To Be a Good Shepherd - Bronze Sculpture by 張志文Chang Chih Wan(Taiwan)@2013 Art Revolution Taipei.

 

Chang Chih Wan 張志文, a Taiwanese bronze sculpture artist (X-Power Gallery) created a series of new work of sheep with broccoli like as his debut solo at 2013 Art Revolution Taipei(台北新藝術博覽會). This series of work successfully transfers the idea - the furry like sharing between animal and plant, in this case, the sheeps and the broccoli. Chang's work reveals a witty but humorous mind of an artist, his and the Gods.    

In Search of the Golden Ratio - The China Post's Interview with Artist Sun-Don Lee

In Search of the Golden Ratio

Sun-Don Lee believes that math is an auxiliary tool
in his work

Mathematics and art have a long relationship. Starting from ancient Egyptians and Greeks, there are many examples of artists who have been inspired by mathematics in designing their works.

Taiwanese artist Sun-Don Lee is surely one of them. In his own works, he believes that art is science and science is art. “All art can fit the golden ratio. If you want to mater art, you need to understand math because all elements in the picture are related to ratio and balance.” He told The China Post during last week’s Art Revolution Taipei.


For him, science doesn’t restrict his creativity. Instead, math is an auxiliary tool in his work. “When finishing one of my paintings two weeks ago, I felt something was missing, but I couldn’t tell at that moment. A day later, I thought about adding some light to fill the empty space and decorate the mountains with some lively light and shadows. That is balance,” he said.

Standing in front of Lee’s paintings, you are immersed in a sense of tranquility and power. Mountains, rivers and temples are the main elements of his new series. “Wonderful Attainment” , which shapes the mood of Lee’s landscape paintings.

Instead of painting sceneries in a realistic way, the artist aims to show his reflection of an “ideal place.” Under his paint brush, The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile in Paris is turned into an arch bridge between two mountains. Beneath, Lee painted ships rather than cars or carriages. For him, the painting presents the old glory of Paris.
“Because I live in a temple, I always think ‘where should I build my temple whenever I visit a new place?’” he added.

In recent years, Lee’s work has become increasingly sophisticated. He not only observes with his eyes, but also with his heart.
He holds the strong belief that every painting has its own vibe, which is the spiritual power rooted in the artist’s mind. “It’s interesting, we use the same material, and draw the same thing, but the results are different.”

To further improve his art, Lee said he reads and travels a lot, and he is also an accomplish novelist and musician. Ten hours a day, seven days a week, he devotes all his time to his art. He claims that he barely has a social life and doesn’t like to be involved in conversation.

Even dining is considered a waste of time.
“I only have one meal per day, which only takes me five minutes to eat, and I have had this habit for 25 years.” Noting that many things grow in a garden even though they were never sown, Lee remarks that art, which was supposed to be a tool to help him progress in his Buddhist studies, has now become a full-time career.




Distributed from The China Post

[轉載] Alfonso Cunado Rodriguez 與 Fermin Colomer 等西班牙藝術家 「畫」進亞洲市場 - 2013 台北新藝術博覽會A.R.T.相關花絮

西班牙藝術家 「畫」進亞洲市場
【經濟日報╱徐碧華】    

 

Alfonso Cunado Rodriguez《Quinces and Bottles》 圖／台北新藝術博覽會 

Fermin Colomer《Countryside Works》 圖／台北新藝術博覽會

Alfonso Cunado Rodriguez 應該是2013台北新藝術博覽會中最高興的藝術家。他親手打包帶來台北的畫作，在貴賓之夜幾乎就賣完了。  

Alfonso來自西班牙，這次參展的西班牙藝術家共有七位，大會特別開設了一個西班牙專區。專長古典風景奧洛特畫風的Fermin Colomer，作品最早賣完，Alfonso緊跟在後。 
Fermin沒來台北，Alfonso人在現場，第一時間享受到發現新大陸的喜悅。

