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王钟垚
Zhongyao Wang
Video
Digital/NFT
Writing
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王钟垚
Zhongyao Wang
Date: 2021
Medium: Single channel digital video
Size: 16: 9, 2560×1440dpi
Duration: 5’38” (ENG\CHN subtitle)
"N" is both "No name" and "Number 1 to infinity." It represents the anonymity and vastness of the female collective, while also signifying each individual woman. The artist materializes Titian's Venus and creates discordant windows on her perfect body, intending to disrupt the optimal visual experience of the male gaze. Within the windows are self-portraits of female artists from different eras, appearing within the "Venus architecture" painted by male artists. This analogy seems to suggest that female artists are indeed trying to create within a world dominated by men.
From these six self-portraits, one can infer the external evaluations and self-criticisms that these artists faced in different eras, as well as their compromises and gender-based challenges in their creative endeavors. The artist creates a voyeuristic perspective in the work, leading people to peer at the self-portraits within each window. The female figures gradually become transparent and disappear as they are observed, symbolizing a kind of deprivation, suggesting that society might have entered an era of "male voyeurism," distinct from the "male gaze."
By concealing themselves behind the voyeuristic perspective, the artist establishes a constant presence without appearing in the picture. This artwork also becomes a self-portrait of the artist, engaging in a dialogue with self-portraits of female predecessors. It serves as both a question posed by the artist, as a fellow female creator, and an expression of deep respect for these female creators.
创作时间：2021
形式：单频道数字影像
尺寸：16: 9, 2560×1440dpi
时长：5分38秒（中英字幕）
N既是No name，又是Number1至无穷，它代表女性的无名与庞大的群体，又指代每一位女性。艺术家将提香笔下的维纳斯建筑物化，并在维纳斯完美的胴体上开了不协调的窗，意图搅乱人们对于男性凝视产物的最佳视觉体验。窗内是不同时代的女性艺术家自画像，它们出现在男性艺术家绘成的“维纳斯建筑物”里，就像是在类比女性艺术家的确是在一个由男性主导的世界中试图创作一样。
人们似乎可以从这六幅自画像中，得知其在不同的时代受到的他人评价与自我批判，并感受其在创作中的性别妥协与性别攻击。艺术家在作品中创造了一个偷窥的视角，引领人们去窥视每个窗子里的女性自画像，女性形象随着窥视会逐渐变透明后消失，因为窥视即是一种剥夺，艺术家借此提出人们可能已经进入到一个与“男性凝视”不同的“男性窥视”的时代。
通过躲在偷窥视角背后，艺术家创造了一种无需出现在画面中却时刻在场的身份证明，此件作品亦成为了艺术家的自画像，在自画像中与女前辈们的自画像对话，既是艺术家作为同样身为女性创作者的一次发问，也表达了艺术家对于女性创作者们最崇高的敬意。