CAISON WANG HYPERLAND
DE SARTHE is pleased to present the first solo exhibition for its newly represented artist Caison Wang, titled Hyperland. Featuring a body of large-scale works on canvas, the exhibition combines whimsical yet ghoulish imagery with deconstructed references to humanity and religious deities. Contemplating the binary notions of morality and more, the artworks depict a liminal world in which Wang reinterprets heaven and hell as a psychological experience as part of the empirical human condition.
德薩畫廊欣然呈獻新代理藝術家王韞琛首次香港個展，「超極樂園」（Hyperland） 。 這次展出的大
型布面作品結合了奇幻、 怪誕的圖像， 並對人文、 宗教神靈等話題進行解構。 這些作品深入了道德
觀的二元概念， 描繪了一個夢幻般的臨界空間。 在王韞琛的創作裏， 天堂與地獄成為了人類境況中 的一種精神體驗。
Titled after Hyperion, referring to the “one who passes through the sky or looks down from the sky” in Greek mythology, Hyperland observes fictional characters Jack and Mary through the lens of an omniscient narrator. Illustrated as two skeletal figures, Jack and Mary are neutral representations of human beings. As if the protagonists to one continuous story, the figures are seen acting out different scenarios in each artwork while immersed in surrealist landscapes that the artist built via 3-D modeling software.
「超極樂園」裏的「超極」 （Hyper）字源於「Hyperion」 ，意指希臘神話中「穿越高空、從天空俯視之人」 。 「超極樂園」透過全知者的視角來觀察虛構角色傑克（Jack）和瑪麗（Mary） 。 他們形似兩個骷髏人， 不帶褒貶地象征著人類。 兩位像是故事裏的主角般， 在作品裡演繹、 經歷著不同的情節， 同時沉浸 在藝術家構建的 3D 建模超現實環境中。
Caison Wang Rollercoaster - Jack and Mary 2023 Oil and UV print on canvas 140 x 280 cm
Combining digital lattices with near-psychedelic colors evocative of either enlightenment or hell, Caison Wang’s artworks allude to the idea that pain or transcendence under the context of morality is but an artificial construct generated by and for the human psyche. A perplexing amalgamation of idyllic and dystopic imagery, Hyperland proposes more than a rejection of the pre-existing definitions of good versus evil but issues a challenge toward all dichotomies set forth by dogmatic philosophies. 王韞琛把數碼晶體和代表著啟悟、 地獄的迷幻色彩相結合， 暗示著在道德語境下， 痛苦或超越性只是 由人類心理產生， 為人所用的一種人造概念。「超極樂園」將理想化和反烏托邦兩者交叉融合， 拒絕 現有的善惡定義， 並挑戰教條主義哲學主張的二元概念。
Caison Wang Lotus F&B, 2023 Oil and UV print on canvas, diptych 202 x 224 cm overall dimension (180 x 100 cm each)
Caison Wang’s practice interweaves the physical, virtual, and spiritual. Crafting new visual symbols, patterns, and characters via a range of tangible and digital media, her works explore the new-found fluidity of religion, materialism, and morality in contemporary society. As exemplified in Hyperland, her construction of imagined topographies using 3-D modeling addresses the notion of an omniscient and omnipotent creator in the posttechnology era. In the dawn of humanity’s acquired ability to build, fabricate, but also destroy and annihilate new realities, Wang elucidates a philosophical conundrum in which she asks: Do gods still exist and if so, what differs them and us?
王韞琛的創作交織了物理、 虛擬和精神元素。 藝術家以有形或數碼等無形媒介創造出新的視覺符號、 圖案與人物， 探索了當代社會中宗教、 唯物主義， 以及道德領域中新建立的變化性。「超極樂園」裏以 3D 建模創造的幻想景象， 表現出後科技時代裡全知全能造物者的概念。 在人類即將獲得建立、 生產
新現實， 同時可將其摧毀、 殲滅的能力同時， 王韞琛闡明了一個哲學難題：「神還存在嗎？如果存在， 祂們和我們會有什麼區別？」 。
Caison Wang Encounter 2077 2023 Oil and UV print on canvas 120 x 240 cm
Caison Wang Rollercoaster - Jack and Mary 2023 Oil and UV print on canvas 140 x 280 cm
Caison Wang ∞ Mountain 2023 Oil and UV print on canvas 100 x 150 cm
Caison Wang Regression 2023 Oil and UV print on canvas 121.6 x 175 cm
Caison Wang Imploded 2023 Oil and UV print on canvas 140.6 x 175 cm
Caison Wang Rethink 2023 Oil and UV print on canvas 182.5 x 220 cm
Caison Wang Wawa & Kaka 2023 Oil and UV print on canvas 180 x 180 cm
Caison Wang b. 1991 born in Guangdong, China
Caison Wang (b. 1991, Guangdong) graduated from Hubei Institute of Fine Arts with a B.F.A. in 2015 and received her M.F.A. from Savannah College of Art and Design in 2019. Her practice explores globalization, cultural hierarchies, Asian identity, as well as the social and philosophical geneses of contemporary beliefs. Using a vast range of materials including painting, sculpture, and 3D modeling, Wang navigates the physical and virtual as a visual explorer and conveys a grand narrative via her works. Wang’s recent solo exhibitions include Hyperland, DE SARTHE, Hong Kong, China (2023); Pantheism, 2xGuan Contemporary Art Space, Luoyang, China (2021); Unconscious Hierarchy, Swatch Art Center, Peace Hotel, Shanghai, China (2019); and Unconscious Hierarchy, Trios Gallery, Atlanta, USA (2019). Her recent group exhibitions include Metaphor and Gaze, LA VIE Art Center for Material Living, Shenzhen, China (2022); Metamorphoses of Nature – Patterns and Spatiotemporal Orders of Mythology, Yuheng Museum, Guangzhou, China (2022); One Ton Project, Beijing Design Week, Beijing, China (2021); Boolean Existence, Galley Gallery, Shanghai, China (2021); Contemporary Digital Art Fair (CADAF), New York, USA (2020); Luscious Relics, PLAZZA DI SANT’EGIDIO, Rome, Italy (2019); and more. Caison Wang now lives and works in Shanghai.
