PAINT(erly)
|ˈpeɪntəli|  adj
of or appropriate to a painter; artistic: she has a painterly eye.
• characterized by qualities of color, stroke, and texture rather than of line.

This exhibition flushes out the notion of the "painterly"- that inherent and seductive quality of paintings that has not only helped the tradition survive countless deaths but has often been hijacked by other diverse media. What is it about this process driven, drippy, handmade painted-ness that continues to entice, mesmerize, and confound viewers? How has this quality helped to make painting invincible to theoretical claims of its exhaustion, backwardness, and lack of relevance?

This exhibition attempts to frame the definition of 'painterly' on its own terms:  through the tactile and evocative essence of materiality, how that essence has transcended the medium itself, and sometimes mocked as a cliché of artistic expression.

PAINT(erly) showcases disparate works from around the world that favor technique, materiality and process, often at the expense of narrative. It also profiles how the painterly has become an object of parody through works of conceptual art. The exhibition is comprised mostly of paintings but also includes work of video, performance, sculpture, and photography from established and promising young international artists.

Participating Artists: Matthew Brandt, Monika Bravo, Fang Wei, Geng Yini, Howard Hodgkin, Jin Shan, Li Jinghu, Li Songsong, Liao Guohe, Michael Lin, Paul McCarthy, Aniwar Mehmet, Martin Murphy, Ouyang Chun, Roxy Paine, Qiu Xiaofei, Leslie Wayne, Yu Ji, Zhang Enli, Zhao Gang, Zheng Chongbin, Zhu Jinshi. 

《绘画性》
｜huì huà xìnɡ｜形容词
广义上的“绘画性”被普遍用来描述或阐释除了绘画这一艺术门类之外的其他艺术门类中近似于绘画的表现形式。
在绘画中指相对于线性表现的技法，强调用明暗色块和色块间有意的处理描绘出对象的感觉，如形象边缘是色彩相互融合而非强调轮廓的线条。

本展览围绕“绘画性”的概念展开——绘画所与生俱来的煽动性不仅使这一传统历经无数次的绝处逢生，甚至为其它各种媒介所广泛引用。究竟是什么促使这一过程，使得观者持续受到这种湿漉漉的手工描绘成果的怂恿，迷惑甚至混淆视听？这一特质究竟如何保全绘画之不可动摇的地位，以免于理论界关于其消亡、倒退甚至与时代脱节的言论影响？

本展览试图以作品本身来定义绘画性，借助物质本身唤起观者的触感，探究这一特质如何超越其媒介本身而存在，而有时却总被嘲讽为一种陈腐的艺术表现形式？

《绘画性》将呈现来自世界各地的作品，它们风格迥异，更注重技巧，物质性及过程，而通常忽略叙事性的体现。同时，展览将剖析绘画性是如何通过观念艺术而转为一种模仿的对象。展出的作品大多为绘画，但同时囊括影像，行为，雕塑和摄影，均来自或已享有声誉，或备受瞩目的国际性年轻艺术家。

参展艺术家：
Matthew Brandt，Monika Bravo，方巍，耿旖旎，Howard Hodgkin，靳山，李景湖，李松松，廖国核，林明弘，Paul McCarthy，Aniwar Mehmet，Martin Murphy，欧阳春，Roxy Paine，仇晓飞，Leslie Wayne，余极，张恩利，赵刚，郑重宾，朱金石