With her global appeal, in just a year, prices for the works of Marina Perez Simão have risen by a factor of up to 15. Now, contemporary art lovers in Nanjing have a chance to enjoy the rising, Brazilian star’s first large-scale, solo exhibition in China.
凭借其全球影响力，玛丽娜·佩雷斯·西芒 (Marina Perez Simão) 的作品价格在短短一年内上涨了 15 倍。现在，南京的当代艺术爱好者有机会欣赏这位巴西新星在中国的首次大型个展。
Last Friday, 5 November, saw the opening of Simão’s exhibition at the Sifang Art Museum in Nanjing’s Pukou District, on the slopes of the Laoshan National Park.
上周五，即 11 月 5 日，西芒的展览在位于南京浦口区崂山国家公园山坡上的四方美术馆开幕。
The exhibition, entitled “Observatory” and featuring 27 of her works (all untitled), is curated by Diana Campbell, artistic director of Dhaka-based Samdani Art Foundation and chief curator of the Dhaka Art Summit.
该展览题为“天文台”，展出了她的 27 件作品（均未命名），由达卡 Samdani 艺术基金会的艺术总监兼达卡艺术峰会首席策展人戴安娜·坎贝尔 (Diana Campbell) 策展。
Figuration is the current buzzword in the art world. And Simão dishes it out in spades. Taking us on a journey through the unknown, abstract and fuzzy, Simão’s works force us to confront that which is difficult to understand at an unspeakable moment.
形象化是当今艺术界的流行词。西芒毫不犹豫地解决了这个问题。西芒的作品带领我们踏上未知、抽象和模糊的旅程，迫使我们在难以言说的时刻面对那些难以理解的事物。
While the colourful statements of the obscure shapes defy easy classification, they are united through Simão’s recurring use of the sky, horizon and the Earth’s crust.
虽然这些晦涩形状的色彩缤纷的表述难以轻易分类，但西芒通过反复使用天空、地平线和地壳将它们统一起来。
The 41-year old Simão studied at the Beaux-Arts de Paris; her work has ever since been gestating. Long revered by many other Brazilian artists, it was just last year that she got the attention of the international mainstream.
41岁的西芒就读于巴黎美术学院；从那时起，她的工作就一直在酝酿之中。长期以来，她一直受到许多其他巴西艺术家的尊敬，直到去年，她才引起了国际主流的关注。
Showing with São Paulo-based Mendes Wood DM since 2010, interest was piqued after Simão exhibited last year at the gallery’s satellite space in Brussels. Speaking with Artsy, gallery co-owner, Pedro Mendes, said, “Before we knew it, we had a 50-person-long waiting list for each painting”.
Simão 自 2010 年起就与圣保罗的 Mendes Wood DM 一起展出，去年 Simão 在布鲁塞尔画廊的卫星空间展出后引起了人们的兴趣。画廊共同所有人佩德罗·门德斯 (Pedro Mendes) 在接受 Artsy 采访时表示，“在我们意识到之前，每幅画都有 50 人的等候名单”。
And so as of Friday, Nanjing joined the list of top international destinations to have hosted exhibitions of these swirling, multicolour landscapes by the emerging Brazilian talent; Brussels, New York, Paris, Rome and São Paulo, among others.
因此，从周五起，南京加入了举办由巴西新兴人才创作的这些旋转、多彩景观展览的顶级国际目的地行列；布鲁塞尔、纽约、巴黎、罗马和圣保罗等。
Elsewhere, Simão’s work can be found in the Long Museum in Shanghai, Musée D’Art Moderne et Contemporain de Saint-Étienne, Samdani Art Foundation in Bangladesh and in the Dallas Museum of Art.
在其他地方，西芒的作品还可以在上海龙美术馆、圣艾蒂安现代与当代艺术博物馆、孟加拉国萨姆达尼艺术基金会和达拉斯艺术博物馆找到。
Thinking of popping to Pukou for a purchase? Top up your AliPay beforehand. This time last year, Simão‘s works were going for US$6,000 – 35,000. Half a year later, she was commanding prices up to 10 times those. Today? We wouldn’t be surprised if you need hand over six figures. But there’s no denying it would a great investment, for Simão is here to stay.
想去浦口购物吗？提前给您的支付宝充值。去年这个时候，Simão 的作品售价为 6,000 至 35,000 美元。半年后，她的报价达到了原来的10倍。今天？如果您需要交出六位数，我们不会感到惊讶。但不可否认的是，这将是一笔巨大的投资，因为西芒会留下来。
”Observatory” by Marina Perez Simão in Nanjing runs until 27 February, 2022.
Marina Perez Simão 在南京设计的“观景台”将持续至 2022 年 2 月 27 日。
