Relics / 遗留之物
万曼 Maryn Varbanov
Opening：2015.11.20, 6pm - 8pm
Duration：2015.11.20-2016.01.06
Address：BANK 1/F, 59 Xianggang Lu, Shanghai, China
开幕酒会：2015.11.20, 6pm - 8pm
展期：2015.11.20-2016.01.06
地址：BANK 中国上海市黄浦区香港路59号1楼
Presented here are Varbanov’s plasticine models, which were produced in Europe in the 1970’s and acted as sketches for larger fabric works. Some of these larger fabric works were realized while others remained merely models. In these small enigmatic sketches we see the artist’s overlapping sensibilities, both modern and orthodox, organic and galactic, that has since seeped into the works of younger artists in China.
Maryn Varbanov (born 1932, Bulgaria- died 1989, Beijing) was a powerful but often overlooked fixture of the China ’85 New Wave Movement. He actively contributed to the greater Avant-Garde dialogue both as a prolific artist and a beloved teacher, influencing artists such as Gu Wenda, Liang Shaoji, and Shi Hui as well as the young curator, Hou Hanru in their formative years.
BANK本次呈现的是万曼的橡皮泥模型作品，这个系列于1970年前后在欧洲制作，其原本意图是作为更大型织物的打样，其中仅有一些较大的作品被实现而剩下来的则主要还是模型。在这些小尺寸的神秘的模型中，我们可以窥看到艺术家重叠的意识，既现代又传统，既整体又无序，而这些复杂的情感已经渗透到中国年轻艺术家的作品中。
万曼（1932年出生于保加利亚，1989年于北京去世）是一个非常有影响力但又经常被忽视的中国85年新浪潮运动的代表人物。他同时作为一个多产的艺术家和一个受人敬爱的老师这两种身份积极促成了更先锋的对话，深深影响并启发了当时还处于启蒙阶段的包括艺术家谷文达，梁绍基，施惠以及策展人侯瀚如等人。
万曼 Maryn Varbanov
Opening：2015.11.20, 6pm - 8pm
Duration：2015.11.20-2016.01.06
Address：BANK 1/F, 59 Xianggang Lu, Shanghai, China
开幕酒会：2015.11.20, 6pm - 8pm
展期：2015.11.20-2016.01.06
地址：BANK 中国上海市黄浦区香港路59号1楼
Presented here are Varbanov’s plasticine models, which were produced in Europe in the 1970’s and acted as sketches for larger fabric works. Some of these larger fabric works were realized while others remained merely models. In these small enigmatic sketches we see the artist’s overlapping sensibilities, both modern and orthodox, organic and galactic, that has since seeped into the works of younger artists in China.
Maryn Varbanov (born 1932, Bulgaria- died 1989, Beijing) was a powerful but often overlooked fixture of the China ’85 New Wave Movement. He actively contributed to the greater Avant-Garde dialogue both as a prolific artist and a beloved teacher, influencing artists such as Gu Wenda, Liang Shaoji, and Shi Hui as well as the young curator, Hou Hanru in their formative years.
BANK本次呈现的是万曼的橡皮泥模型作品，这个系列于1970年前后在欧洲制作，其原本意图是作为更大型织物的打样，其中仅有一些较大的作品被实现而剩下来的则主要还是模型。在这些小尺寸的神秘的模型中，我们可以窥看到艺术家重叠的意识，既现代又传统，既整体又无序，而这些复杂的情感已经渗透到中国年轻艺术家的作品中。
万曼（1932年出生于保加利亚，1989年于北京去世）是一个非常有影响力但又经常被忽视的中国85年新浪潮运动的代表人物。他同时作为一个多产的艺术家和一个受人敬爱的老师这两种身份积极促成了更先锋的对话，深深影响并启发了当时还处于启蒙阶段的包括艺术家谷文达，梁绍基，施惠以及策展人侯瀚如等人。
All text and images courtesy of BANK/MABSOCIETY and artist.
| Booklet with Installation view @BANK.pdf |
