The Unity

中荷艺术家作品联展

“The Unity”curated by Ruddy Metal Studio and E6·Bentu One, which is from May 6-13, 2019, opening would be from 15:00, at that time the culture counselor of the Dutch Embassy Mr. Bart hofstede would attend and give a speech. The artists are Karin Van Paassen (Netherlands), Liu Mujun (China) and Yan Huiyu(China).

由Ruddy Metal Studio与E6·本土一间共同策划的「The Unity」，中荷艺术家作品联展将于5月6日下午3点开幕。届时，荷兰驻华使馆文化参赞何甫先生（Bart hofstede）将出席并致辞。此次参展艺术家分别为荷兰艺术家Karin Van Paassen， 中国艺术家刘慕君、闫绘宇。

Ceramic is the media connected the three artists but was translated dramatically different. Jewelry is the language for Karin and Mujun while Huiyu choses sculpture as her tool to tell the story about her identity.

三位艺术家虽均以陶瓷为创作媒介，但却有着不尽相同的诠释手法。Karin和慕君以首饰为载体，一中一西黑白对比分明；而绘宇则以雕塑的形式探寻关于个人身份的问题。

Works from left to right:

YanHuiyu, Liu Mujun and Karinvan Paassen

作品从左至右分别为：

刘慕君，闫绘宇以及Karin Van Paassen

部分参展作品

Exhibiting Works

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“Untitled”

Year of creation: 2018

Material: Black porcelain, red glass, silver beads

Photo by: Adriaan Backer

《无题》

创作年份：2018

作品材质：黑瓷，玻璃，银珠

摄影师：Adriaan Backer

Karin has had a life long passion for jewellery. She is an avid collector of ethnic jewellery. Most of which she discovers duringher extensive travels.

She is fascinated by the significance of jewellery in different cultures, the surprising use of unconventional materials, the lavishly opulent decorations and the power which is often attributed to jewellery.

As a curator Karin has organized many projects and exhibitions integrating ethnic jewellery collections, combined with contemporary jewellery.

For a number of years Karin has been designing jewellery and objects, incorporating predominantly natural materials as well as searching for new forms and applications.

Karin对首饰有着接近痴迷的热情。她是一名狂热的民族首饰收藏家，在各国旅游时经常会收藏富有当地民族特色的首饰。

她常常为首饰在不同文化中的重要性、其非常规的材料、奢侈华丽的装饰、权力的象征而着迷。

作为一名策展人，Karin举办了许多与首饰相关的展览和项目，使更多观众有机会观赏到少数民族首饰与当代首饰完美的结合；多年来，Karin一直坚持首饰和艺术作品的创作。她善于使用天然材料，也喜欢探索首饰新的表达形式以及运用。

In 2017 Karin worked on a collection of blackporcelain necklaces in Jingdezhen, the porcelain capital of China. Although the collection is partly inspired by China it also consists of antiqueethnic charms from a diverse range of cultures. This, in combination with the porcelain charms, hasresulted in a harmonious collection in muted color tones.

2017年，Karin在中国瓷都景德镇制作了一系列黑色瓷器项链。尽管这套首饰的设计受到了不少中国文化的启发，但它同时也包含了多个古老文明中护身符元素中提取的精髓。与瓷器护身符的有机结合，融汇成了相得益彰的柔和色调。

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"Touch"

Year of creation: 2018

Material:porcelain, steel pipe, steel wire

Dimensions(mm): 32*57*87 mm

Photographer:Wang Xiang

《触》

创作年：2018

作品材质：瓷，钢管，钢丝

尺寸（毫米）：32*57*87毫米

摄影师：王祥

Works introduction：

The inspiration for the work of "Touch" comes from the fact that I onceasked myself a question: How big is the difference between different people after experiencing the same thing in the same time period? The touch points andthe depth of feelings vary from person to person. Everyone's mood is like aunique lake. We can see the surface of the lake, but we can't see the gullies deep under the water. The differences between people’s thinking make us like standingon a planet while observing another. The expectations and demands of communication force us to stretch our tentacles and enter or observe eachother's "planet".

作品自述：

《触》这组作品的灵感来源于我曾经问过自己一个问题：不同的人经历同样的事情，同样的时间，感受的区别会有多大呢？人与人之间感受点不同，感受的深浅不同，每个人的心境都像一汪独特的湖水，我们看得到湖面，却看不到湖底的沟壑。人和人之间的思维区别与观念区别，使我们像在一个星球观察另外一个星球。沟通的期待与需求迫使我们伸长自己的触角，进入或者观察对方的“星球”。

I think that each material has its own character, just like people, so thecreation is more like an interaction and a kind of communication. In the equal process of "mutual creation" between people and materials, I began tounderstand the materials, and the materials also told me "Who am I".Materials are frank, and in such a candid interaction, people’s most realemotional and psychological state that lies deep in the heart will be evoked. Creating concrete forms of abstract feelings like emotion has always been myfavorite. We all know emotion, but we have never seen it throw eyes. I think itmust have its own appearance.

