On the Way of Uncovering - (George Gershwin[American Musician] , Manihoo Chang and Mou Lu's work [X-Power Gallery])

The melody created by George Gershwin, when he traveled in Paris 1928.  

Image that one travels in a strange place, 

and got things uncovered by everything after then. 

What kind of creation Gershwin got? A creation of music, An American in Paris, 

It is just like a ring of bell, that connects Classic and Blue, 

and traverses between the sensation towards home town and wonderland.    

The bell of YuanDao GuanYin Temple,  Dan-shui , Taipei, Taiwan.

The words engraved on including the "Zen of Nine Words":  

"Na Mor Ben Shi Da Zi Zai Wang Fo"

Click the photo, see more pictures.

 

And we might share the similar feeling when visiting artist's works 

when you realized that he/she were not trained with ethics education,    

or some important collectors with not being rich but treasure art from bottom. 

(eg, Herbert & Dorthy Vogel) 

When the bell sounds, just like uncovering treasures somewhere by a hunter's hard digging, 

and artwork made by artists after trying to light up the overwhelmed world of darkness!  

(Exhibition: Treasure Hunt @X-Power Gallery :September 28, 2013~ October 27, 2013) 

 

Work of  Manihoo, 2013 (X-Power Gallery) 

Scent of a Woman‧Bright Eyes 13

Mou Lu , Taiwanese artist

Little earthquake Initiated by Mou Lu呂嫦謀 on Exhibition "Treasure Hunt" at X-Power Gallery, Taipei - 2013/09/28-10/27

Mou Lu's newest series: Scent of Women- Brigt Eyes 5

(On Exhibition Treasure-Hunt Now-10/27)

 

Artist's Profile
Mou Lu, Born in 1967, graduated from Kung Tung Technical Senior High School in Taitung, Taiwan with a major in the Architectural Drawing.

Her father was an excellent ink painter who held solo exhibitions and published his own painting albums. While being influenced and instructed by her father, Chang-Mou has had an interest in painting since her childhood.

Mou Lu is brilliant at depicting the subject in paintings via images of symbolism and conveying the feeling of multiple layers through collage while de-emphasizing the depth.

While detaching themselves from the backdrop, every viewer can become blended with the artwork. It is as if the viewer becomes a bystander, object or figure in the painting, all at the same time. Mou Lu's artwork thusly offers both a friendly and frank attitude toward the viewers.

The prime colors, such as red, blue, black and white, are used to express feelings or concepts of Purity. Elements like diamond and gold foil symbolize Eternity. There are no deliberately applied meticulous lines or sophisticated and multiple layers of colors.

Objects in her paintings, which range from flowers, females or even diamonds, are expressed in the most conspicuous way. Mou Lu uses simple and concise elements to convey her concept about “the visibility of genuinely important objects”.

More work and information, please visit X-Power Gallery's official site.

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Find X-Power in Kaoshiung: Yellow Energy from Rubber Duck, Lemon, and ART (Full Moon, Spring Blossom)

Yellow(黃, read as huang2) Winds Flows from Sky to Kaoshiung...
Yellow Duck, Yellow Lemon, and Yellow Moon
within "Full Moon, Spring Blossom" – Master and Pupils Joint Exhibition by Lee Sun-Don李善單 & Ma Sing Ling瑪馨玲 (2013/10/05 -11/24)

  

Emerald Lemons Bring Sparkle to Summer Orchards

  

Your Lemon sunken in Dream & Drink@Yuandao Guanyin Temple/Taipei

 Rubber Duck Tour Taiwan 

Netherlands Designer Florentijn Hofman 

 (Photo adopted from Rubber Duck Taiwan Tour Kaoshiung)

 (Photo by Ding Bou Yuan)

 (Photo by Ding Bou Yuan)

 "Full Moon, Spring Blossom" –

Master and Pupils Joint Exhibition by Lee Sun-Don & Ma Sing Ling 

Taichung Frontier Art • X-Power Gallery

Kaoshiung Frontier Art • X-Power Gallery

Date: 5 October ~ 24 November, 2013

Artists know the way to absorb and release yellow energy,

warm and cheery.

Lemon tree also knows.

