抚慰

司马源以自己的手部轮廓为模型，用刺绣工艺在几块巨大的黑色亚麻布上编织出五颜六色的重叠“手印”。让人联想起“摸”这一自人类儿时起就使用的、源于本能的动作。仿佛象征着艺术家对未知世界的“摸索”，又暗示了艺术给予人的精神“抚慰”。该系列作品以“后现成物”的方式生成，艺术家在提供手部轮廓模型后，每日通过网络远程指导一位并不熟悉的学生完成，历时3个月。作品可正反两面观看。该作品体现了艺术家对当代艺术生产方式的反思。

Touch

Using the outline of her own hand as a model, Sima Yuan used an embroidery technique to weave colorful overlapping “handprints” on several large pieces of black linen. It is reminiscent of “touch”, an instinctive action that humans have used since childhood. It seems to symbolize the artist’s “groping” of the unknown world and also implies the spiritual “soothing” that art gives people. The series of works are generated in the way of “post-ready-made”. After the artist provides a hand contour model, she instructed an unfamiliar student to make it remotely through online tools every day, which took 3 months to complete. These works can be viewed from both sides. This series of works embody the artist’s reflection on the production mechanism and production methods of contemporary art.

“抚慰 之一”，刺绣，130x180cm, 2020 （背面）
“Touch No.1”, Embroidery,130x180cm, 2020 （back）

“抚慰 之一”，刺绣，130x180cm, 2020 （正面）
“Touch No.1”, Embroidery，130x180cm, 2020 (front)

“抚慰 之二”，刺绣，180x130cm, 2020 （背面）
“Touch No.2”, Embroidery，180x130cm, 2020（back）

“抚慰 之二”，刺绣，180x130cm, 2020 （正面）
“Touch No.2”, Embroidery，180x130cm, 2020（front）

“抚慰 之四”，刺绣，100x100cm, 2020 （正面）
“Touch No.4”, Embroidery，100x100cm, 2020（front）

“抚慰 之四”，刺绣，100x100cm, 2020 （背面）
“Touch No.4”, Embroidery，100x100cm, 2020（back）

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