FROGMAN ART   蛙人艺术

Booth  D17

Realistic Dimension   现实维度

Antonio Biagiotti  /  Shifra Levyathan  /  Jamie McCartney

天高云淡的九月，金风送爽的季节，我们追溯着十月的和风，也迎来了2018影像上海艺术博览会。此次蛙人艺术将带来英国实验艺术家Jamie McCartney、意大利黑白胶片摄影师Antonio Biagiotti、以及以色列城市摄影师Shifra Levyathan的作品，为我们呈现在影像的表象之下所蕴藏的深层力量，展现艺术的现实维度。展览已于20日开幕，众多的藏家及艺术爱好者缤纷而至，很高兴与大家的再次相见，也希望此次展览能为大家带来不一样的艺术体验。

It is been a long time of waiting for the Photofairs Shanghai 2018. In the Photofairs Shanghai 2018, the Frogman Art will present a realistic dimension of Art, by the portfolio of Artists Jamie McCartney，Antonio Biagiotti, and Shifra Levyathan, which emerges the deeper strength beneath the images themselves. The exhibition launched yesterday on the 20th, which attracted numerous collectors and amateurs. We are honored to be a part of this elegant appreciation, and we are looking forward to bringing you a special art feast.

Jamie 的作品是实验驱动的，他用经过改装的文件扫描仪进行影像创作。曾在基层环保运动及和平船上工作的经验，使得他的许多作品中贯穿着强烈的社会政治浪潮。他希望通过艺术改变女性的身体形象，抗议使这个社会变得病态的无处不在的身体法西斯主义。他的作品也因此而存在争议。但作为一件艺术品，Jamie 的作品满足了所有最基本的标准——一种多层次的体验告诉我们，它提出了问题，引发了一种情绪与学术上的思考。《英国艺术》曾这样评论他：“在未来很长一段时间里，全世界都在谈论 Jamie McCartney。”

Jamie embraces experiment as the driving force behind his creativity, he has created using an adapted document scanner as his camera. Having worked on grass roots environmental campaigns as well as on a peace boat in his youth, a strong socio-political current runs through many of his works. He hopes to change the body image of women through art. His works protest against the pervasive body fascism that sickens our society. Jamie’s exhibition is controversial. But as a piece of art, it fulfils the most basic criteria – a multi-layered experience. It informs, questions, and provokes reactions both emotional and academic. "Art of England" once commented on him: “The world will be talking about Jamie McCartney for a long time to come.” 

不知你是否和 Antonio 一样，也被黑白胶片所拥有的巨大创造力所吸引呢？简洁、清晰、充满张力的构图将观者带入了一个全新的线条和形式的世界。虽远，犹如近在眼前，纯粹且真实，我们渴望去寻觅那看不见的地方。在看似简单的画面中，也想要细细体会其作品背后的象征与意义。

I wonder if you are, just like Antonio, attracted by the enormous creativity of black and white film. His crispy, clear and infused images with details that the viewers are transported to a whole new world of line and form. Far away, as if it were also close, pure and true, we are eager to find the invisible place. In the seemingly simple picture, we are to understand the symbol and meaning behind the work.

来自以色列的解禁摄影师Shifra，在2010年无法行走的一段时间里用新的形式表达自我以及对摄影的热爱。她用城市坚实的构架和肌理作为内容，探索人、城市与自然的关系。充满时空感的冷暖色调调和了画面因城市的变化所带来的紧张感。在“Floating City”仿佛让人联想到博尔赫斯笔下的阿莱夫，容纳世间万物，漂浮在象征着孕育生命的水面上.。

Shifra Levyathan is a Israel unban contemporary photographer. In 2010, it was a turning point for her work, when she was unable to go on long walks with her camera, snapping pictures as she did before. She had to find another way to expressing herself. She uses the solid structure and texture of the city as the content to explore the relationship between human, city and nature. Such as her art work “Floating City” reminds us of Borges’ Alev, which contains everything in the world and floats on the water surface symbolizing the birth of life.