Need energy? 

Bring a hat, and head to South for your ART way!

Yellow sunshine and Lemon juice await you!  

達達再現 (Dadaism) 寶勝畫廊X-Power Gallery 挖寶兩岸新銳藝術家聯展: 挖寶 2013/09/28-10/27

 紅塵喜/陳軍 : 

位在台北的寶勝畫廊分為三區。2013 年 10 月 2 日的這天晚上，前面一區擺放李善單(Sun Don Lee)教授與瑪馨玲(Ma Sing Ling)三位年輕藝術家在 9月 28 日起展出的挖寶-兩岸中國新銳藝術家聯展的個別作品。

走到中間第二區，可以欣賞到中國藝術家: 余祖光、梁偉平、陳軍、陳小村和張渺的作品，以及台灣藝術家陳誼欣、呂嫦謀、陳俐維的新作品。

第二區的中間，還擺設了瑪馨玲的雕塑作品 - 翔。

從余祖光運用寫實風格 - 核桃，以及梁偉平描繪在植物瓜藤、竹葉下栩栩如生的小雞，運用書畫筆觸，描點竹葉瓜蔓的寫實中又有點寫意的作品，再往左邊可看到陳軍繼2013台北新藝博會之後的創作作品，用了更多看似任意揮灑的白色筆觸，表達自己對畫中風景的有與無的感觸。
  余祖光作品

隨著這樣的青春跳躍心緒，我們回頭看到陳誼欣這位青年台灣藝術家，將心中的夢想家園以超寫實手法，畫出不是現實比例的貓頭鷹與魚，傳達出對守護的期待。畫中的小男孩與小女孩，回應標題的甜蜜，更點出沉浸愛情中的男女其實心境如同孩子。

呂嫦謀的新作品中，以花朵伴隨半臉女子凝眸，眼神角度或上或下，似乎將詮釋權交給了觀者，但事實上，只有跟著女子眼光游移的觀者才能共同決定畫中女子的心思。
藝術家透過這些女子作品，表達了極度強烈的「自我」，或許是對世界的自由觀感。 呂嫦謀作品

隨著飛翔的眼光，陳小村的超現實作品令人有一種無奈的解脫感。這個世界或許很猙獰，但畢竟還是個家。追求了大半生的美夢，或成或敗，到頭來，自己的堅持成了手上的劍與夢中的飛行翅膀。
  陳小村的作品

大概就是因為看了這兩幅畫，WS 遇到我時說我應該學習怎樣酸人、酸自己，讓真正的心思能夠飛翔。

張渺的杯酒生活世界裡，刻意用疊塊、分割與融和手法安排畫面，或許這就是喝了酒的人常常追求的微醺感。從這張畫，或許可以看到現代生活的複雜與多樣，但是更可能讓人從固定不變的生活裡，體會到自身與周遭的融合，綿延不絕，而自己的動靜語默，都會對周遭產生影響，多或少。
 張渺作品

夾雜在陳軍、張渺與陳小村等藝術家作品中間，一長排的作品是陳俐維繼2013年A.R.T 之後的新作品。無疑地，這是藝術家們極盡打破過往寫實風格後，用打破線條的作品，表達內心渴望、夢想之後，可能邁向的另外一種風格，沒有明顯型態，而彩筆、筆刀所呈現的每條線條，無論遠看或近看，都會讓人突然有種回到瑞雪大地，或穹蒼藍天的感動 - 身為人的最初悸動。

透過瑪馨玲的飛翔翅膀，以及畫廊生命樹上掛著金色葉片閃爍金光，明白地要觀者繼續往後面第三區走去。
沿途，俞潔兒用丙烯與多媒材，畫出自己的圓點世界。有趣的是，她的圓點有一種飽和感，讓人會想起每個點都有一種張力，而藝術家在決定下一點時，或許就是感受那個點想要繼續朝哪個方向前進。

 王馨薇作品

1916 年- 1920 年的達達主義(Dadaism)，興起於第一次世界大戰的瑞士蘇黎世。
達達主義是20世紀西方文藝發展歷程中的一個重要流派，是一些藝術家企圖顛覆、摧毀舊有歐洲社會和文化秩序的產物。這個運動影響了當時西方文藝界的視覺藝術、文學（主要是詩歌）、戲劇和美術設計領域。

