誠品畫廊將於二〇一九年五月十八日至六月三十日舉辦王雅慧個展「時間簡史」，推出藝術家自二〇〇五年至二〇一九年所創作的十八件空間雕塑、裝置、錄像與攝影作品，呈現她近十五年來對自然、時間、生命、變化等課題不同維度的思考與想像。此為誠品畫廊與王雅慧首次合作個展，屆時將同步出版藝術家小書，在其中收錄她過去對五名東西方藝術家創作的討論，以及新的創作觀點。

王雅慧為此展覽選擇不同時期的三件作品包括《日光下的靜物》、《二十億光年的孤獨》、《熱帶計畫：雪人》，以新的裝置方式重新呈現，藉此與新的系列進行思考與美學的對話。新系列「流浪者之鐘」是一個機械裝置，它在持續前進的時間中不斷變換圖案，但在某一個瞬間，它會巧妙地棲身在世界的次序之中，隨即又毫不躊躇地堅持著自己的流浪。「旅行者」是一個由時間、影像和物件組合出來的空間，原本獨立存在而毫無關係的元素，因隨機掉落的紙片的出現而生成了新連結，此後融合成為一個整體。大自然要如何看見？流轉的光影在「時間之書」中像是一次次動人的落日抑或是日出，王雅慧以抽象的空間與緩緩變化的光塊書寫時光。經過水墨繪畫、攝影、放大、輸出等層層處理，「問影」和「對影」午後夢迴般的空間全然由影子構成。或許，空間也是我們的一種感覺？

在「時間簡史」一展中，王雅慧將當代生活的影像空間視為宇宙一隅，想像自己如同天文學家一般從中觀察和想像，試圖洞悉事物之間隱密的關係。「人的時間究竟是怎麼一回事？」她又如同《莊子》魚樂之辯中的惠子，由此叩問出發，尋找著萬物的內在秩序，繼而回過頭來理解人所能對應的世界。王雅慧所創造的一方之地既是濃縮的散文，也是視覺的詩，獨特的宇宙觀與哲學思辯蘊藏其中，在此地喧囂消失、時間靜止，浮光掠影成為人欲了解的永恆。

（贊助：國家文化藝術基金會、Optoma奧圖碼）

ESLITE GALLERY is pleased to present “Wang Yahui—A Brief History of Time” from May 18 to June 30, 2019, featuring 18 installations, videos and photography works created between 2005 and 2019 by the artist. In this first solo exhibition in collaboration with ESLITE GALLERY, Wang shares her ruminations about nature, time, life and changes over the past 15 years. Alongside the gallery will publish an artist book documenting Wang’s discussion about five Chinese and Western artists as well as her new artistic direction.

For this exhibition, Wang Yahui introduces Sunshine on Tranquility, Two Billion Light Years of Solitude and The Tropical Work: Snowman from earlier periods in new ways as an accompaniment to five new series. The new series “Wanderer’s Clock” shows changing configurations that evolve with time, except in a fleeting moment when the pointers align with the order of its world before moving on again in their own tracks. “Traveler” is a space composed by unrelated elements that form a whole when random scraps of paper stumble upon the scene. How can we see nature? Wang writes about time using abstract space and gradients of light in “The Book of Time.” Almost entirely invented by interplays of shadows, “Questions to Shadow” and “Cast Me a Shadow” drift like an afternoon daydream—perhaps, space can also be a feeling?

In “A Brief History of Time,” Wang Yahui turns imageries of contemporary life into micro cosmoses and herself an astronomer observing the hidden relationship between nature and all living things. “What is time to us?” Wang is also the inquisitive Huizi debating about the happiness of fish in Zhuangzi. Her cosmoses are both a condensed essay and a visual poem. There, noise fades and time decelerates, so that floating light and passing shadow arrest for our probing gaze.

(SPONSOR: National Culture and Arts Foundation, Optoma)