Baiwei's EXODUS / 白伟的“涌出”展

If there was Influx once, then there will be Exodus. Is it the time to say the last farewell, or is it another reason to meet again?

既然之前有“涌入”，自然会有“涌出”。也许是时候最后一次告别了？亦或这是再次见面的另一个理由？

“Exodus” exhibition marks the end of the 7 years long Journey to the East period of the Polish artist Wieslaw Borkowski Jr, known also as Baiwei and White Tail. He is about to leave Hangzhou for an indefinite period of time, so he took care and prepared a pair of wings for every soul, along with puzzles that need to be discerned.  "Who has eyes to see, let him see, and who has ears to hear, let him hear!”.

“涌出”展览标志着波兰艺术家白伟为期7年的“东游记”进入了尾声。很快，白尾会将会离开杭州一段时间，多久还不太确定。但是他关照每一个灵魂，连同谜题一起为他们准备了一双翅膀，等待被发现。“谁有辨明的眼睛，谁就能看见；谁有倾听的耳朵，谁就能听见！”

The recent art of Baiwei is very much about hidden traces and mystery. But, unlike adherents of Kabbalah and numerology, White Tail does not seek a secret knowledge about the design of the universe in letters and numbers, but creates his own artistic world in which transitions between opposites are crucial. Where is the East, there is the West. Where there is light, there is darkness. Where is aging, there is a re-creation. Where is the mysticism, there is irony. In pair with tradition, the latest technology appears. Duality for Baiwei’s creativity is of paramount importance here.

白伟最近的艺术创作，大多是关于隐藏的痕迹和神秘的事物。但是，与卡巴拉和数字学的拥趸不同，白尾并不在字母和数字中寻求关于宇宙的秘密知识，而是创造了他自己的艺术世界，在这个世界中，对立面之间的过渡至关重要。哪里有东方，哪里就有西方；哪里有光，哪里就有黑暗；哪里有衰逝，哪里就有再创造。哪里有神秘主义，哪里就有反讽主义。随着传统的发展，最新的技术就会出现。白伟创作的两面性在这里是重中之重。

You can say, the artist is creating his version of the Glass Bead Game: he plays with philosophical concepts of East and West, cultural symbols, and puzzles. White Tail weaves a pattern of black and white threads in his game, which inevitably leads him to the balance of incompatible things.

你可以说，艺术家正在创造他自己版本的“玻璃珠游戏”：他玩的是东西方哲学概念，以及文化符号和谜题。白伟在他的游戏中编织着黑白两种线条所组成的图案，而这不可避免地将他引向互不相容的事物间的平衡。

Here we find such surreal works of Baiwei, where the western science-fiction’s spaceship hovers among the mist in the classical Chinese landscape. With the artist's one stroke, dance rhythms start to flow in his musical calligraphies. Going further, there are peculiar “calligraffities” that cover unexpected surfaces. Are you ready to discover hidden messages in them?

在这里我们可以看到白伟的超现实主义作品，西方科幻小说中的宇宙飞船在中国古典景观中腾云驾雾。随着艺术家的画笔一挥，舞蹈节奏开始在他的音乐书法中流动。甚至还有一些奇特的“书鸦”，覆盖着意想不到的表面。你准备好在其中发现隐藏的讯息了吗？

Follow the artist on his journey through the exhibition space but be attentive and look around carefully! Maybe you will find much more in the things that surround you.

And remember: the eight presences.

跟随艺术家穿越展览空间，但要注意，仔细观察你的四周！也许你会在周围的事物中找到更多丰富的内容。

并且记住：那八个存在。

艺术家简介 Artists’s bio：

Wieslaw Borkowski Jr, White Tail, Mr Hundred Tails, 白伟，白尾，百尾－ the man of many names

B.A degree in Sinology at Warsaw University.

Apprentice of Polish master artist Fu Duo.

M.A degree in Chinese Painting at China Academy of Art.

Department's first and only foreign receiver of Graduate Exhibition's Golden Award.

Creator of the biggest Polish solo exhibition in China's history.

白伟，白尾，百尾, Wieslaw Borkowski Jr, White Tail, Mr Hundred Tails － 多名体

华沙大学中文系学士

波兰艺术家傅铎之学徒

中国美术学院国画系硕士

国画系唯一的国外毕业金奖获得者

中国历史上最大的波兰人个人展览的创作者

特别感谢 Special thanks: 

汪建平, Jared Thompson, Ryan Wilson, Michael Linde, Anna Wasik, Vincent Jiang, Tracey

开幕式 Opening: 19.00  2018/06/02

展览日期  Duration: 2018/06/02 - 06/11  9.00 - 17.00

地点 Venue: 湖尚汇工作室，杭州市凤山路91号/Hu Shanghui Studio, Hangzhou Fengshan Rd. 91

策展人 Curator: Zhanna Khromykh

设计 Design: Alberto Rondoni, Ivan Afonenkov

宣传片 Video: Foundya 洋乐邦

音乐 Music: Lucian Pixley

协办 Support: Foundya, FXG