定义：午夜，标志着全世界民用时间每一天的开始和结束。作为一天与另一天的划分点，午夜不容易归类为前一天或后一天的一部分。尽管在这个问题上全球没有统一，但通常午夜被认为是新的一天的开始，与小时00：00相关联。 Definition: Midnight marks the beginning and end of each civil day around the world. As the point of division between one day and another, midnight is not easily classified as part of the day before or the day after. Although there is no global consensus on this issue, midnight is usually considered the beginning of a new day, associated with the hour 00:00.

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我有很多次在午夜乘坐飞机的经历，飞机的轰鸣声让我会进入一种似醒非醒的状态。 午夜所呈现出来的模糊和矛盾与我近期的作品较为吻合：画面指向性越来越不明显。就像今年普利兹克奖的建筑师所传达的“更少的建筑”理念一样，我在尝试的是“更少的绘画”，即在可控的方法中寻找不可控的图示。 这次展览的作品都是围绕时间的线索展开，尝试探索作品中一种模糊时间的概念。 Many times I've been on a plane in the middle of the night, and the roar of the plane has sent me into a kind of half-awake status. The ambiguities and contradictions presented by midnight are consistent with my recent works: The directivity of the work is less and less obvious. Like the architects who awarded this year's Pritzker Prize delivered the idea of "less architecture," what I'm trying to do is "less drawing," which is to look for uncontrollable images in a controlled way. The works in this exhibition are all about the clues of time, trying to explore the vague concept of time in the works.

——刘聪 Liu Cong

开幕当天同时会发布由fRUITYPRESS 出版的两本刘聪的独立出版物-《NEW PORTRAITS》和《POLAR DAY》敬请期待。 刘聪|Liu Cong 1988年生于辽宁大连，现工作生活于北京。他的作品涉及多种绘画媒介和形式，他不拘泥于单一的绘画表达，而更关注绘画方法的建立，以及不同媒介之间的相互关系。他把自己的创作过程比喻为在城市中漫步，在体力消耗的同时总能发现一些有意思的画面，从而寻找边界和打破边界。 近期个展包括： “午夜” 妙有艺术，北京(2021);“洛克群岛” 妙有艺术，北京(2020);“临时的，暂时的;短暂的” 盘子空间，北京(2019);“寂寞的影子”，丽禾艺术空间，深圳(2019);更衣室，fRUITSPACE，北京(2019);“自由餐厅”，Link画廊，北京(2019);“平视”，艺术方位画廊，深圳(2018);“乡村垂钓俱乐部”， fRUITSPACE，北京(2017)。 主要群展包括：“碧潭” 妙有艺术，北京(2021);“飘” 艾格维画廊，纽约，美国(2018);“Art Central 2018”，中环海滨,香港(2018);“感动的前提”，Link画廊，北京(2017);“睛彩联合国国际艺术展”，联合国，纽约，美国(2017);“花园里的展览”，L-Space,北京(2017);“纸藏“，Link画廊，北京(2017);“约翰 莫尔绘画大赛(中国)”上海喜马拉雅美术馆 ，上海(2014);南京国际美术展，南京国际博览中心，南京(2014)。 Liu Cong Born in 1988 in Dalian, Liaoning Province, now lives and works in Beijing. Liu Cong's works involve a variety of painting media and forms. He does not stick to a single painting expression, but pays more attention to the establishment of painting methods and the relationship between different media. He likens his creative process to walking in a city, finding interesting images while physically expending, to find and break boundaries. Recent Solo exhibition include: “Midnight”， MOUart, Beijing(2021); “Rock islands”， MOUart, Beijing(2020); “Temporary”， PLATESPACE, Beijing(2019); “Lonely shado”,Lia ArtSpace, Shenzhen(2019); “Changing room”，fRUITSPACE, Beijing(2019); “Tự Do Restaurant”, Link Gallery, Beijing(2018); “Parallel Sight”, J&Z Gallery, Shenzhen(2018); “Country Fishing Club”, fRUITSPACE, Beijing(2017). Major group exhibition include：“Green Lake”，MOUart, Beijing(2021); “Drift-float”,Elga Wimmer pcc, New York, USA(2018);”Art Central 2018”, Central Harborfront，Hong Kong(2018); “Touched by the premise”, Link Gallery, Beijing(2017); “Eyeart international exhibition at the United Nations”, United Nations, New York, USA(2017); “Garden of the exhibition”, L-Space, Beijing(2017); “Paperwork collection”, Link Gallery, Beijing(2017); “John Moore Painting Competition (China)”, Shanghai Himalayan Art Museum, Shanghai(2014); “Nanjing International Art Exhibition”, Nanjing International Expo Center, Nanjing(2014).