「我沒有預期到會這麼好。」接受訪問時，Alfonso說：「我希望明年能再參加，但這要看大會的安排。」  他表示，西班牙經濟衰退，也影響了藝術家的收入。他的畫作賣得比以前少，「2008年以後，西班牙的經濟每況愈下，和過去大不相同。」有的藝術家會因此降價求售。Alfonso說，他不降價，也不漲價，就維持同樣的價格，當然銷量會降下來。 

「不降價是比較好的策略，這是對收藏者的一種尊重。打個比方，如果前年有人買一幅畫要10元，同樣水準的作品今年賣8元，前年買的人心裏一定不好受。」Alfonso說。  Alfonso高興的不只是這次帶來的畫賣完，而是亞洲可以接受他的畫，「我畫我的家鄉，我日常生活接觸到的事物，我的畫讓人感受到溫暖。」大會形容他的作品屬抽象與立體透視風格混合。 

開賣之前，Alfonso觀察其他作品，他說：「參展作品有六成以上是寫實主義，但我的畫不是。我不知道我的畫能不能被接受。」  現在，可以放心了，這次參展成功，Alfonso看到他的未來，他正思考要進軍亞洲。

原文轉載自: http://udn.com/NEWS/READING/REA8/7892633.shtml

 

ALFONSO CUÑADO RODRÍGUEZ  官方網站

你的收藏與被收藏，絕對有幸福 - (鄭楚玄 - 2013台北新藝術博覽會藝術家)

Gia 小聲唸: 藝術世界裡除了藝術家，還有收藏家，藝術家創作，而收藏家收藏作品。看起來是收藏家收藏，但更多時候透過收藏家願意花錢購買的藝術品，也能發現收藏家本身具有某種喜好、經歷，甚至情感。經常，我以為收藏家其實是被某種事物收藏了，而這種關係從收藏的藝術品中可以窺見部分關聯。 

比方說，我們都被收藏在地球上。嘿嘿~~

在藝術家鄭楚玄的創作行為中，或許就是找到一個好藏家 - 他的女朋友，現在的老婆，如同貓與女主人的關係，豢養或依存。安心地接受豢養，是一種對自己的了解，如同其透過畫筆精純線條，以及乾淨色調呈現創作出貓咪的慵懶，以及用大眼睛看世界的純潔女子，洞悉自己內在的世界。這樣的創作氛圍透過作品的眼睛與輕鬆調性，觀者也能從欣賞過程中，放下一些抓得過緊的生活步調，放鬆心神，跟著貓咪與女子，享用、收藏某天的一場下午茶。

寫在心裡，標記 [幸福時光]。

[可連結[土思藝術 欣賞更多藝術家的作品]

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藝術家簡介

鄭楚玄 

男 1980 台灣台北

學歷華梵大學美術系畢業

展覽

2012「吳世鈞／鄭楚玄雙個展」於土思藝術展

2011 我的家聯展，台北 南畫廊

2011 我在台灣聯展，台北 南畫廊

2010 小時候聯展，台北 土思藝術，台北 覓空間，高雄 小畫廊

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[轉載] 策展人 林振莖 文

不擅於言詞的鄭楚玄，反而在畫的世界裡找到言說的自由。畫要感動於人，必先 自己先有感覺；鄭楚玄尋找繪畫創作的題材，都是從能讓他有所感覺的人、事、 物入手，如家人、女朋友、心愛的寵物…，因為熟悉，所以畫起來特別有感覺， 也特別能感動於人。

在卡漫風潮的影響之下，鄭楚玄找到他繪畫發展的方向，由於他的學院訓練的寫實技巧特別紮實，使他的描繪能力能夠處理到特別細緻的地步，不論在空間的營造、用色的掌握上，都展現出優異的處理能力，以古典繪畫的質感來處理極為時尚、甜美的題材，使畫面看起來像是一位外表穿著時尚但內在卻散發著古典韻味的女人。

