展览预告|玄象幻境 碳硅共生

玄象幻境 碳硅共生

Mystical Illusion: Symbiosis of Carbon and Silicon

策展人：贺华

Curator: He Hua

展期：2026/4/27 - 6/28

开幕：2026/4/27  15:00

Opening: 15:00, 27 April, 2026

地点：厦门市鼓浪屿康泰路151号

No.151, Kangtai Road, Kulangsu, Xiamen

世青艺术中心荣幸宣布将于2026年4月27日推出艺术家王凯的展览“玄象幻境 碳硅共生”，展览由贺华担任策展人，展期持续至6月28日，欢迎大家莅临参观。

Searching Art Center is honored to announce that it will launch an exhibition by artist Wang Kai titled "Mystical Illusion: Symbiosis of Carbon and Silicon" on April 27, 2026. The exhibition is curated by He Hua and will last until June 28. Everyone is welcome to visit.

《玄象幻境 碳硅共生》策展前言

贺华

当超现实主义的视觉建构与象征主义的精神隐喻，与东方笔墨所承载的诗意哲思形成跨文化对话；当波德莱尔《恶之花》所蕴含的现代性异化诗意，与碳基生命与硅基机器共生的时代命题产生思想共振，艺术家王凯以纸本综合材料为创作媒介，在尺幅之间构建起独属于当代语境的艺术哲思场域。作为长期深耕综合材料艺术实践的创作者，王凯以超现实的视觉语言为表达骨架，以东方古典笔墨的哲学意涵为精神内核，在《长青之境》《硅区》《过渡页的隐喻》等系列作品中，系统拆解生命与机器的固有边界，深入探讨文明演进与存在本质的核心议题，引导观者在层层递进的视觉体验与思辨过程中，步入一场关于碳硅共生、虚实相生的艺术哲思之旅。

观其作品，超现实主义式的无名空间即刻铺展于观者眼前，齿轮缠绕的生物形态、人身兽首的意象建构，打破现实世界的逻辑秩序，勾勒出兼具荒诞性与象征性的精神图景。《长青之境-1》深谙博斯式视觉张力的营造之道，以怪诞繁复的形象解构传统生命形态，使草木生长的自然肌理与机械咬合的工业质感形成有机共生的视觉关系；《虚妄之蚀》似乎撷取了巴别塔式的经典视觉意象和波提切利《神曲》中地狱的场景，深刻阐释人类文明建构与消解的荒诞性本质；《白夜》则回归象征主义的精神内核，以朦胧神秘的光影铺陈，触碰人性深处与世界本质的隐秘真实。尤为值得关注的是，《长青之境》系列中，花草与生物交融幻化而成的山海异兽意象，将东方志怪美学的空灵意境与西方超现实表达的特质相融合，赋予奇幻视觉场域以跨文化精神共鸣的可能性。

深入解析作品细节，东方笔墨的文化密码便在画面肌理中逐步显现。那些看似承载工业理性的冰冷齿轮符号，经细致品读可发现，实则是传统国画中山石、盘根古树等经典意象的当代转化，传统笔墨的晕染、勾勒技法，赋予机械线条东方山水所特有的温润气韵与人文底蕴。《过渡页的隐喻》系列以层层递进的视觉叙事，构建起丰富而深邃的精神隐喻体系，在规整的尺幅限制中，艺术家通过纸本综合材料的肌理营造与符号重构，使画面形成多重视觉层次与解读维度，观者在凝视画面的过程中，将不自觉地陷入对现实边界与隐喻世界的深度思考，他正以传统笔墨的哲学思辨，回应当代人被信息与技术所包裹的精神困境。

王凯的创作始终蕴含着虚无与繁杂的核心矛盾，宏大的文明演进、生命存续、宇宙秩序等叙事主题，被有意识地置于电路板般的硅基视觉基底之上，这种宏大叙事与微观载体的强烈反差，与波德莱尔《恶之花》的思想内涵形成深度呼应。波德莱尔以先锋视角打破传统美丑二元对立的审美范式，在现代性异化的语境中挖掘诗意的存在；王凯则将硅基机器所特有的“冷硬”质感，与水墨艺术所蕴含的“温润”气韵相融合，使《硅区》《分岔的钟摆》等作品中，昆虫躯体与植物、齿轮的纠缠形态，成为碳基生命与硅基机器共生关系的视觉隐喻——技术与生命的边界逐渐模糊，硅基机器生命已成为人类存在形态的延伸与补充。而《时间与他的迷宫》《重启乐园1》对人类宿命的诗意诉说，《万物无谓实质》对生命虚无本质的哲学叩问，进一步将碳硅共生的时代思考，推向对存在本质的终极探索。

