[Xiang Jing and Zhai Guangci's "Zero Consumption" Sculpture Happiness] Xiang Jing Sculpture

I knew about Xiang Jing and Qu Guangci's works long before I knew them. Xiang Jing's "Full Mirror" exhibition is still fresh in my memory, and then a series of their works, as "exotic gifts", often meet us in various art exhibitions, exotic shops, fashion magazines and Weibo of stars with colorful gestures. I have a famous song "I See Happiness". Every time I see it, I think of friends and family squinting and smiling. Nice to meet the parents of this happy little sculpture.

An artist who gets up at 7 o'clock every day

"The artist's life must be very mysterious, more beautiful than the background of the film, more props than Liu Qian, and more surprising than Santa's pocket." This is what I thought before interviewing Qu Guangci and Xiang Jing. After the interview, my subjective view was partially confirmed and subverted, because both of them are "fantastic thinkers" who dedicate and share art, and both of them are "ideal life" who get up at 7 o'clock.

As usual, I thought it would be in the afternoon or evening, in the coffee shop or exhibition room. Unexpectedly, our interview was scheduled early in the morning in a corner of the studio. It's like friends visiting, simply drinking tea, simply greeting, and then curiously asking about their living arrangements. Qu Guangci said, "I was helping Xiang Jing arrange an exhibition last night. I got up at 7 o'clock today, played golf alone, and then I was interviewed by you. I invited a friend from Hong Kong to dinner at noon. Tell me about an activity. Go back to the studio in the afternoon and then go to the company to tell people about those strange new bags and scarves. Maybe I will go to the west in the evening to discuss with the decoration team about building a new studio. Xiang Jing is simpler. She goes directly to the studio almost every day, and basically stays for a whole day when she works. When she got ready for the exhibition, she went to the exhibition hall. Recently, she won an award, and we have to prepare for it. I usually get home around 1 1 in the evening, talk to each other about what I did this day, exchange feelings, talk for a while, and then go to bed. This is almost the case in these two years. "

There is no mention of daily necessities, but the arrangement of work and life seems to be not much different from that of ordinary people. "Life is simple and plain, and imagination, creativity and more colorful things are mixed into works of art", so this is the living state of artists.

Qu Guangci said with a smile: "Every time you are interviewed by the media, you get a title." Xiang Jing said with some seriousness, "We didn't put up these labels."

Those comments that are not mine will always be given and posted by others, which means nothing. These labels are designed to attract people's attention, just like the eye-catching titles on the cover of lists or magazines, the artists themselves obviously don't care much. Xiang Jing is more concerned about how many works, albums and books can be produced in a year; Qu Guangci is more concerned about how far the exhibition in Xiangjing can be done and how the next project can be done. Qu Guangci said frankly: "When people reach middle age, they feel that their energy and physical strength are not endless, which requires us to plan our lives better and arrange our time more reasonably. We did a lot of things and got a lot of comments, but it doesn't matter. This is just the past and the present. Next, we need to do more things. No label can affect our persistence in doing things. "

Zero consumption, let us see happiness.

They belong to the love in college, just like Xiang Jing said, "pure love in books". Like all simple boys and girls, they said a few words of confidence, held hands and naturally got married. There was a simple beginning. Students took a photo for them in the classroom, and relatives and friends had a meal. A 24-hour couple, doing homework in the same classroom all day, became a 24-hour couple.

Strange art expresses sincere happiness.

Xiang Jing and his wife in Qu Guangci are already famous figures in sculpture, but the big names are also close to the people. Although the stores are in Yintai, Sanlitun, 798 and other places, they are not only high-end fans, but also two naughty urchins with childlike innocence in their stores. Sell sincere expression and happiness.

The strange art store now has four stores. In Yintai's basement, there are two parts: the commodity exhibition area and the conference area. It feels okay. Sit down and chat, the atmosphere is very comfortable. The walls in the store are made up of two completely different colors, red and blue, and the works are laid leisurely everywhere without condescending distance. There are many couples' works in the shop, including sad rainbow angels, sweet loli with long rabbit ears and eyes closed and smiling, and the "Most Angels" series. People often come here. There are also iPad and iPhone cases produced by exotic art in the store, which are full of design and very cheap, so you won't go home empty-handed.

