of being extruded and shaven by the zigzag scraper. Different geometrical arrangements and color combinations of the pigments create subtle variations between different paintings. The repetition and variation of the works reflect the artist's observation and experience upon life. Life flows in one direction in the dimension of time, it is fragile and tenacious, impermanent and fluctuating. These works have both similarities and continuity but are also rich in diversity. If "Shuo" pursues the extreme sense of integration of the regularity of machine operation and the particularity of materials, then"Ji" somehow emphasizes its unique expressionistic features in the artist’s calmly creative process.