1916 年，中華民國剛成立 5 年，中國的藝術家在做甚麼？
看到賴雅琦在新作品[大千世界/江山依舊]運用漫畫訓練的工筆技巧，學習張大千的潑墨寫意所呈現的企圖，以及李紅珊在水鄉作品中運用油畫材料，運筆表達眼光在朦朧霧中看到的水景、橋梁與紅燈，層疊、點捺技巧企圖打破東西藩籬，留下藝術家的心眼，與觀者的相隨投入。原來，中國的藝術家正在師法古人，以及學習西方油畫！

回頭，當我看到瑪馨玲三位藝術家的裝置藝術與融合攝影剪影的藝術作品時，突然覺得這個展場整個很達達主義，我找了找現場，並未看到杜象那有名的噴泉 ，後來看到Manihoo 的裝置藝術 - 我不是大師/浴女，看似無厘頭的風格，卻是出自另外一個另類的心智。

 Manihoo 作品

 杜象的噴泉

另外參考:
「挖寶」─ 兩岸藝術家聯展開展 年輕新銳精彩創作 收藏潛力誘人
Dada 影片

[引述維基百科達達主義一詞]
達達主義(Dadaism)是一場興起於一戰時期的蘇黎世，涉及視覺藝術、文學（主要是詩歌）、戲劇和美術設計等領域的文藝運動。達達主義是20世紀西方文藝發展歷程中的一個重要流派，是第一次世界大戰顛覆、摧毀舊有歐洲社會和文化秩序的產物。達達主義作為一場文藝運動持續的時間並不長，波及範圍卻很廣，對20世紀的一切現代主義文藝流派都產生了影響。
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關於「達達」一詞的由來，歷來眾說紛紜。有些人認為這是一個沒有實際意義的詞，有一些人則認為它來自羅馬尼亞藝術家查拉和詹可頻繁使用的口頭語「da, da」，在羅馬尼亞語中意為「是的，是的」。最流行的一種說法是，1916年，一群藝術家在蘇黎世集會，準備為他們的組織取個名字。他們隨便翻開一本法德詞典，任意選擇了一個詞，就是「dada」。在法語中，「達達」一詞意為兒童玩耍用的搖木馬。

因此，這場運動就被命名為「達達主義」，以昭顯其隨意性，而非一場一般意義上的「文藝運動」。

1916年，雨果·巴爾、艾米·翰寧斯、特里斯坦·查拉、漢斯·阿爾普、理察·胡森貝克和蘇菲·托伯等流亡蘇黎世的藝術家在當地的「伏爾泰酒店」成立了一個文藝活動社團，他們通過討論藝術話題和演出等方式來表達對戰爭，以及催生戰爭的價值觀的厭惡。同年10月6日，這個組織正式取名為「達達」。

在這段時期內，杜尚開始以現成品來進行自己的藝術創作，並參加了「獨立藝術家社會」組織。1917年，他發表了著名作品《泉》，是一個寫有「R. Mutt」字樣的小便池。然而這幅作品卻被「獨立藝術家社會」組織拒絕。

Yachi Lai 賴雅琦's Light - [Exhibition: Treasure Hunt – Group Exhibition of Taiwan and Mainland Artists Hunting for Artworks with Great Potentials by Promising] Talents

 

Yachi Lai's work: 

Applauding No.1 Acrylic on Canvas, 72.5x91cm 2011

You never thought the woman hanging down the head like this, 

until Pablo Picasso drew it from his mind.

And, one day, sitting in your living room, your realized the gesture from your friend, or a family, 

or yourself. 

You could not await to give an applause for the picture in your mind.

Behold! The woman in front of you still stay in her world, 

and genuine work was settled with price higher and higher, auction by auction.

Where your applause would go? 

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Picasso ever asked 張大千 Chang Dai chen (or Zhang DaQian, Chinese artist 1899-1983) 

the similar question when they met in Nice, 1956.

Picasso asked Zhang "Where is your work?" 

After then, Zhang started a totally new series.