王韞琛
1991年出生於中國廣東
王韞琛（1991 年出生於廣東）2015 年於湖北美術學院獲得藝術學士學位， 2019 年於薩凡納藝術與
設計學院（Savannah College of Art and Design）獲得藝術碩士學位。 藝術家的創作探索了全球化、
文化序階、亞裔身份，以及當代信仰裡的社會學與哲學起源。 王韞琛使用繪畫、雕塑和 3D 建模等媒介， 如同一位視覺探索者般在真實與虛擬之間遨遊， 並透過作品傳達出宏大敘事。
王韞琛最近個展包括：「超極樂園」 ， 德薩畫廊， 香港， 中國（2023）；「泛神主義」(Pantheism)， 雙谷岸當代藝術空間， 洛陽， 中國（2021）；「無意識等級」（Unconscious Hierarchy） ， 上海斯沃 琪藝術中心和平飯店， 上海， 中國（2019）；以及「無意識等級」 ， Trios Gallery， 亞德蘭大， 美國
（2019） 。 最近群展包括：「隱喻與凝視」 ， LA VIE 物質生活藝術中心， 深圳， 中國（2022）；「自然的 變形記——神話的模式和時空秩序」 ， 與亨美術館， 廣州， 中國（2022）；北京國際設計周——一噸計
劃 | 助力 2022 冬奧會藝術項目， 北京全國農業博覽館， 北京， 中國（2021）；「布爾的存在」 ， Galley Gallery， 上海， 中國（2021） ；當代數字藝術博覽會（CADAF）, 紐約， 美國（2020） ；以及「Luscious Relics」 ， Plazza Di Sant’Edigio， 羅馬， 義大利（2019）等。 王韞琛現生活工作於上海。
Artist CV Caison Wang b. 1991 in Guangdong, China 2015 BFA Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, Hubei, China 2019 MFA Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, United States Solo Exhibitions 2023 Hyperland, DE SARTHE, Hong Kong, China 2021 Pantheism, 2xGuan Contemporary Art Space, Luoyang, China 2019 Unconscious Hierarchy, Swatch Art Center, Peace Hotel, Shanghai, China Unconscious Hierarchy, Trios Gallery, Atlanta, United States Group Exhibitions 2022 Metaphor and Gaze, LA VIE Art Center for Material Living, Shenzhen, China Metamorphoses of Nature – Patterns and Spatiotemporal Orders of Mythology, Yuheng Museum, Guangzhou, China 2021 One Ton Project, Beijing Design Week, Beijing, China Chinese Expression – Chinese Contempmorary Artist Nomination Award, Shanghai, China Boolean Existence, Galley Gallery, Shanghai, China 2020 Contemporary Digital Art Fair, CADAF, New York, United States 2019 Luscious Relics, Plazza Di Sant’egidio, Rome, Italy 2018 Eternal Recurrence, Mint Gallery, Atlanta, United States 2017 Hashtag, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China Off Center, Gallery Max, New York, United States SHOUT!, ARC Gallery, Chicago, United States 2014 The Chinese Young Sculptors Exhibition Pingshan Art Museum, Shenzhen, China Exquisite Sculpture Exhibition of Hubei Academy of Fine Arts, Hubei Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Wuhan, China
2013 The First Young Sculptors of Hubei Province Exhibition, Hubei Provincial Library, Wuhan, China The Second Wuhan Design Biennale, Hubei Academy of Fine Art Museum, Wuhan, China Residence 2019 Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai, China Projects 2020 Violent Drama, online solo exhibition, DEFRAG OFFICIAL About Shanghai, Online Chat, New York Fashion Magazine BlackBook Land Art: The Relationship between Artists and Nature, MadeIn Art Education Open Class Lecture, Bohua Plaza, Shanghai, China The History of Pop Art – Pop Art after 1945, MadeIn Art Education Open Class Lecture, Bohua Plaza, Shanghai, China Curated the exhibition, Streaming, Xiaosong Library, Nanjing, China
CAISON WANG HYPERLAND
6 May – 24 June 2023 Hong Kong
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