02 THER NARRATIVES-Shenzhen：Longtitude —｜— Latitude
她们的叙事・深圳站：女巠（jīng）—｜—女韦（wěi）
2024/8-2024/9
赤湾一号艺术中心-展览现场
Chiwan No.1 Art Centre- Exhibition Photo
展 览 前 言
Exhibition Statement
「女巠（jīng）女韦」（wěi），是对“经”与“纬”二字所做的文字游戏。
经纬，本指地理坐标系统中的纵线（经线）与横线（纬线），它们相互交织，构成了世界的框架与基础。将“⺰”换成“女”字旁，这不仅仅是对传统文字的创造性演绎，更是一种文化性的坐标隐喻。
正如经纬线交织构建起世界独一无二的地理坐标，在我们所处的文化语境下，我们也需标注出更多属于女性艺术家的、鲜明的坐标，为更多女性艺术家创造被看见、被听见的机会，让她们的独特视角和创造性表达得到应有的重视与展现。
此次“她们的叙事 深圳站”汇聚了众多拥有海外学术背景的女性艺术家之作，「她们」大部分毕业于罗德岛艺术学院、伦艺、金匠等海外顶尖艺术学府。此次巡展，她们携带着各自独特的艺术风格与视角归来，以多元的艺术形式，如水彩、油画、雕塑、陶瓷、玻璃、多媒体等艺术媒介，展现「她们」的生活体验和细腻的私人洞察。
在“女巠（jīng）女韦（wěi）”的地图中，「她们」不断瓦解并颠覆性别角色的传统界域，构造了独属于「她们」的“经”与“纬”。
"Nüjing 女巠 (经) Nüwei 女韦 (纬)" is a linguistic reconfiguration of the Chinese characters for "longitude" (经, jīng) and "latitude" (纬, wěi), created by replacing their original silk-radical (⺰) with the female radical (女).
Geographically, longitude and latitude—the vertical and horizontal axes of our coordinate system—interlace to form the foundational grid mapping our world. This radical substitution transcends mere typographic play, evolving into a cultural cartographic metaphor. Just as terrestrial coordinates define spatial uniqueness, our cultural landscape demands the marking of distinct coordinates for women artists—ensuring their visibility, amplifying their voices, and honoring their creative perspectives.
"THer Narratives" brings together works by women artists educated at prestigious global institutions including the Rhode Island School of Design, University of the Arts London, and Goldsmiths. Returning with diverse artistic lexicons—spanning watercolor, oil painting, sculpture, ceramics, glasswork, and multimedia—they articulate lived experiences and intimate private epistemologies.
Within the "女巠（jīng）女韦（wěi）" cartography, these artists persistently dismantle traditional boundaries of gendered roles, weaving their own radical axes of jing and wei—a subversive coordinate system redefining creative authority through feminine consciousness.
Yuqiu Wang, Mum I don’t want to dream of you any more Huangzi, Circle(series)
Linzi Huang, Herstory
海上世界文化艺术中心-展览现场
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