一纸凝万象，一笔藏玄思。王凯以纸本综合材料为跨文化、跨时代的对话桥梁，使西方现代艺术思潮与东方古典哲学意涵，在碳硅生命共生的时代命题中形成有效对话，将超现实的视觉幻境，转化为思考生命本质、回应时代精神的重要载体。本次展览旨在邀请观者步入这方玄象幻境，在凝视与思辨的双向互动中，触摸碳硅共生的时代脉搏，探寻存在与虚无的哲学答案，感受当代综合材料艺术所蕴含的思想深度与审美价值。

Preface to the Exhibition "Mystical Illusion: Symbiosis of Carbon and Silicon"

He Hua

When the visual construction of surrealism and the spiritual metaphor of symbolism engage in cross-cultural dialogue with the poetic philosophy embodied in Eastern brushwork; when the alienated poetry contained in Baudelaire’s The Flowers of Evil resonates ideologically with the contemporary proposition of the symbiosis of carbon-based life and silicon-based machines, artist Wang Kai takes paper-based mixed media as his creative medium, constructing a unique artistic and philosophical field belonging to the contemporary context within the dimensions of his works. As an artist who has long been deeply engaged in mixed media art practice, Wang Kai takes surreal visual language as the framework of expression and the philosophical connotation of ancient Eastern brushwork as the spiritual core. In his series of works such as Eternal Youth Realm, Silicon Zone, and Metaphors of Transition Pages, he systematically disassembles the inherent boundaries between life and machines, in-depth explores the core issues of civilizational evolution and the essence of existence, and guides the audience to embark on an artistic and philosophical journey about the symbiosis of carbon and silicon, as well as the interpenetration of the virtual and the real, through a progressive visual experience and thinking process.

Looking at his works, a surreal nameless space unfolds before the audience’s eyes immediately. The biological forms wrapped in gears and the imagery of human bodies with beast heads break the logical order of the real world, outlining a spiritual landscape that is both absurd and symbolic. Eternal Youth Realm - 1 deeply understands the way to create Boschian visual tension, deconstructing traditional life forms with grotesque and intricate images, and forming an organic symbiotic visual relationship between the natural texture of growing plants and the industrial texture of mechanical engagement; Delusion Erosion seems to draw on the classic visual imagery of the Tower of Babel and the scenes of hell in Botticelli’s The Divine Comedy, profoundly interpreting the absurd nature of the construction and dissolution of human civilization; White Night returns to the spiritual core of symbolism, laying out hazy and mysterious light and shadow to touch the hidden truth deep in human nature and the essence of the world. Particularly noteworthy is that in the Eternal Youth Realm series, the imagery of mountain and sea monsters transformed by the integration of flowers, plants and creatures combines the ethereal artistic conception of Eastern monster aesthetics with the characteristics of Western surrealist expression, endowing the fantasy visual field with the possibility of cross-cultural spiritual resonance.

In-depth analysis of the details of the works reveals the cultural code of Eastern brushwork gradually in the texture of the pictures. Those cold gear symbols that seem to carry industrial rationality, upon careful appreciation, are actually the contemporary transformation of classic imagery such as mountain rocks and gnarled ancient trees in traditional Chinese painting. The rendering and outlining techniques of traditional brushwork endow the mechanical lines with the unique warm charm and humanistic connotation of Eastern landscape painting. The Metaphors of Transition Pages series constructs a rich and profound system of spiritual metaphors through progressive visual narration. Within the constraints of regular dimensions, the artist creates multiple visual layers and interpretation dimensions through the texture creation and symbol reconstruction of paper-based mixed media. When the audience stares at the pictures, they will unconsciously fall into in-depth thinking about the boundary between reality and metaphor. He is responding to the spiritual predicament of contemporary people surrounded by information and technology with the philosophical speculation of traditional brushwork.

Wang Kai’s creation always contains the core contradiction between nothingness and complexity. The grand narrative themes such as civilizational evolution, life existence and cosmic order are consciously placed on a silicon-based visual substrate like a circuit board. This strong contrast between grand narrative and micro carrier forms a deep echo with the ideological connotation of Baudelaire’s The Flowers of Evil. Baudelaire broke the traditional aesthetic paradigm of the opposition between beauty and ugliness from a pioneering perspective, exploring the existence of poetry in the context of modern alienation; Wang Kai, on the other hand, integrates the unique "cold and hard" texture of silicon-based machines with the "warm and moist" charm contained in ink painting art, making the entangled forms of insect bodies, plants and gears in works such as Silicon Zone and Bifurcated Pendulum become visual metaphors for the symbiotic relationship between carbon-based life and silicon-based machines — the boundary between technology and life is gradually blurred, and silicon-based machine life has become an extension and supplement of human existence. Moreover, the poetic narration of human fate in Time and Its Labyrinth and Restart Paradise 1, as well as the philosophical inquiry into the nihilistic essence of life inAll Things Have No Substance, further push the contemporary thinking on the symbiosis of carbon and silicon towards the ultimate exploration of the essence of existence.