我认为每种材料都有其自身的性格，与人一样，所以创作更像是一种互动，一种沟通。在人与材料这种平等的“相互创作”中我开始理解材料，材料也在告诉我“我是谁？”。材料是坦诚的，在这样坦诚的互动过程中，人会被勾起最真实的情绪与心理状态。把情绪这样的抽象情感创作出具体形态一直是令我感兴趣的事，我们知道情绪，但却不曾见过情绪，我想它一定也有自己的模样。

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series of“ Develop”,

Year of creation: 2017

Material:porcelain

Dimentions(cm):69*21*19cm

Photographer:Paopao

《发展》系列，

创作年：2017

作品材质：瓷

尺寸（厘米）：69*21*19厘米

摄影师：泡泡

HuiyuYAN’s works often use glass and ceramics, and use their own materialcharacteristics to express her own artistic language.

Her works has always revolved around the question of identity. The series is basedon a resin prototype of a children's clothing model.

闫绘宇的创作常常利用到玻璃和陶瓷，并利用其自身的特性来表达自己的艺术语言。

她的作品常常围绕身份问题进行探讨。这一系列作品都是由一个树脂的儿童服装模特的原型再加以创作。

“I was born in the 1980s in China, so how to find and reflect the existence andvalue of individuals in the collective? And how do we define a person'sidentity? Is it the question about psychological, social or political...?”

But what makes a human is the richness, the subtlety, the variety, the versatility of his nature.

“作为一个出生在八十年代的我，如何在集体里去寻找并体现个体的存在与价值？我们如何去定义一个人的身份？这是个心理问题，社会问题，还是政治问题……?”

但人之为人的特性就在于他的本性的丰富性、微妙性、多样性和多面性。

参展艺术家

Exhibiting Artist

Karin Van Paassen

Karin Van Paassen has been a curator and cultural entrepreneur since 1979. She has organized nume- rous exhibitions, lectures,fairs, shows, art trails etc. for cultural organizations, museums and galleriesin the Netherlands and abroad. She develops concepts and executes projects in the areas of design and fashion. She is particularly drawn towards projects which require an interdisciplinary approach. She has undertaken workshops and given lectures at Technical Universities and Art Universities. She has also been a member of various Boards and Commissions.

In 2002 Karin co-founded the WEB. Foundation andwas its Director until 2017. The WEB. Foundation was an organization whichseeks to contribute to the prevention of HIV/AIDS and Ebola by developing educational tools in the form of animations and games. These tools were successfully implemented in a number of affected areas in Africa and Asia.

Together with Lulu Fan she founded Blendix Design, meant for Dutch / Chinese design projects in China.

自1997年以来，Karin一直是一名策展人和文化企业家。她在荷兰及多国文化机构、博物馆以及画廊举办过多次展览、讲座、展卖会、秀场、艺术展览等。她善于在设计和时尚领域开发策展概念并执行项目。她特别喜欢那些跨领域的项目。她曾在技术学校和艺术学院举办过工作坊和讲座。她也是多个委员会的成员。

2002年，Karin创立了WEB.founda-tion基金会，并担任基金会总监直到2017年。WEB.foundation基金会开发了预防艾滋病和埃博拉病毒的教育素材，素材多是动画和游戏形式。这些教育素材目前在亚洲和非洲多个国家被广泛使用。

与Lulu Fan一同创办了Blendix Design公司，主要针对荷兰和中国直接的设计项目。

Liu Mujun 刘慕君

Education background:

2018 Master of Arts, Department of Ceramic Art and Design, Academy of Fine Arts,Tsinghua University, China

2015Bachelor, Department of Ceramic Art and Design, Academy of Fine Arts, TsinghuaUniversity, China

2018艺术硕士，清华大学美术学院，陶瓷艺术与设计，中国

2015本科，清华大学美术学院，陶瓷艺术与设计，中国

Liu Mujun is a ceramic and metal jewelry artist who was born in 1992 in China andcurrently lives and works in Beijing. The main experiences of participating inexhibitions are as follows:

