In Between — Solo Exhibition by Alëna Olasyuk

黑白之間

從美學的概念和理論的角度來講，Alëna藝術作品的核心在於混亂與結構、抽象與秩序、黑色的黑暗神秘與白色的明亮之間所創造出的平衡，是對於對立兩極之邊緣的玩味與探究—簡單與複雜，過去與未來，東方和西方，自私和無私，這些都是她的創作之所向。

“兩者之間”這⼀概念深深地紮根於藝術家的心中。Alëna在烏克蘭長大，但在過去的10年中，她⼀直生活在中國。她從物質世界中近乎完美的建築幾何學與至上主義中汲取靈感，她的靈感同時也來自於無形中、來自於感受與情感中，更來自於佛教中。

至於藝術作品，Alëna將經典與現代結合在⼀起。她使用極簡的中國墨水、蘇聯生產的墨水鋼筆和畫紙，將這些代表經典的元素融入於充滿未來感的藝術作品中。Alëna帶給我們的是沒有情感起伏的、充滿邏輯的，當代且全新的藝術體驗。⼀位策展人曾描述Alëna的作品「介於俄羅斯構成主義藝術和中國國畫藝術之間」。

Alёna的藝術是冥想與自我產生深刻對話的一個過程。作品中所運用的單色代表了當代世界中急需的⼀種簡潔，就像奧卡姆剃刀理論⼀樣，揭開了這個真相。作品中的黑色並不是最深的黑色，卻在Alёna的作品中擁有了自己的真性情，有著自己的形狀並襯托著周圍的光線。每次在欣賞她的作品時，觀者常會陷入到黑與白所營造出的層次漩渦之中，直至抵達內心深處的真實，去尋找和諧，去尋找陰陽之間的平衡。

The core of the art of Alёna, aesthetically and conceptually, is balancing between... between chaos and structure, abstraction and order, the darkness of black and brightness of reflected white, on the edge between simplicity and intricacy, between the past and future, between the west and east, between selfish and selfless...

The spectrum of ‘between’ is within herself, as she grew up in Ukraine, but has been living in China for the past 10 years. She takes inspiration from the physical world of geometrically perfect architecture and suprematism, but also in invisible, emotional, in Buddhism.

For the creation of artworks, Alёna unites the classic and the modern. The artist uses Chinese ink, nib pen, produced in the Soviet Union, and art paper – that is on the part of the classic. But the art by her takes a huge leap into the future – it is contemporary, cold, logic and brand new. One of the curators when describing the artwork of Alёna stated: «that’s something in-between Russian constructivist art and Chinese Guohua».

Her art is a practice of meditation and self-improvement.

The monochromatic palette holds the concision much needed in the world nowadays, playing the role of Occam’s razor, uncovering the truth. The black color can be not too black but has its own temper in the works of the artist. It has its own topography and reflects the ambient light. Every time you look at the artwork of Alёna, you dive deep into the layers of the black and white, and even deeper – inside of yourself, looking for the harmony and finding the balance of yin and yang.