面質感。他的每件作品背後皆有一段故事，只有作者有鑰匙可以打開故事的劇本 述說他私密性的故事內容，這些故事並不一定合乎邏輯，有時只是夢境的一小 片斷內容，有時是對現實的反映，有時卻像是超現實般的天馬行空…，如果不 透過作者親自的解說，想要破解他作品背後宛如摩斯密碼的內容是幾近不可能 的，例如：畫面中常出現的貓原來是自己的化身；又如看來美麗，五顏六色的 泡泡，在畫家眼中卻代表著瞬間即逝的淡淡哀愁；又像蜷曲如指紋狀的蕨類植 物，想不透的，卻是象徵時光回溯的渴望，…聽他說故事的內容，或許聽來令

人莞爾一笑，或許丈二和尚，摸不著頭緒，但也讓畫裡出現的每個物件都產生 了意義，引人進入他的畫裡去拼湊、尋找藝術家所要傳達的「意旨」，透過符碼的 解讀，使原本單純愉悅的圖像有著令人更為深刻的意含。

除此之外，他的表現手法與插畫造型和平塗的扁平風格也不同，湊近畫面細看，我們可以發現，原本以為趨近扁平的畫面，事實上卻一點也不扁平，原來是精準技巧所造成的必然效果，讓他的畫面沒有多餘的筆觸，也沒有顏料厚厚的堆疊，延續著古典繪畫的處理方式，細膩而柔美。雖然他的繪畫初看之下仍不脫卡漫、插畫的影響，帶有裝飾性，但紮實的古典繪畫技術，使他的作品看來並不庸俗，甚至還滿「古典風」，也頗「耐人尋味」。

他的畫，或許會讓人感覺缺乏深度，但其實故事性十足，只是端看你願不願意 聽；而畫中吸引人的地方，是耐心及細膩堆疊出的質感，使你不經意會越看越

近；雖然，不能否認的，他的畫非常的甜美與討喜，但這不正是符合這世代年

輕藝術家的時代繪畫風貌嗎？

在畫中游曳的好動份子 :塚本智也(Tomoya Tsukamoto) [ 2013台北新藝博會 展位 D4+D5+D6]

 <在畫中游曳> 2012 塚本智也Tomoya Tsukamoto

[本文之圖文取自http://tokyoartnavi.jp/chinese/artist_pickup/index002.html，如有侵權之疑慮，敬請來信告知，當即取下。]

我的作品看上去像是抽象畫，但其實我在作畫時腦海裡是會浮現出人物或動物的輪廓並以此為原型進行創作的。材料用的是丙烯顏料畫具。在油畫布上用紅藍黃這三原色塗上一層又一層以至產生層次感，從中就會出現各種各樣的顏色和景深。我想通過這些來表現光與色彩是如何形成的。而且，我在製作的時候還拘泥於繪畫的發生和根源。

http://tokyoartnavi.jp/artistfile/detail.php?artist_no=20001088（只有日语） 

 

Off Normal Sight: Dennis Wojtkiewicz- 2013 A.R.T artisit - Grand Preview@ X-Power Gallery Taipei (now ongoing to 4/30)

Dennis Wojtkiewicz (Artist@2013 Art Revolution Taipei)

 

Melon Series #39  Oil on Canvas  48" x 67"

pictures origins, click for more preview of artworks by wojtkiewicz

Flower Series #20  Oil on Canvas  48" x 48"

Apple Series #1  Oil on Canvas 50" x 52"

Grand Preview ongoing@X-Power Gallery Taipei by 4/30/2013

Biography of Dennis Wojtkiewicz (http://denniswojtkiewicz.com/bio.html)

Dennis Wojtkiewicz [voit-KEV-itch] is a full professor at Bowling Green State University where he has taught painting and drawing in the School of Art since 1988. He received his M.F.A. degree from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and also studied at the Atelier Neo-Medici in France under the direction of Patrick Betaudier in 1978 and 1983. 

He is best known for his exploration of the sensitive nature of time in his over sized oil paintings of fruit and flowers. 

The transitory nature of his subject matter is encapsulated and transfixed with a heightened approach to realism. 

