《草地上的午餐》耶苏项目

 "The Luncheon on the Grass"   Ye Su

2024.03.13-2024.04.14

“草地上的午餐”是法国画家马奈的画作，马奈通过大胆的画面组织来瓦解当时流行的沙龙艺术风格，这幅作品甚至在参加”落选沙龙作品展”时受到包括法国皇帝在内大量观众的激烈批评。作为一位善于博采众长的画家，马奈在包括“草地上的午餐”“奥林匹亚”“枪决马克西米连皇帝”在内的诸多作品里都使用了明快真实的绘画风格，进而革新了绘画的叙事动能。

作为白皮书空间的同名首展，“草地上的午餐”被艺术家耶苏挪用来尝试将展览转化成一个由不同层级组织而成的故事采集装置（NUN）。现场可以看到不再熟悉的世界各国旗帜(NUN Flags)，一幅海路颠倒的地图（NUN Map），还有艺术家为世界各地人们故事所绘制的明信片。这些色彩艳丽的明信片制作过程是，先由艺术家根据讲述者的提供的故事画成黑白水墨，再转化成电子格式进行设色，而故事提供者的字母信息会转化为一个地点概念出现在NUN Map上。展览中，十几个来自个人的故事图像散漫、零碎、精彩且真实，具备不断被打开或者延展的可能。“画面”在这里更像是艺术家的产能输出，由此稀释图像生产的闭环与主体。作为一个生长式开放项目，“草地上的午餐”的展期内将开放新故事的公开征集，每个故事提供者最后会得到一张属于自己故事的明信片。

"The Luncheon on the Grass" is a painting by the French artist Manet. Manet challenged the prevailing salon art style of his time through bold composition, even facing severe criticism, including from the French emperor, when the work was submitted to the "Salon des Refusés." As a versatile artist, Manet utilized a vivid and realistic painting style in works like "The Luncheon on the Grass," "Olympia," and "The Execution of Emperor Maximilian," thereby innovating the narrative force of painting.

As the eponymous inaugural exhibition of the White Paper Space, "The Luncheon on the Grass" was appropriated by artistYe Su to transform the exhibition into a story collection device called NUN (Narrative Unit Node). Visitors encountered unfamiliar national flags (NUN Flags), an upside-down map of the sea routes (NUN Map), and postcards depicting stories from around the world. These colorful postcards were created by artists first drawing black and white ink sketches based on storytellers' narratives, which were then digitally colored. The storytellers' lettered information was transformed into a location concept appearing on the NUN Map.In the exhibition, dozens of individual story images were scattered, fragmented, exciting, and real, with the potential for constant opening or extension. Here, the "image" resembles more the artist's output capacity, thereby diluting the closed loop and subjectivity of image production. As a growing open project, "The Luncheon on the Grass" will accept public submissions of new stories throughout its exhibition period, with each storyteller eventually receiving a postcard depicting their own story.