弗朗西斯卡·伍德曼中国首次同名个展

Francesca Woodman : A SOLO EXHIBITION

展 期 Duration：2021.10.13 - 12.31（公众开放）

地 点 Venue：光社影像中心

北京市顺义区竺园路12号院56号楼（天竺综合保税区东门进）

LightSociety, Building No.56, No. 12, Zhuyuan Rd., Shunyi District, Beijing

关于展览

ABOUT EXHIBITION

光社影像中心将举办美国摄影艺术家弗朗西斯卡·伍德曼(1958–1981)的展览，这个具有里程碑意义的展览是她在中国举办的首展，将从2021年10月12日持续到12月31日。

此次展览展示了超过35张代表艺术家不同系列的精选摄影作品以及视频作品。这些图像和视频是对她的作品所体现的主题和关注点的重点描绘，也是对这位非凡的年轻艺术家摄影历程的短暂体验与回顾。弗朗西斯卡·伍德曼因其具有开拓性的关于性别、表象、性和身体的摄影作品而闻名。她总是她作品中的主体（"我总是能灵活运用自己 "她说），常常利用空间的既定结构和各种技术手段产生幻影和消失的效果从而创造了具有神秘和戏剧性的自拍像。她精心拍摄的作品借鉴了超现实主义的意象，同时具有文学和绘画的元素。

此次展览中的作品跨越了她短暂却又丰富的一生。弗朗西斯卡·伍德曼13岁时，父亲给予了她人生中的第一台相机，三年后，她就读于普罗维登斯（Providence）的罗德岛设计学院（Rhode Island School of Design）。她曾在佛罗伦萨和罗马待过一段时间，并于1980年在新罕布什尔州的麦克道尔殖民地（MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire）担任驻地艺术家。虽然她的大部分作品都是在学校课题和作业中产生的，但她对摄影史的敏锐理解以及围绕女性主义和摄影问题的独特看法，显露出了超越她年龄的成熟和先见。

这次展览展出了这位艺术家开创性系列作品'Swan Song'中的五幅作品，最初这些作品是她为1978年在罗德岛设计学院的毕业展而创作的，与伍德曼的其他作品大不相同。艺术家通常会使用8 x 10英寸相对较小的印刷比例，而这些大尺寸照片采用的是1 x 1米的规格。在这些作品中，相机位于场景上方，一条白色的长凳水平地划过厚厚的地板。伍德曼将纸张、织物、版画放置在她的身体和坐的平面上，从而创造鲜明的结构以探索摄影带来的雕塑感。

Light Society is delighted to present Francesca Woodman, a solo presentation of selected works by American photographer Francesca Woodman (1958–1981). This landmark exhibition is the first presentation of her work in China and will run from October 13th through to December 31, 2021.

Francesca Woodman presents over 35 photographs, representing selected works from the artist’s varied series, alongside selected video works. These photographs and videos are a portrait of the themes and preoccupations her work embodies, as well as a glimpse into the working process of this extraordinary young artist. 

Francesca Woodman is well-known for her pioneering photographic work, which explored gender, representation, sexuality and body. She was often the subject within her works (“I am always available” she stated), creating enigmatic and theatrical self-portraits that often utilize the given architecture of a space and various technical means to effect apparitions and disappearing acts. Her carefully orchestrated compositions draw on Surrealist imagery and have a literary and painterly pulse. 

The works in the exhibition span her short and highly productive life. Francesca Woodman was first given a camera by her father at age 13 and three years later enrolled as a student at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence. She spent time in Florence and Rome, and in 1980 was an artist-in-residence at the MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire. While much of her work grew out of school projects and assignments, her keen understanding of photographic history and distinct take on questions surrounding feminism and photography display a sophistication and prescience beyond her years. 

The exhibition features five works from the artist’s seminal series Swan Song, initially produced for her thesis exhibition at Rhode Island School of Design in 1978. These works are distinct within Woodman’s oeuvre. The artist typically printed at a relatively small scale, using 10 x 8-inch format, while these large-scale photographs are one meter squares. In these works, the camera is positioned above the scene, with a white bench cutting horizontally across the thick floorboards. Woodman arranges paper, fabric, prints over her body and the structure on which she sits to create stark constructions that explore the sculptural aspects of photography.