CAISON WANG HYPERLAND
In the age of virtual simulations and digital identities, humans have a unlocked a newfound omnipotence in courtesy of accelerationist technology. Caison Wang’s solo exhibition Hyperland combines whimsical yet ghoulish imagery with deconstructed references to humanity and religious deities. Contemplating the binary notions of morality and more, the artworks depict a liminal world in which Wang reinterprets heaven and hell as a psychological experience as part of the empirical human condition.
人類置身於虛擬實景和數位身份的大時代中，在科技加速主義的協助下開發了從未體會過的全能性。
王韞琛的個展「超極樂園」（Hyperland）結合了奇幻、怪誕的圖像，並對人文、宗教神靈等話題 進行解構。這些作品對道德等二元概念進行深入思考，描繪了一個幻想中的臨界空間。在王韞琛的 創作裏，天堂與地獄被重新詮釋為人類境況中的一種精神體驗。
Titled after Hyperion, referring to the “one who passes through the sky or looks down from the sky” in Greek mythology, Hyperland observes fictional characters Jack and Mary through the lens of an omniscient narrator. Illustrated as two skeletal figures, Jack and Mary are neutral representations of human beings. As if the protagonists to one continuous story, the figures are seen acting out different scenarios in each artwork while immersed in surrealist landscapes that the artist built via 3-D modeling software.
「超極樂園」裏的「超極」（Hyper）字源於「Hyperion」，意指希臘神話中「穿越高空、從天空俯視之人」。
「超極樂園」透過全知者的視角來觀察虛構角色傑克（Jack）和瑪麗（Mary）。他們形似兩個骷髏人， 不帶褒貶地象征著人類。兩位像是故事裏的主角般，在作品裡演繹、經歷著不同的情節，同時沉浸 在藝術家構建的3D建模超現實環境中。
Combining digital lattices with near-psychedelic colors evocative of either enlightenment or hell, Caison Wang’s artworks allude to the idea that pain or transcendence under the context of morality is but an artificial construct generated by and for the human psyche. A perplexing amalgamation of idyllic and dystopic imagery, Hyperland proposes more than a rejection of the pre-existing definitions of good versus evil but issues a challenge toward all dichotomies set forth by dogmatic philosophies.
王韞琛把數碼晶體和代表著啟悟、地獄的迷幻色彩相結合，暗示著在道德語境下，痛苦或超越性只是 由人類心理產生，為人所用的一種人造概念。「超極樂園」將理想化和反烏托邦兩者交叉融合，拒絕 現有的善惡定義，並挑戰教條主義哲學主張的二元概念。
Oil and UV print on canvas, diptych 202 x 224 cm overall dimension (180 x 100 cm each)
Caison Wang’s practice interweaves the physical, virtual, and spiritual. Crafting new visual symbols, patterns, and characters via a range of tangible and digital media, her works explore the new-found fluidity of religion, materialism, and morality in contemporary society. As exemplified in Hyperland , her construction of imagined topographies using 3-D modeling addresses the notion of an omniscient and omnipotent creator in the posttechnology era. In the dawn of humanity’s acquired ability to build, fabricate, but also destroy and annihilate new realities, Wang elucidates a philosophical conundrum in which she asks: Do gods still exist and if so, what differs them and us?
王韞琛的創作交織了物理、虛擬和精神元素。藝術家以有形或數碼等無形媒介創造出新的視覺符號、 圖案與人物，探索了當代社會中宗教、唯物主義，以及道德領域中新建立的變化性。「超極樂園」裏以 3D建模創造的幻想景象，表現出後科技時代裡全知全能造物者的概念。 在人類即將獲得建立、生產 新現實，同時可將其摧毀、殲滅的能力同時，王韞琛闡明了一個哲學難題：「神還存在嗎？如果存在， 祂們和我們會有什麼區別？」。
Oil and UV print on canvas 140.6 x 175 cm
Caison Wang
b. 1991 born in Guangdong, China
Caison Wang (b. 1991, Guangdong) graduated from Hubei Institute of Fine Arts with a B.F.A. in 2015 and received her M.F.A. from Savannah College of Art and Design in 2019. Her practice explores globalization, cultural hierarchies, Asian identity, as well as the social and philosophical geneses of contemporary beliefs. Using a vast range of materials including painting, sculpture, and 3D modeling, Wang navigates the physical and virtual as a visual explorer and conveys a grand narrative via her works.
