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China Stories with artist Helen Couchman: Collecting & Dropping. China. 2pm Sunday 15th May at UCCA, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, 798 Art District, Beijing.

北京市朝阳区酒仙桥路4号798艺术区 北京8503信箱

【文化项目】UCCA中国故事系列16：HELEN COUCHMAN：收集与丢弃 – 中国

嘉宾: Helen Couchman
Helen Couchman在威尔士和英格兰的肯特郡，史塔福郡，汉普郡长大。1991年，她前往伦敦；在那里她拿到了约翰爵士卡斯学院的美术学士；在1998年，她拿到了圣马丁艺术学院的批判美术实践 的美术硕士。Couchman女士曾经在英国和全世界进行全范围的展览，也在居住期间经常创造出新的艺术作品，而这些作品也曾在个人作品张中展示。 她曾在塞浦路斯艺术学院担任驻地艺术家（2003年），美国佛蒙特艺术中心（2005）。在2006年，C偶充满女士接受了来自中国的工作邀请，而这次经历激发了她的个人展示灵感。 作品“礼物”在2006年北京的大山子国际艺术节展出。 在2007年初搬至北京后，在2008年6月Couchman女士出版了她的第一本书，工人（WORKERS）。至今Helen 仍在北京继续她的生活和艺术创作。

关于主题:
作为一个在北京居住地英国艺术家，Helen Couchman在2007年12月也就是2008年奥运会之前，独自来到了鸟巢体育馆的建筑地址。她要求一些建筑工人摆出了143个迷惑的造型，并捕捉了这些不知名的建筑工人的脸朝向这个令人兴奋的城市的瞬间。（1）
Couchman 上一年在伦敦的展览“云系列，黄线”的灵感源自于她在北京上空的一次飞行：“这些杰作的漫不经心的开头展示的是当（我）坐的飞机在向北京这座神秘的大都市降落时，出现了一层很薄的亮黄色的云层，之后飞机迅速地穿过这些细线。而从地面是根本看不到这些细线的，只能看到一片蓝色的天空。带点讽刺意味的是，英语中有“每片云都有银色的线”来表示任何坏事情都有其积极的一面，当然有可能这种积极面起先没有被发现。现在的这个情况却被反过来了，清澈的蓝天被一层不可见的橙色薄雾穿透了。而在不详的黄色中很难看到“银色的线”。（2）
(1) Helen Couchman 《工人》 (Soloshow Publishing, 2008)
(2) “云系列, 黄线” 2009，摘自 ‘Sheltering from the Storm’ 发表于Leonardo Journal Transactions 2011年3月
作者Bronaċ Ferran,皇家艺术学院, 伦敦

Guests: Helen Couchman
Helen Couchman in Wales and England, Kent, Staffordshire, Hampshire grow up. In 1991, she went to London; where she got a bachelor’s Sir John Cass School of Fine Arts; in 1998, she got a Master of Fine Arts St. Martin’s critique of art practice the Art Institute.Often created during Ms. Couchman in the UK and around the world we have full range of exhibitions, but also to live a new work of art, and these works also show the individual works Zhang. She has served as artist in residence (2003) at the Cyprus College of Art, Vermont Art Center (2005). In 2006, C even accepted the job offer full lady from China, but the experience inspired her personal showcase inspiration. Works “gift” in 2006 Beijing Dashanzi International Art Festival on display. After the beginning of 2007 moved to Beijing in June 2008, Ms. Couchman published her first book, the workers (WORKERS). Helen has still Beijing to continue her life and artistic creation.

On the theme:
as a British artist living in Beijing, Helen Couchman in that is, before the 2008 Olympic Games in December 2007, he came to the Bird’s Nest stadium alone building address.She asked some construction workers put the 143 confusing shape, and captures these unknown construction workers face toward instant this exciting city. (1)
Couchman exhibition in London last year, “says series, yellow line” inspired her over Beijing’s first flight: “at the beginning of these masterpieces of casual show is when (me) to sit in the aircraft Beijing this mysterious metropolis landing, appeared thin layer of bright yellow clouds, the aircraft quickly after passing through these thin line. And from the ground is not see these thin, only to see a blue sky. a little ironic that, in English, there is “every cloud has a silver piece of line” for any bad thing has its positive side, the positive side of this is of course possible at first not to be found now This situation was reversed, the clear blue sky was orange layer of invisible mist penetrated while in an unknown yellow is difficult to see the “silver thread.” (2)
(1) Helen Couchman “workers “(Soloshow Publishing, 2008)
(2) “Cloud series, yellow line” of 2009, taken from the ‘Sheltering from the Storm’ was published in Leonardo Journal Transactions 2011年3月
OF Bronaċ Ferran, the Royal College of Art, London