Mevlana Lipp 梅夫拉纳·利普
Needle 针, 2025
wood, velvet, acrylic color, ink, sand, aluminum stretcher 木材，天鹅绒，丙烯颜料，墨水，沙粒，铝制画框
45 x 33 x 4 cm
17 1/2 x 13 x 1 1/2 in
17 1/2 x 13 x 1 1/2 in
At the center of Mevlana Lipp's work 'Needle' (2025), a stiletto emerges as the dominant element, surrounded by blossoms. In places, it slices through delicate petals, its blade seemingly infused...
At the center of Mevlana Lipp's work "Needle" (2025), a stiletto emerges as the dominant element, surrounded by blossoms. In places, it slices through delicate petals, its blade seemingly infused with an inner glow—a bluish luminescence that lends it an almost otherworldly presence. The weapon itself bears floral elements, as if it were not merely an instrument of violence but an organic extension of the plant world. It both cuts and pierces the flowers, yet at the same time, they appear drawn to it, like moths irresistibly attracted to light.
The work explores polarity—danger and beauty, attraction and violence. Encircling the central composition, a series of pearls form an ornamental frame. These pearls symbolize both purity and sexuality, their very nature embodying transformation: born from the irritation of a sharp grain of sand, a foreign and potentially harmful intrusion, they are transmuted within the shell into objects of luminous perfection.
The entire piece revolves around these opposing forces, which, rather than canceling each other out, remain simultaneously present, shaping and defining one another in their tension.
Mevlana Lipp (b. 1989 Cologne, Germany) lives and works in Cologne, Germany. His solo exhibitions include Vista (2024, Capsule Venice, Venice, Italy); Haptic Memory (2022, Capsule Shanghai, Shanghai, China); Pacific (2021, Plus One Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium); Fluidum (2020, Andersen's Contemporary: The Other's Space, Copenhagen, Denmark). He has participated in group exhibitions at Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen, Germany (2024); PM/AM Gallery, London, UK (2022); The Hole, Los Angeles, USA (2022); Workplace Gallery, London, UK (2021) and Tick Tack Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (2020), among others.
在梅夫拉纳·利普的作品《针》中，一把匕首于画面中心浮现，成为画面主体，被盛开的花朵环绕。在某处，匕首穿透细腻的花瓣，刀刃处似乎散发出一种内在的光辉——一种带有蓝色光芒的光泽，赋予其一种近乎超凡脱俗的存在感。武器本身也融入了花卉元素，仿佛它不仅仅是暴力的工具，而是植物世界的有机延伸。它割裂又刺穿这些花朵。然而，这些花朵似乎又与此同时被它吸引，如同飞蛾被光明所诱惑。
这件作品探讨了对立的主题——危险与美丽、吸引与暴力。围绕中央构图的是一串珍珠，形成了装饰性的框架。这些珍珠象征着纯洁与性感，它们的生成本质象征着转化的过程：它们诞生于沙粒的刺激 —— 一种外来的、潜在的有害入侵 ——最终在贝壳的孕育中被转化成洁白无瑕的完美之物。
整个作品围绕着这些对立的力量展开，这些力量并没有相互消解，而是同时存在，相互塑造和定义，在张力中共存。
梅夫拉纳·利普1989年出生于德国科隆，现工作生活于德国科隆。利普的个展包括"触觉记忆"（2022，胶囊上海，中国上海），“Pacific”（2021, Plus One Gallery，比利时安特卫普）和“Fluidum”（2020, Andersen's Contemporary: The Other's Space，丹麦哥本哈根）。群展机构包括PM/AM Gallery，英国伦敦（2022）；The Hole，美国洛杉矶（2022）；Workplace Gallery，英国伦敦（2021）和Tick Tack Gallery，比利时安特卫普（2020）等。
The work explores polarity—danger and beauty, attraction and violence. Encircling the central composition, a series of pearls form an ornamental frame. These pearls symbolize both purity and sexuality, their very nature embodying transformation: born from the irritation of a sharp grain of sand, a foreign and potentially harmful intrusion, they are transmuted within the shell into objects of luminous perfection.
The entire piece revolves around these opposing forces, which, rather than canceling each other out, remain simultaneously present, shaping and defining one another in their tension.
Mevlana Lipp (b. 1989 Cologne, Germany) lives and works in Cologne, Germany. His solo exhibitions include Vista (2024, Capsule Venice, Venice, Italy); Haptic Memory (2022, Capsule Shanghai, Shanghai, China); Pacific (2021, Plus One Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium); Fluidum (2020, Andersen's Contemporary: The Other's Space, Copenhagen, Denmark). He has participated in group exhibitions at Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen, Germany (2024); PM/AM Gallery, London, UK (2022); The Hole, Los Angeles, USA (2022); Workplace Gallery, London, UK (2021) and Tick Tack Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (2020), among others.
在梅夫拉纳·利普的作品《针》中，一把匕首于画面中心浮现，成为画面主体，被盛开的花朵环绕。在某处，匕首穿透细腻的花瓣，刀刃处似乎散发出一种内在的光辉——一种带有蓝色光芒的光泽，赋予其一种近乎超凡脱俗的存在感。武器本身也融入了花卉元素，仿佛它不仅仅是暴力的工具，而是植物世界的有机延伸。它割裂又刺穿这些花朵。然而，这些花朵似乎又与此同时被它吸引，如同飞蛾被光明所诱惑。
这件作品探讨了对立的主题——危险与美丽、吸引与暴力。围绕中央构图的是一串珍珠，形成了装饰性的框架。这些珍珠象征着纯洁与性感，它们的生成本质象征着转化的过程：它们诞生于沙粒的刺激 —— 一种外来的、潜在的有害入侵 ——最终在贝壳的孕育中被转化成洁白无瑕的完美之物。
整个作品围绕着这些对立的力量展开，这些力量并没有相互消解，而是同时存在，相互塑造和定义，在张力中共存。
梅夫拉纳·利普1989年出生于德国科隆，现工作生活于德国科隆。利普的个展包括"触觉记忆"（2022，胶囊上海，中国上海），“Pacific”（2021, Plus One Gallery，比利时安特卫普）和“Fluidum”（2020, Andersen's Contemporary: The Other's Space，丹麦哥本哈根）。群展机构包括PM/AM Gallery，英国伦敦（2022）；The Hole，美国洛杉矶（2022）；Workplace Gallery，英国伦敦（2021）和Tick Tack Gallery，比利时安特卫普（2020）等。