A single sheet of paper condenses all phenomena, and a single brushstroke hides profound thoughts. With paper-based mixed media as a cross-cultural and cross-era bridge of dialogue, Wang Kai enables Western modern art trends and ancient Eastern philosophical connotations to form effective dialogue in the contemporary proposition of the symbiosis of carbon and silicon, transforming the surreal visual illusion into an important carrier for thinking about the essence of life and responding to the spirit of the times. This exhibition aims to invite the audience to step into this mystical illusion, touch the pulse of the era of carbon-silicon symbiosis, explore the philosophical answers to existence and nothingness, and feel the ideological depth and aesthetic value contained in contemporary mixed media art through the two-way interaction of gazing and thinking.

王凯  Wang Kai

万物无谓实质  All Things Are Void ofSubstance

纸本综合材料  Material painting

150×400cm   2026

艺术家  ARTIST

王凯 Wang Kai

王凯，毕业于厦门大学艺术学院设计艺术学专业，厦门大学嘉庚学院副教授，任教于TKK设计与创意学院。长期保持对当代艺术及设计领域的关注及对综合材料绘画、装置艺术、影像动画等多元艺术的研究型创作;参与并组织多个当代艺术个展、沙龙、群览及国际艺术交流访学，有较为丰富的艺术创作及国际交流访学经验。作品被国家级美术馆、保利、华为等集团及个人收藏。

2012参加巴黎街道艺术设计获最佳评委奖 法国。2014温切斯特艺术学院访学英国。2016《咫尺之近》当代绘画展，厦门。2016《寻道记》个展，杭州。2017“一带一路”海峡两岸与香港地区名家展，香港。2018入选“中国新青年·当代艺术国际推广计划”新美术馆，上海。2018“艺术中国汇”大都汇展览馆，美国纽约。2018《左东右西》中美艺术家联展上海中心。2018诺丁汉特伦特艺术学院访学，英国。2018福建《美育八闽》获奖美术作品展，福州。2018福建《美育八闽》美术作品教师组二等奖福建。2019巴塞罗那自治大学访学，西班牙。2022《鼓浪屿之歌》综合艺术个展，厦门。2023《海乐三号》保利春拍成交，厦门。2023《和弦之外》保利秋拍成交，厦门。2023 巴塞罗那大学艺术学院访学，西班牙。2023《当.厦》群展，厦门。2023《ART MORE》艺术收藏节群展，厦门。2024《神秘的诗意》个展，哲悟空间 厦门,2024“繁花”墨尔本联展，2025“超维繁饰”山上空间个展,2025《重启乐园》个展，哲悟空间厦门。

Education Background:

2023 Visiting Research at Universitat de Barcelona,Barcelona,Spain.2019 Visiting Research at Universitat Autònomade Barcelona,Barcelona,Spain.2018 Visiting Research at Nottingham Trent University,Nottingham,UK.2014Visiting Research at Winchester College of the Arts,Winchester,UK.2012Visiting Research at Europe Stree Design Chanllenge Association,Pairs,France.2009-2012 MA in Art and Design,Xiamen University。2005-2009BA in Art and Design,Xiamen University.

Working Experience:

2012-Present Associate Professor, Design and Creativity College,Xiamen University Tan Kah Kee College。Research Interests:Contemporary Art and Design Culture.Aesthetic Research on Visual Art.Comprehensive material painting research.

Academic Practice (selected):

As a teacher ,artist and researcher, he focuses on developing interdisciplinary explorations and practices of art,design, and technology in contemporary contexts, with the issue around " connecting nature, culture and sustainable future". Through different ways and forms such as research, curation, and education to link thoughts and stimulate social energy. He has been Long-term attention to the field of contemporary art and design and research-oriented creation of multi-arts ,as comprehensive material painting and installation ar.Participate in manycontemporary art exhibitions, and have rich experiences in visiting research and artistic creation.

Awards and achievements:

2024 The solo exhibition "Shi Zhi Li" Xiamen, Fujian,China.

2022 The solo exhibition "Song of Gulangyu" Xiamen, Fujian,China.

2019 "Invisible City" series are collected by Oversea museums.Xiamen, China

2018 The second prize of the Excellent art works exhibition for Teachers,Fujian,China.

2012 European Street Art Design Special Judge Award ,Paris,France