ART021 Shanghai
Ezra Gray 埃兹拉·格雷
Nadya Isabella 娜佳·伊莎贝拉
Tristan Unrau 特里斯坦·温劳
9 - 12 November 2023
2023 年 11 月 9 日至 12 日
在第十一届 ART021上海廿一当代艺术博览会上，第十七单元 将荣幸地展出巴黎的埃兹拉·格雷 （Ezra Gray）、蒙特利尔的娜佳·伊莎贝拉（Nadya Isabella）和洛杉矶的特里斯坦·温劳（Tristan Unrau）近期且未展览过的绘画以及雕塑作品。
埃兹拉·格雷 （Ezra Gray）的两幅大型纸上丙烯画将在博览会上首次亮相。其中，《无题》记录了太空中发光的地球；《永远无法想象》记录了在秋天的气氛中被侵蚀的、呈深褐色的城市空间。
娜佳·伊莎贝拉（Nadya Isabella）将展示她 Toadetta 系列作品中的《夏季风暴》，以及两幅较小的布面油画作品《无题》与《兰花》。《无题》描绘了一个穿着西装的人，他走在类似于格雷的作品所描绘的风景中；《兰花》则刻画了在 Covid-19 大流行期间，艺术家戴着面具和羽绒服、手里拿着一朵盛开的黄色兰花的自画像。
特里斯坦·温劳（Tristan Unrau）将展出各种绘画和雕塑作品。这些作品全部创作于 2021 年，并在画廊为艺术家最近举办的“虚假偶像”个展中展出。这两幅较大的画作展示了艺术家的绘画技艺：《彭罗斯祈祷》描绘了类似彩色玻璃的抽象建筑；它的旁边将摆放一副名叫帕维尔的年轻波兰男子的写实肖像。另外还有五座由青铜制成的雕塑，它们展现了处于不同玩耍状态的小猫，被依次摆在由手绘的模块纸板组合而成的底座上。
埃兹拉·格雷（Ezra Gray）生于1986年，现生活和工作于巴黎。他从皇家艺术学院（伦敦）获得绘画硕士学位，并从康考迪亚大学（蒙特利尔）获得艺术学士学位。个展包括：“Maximum Yearn”, 第十七单元 ，温哥华，2020；“Joech God”，Emalin，伦敦，2018；“Brown Space”，Almanac Inn，都灵和，2017；“Infinitive”，Jeffrey Stark，纽约，2017。双人展及群展包括：“Folly”，Emalin Projects，邓莫尔菠萝，苏格兰，2016；与Sean Nicholas Savage 的双人展 “Honolulu Triennale”，苏黎世，2016；“Rundgang”，Kunstakademie Düsseldorf，杜塞尔多夫，2014。Unit 17将于2024年3月为格雷举办个展。
埃兹拉·格雷
《简介》，2023
纸上丙烯, 78.5 x 321cm
15,000.00 EUR
埃兹拉·格雷
《永远无法想象》，2023
纸上丙烯, 98 x 228cm
10,000.00 EUR
娜佳·伊莎贝拉（Nadya Isabella）于 1995 年出生于印度尼西亚的雅加达，目前居住在蒙特利尔。 伊莎贝拉毕业于艾米丽卡尔艺术设计大学。她的绘画实践涵盖广泛的主题：从动物到流行文化，从对商品的迷恋到日常生活中的仪式。 这些主题常常被注入戏剧感：胡乱拍下的自拍让人想起狗仔所拍的照片； 昆虫和两栖动物被描绘成拥有完美的妆容和睫毛，并陷入一场浪漫的恋情。 伊莎贝拉的近期个展包括：“A Toast to this Moment”，Libby Leshgold 画廊，2022 ；“A Swamp Sonata”，Dreams Comma Delta，2021；群展包括：由 Kate Wong 策展的 “homeplace”，V.O Curations，伦敦，2021； “Splinter Awe”，第十七单元 ，温哥华，2021；“Crocodile Tears”，Unit 17，温哥华，2020； “Honest Cuts”，New Gallery，卡尔加里，2020；“Split Ends，Cuckoo”，Ladysmith， 不列颠哥伦比亚省，2019；“Shadow Tongue”，Duplex，温哥华，2019。
娜佳·伊莎贝拉
《夏季风暴》, 2022
布面油画, 121.9 x 162.5cm
10,000.00 USD
娜佳·伊莎贝拉
《无题》, 2023
布面油画, 30 x 25cm
3,000.00 USD
娜佳·伊莎贝拉
《兰花》, 2022
布面油画, 25.4 x 20.3cm
2,500.00 USD
特里斯坦·温劳（Tristan Unrau）生于 1989 年，拥有加州大学洛杉矶分校的艺术硕士学位，和艾米丽卡尔艺术与设计大学的艺术学士学位。 温劳的绘画反对艺术家必须具有特定风格的观念，而是让观众从每幅画里感受到独特的声音。 他研究不同风格之间的差异，同时探索能构成绘画实践的条件。 温劳擅长多种不同的绘画技巧，涉及从浪漫主义与现实主义，到后印象主义与表现主义的风格。 他的作品同时具有悲剧和喜剧的风格；它们也常常是不敬的，在庆祝艺术史的同时也嘲笑它。 温劳在不同的图像之间建立了辩证关系，并鼓励观众在绘画中找到一条路径，得出自己的解释。 虽然每幅画的参考和风格各不相同，但它们都有共同的关注：绘画对我们今天的意义以及它对我们过去的意义。
温劳于 2013 年入驻班夫中心，曾在 56 Henry、Towards 画廊和 第十七单元 举办过个展，也在 Kasmin 画廊、FLAG 艺术基金会和 Power Plant 举办过群展。 他在洛杉矶生活和工作。
特里斯坦·温劳
《帕维尔》，2021
布面油画, 139.7 x 109.2cm
24,000.00 USD
特里斯坦·温劳
《彭罗斯祈祷》, 2021
布面油画, 139.7 x 109.2cm
24,000.00 USD
特里斯坦·温劳
《偶像 1》, 2021
青铜和手绘纸板，尺寸可变
3,000.00 / 5,000.00 USD
特里斯坦·温劳
《偶像 2》, 2021
青铜和手绘纸板，尺寸可变
3,000.00 / 5,000.00 USD
特里斯坦·温劳
《偶像 3》, 2021
青铜和手绘纸板，尺寸可变
3,000.00 / 5,000.00 USD
特里斯坦·温劳
《偶像 4》, 2021
青铜和手绘纸板，尺寸可变
3,000.00 / 5,000.00 USD
特里斯坦·温劳
《偶像 5》, 2021
青铜和手绘纸板，尺寸可变
3,000.00 / 5,000.00 USD
For the 11th edition of ART021 Shanghai, Unit 17 is proud to present never before seen & recent paintings as well as sculpture by Paris-based Ezra Gray, Montreal-based Nadya Isabella & Los Angeles-based Tristan Unrau.
Two new large scale acrylic on paper paintings will premier at the fair by Ezra Gray, documenting a glowing earth from space in Introductions as well as an eroding, sepia-toned, cityspace set within the atmosphere of autumn in Forever Unimagined.
