陈蕾蕾&陈蓓蓓《盖亚系列》

《盖亚系列》Gaia Series

尺寸Size: 114 X 167厘米(45 X 66 inches)

材质:木板丙烯 Acrylic

盖亚系列表达的是人类对自然的过度消耗。三幅画的主题分别是森林、海洋和天空。画面中肥胖的身体是人类膨胀的欲望,人物为了满足自身变态的物欲,对整个自然包括人类自身都造成了不可逆转的破坏。

这个系列作品灵感来源于1972年詹姆斯·洛夫洛克提出的盖亚假说:“地球整个表面,包括所有生命,构成一个自我调节的整体”这个观点与中国的儒、道、释的核心哲学“天人合一”的理念同出一辙。

Gaia series show the over-consumption of natural resources by the human being. The figure in the painting represents mankind, whose inflated ambitions are shown through the corpulent bodies. Nature is filled inside the figure’s body. In order to fulfill her abnormal material desire, this figure excessively consume natural resources, which leads to irreversible damages to nature and humans. Gaia series is inspired by the Gaia hypothesis proposed by James Lovelock in 1972, Gaia hypothesis means that under the interaction between organisms and environment, the earth becomes a suitable place for the continual existence and development of organisms. This view is exactly the same as the theory that man is an integral part of nature, the key philosophy of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism in China. According to this philosophy, man is part of nature. Thus damaging nature is damaging themselves.