Strange Art Address:No. NLG 39, North District, Sanlitun Community, Chaoyang District, Beijing.

Tel: 64 156566

Friends think that 24-hour couples will soon get bored and stay together all the time, which is terrible to think about. But Xiang Jing feels good. She and Qu Guangci are two kinds of people, only complementary. She is more emotional, while Qu Guangci, on the contrary, can do things well through cooperation. For a long time, Xiang Kyoto was a person who noticed that a corner or a place was "a little uncoordinated" every time he held an exhibition. Qu Guangci was a person with grand ideas in the interview. He said he was more like a businessman. And Xiang Jing should be protected as a pure artist.

This comfortable state of getting along is not always like this. When they first moved to Shanghai, Xiang Jing and Qu Guangci habitually went in and out together, but they soon found that this was a drag on each other. Qu Guangci wants to sleep a little longer, and Xiang Jing wants to leave early. Xiang Jing recalled: "At that time, the state was consumed by each other, and time, emotion and thinking were consumed." That is, since then, the two have developed the habit of going to the studio separately. I also bought two cars. When I was in Shanghai, my home was 6 kilometers away from my studio. Round trip12km. Beijing's studio is far from home,12km, 24km round trip. Many times, they just go to the studio with their front and back feet, and a person can think about something on the road. Xiang Jing is tired of mediocrity, unwilling to accept any doctrine or label, and unwilling to be described as a "calm and noble artist". She hopes not to have any illusions about artists like her, because all she wants is to reduce consumption, reduce physical consumption and reduce the consumption of any good things. She thinks that both she and Qu Guangci need more time to irrigate their hearts.

In this way, the two people are busy with each other and don't interfere with each other at all. Xiang Jing said: "In love, independence is necessary. Independence will not consume each other. " Qu Guangci said: "Give each other some space, and they won't wear out." They are right in saying that "all happy families are the same". Although the living conditions of artists may not be comparable to those of ordinary people, there is always no difference in mutual support and respect between husband and wife because life is narrower than that of ordinary people.

Happiness needs no more research than art needs understanding.

As soon as they get along, they are so knowledgeable and have an agreement on sculpture. They have a rule that they have always followed-"What is now in a strange shop must be based on a previous work." The most frequently mentioned "I See Happiness" actually comes from Xiang Jing's previous works and is also used on the cover of her book. The name is also called "I See Happiness".

At that time, the exhibition was like this: a book, an exhibition, a small gift, only for one day, just for the nickname "rabbit" "I see happiness." Xiang Jing emphasized: "Emotions can also be shared, and they are interlinked with small works. This feeling is particularly good, not having that job, but having this feeling. What can be shared will help people grow and think. "

Xiang Jing said: "When a work is to be mass-produced as a commodity, the process, technology, ownership and everyone's placement should be considered, so there are some minor changes to the work, but it is still based on the original work. Besides, this is my first gift work. I think happiness itself is a particularly good blessing, so I think everyone wants it. Moreover, there is something particularly important in Guangci's idea of making this gift, and that is emotion. This is an emotional transmission. In this era, many parts of art are difficult to share with you. "

When someone directly put forward that "works of art can't be understood", Xiang Jing said that "you don't need to know art". The meaning of art is like a mirror. You can see what's in your heart through art. You don't have to understand, just go and see. I feel beautiful, happy or ordinary, and scared. Everything is fine. What makes you happy is what you can recognize in your heart. "You really don't have to see art too clearly, just as you don't have to study happiness too thoroughly.

Xiang Jing and Qu Guangci laughed and called themselves "lovely upstarts", while saying that "neither of them can settle accounts". The couple have been to so many places to hold exhibitions, but they have never made a special trip; I am about to prepare a studio of several thousand square meters, and my house is only over 200 square meters; I have two old dogs over 15 years old, but I regret that I have little time to play with them ... These two happy people are happier in their way of getting along with zero consumption and in this "ignorant" artistic love.

Art is a gift worth sharing.

The two artists hope that their efforts can be used as artistic samples for public welfare undertakings in China. Xiang Jing and Qu Guangci solemnly promised to every friend who bought foreign products that all the surplus they got from foreign brands in the future would be donated to the society, not as private property. I hope I can give our next generation a small gift with my meager strength.