In 2012 his work was included in a solo exhibition at the Sugarman-Peterson Gallery in Santa Fe as well as group shows at Robert Kidd Gallery in Birmingham, Michigan and Miller Gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio. 

In 2013 he will be a featured artist in Art Revolution Taipei international art fair. Since 2005 his work has been shown in other international art fairs in Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Palm Beach, Santa Fe and Toronto. 

He is the recipient of two Ohio Arts Council Individual Fellowships and has both paintings and drawings represented in major public, private and corporate collections.

The commercial TV advertisement filmed by director 盧昌明 (Lu2 Chang Ming2), 1980.

In this clip, we see imagination in the character's mind becomes realism, and makes all factors around the imagination become realism. This advertisement made by the talent director during 1980, reflects certain ideas of the current Taiwan society   (History of Taiwan) .

西班牙畫家 Alfonso Cuñado 參加 2013台北新藝術博覽會A.R.T. 記錄影片

Mi trabajo en una canción. Art Revolution Taipei.mp4 

 

引述寶勝畫廊童勝和經理: 

這是西班牙畫家 Alfonso Cuñado將他的作品打包、裝箱。準備運作到台北參加【2013 A.R.T台北"新"藝術博覽會】的過程記錄。我們可看到他的專業跟細心，Alfonso Cuñado對待他的工作及作品，有一種像宗教般的虔誠與專注的態度。

Result of the 2013 International Art Competiton

Result of the 2013 International Art Competiton

This is a moment to celebrate for Taiwan now has the honor to take a look at the artworks of the best thriving artists from around the world. There are estimated 2,462 pieces of artworks submitted for the 2013 International Art Competition created by artists from 50 different countries. The numbers talk. Not only is this tremendous feedback a huge triumph for the artists who now have the opportunity to introduce their work to the collectors in Taiwan, but also a great encouragement for Taiwan International Contemporary Association. The winner of this completion will get the chance to exhibit his/her artwork at the 2014 Art Revolution Taipei in a 9-meter square booth.
42 outstand in this extremely competitive contest and will be exhibited from 3rd May until the 6th 2013 at Art Revolution Taipei. One of the finalists will be announced winner at the VIP night, 2nd May. It is our upmost pleasure inviting you to join us and indulge yourself in this feast of fine art.

The following is the list of the selected artists and their artworks listed in alphabetical order by the nationalities and the names of the artists. 