Nadya Isabella will present work from her Toadetta series, titled Summer Storm, as well as two smaller oil on canvas works, Untitled & Orchid, that render a suited human figure walking amongst a similar landscape to Gray’s latter work mentioned above, as well as a self portrait of the artist, in a mask and puffer jacket, while holding a blooming yellow orchid during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Various painting & sculpture Tristan Unrau will fill the stand, all made in 2021 & shown in the artist’s most recent solo exhibition at the gallery titled False Idols. The two larger paintings display the artist’s technical capacity: Penrose Prayer is an abstract, architectural motif akin to stained glass, alongside a realistic portrait of a young Polish man named Pawel. Five sculptures titled Idols are made from bronze and render small cats in various states of play, sitting atop hand-painted, modular cardboard plinths that can be used as furniture as well.
Ezra Gray
Ezra Gray (b. 1986) lives and works in Paris. He completed his MA in painting from the Royal College of Art (London) and BFA from Concordia University (Montreal). Select solo exhibitions include Maximum Yearn, Unit 17 (2020); Joech God, Emalin, London (2018); Brown Space, Almanac Inn, Turin and Infinitive, Jeffrey Stark, New York City (both 2017). Select two person & group exhibitions include Folly, Emalin Projects, Dunmore Pineapple, Scotland; Honolulu Triennale with Sean Nicholas Savage, Honolulu, Zurich (both 2016) and Rundgang, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (2014). Unit 17 will present a forthcoming solo exhibition by Gray in March 2024.
Nadya Isabella
Nadya Isabella (b. 1995) is an artist born in Jakarta, Indonesia and is currently living in Montreal. Isabella graduated from Emily Carr Universiry of Art + Design. Her painting practice spans a wide range of themes, from animals to pop culture, the fetishization of commodities to the rituals of the everyday. These subjects are often injected with a sense of drama: poorly taken selfies become reminiscent of paparazzi photographs; insects and amphibians become embroiled in fiery romances replete with picture perfect make-up and eyelashes. Recently, Isabella presented solo exhibitions A Toast to this Moment at Libby Leshgold Gallery (2022) & A Swamp Sonata (2021) at dreams comma delta, as well as the group exhibitions homeplace, (London), curated by Kate Wong; Splinter awe !! (2021) & Crocodile Tears (2020) at Unit 17, Vancouver; Honest Cuts (2020) at New Gallery, Calgary; Split Ends, Cuckoo (2019) in Ladysmith BC, and Shadow Tongue (2019) at Duplex, Vancouver.
Tristan Unrau
Tristan Unrau (b. 1989) holds an MFA from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a BFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design. Unrau paints in opposition to the idea that an artist must contain a specific style, instead asking the viewer to let each painting stand alone with its own voice. He examines the difference between voice and style while wondering what the conditions for a pictorial practice might be. Unrau is adept in diverse painting techniques referencing a broad range of styles from Romanticism and Realism to Post-Impressionism and Expressionism. His works are often tragicomic and irreverent, celebrating art history while poking fun at it. Unrau sets up dialectical relationships between diverse imagery and encourages the viewer to find a path through the paintings, allowing their own connections to guide interpretation and meaning. While each picture is distinct in its reference and style, they share a common concern with what painting can mean for us today and what it has meant for us in the past.
Unrau was a 2013 resident at the Banff Centre and has held solo exhibitions at 56 Henry, Towards Gallery, and Unit 17; as well as group exhibitions at Kasmin Gallery, FLAG Art Foundation and the Power Plant. He lives and works in Los Angeles.