The Difference from a White Box Gallery: Someone Lives Here

An art space that is a residence, not an exhibition venue. It has the walls and lighting of a gallery, but also traces of real life: a sofa with indentations from sitting and a casually placed blanket, a half-empty cup and an open book on the coffee table, and last night's candlestick on the dining table. The flooring is warm wood or stone, not epoxy resin, and the ceiling has warm-toned lights, not just spotlights. People and artworks coexist in the same room. Avoid: making the space a completely white, unfurnished exhibition hall, using white movable partitions typical of galleries, making the flooring and ceiling resemble an industrial exhibition space, or tidying away all living objects.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個是住宅而非展場的藝術空間。它有畫廊的牆與光,但也有真正的生活痕跡:沙發上有坐塌的痕跡與一條隨手放的毯子、矮几上有喝到一半的杯子與翻開的書、餐桌上有昨晚的燭台。地坪是溫暖的木或石而不是環氧樹脂,天花有暖色的燈而不是只有投射燈。人與作品在同一個房間裡共存。避免:把空間做成全白無家具的展場、使用畫廊的白色可移動隔屏、讓地坪與天花做成工業展覽空間、把生活物件全部收乾淨。