Kuan-Ying Wu (Taiwan) Discovery Park Acrylic on Canvas 89.5x49.5cm	Maciej Gador (Poland) Bath-2 Oil on Canvas	Sin-Cih Jiang (Taiwan) Cycle Oil on Canvas 68.5x145cm
Yu-Qiang, Zhao (China) 混沌的伊始之一 Oil on Canvas 50x50cm	Věra Tataro (Czech) IN THE REEDS Acrylic on canvas 30x45cm	Hellen Constante (Ecuador) My job is Oil on Canvas 80x90cm
Uwe Castens (Germany) Strand Acrylic on canvas 30x30cm	Wladimir Barantschickov (Germany) Metamorphose Oil on Canvas 50x70cm	Anthony Moman (Italy) Unfinished business Acrylic on canvas 100x80cm
Sohan Jakhar (India) Untitle Acrylic on canvas 91.4x91.4 cm	Surender Singh (India) MY MEMORIES-XXXI Acrylic on canvas 60x60cm	Manish Sutaar (India) In Transition VI Watercolor 56x76cm
Manish Sutaar (India) In Transition XVI Watercolor 56x76cm	Vasu Srinuvasurao (India) Passion of their desire Acrylic on canvas 60x60cm	Mulyo Gunarso (Indonesia) Elegy of Nest #2 Acrylic on canvas 80x70cm
Rayka (Japan) Territory Acrylic on canvas 91x65.2cm	Aivars Kisnics (Latvia) Without titled 393 Oil on Canvas 70x50cm	Kiew-Hang, Hoo (Malaysia) Budda and Jesus at Night and Sun Acrylic on canvas 120x80cm
Victoria Rueda (Mexico) Equilibrio Oil on Canvas 100×100cm	Martin Hardy (Mexico) Sealife Acrylic and Mixed 37x27.7 cm	Maciej Gador (Poland) Books Oil on Canvas 65x73 cm
Gierlak lukasz (Poland) Drop Oil on Canvas 100x70cm	Bartosz Fraczek (Poland) City Lights 1 Oil on Canvas 60x90 cm	Bartosz Fraczek (Poland) City Lights 2 Oil on Canvas 60x90 cm
Jaime Guilherme Brance de Carvalho (Portugal) One of seven, Avarice Acrylic on canvas 45x85cm	Mamkaeva Maria Alexeevna (Russia) Russian Winter Oil on Canvas 60x80cm	Jeni bev Biktimirova (Russia) Indian Woman Watercolor and ink 55x70cm
Baxx Vlada Pantelic(Serbia) Angels, pump it up Acrylic on canvas 100x100cm	Ana Cvejic (Serbia) Sisiee Acrylic on canvas 24.5x31cm	Ivan Jorda (Spain) Was it a dream Oil on Canvas 100x100cm
Yu-Fang, Ma (Taiwan) 「Modern indigenous people」- Go to McDonald's NO.1 Acrylic on canvas 72.5x91cm	Yu-Fang, Ma (Taiwan) 「Modern indigenous people」- Go to McDonald's NO.2 Acrylic on canvas 72.5x91cm	De-Shing Liou (Taiwan) 高雄印象 Acrylic on canvas 73x91cm
Ping-Rong Chen (Taiwan) I am a chief Acrylic and oil on Canvas 90x90cm	Leila Shili (Tunisia) THE METAMORPHOSIS Acrylic on canvas 100x100cm	Ihsan Otrmak (Turkey) Sorgu and Monolog2 Oil on Canvas 70x100cm
Serhiy Savchenko (Ukraine) Absence Oil on Canvas 30x45cm	Loredana Messina (UK) Sutera Rabato Antico Oil on Canvas 49x69 cm	Loredana Messina (UK) Villaggio antico Oil on Canvas 89x34cm
Steven Driscoll Hixson (U.S.A) Crosswalk Monoprint (oil based) 58x78cm	Emlyne Tan (U.S.A) Respect, Sympathy and Enthusiasm Acrylic on Canvas 30.5x40.6cm	Brent Thomas (U.S.A) Go get you an education Graphite 63.5x48.3cm
Yu-Jen Liu (Taiwan) Aura in the Landscape 3 Oil on Canvas 116.5x91cm	Wei-Ming Chen (Taiwan) Image of the City 1 Oil on Canvas 91x133cm	Chieh-Ti Chang (Taiwan) Swan’s dream Watercolor 54.5x39.5cm

亞洲最大藝術賽事 50國藝術家激烈角逐 「2013國際藝術家評選賽」 入圍名單公佈
由社團法人臺灣國際當代藝術家協會所主辦，臺北新藝術博覽會協辦的「2013國際藝術家評選賽」，公佈入圍名單，今年計有45件優秀的作品脫穎而 出，獲得評審的青睞。這些入圍作品將於2013年5月3日至6日在「2013臺北新藝術博覽會」中展出，並於5月2日VIP之夜公佈優秀藝術家得主，獲選 藝術家將可獲得「2014臺北新藝術博覽會」9平方公尺的展位空間舉行個展。

國際藝術家評選賽已是全世界極具口碑、聲名遠播的國際級藝術大賽，也是各國新銳藝術家心目中高水準的藝術賽事之一，相較於2010年，有來自世界各 地21個國家的參賽者報名，今年國家數更增加至50國，主辦單位表示，今年的評選賽競爭激烈，已有2,462件作品參賽，作品風格多元，創意十足。決選入 圍的45件作品將於「2013第三屆臺北新藝術博覽會」中公開展出，5月2日由評選團選出的第一名優秀藝術家得主將可獲得「2014臺北新藝術博覽會」9 平方公尺的展出空間舉行個展。

