拾萬空间(杭州)非常荣幸地带来艺术家祝洵的最新作品展，本次展览主要呈现她近两年的创作，其中暗含了一次重要的转变。

Hunsand Space (Hangzhou) is honored to present the latest works of the artist Zhu Xun. This exhibition primarily showcases her creative endeavors over the past two years, which subtly embody a significant transformation.

过去几年，祝洵的绘画内容逐渐从以往抽象图案的拼贴，过渡到对自然风景的描绘。但是这里的自然并非现实的再现，而是对植物或风景进行变形和重构，进而营造出一个极具主观意识的奇幻世界。于是，植物与风景成为艺术家内心的投射，景象既在心间，又在眼前，目之所及，即是情感的幻影。一如中国传统山水，自然风景转化为笔墨语言，观看者也与之融为一体。

但是在本次展览的新作中，祝洵已然在主观上将自己置换为观看对象，她在画自己的所见，同时也将自己假设为被画者本身，于是，画中风景的主体性陡然得到了转变和增强，尤其是当眼睛和人的肢体形象被汇入植物、山川的走势中，景象也宛如人一般游动起来。在此意义上，人与风景不再互为彼此，它们构成了一种互看和对视关系——你在看它，它也在看你，它是情感的替身，也是具有独立生命的个体——甚至在你对其漠视的瞬间，已是风景在看人，而非人在看风景。进而，也正是在这种“自我”凝视的过程中，人的自主意识在增强，同时也因风景的拟人化而面临退场。

人常会有建立新世界的企图，但是对于那些被观看者和被想象者来说，它们的企图又在哪里呢?

祝洵，1989年生于四川成都，2014毕业于对外经济贸易大学，现工作生活于北京。

在祝洵的作品中，植物被变形、解构和重塑，从传统风景画或静物画中转身成为绘画叙事的主角。源自于现实世界的物像，在画面上跃然生成一个奇幻梦境：比例失衡的花草树木，他们移动跳跃，似有内在能量的驱使;隐于幽静处的不明精灵，唤你走向未知的深处。灵动的万物苏醒我们的意识之光，引发了我们对生活或文化历史中某个时期的追忆。

Over the past few years, Zhu Xun's painting content has gradually shifted from her previous abstract collages to the depiction of natural landscapes. However, the concept of 'nature' she presents transcends mere realism; it undergoes metamorphosis and reconstruction, giving rise to a profoundly subjective and surreal realm. In this context, plants and landscapes serve as reflections of the artist's inner world, where scenes exist both within her mind and before the viewer's eyes. What the eye perceives materializes as a tapestry of emotions. Much like the tradition of classical Chinese landscape painting, natural vistas are transmuted into the language of brush and ink, inviting the viewer to merge seamlessly with the art.

Yet, in her new works unveiled within this exhibition, Zhu Xun undergoes a transformative shift, assuming dual roles as both observer and observed. She paints what unfolds before her eyes, yet simultaneously steps into the canvas as its subject. Consequently, the subjectivity within the portrayed landscapes undergoes a profound metamorphosis and intensification. This is most conspicuous when eyes and human forms meld into the contours of foliage and mountains, causing the scenery to sway and dance as if imbued with human spirit. In this light, humanity and landscapes cease to exist in separate realms; they cultivate a relationship of mutual observation and locked gazes—you are observing it, and it is observing you. It becomes the vessel for emotions, a self-contained entity with its own vitality. Even in moments of disregard, it is the landscape observing you, not you merely gazing at the scenery. Consequently, within this process of 'self' reflection, human consciousness fortifies while simultaneously confronting an inevitable departure, all due to the anthropomorphism of the landscape.

Frequently, we strive to forge new realms, but what becomes of these endeavors from the perspective of those under scrutiny and imagination?

Zhu Xun,born in Sichuan, Chengdu, in 1989. Zhu Xun graduated from the University of International Business and Economics in 2014. She now works and lives in Beijing.

In Zhu Xun's works, plants undergo deformation, deconstruction, and reshaping, transitioning from traditional landscapes or still life to become the protagonists of a pictorial narrative. Real-world objects leap into a fantastical dream world: oversized flowers and trees that move and leap as if propelled by inner energy; unidentified spirits concealed in silence, beckoning you into the depths of the unknown. The spirituality inherent in everything awakens the light of our consciousness, evoking memories of a time in our lives or cultural history.