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多米尼克·錢伯斯

Meraki

London

10月8日–2024年11月9日

Painting by Dominic Chambers

No.9 Cork Street

Mayfair, London W1S 3LL

When the sprites of ideas enter the studio and marry themselves to resolve of the artist committed to fully realizing them, one enters the summoning world—a state of creative immersion, that inner greenfield home to those things that shimmer: ideas, memory, dreams, and bodies without form or language, and perhaps angels live there too.
—Dominic Chambers

Lehmann Maupin is pleased to announce Meraki, an exhibition of new work by American artist Dominic Chambers, opening October 8th in the gallery’s permanent space at Cromwell Place in London’s South Kensington neighborhood. Marking the artist’s first solo presentation in the United Kingdom, Meraki spans two floors and includes expansive paintings, brightly colored studies, and several works on paper. Chambers, born in St. Louis, MO and currently based in New Haven, CT, is best known for his vivid, colorful paintings that frequently depict scenes of leisure and contemplation as a mode for exploring ideas of personal interiority. In this exhibition, the artist expands his lens to the realm of devotion, engaging themes of inspired connection to work, art, and the natural world. The opening of Meraki coincides with London’s Frieze week; a reception will be held on October 8th with the artist in attendance. Elsewhere in Europe, Chambers’ work is included in the group exhibition When We See Us: A Century of Black Figuration in Painting at the Kunstmusuem Basel, on view through October 27th.

Installation view of Dominic Chambers at Lehmann Maupin London
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Work on paper by Dominic Chambers

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Rainbow Shards 1, 2024

Painting by Dominic Chambers

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Studio Angel, 2024

Painting by Dominic Chambers

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The Summoning World (Studio Angel), 2024

Work on paper by Dominic Chambers

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Rainbow Shards 2, 2024

Painting by Dominic Chambers

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Of Stars and Clouds, 2024

Work on paper by Dominic Chambers

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Of Stars and Clouds, 2024

Work on paper by Dominic Chambers

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Studio Angel, 2024

Work on paper by Dominic Chambers

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Untitled (Time Well Spent), 2024

Work on paper by Dominic Chambers

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Three Kites, 2024

Installation view of Dominic Chambers at Lehmann Maupin London
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Work on paper by Dominic Chambers

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Cloudscape, 2024

Painting by Dominic Chambers

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The Indra Sign, 2024

Painting by Dominic Chambers

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The Indra Sign (small), 2024

Painting by Dominic Chambers

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Thunderscape #2, 2024

Painting by Dominic Chambers

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Thunderscape Studies, 2024

Painting by Dominic Chambers

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Lemon Hour (Where you'll find me), 2024

Portrait of Dominic Chambers

多米尼克.錢伯斯(1993年出生於美國密蘇里州的聖路易斯,日前工作與生活在康乃狄克州的紐哈芬市)的生動繪畫與藝術史脈絡息息相關,如色域繪畫與姿態抽象,藝術家關注的主題圍繞在種族、身份、休閒與沈思的重要性等當代議題上。錢伯斯對於藝術如何作為一種理解的方式、如何再脈絡化及如何在人與世界之間溝通的關係等模式深感興趣。藝術家將繪畫視為批判與知識的創作,也是美學的實踐。同時身為作家,錢伯斯的靈感來自文學作品,特別是魔幻寫實主義和美國社會學家杜波依斯的經典創作《黑人的靈魂》以及其探討的核心主題——受蒙蔽的社會。種族不公的產物是藝術家透過其黑人身體所觀察和親身經歷的隱喻鏡頭。蒙蔽的意象也貫穿在藝術家的創作中,不論是在《Wash Paintings》系列中以大片色彩遮蔽人物的圖像或是繪畫中反覆使用的雨滴圖案,皆為錢伯斯創作中常見的主題及元素。錢伯斯的許多作品融入了預言主義的元素,包含將幽靈般的剪影暗喻成藝術家的替身及熟悉卻不可替代的超現實風景。

錢伯斯近年多以描繪在休息與沈思中的親朋好友們為主要的創作特色。「很多時候,黑人的身體在人們既定的印象中被認定為持續工作且無法休息的狀態。」藝術家解釋:「談論到黑人身體時,人們時常將黑人與奴隸、反抗和抵抗的行為聯想在一起。」在其《Primary Magic 》和《After Albers》創作系列中,錢伯斯試圖消弭這些關聯,他繪畫中的主角不是在閱讀就是陷入沈思中,他們的目光似乎注視著遠遠超過畫面的範圍。錢伯斯將繪畫中的人物安排在不斷變化中的單色夢境中,並暗示了大環境的易變性,其繪畫場景喚起沈浸在閱讀一本好書的樂趣及享受與自己安靜的反思體驗。藝術家將色彩視為作品中的主角之一,色彩與解開創作者在畫面中埋伏的背後寓意同樣重要。錢伯斯巧妙地處理對比色之間的張力與相互的作用,為他的作品帶來微妙的創作火花,藝術家對色彩平衡的處理則為作品注入了和諧的詩意。

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