亞洲頂尖藝術賽事「國際藝術家評選賽」自2011年起由臺灣當代藝術家協會承接主辦，目的在於鼓勵藝術家盡情發揮創意與繪畫功力，讓藝術家有更多的 展出舞臺。2012年更結合目前臺灣最大的藝術交流平臺──臺北新藝術博覽會（Art Revolution Taipei），協助個人藝術家開拓更多展出、銷售及代理之機會。本屆入圍藝術家及作品已於2013年3月31日在臺北新藝術博覽會官方網站（www.arts.org.tw）公佈。

2011年首屆舉辦即造成國際藝術圈極大的轟動的「Art Revolution Taipei 臺北新藝術博覽會」，今年已邁入第三屆。經歷兩屆巨大的成功，臺北新藝博會已成為國內外最大型且最國際化的藝術活動之一，為了能突破上一屆的成 績，2013的臺北新藝博除承續前兩屆的特色，並以「蛻變」為本屆藝博會主題，以前所未見的多項創新，期望參展藝術家們，都能夠突破窠臼，再創高峰。不斷 要求藝術家要自我超越的主辦單位，今年的「蛻變」的展覽主題將帶給藝術家全新的創意挑戰，而一定比例的學術性、實驗性、前衛性的藝術展示內容，也將帶給觀 眾耳目一新的感受。

2013臺北新藝術博覽會一規劃為九大展區，分別為：「經典綜合區」、「臺灣當代藝術」、「中國當代藝術」、「國際當代藝術」、「紐約當代藝術基金」、「2013國際藝術家評選賽特展」、「藝企相投‧藝企風發」、「文創藝術區」及「藝出慈悲」等九大展區。第三屆臺北新藝術博覽會，將於5月3日至6 日，於臺北世貿三館盛大展出，世界各地熱愛藝術的愛藝者，絕不能錯過這場頂級的藝術饗宴。

「2013國際藝術家評選賽」入圍名單及作品公佈於下：
Loredana Messina (英國)、Steven Driscoll Hixson (美國)、Emlyne Tan (美國)、Brent Thomas (美國)、Anthony Moman (義大利)、Uwe Castens (德國)、Wladimir Barantschickov (德國)、Rayka (日本)、Mamkaeva Maria Alexeevna (俄羅斯)、Jeni bev Biktimirova (俄羅斯)、Maciej Gador (波蘭)、Gierlak lukasz (波蘭)、Bartosz Fraczek (波蘭)、Leila Shili (突尼西亞)、Ihsan Otrmak (土耳其)、Serhiy Savchenko (烏克蘭)、Věra Tataro (捷克)、 Hellen Constante (厄瓜多) 、Aivars Kisnics (拉托維亞)、Kiew-Hang, Hoo (馬來西亞)、Victoria Rueda (墨西哥)、Martin Hardy (墨西哥)、Jaime de Carvalho (土耳其)、Baxx Vlada Pantelic(塞爾維亞)、Ana Cvejic (塞爾維亞)、Ivan Jorda (塞爾維亞)、趙玉強 (中國)、馬郁芳(臺灣)、劉得興(臺灣)、陳品蓉(臺灣)、胡久漢(臺灣)、劉育仁(臺灣)、江馨慈(臺灣)、吳冠瑩(臺灣)、陳偉銘(臺灣)、張絜迪 (臺灣)、Sohan Jakhar (印度)、Surender Singh (印度)、Manish Sutaar (印度)、Vasu Srinuvasurao (印度)、Mulyo Gunarso (印度)。

Art Revolution Taipei 2013 臺北新藝術博覽會展覽資訊
VIP之夜：2013.5.2  19:00~22:00
展覽日期：2013.5.3~5.6  12:00~20:00
展出地點：臺北世貿三館　臺北市信義區松壽路6號