梁铨 如茶｜杨锋收藏展于“额外空间”开展
Liang Quan Light As Tea | Frank F. Yang Collection Exhibition presented at Extra Space
“额外空间” 将于1月20日呈现艺术家梁铨的作品。展览挑选了收录在杨锋收藏体系中的十七幅作品，当中涵括了梁铨过去三十年不同时期的代表作品。
展览名“如茶” 源于杨锋对梁铨“画如其人，恬淡如茶”的切身体会与感受。梁铨作品驭繁为简，宣纸、色、墨、茶乃常用表达媒介，作品揉合了一些传统绘画、书法、版画的痕迹，涂鸦式的线条符号，还有染色、火烧、拼贴的手法。以此成型的作品构图，初看极简，实则如细观世界，一纹一路皆变幻无穷。梁铨曾说道：“在人人都追求激进浓丽的时候，独自品味，固守清淡，也是一种态度。与静默、无名和恬淡长厢厮守，时刻提醒自己不必对这个纷繁嘈杂的世界过分的牵肠挂肚。”
此次杨锋收藏展除了展出梁铨经典代表作《无题（茶点）》和《富春山居之一》外，还将首次展出梁铨初到深圳所创作的蓝色水彩系列。
杨锋为此次额外空间“梁铨 如茶”收藏展特意撰序。
梁銓 如茶｜杨锋收藏展 序
陋室“额外空间”做一个梁铨老师作品收藏展，收录他过去三十年不同时期代表作品；既郑重其事，内心也颇有惶恐，怕有疏漏。希望写些文字，早笔拙生涩，对作品的评价，怕是文不达意；与梁老师日常交往感受，不如记录一二。
梁铨老师最触动我的语录是“生活第一，艺术第二”。梁老师谓之生活，包括工作、事业和家庭。一个艺术家如此之告诫，未把艺术至于生活之上，大道至简，对我影响很大。这是他生活的态度，也是对晚辈的关爱，不应顾此失彼；这也启发了我置艺术收藏于办公和居所一体，日常之间，举重若轻。
“画如其人，恬淡如茶”是梁老师给我的感受。纵观他三十如年作品，色彩由浓而淡，内容自满而渐空，平和安然；抽象的溪山诸景，或是茶点墨渍，无不如此；自然隐逸，观世事而泰然，心中自有天地。
梁老师好茶，但并不拘泥于形式，反而得茶道和儒道文化精髓。“精行俭德”，梁老师也常自警“自落低微”，手书并置于茶室置侧；谦卑恭敬，对于晚辈取得的成就，都欢心鼓舞，全无长者的孤傲，令人起敬。
视梁老师为良师益友，既有幸得其艺术珍品，希望汇集成展，与各位共赏。是为序。
杨锋
2016年12月25日晚于深圳额外空间
展览日期：2017年1月20日－7月16日（周末预约参观）
展览地点：深圳市宝安区 额外空间
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Extra Space is pleased to present the works of artist Liang Yuan on January 20, 2017. A selection of 17 works from the Frank F. Yang collection will be on display, comprising of Liang Quan’s most representative works of various phases throughout his artistic practice over the last three decades.
The title of the exhibition, “As Light as tea” is drawn from Frank F. Yang’s impression of the artist Liang Quan, “Like his paintings, he’s as light as tea”. Liang Quan’s works reduce everyday complexity into simplicity, using rice paper, colors, ink, and tea as his common materials, his paintings integrate elements of traditional painting, calligraphy, printing, graffiti, as well as dying, burning and collage. Such mature compositions may seem minimalist upon first glance, in fact conjure all details of the world where every line and trace display an intriguing vicissitude. Liang Quan has once said, “While everyone is pursuing the radical and bright colors, to savor one’s own interest and persevere in modesty equally exemplifies one’s attitude. I enjoy tranquility, anonymity and the softer temperament, and I constantly remind myself that it is unnecessary to indulge in that world.”
Besides showing Liang Quan’s most representative works Untitled and Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains I from the Frank F. Yang collection, we will be presenting the artist’s blue water color series that he created during his arrival in Shenzhen for the first time.
Frank. F. Yang has written a preface for this exhibition.
Liang Quan Light as Tea / Frank F. Yang Collection Exhibition Preface
Hosting Liang Quan’s works for the collection exhibition at my humble house, comprising of the most representative works from various phases of his artistic practice over the last three decades is not only a serious and respectful undertaking, but also an initiative that makes me somewhat worried of any possible oversight. I wish to write down a few words, in spite of my rusty writing and comments on his works of art, which may not suffice to achieve my intention, I believe my personal contact with Mr. Liang on a regular basis would perhaps offer insights to his art practice.
The most memorable statement by Liang Quan is, “Life first, Art second”. What Liang refers to as life, includes work, profession and family. A warning as such from an artist, who has not prioritized art over life, instead preaches the art of simplicity has had a great impact on me. This attitude towards life is also what he suggests to the younger generation, that one does not need to make sacrifice life in order to be successful; this also inspired me to place my art collection in the spaces where I work and live, and into the everyday life, to remind me to handle complicated matter with ease.
“Like his painting, he’s as light as tea”, is the impression I have of Liang Quan. Looking back at his works of art over the last three decades, his colors paled from brightness to lightness, his content reduced from fullness to emptiness, peaceful and restful, either in his abstract scenes of the rivers and mountains, or the stains of tea and ink. Living in natural seclusion, observing the world in calmness, heaven and earth would naturally be embodied in one’s mind.
Liang Quan reminds one of a rare tea, whose profusion is not confined by formality, rather, he is benefitted from the essence in the Way of Tea and Confucian culture. “Perfecting one’s behaviors and cultivating one’s moral”, is a phrase found in the Way of Tea, by which Liang Quan reminds himself to “practice humility”, this handbook has been placed on the side of his tea room; humbled and respectful, he finds pleasure and offers encouragement to the younger generation’s achievements without showing any elderly arrogance, an act in turn, earns our respect for him.
I consider Liang Quan a teacher and a great friend, and it’s my honor to collect his best works. I hope by presenting these works of excellence at Extra Space, I can share my admiration and respect to the artist with many more viewers.
Sincerely,
Frank F. Yang
December 25, 2016
Extra Space, Shenzhen