Graduationexhibition of Tsinghua University Art Academy, 2015

TsinghuaAlumni New York Art Exhibition, 2017

ChinaInternational Ocean Fashion Festival in Qingdao, 2017

BeijingInternational Jewelry Art Exhibition, 2017

TsinghuaUniversity Graduate Exhibition, 2018

Beijing "Tool" jewelry art exhibition, January 2019

刘慕君是一位陶瓷与金工首饰艺术家，1992年出生于中国，目前工作生活在北京。2015年参加清华大学美术学院本科毕业展，2017在美国纽约参加清华校友纽约艺术展，2017在青岛参加中国国际海洋时尚节，2017年在北京参加北京国际首饰艺术展，2018年参加清华大学研究生毕业展，2019年1月在北京参加“Tool“首饰艺术展。

YanHuiyu 闫绘宇

2018 2011-2018 excellent graduate worksexhibition, High school of the arts of the Rhine, Paris, France

2018 "Flowing feast" contemporary glassart exhibition, jingdezhen, China

2017 "Spiritual home" artistexhibition, chongqing, China

2017 "Blue mood" sino-french artistexhibition, jingdezhen, China

2016 China hebei international glass biennial2016, China

2014 European contemporary art exhibition"Huiyu YAN" solo exhibition

2014 "Meditation" international glassbiennale, Strasbourg, France

2013 "Objects and bodies" boiler roomgallery, Strasbourg, France

2013 "Objects and sounds" boiler roomgallery, Strasbourg,

2012 "make it idiot " no smokinggallery, Strasbourg, France

2012 "international young artists jointexhibition" Geneva, Switzerland

2012 "mirror and acid", Strasbourg,France

2011 "23 dribs and drabs" 3003 artspace, xi 'an, China

2011 "28th" annecy young artists jointexhibition, annecy, France

2010 "turn a big circle" of potentialunions in Strasbourg, France

2010 "sport or art" annecy college offine arts, France

2009 "logger" annecy college of finearts, France

2018 “2011-2018莱茵高等艺术学院优秀毕业生展”，法国文化部，巴黎

2018 “流动的盛宴”当代玻璃艺术展，中国，景德镇

2017 “精神的归处”艺术家展，中国，重庆

2017 “蓝色心情”中法艺术家展，中国，景德镇

2016 中国河北国际玻璃双年展，中国

2014 欧洲当代艺术展会“闫绘宇”个展

2014 “沉思” 国际玻璃双年展,斯特拉斯堡，法国

2013 “物件和身体” 锅炉房画廊，斯特拉斯堡，法国

2013 “物体和声音” 锅炉房画廊，斯特拉斯堡，

2012 “使它傻一点” 禁止吸烟画廊，斯特拉斯堡，法国

2012 “国际年轻艺术家联合展”日内瓦，瑞士

2012 “镜子与硫酸”斯特拉斯堡高等装饰艺术学院，斯特拉斯堡，法国

2011“23的点点滴滴” 3003艺术空间，西安，中国

2011“28号” 安纳西年轻艺术家联展，安纳西，法国

2010“转一大圈” 斯特拉斯堡潜在联合会，法国

2010“运动还是艺术” 安纳西高等美术学院，法国

2009“伐木者” 安纳西高等美术学院，法国

2011—2014 Haute école desarts du Rhin

2009—2011École supérieure d’art d’Annecy

2008年—2014年留学于法国，毕业作品曾获法国莱茵高等艺术学院最佳作品奖。在校期间作品选入国际玻璃双年展。

2014年作品代表法国玻璃艺术协会举办个展，2016年驻场创作于景德镇国际工作室。

Ruddy Metal Studio

www.ruddymetalstudio.com

RMS established in 2016, Beijing China. Found by DandanXing who graduated from George Brown College in Toronto. She is a memberof Ontario Arts and Crafts Association and SNAG. RMS is a platformdevoting to popularizing handcraft jewelry and contemporary Jewelry in China,training and gathering professional, cross-professional and amateur jewellers.RMS represents a brand-new turning point, without being afraid of change,without sticking to rules. All designers here have unique past. RMSsincerely hopes to become the intersection point for original art jewelers,original art jewelry designs, and consumers who love original art jewelry.

Ruddy Metal Studio（RMS）成立于2016年，一间专注于当代及艺术首饰的工作室。创始人Dan工作多年后辞职远赴多伦多开始学习首饰制作与设计，放弃一切从零开始。RMS 首饰工作室的伊始也是一个从零开始的跨界。RMS代表了全新的转折，不畏惧改变，不墨守成规，这里的每一位设计师都有着独特的过去。RMS 希望找到更多的跨界创作者去不断突破形式上和材料上的限制，使观者和佩戴者得到更多思考的灵感。也努力为创作者提供匹配的交流空间。

The Unity

中荷艺术家作品联展

Open Day

10:30-18:30

05.07-05.13, 2019

E6·本土一间

北京市东城区美术馆后街77文创园2号楼地下一层

Building No.2, 77 Cultural Park, Gallery Backstreet No.77, Dongcheng District, Beijing