Wang’s recent solo exhibitions include Hyperland, DE SARTHE, Hong Kong, China (2023); Pantheism , 2xGuan Contemporary Art Space, Luoyang, China (2021); Unconscious Hierarchy , Swatch Art Center, Peace Hotel, Shanghai, China (2019); and Unconscious Hierarchy, Trios Gallery, Atlanta, USA (2019). Her recent group exhibitions include Metaphor and Gaze, LA VIE Art Center for Material Living, Shenzhen, China (2022); Metamorphoses of Nature – Patterns and Spatiotemporal Orders of Mythology, Yuheng Museum, Guangzhou, China (2022); One Ton Project , Beijing Design Week, Beijing, China (2021); Boolean Existence , Galley Gallery, Shanghai, China (2021); Contemporary Digital Art Fair (CADAF) , New York, USA (2020); Luscious Relics, PLAZZA DI SANT’EGIDIO, Rome, Italy (2019); and more.
Caison Wang now lives and works in Shanghai.
王韞琛
1991年出生於中國廣東
王韞琛（1991年出生於廣東）2015年於湖北美術學院獲得藝術學士學位，2019年於薩凡納藝術與 設計學院（Savannah College of Art and Design）獲得藝術碩士學位。藝術家的創作探索了全球化、 文化序階、亞裔身份，以及當代信仰裡的社會學與哲學起源。王韞琛使用繪畫、雕塑和3D建模等媒介， 如同一位視覺探索者般在真實與虛擬之間遨遊，並透過作品傳達出宏大敘事。
王韞琛最近個展包括：「超極樂園」，德薩畫廊，香港，中國（2023）；「泛神主義」(Pantheism)， 雙谷岸當代藝術空間，洛陽，中國（2021）；「無意識等級」（Unconscious Hierarchy），上海斯沃 琪藝術中心和平飯店，上海，中國（2019）；以及「無意識等級」，Trios Gallery，亞德蘭大，美國 （2019）。最近群展包括：「隱喻與凝視」，LA VIE物質生活藝術中心，深圳，中國（2022）；「自然的 變形記——神話的模式和時空秩序」，與亨美術館，廣州，中國（2022）；北京國際設計周——一噸計 劃|助力2022冬奧會藝術項目，北京全國農業博覽館，北京，中國（2021）；「布爾的存在」，Galley Gallery，上海，中國（2021）；當代數字藝術博覽會（CADAF）, 紐約，美國（2020）；以及「Luscious Relics」，Plazza Di Sant’Edigio，羅馬，義大利（2019）等。
王韞琛現生活工作於上海。
Caison Wang
b. 1991 in Guangdong, China
2015 BFA Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, Hubei, China
2019 MFA Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, United States
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Hyperland, DE SARTHE, Hong Kong, China
2021 Pantheism, 2xGuan Contemporary Art Space, Luoyang, China
2019 Unconscious Hierarchy, Swatch Art Center, Peace Hotel, Shanghai, China
Unconscious Hierarchy, Trios Gallery, Atlanta, United States
Group Exhibitions
2022 Metaphor and Gaze, LA VIE Art Center for Material Living, Shenzhen, China
Metamorphoses of Nature – Patterns and Spatiotemporal Orders of Mythology, Yuheng Museum, Guangzhou, China
2021 One Ton Project, Beijing Design Week, Beijing, China
Chinese Expression – Chinese Contempmorary Artist Nomination Award, Shanghai, China
Boolean Existence, Galley Gallery, Shanghai, China
2020 Contemporary Digital Art Fair, CADAF, New York, United States
2019 Luscious Relics, Plazza Di Sant’egidio, Rome, Italy
2018 Eternal Recurrence, Mint Gallery, Atlanta, United States
2017 Hashtag, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China
Off Center, Gallery Max, New York, United States
SHOUT!, ARC Gallery, Chicago, United States
2014 The Chinese Young Sculptors Exhibition Pingshan Art Museum, Shenzhen, China
Exquisite Sculpture Exhibition of Hubei Academy of Fine Arts, Hubei Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Wuhan, China Artist CV
2013 The First Young Sculptors of Hubei Province Exhibition, Hubei Provincial Library, Wuhan, China
The Second Wuhan Design Biennale, Hubei Academy of Fine Art Museum, Wuhan, China
Residence
2019 Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai, China
Projects
2020 Violent Drama, online solo exhibition, DEFRAG OFFICIAL
About Shanghai, Online Chat, New York Fashion Magazine BlackBook
Land Art: The Relationship between Artists and Nature, MadeIn Art Education Open Class Lecture, Bohua Plaza, Shanghai, China
The History of Pop Art – Pop Art after 1945, MadeIn Art Education Open Class Lecture, Bohua Plaza, Shanghai, China
Curated the exhibition, Streaming, Xiaosong Library, Nanjing, China