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When a master like Picasso gave appraise like this, 

what will you do?  

Zhang chose to create new works with a trendy style, 

while combing the skills he practiced from long time ago, and he succeeded.

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Yachi Lai's work: 

Applauding No.3 Acrylic on Canvas, 72.5x91cm 2011

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Yachi Lai's work: 

In Light of Chang Dai-Chien‧The World as It Was 3

Young artist Yachi Lai (1980-, Taiwanese) 

shared the same inspiration when kindergarten. 

“You paint truly wonderfully!” 

What you will do when you receive a big compliment from an important person?

Maybe a series of revolution, like Picasso, Chang Dai-Chien or young artist like, Yachi Lai. 

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As for the style of traditional Chinese painting, 

people might need more time to reveal and capture the spirit of the culture (around 5000 yrs), 

and unwind the real spirit at some moment, unexpected one.

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Inspired by Zhang Da-Ch’ien’s magnificent landscape painting, 

Yachi Lai integrates elements of modern architecture and 

presents her latest creations as part of her “In Light of Chang Dai-Ch'ien‧

The World as It Was”In Light of Chang Dai-Ch'ien‧

The World as It Was” series. (Exhibition: Treasure Hunt – Group Exhibition of Taiwan and Mainland Artists Hunting for Artworks with Great Potentials by Promising Talents) 

Treasure Hunt – September 28, 2013~ October 27, 2013@Frontier Art • X-Power Gallery, Taipei

Treasure Hunt – Group Exhibition of Taiwan and Mainland Artists

Hunting for Artworks with Great Potentials by Promising Talents

Time: September 28, 2013~ October 27, 2013

Venue: Frontier Art • X-Power Gallery, Taipei

X-Power Gallery will present a newly curated exhibition – “Treasure Hunt” – on September 28, 2013, running through October 27, 2013. This exhibition brings together artists with great market potentials from Taiwan and Mainland China, including Singway, Mou Lu, Lee Hongshan, Yu Zuguang, GOGO YU, MANIHOO, Zhang Miao, Xcun, Chen Jun, Chen Li-Wei, Luna Chen, Ling Ling, Yachi Lai, and Coana Sebastião.

This exhibition features artists who have developed their own art languages and distinguished styles. The members of the internationally recognized art trio Ma Sing Ling, for example, will participate with their individual creation.

 Adopted from The secret of kells

 Ling Ling, who has established her reputation in photography, will display oil paintings manifesting the savor of cutout effects. With her artwork selected into Le Salon d’Automne, one of the most important art exhibitions held in Paris, Singway uses multimedia to illustrate various facets of the inner world. MANIHOO, winner of “Best of Year 2010 by Marziart International Gallery,” combines drawing with her use of banknotes to create a series characterized by liveliness and vitality. 

Sinway_The Dog with a Moon

 

Ling Ling_Beyond Color／Smiling at All Times

Manihoo_I'm Not a Master／Lady in Shower

With painting knives, Chen Li-Wei manages beautifully to bring out a sentiment of warming femininity from the thickness of layering colors. Mou Lu, whose works win favor from female collectors, creates a series with bright eyes to convey the inner motion, while continuing to draw on the motif of flower and woman. Inspired by Zhang Da-Ch’ien’s magnificent landscape painting, Yachi Lai integrates elements of modern architecture and presents her latest creations as part of her “In Light of Chang Dai-Ch'ien‧The World as It Was”In Light of Chang Dai-Ch'ien‧The World as It Was” series. As to GOGO YU and Luna Chen, each narrates the sentiments of romance with geometrical elements and style of picture books in her own way.

 

Mou Lu_Scent of a Woman • Scent of a Woman‧Bright Eyes 8

 

GOGO YU_Flower • Sleep

 

Chen Li-Wei_Still

 

Yachi Lai_In Light of Chang Dai-Ch’ien • The World as It Was 22

Based on the structure of Chinese paintings, Chinese artist Chen Jun depicts image blending concrete and abstract, realism and non-realism. His works are quite popular among art lovers in Taiwan, with all his exhibiting works sold out right at the VIP preview during Art Revolution Taipei 2013. Xcun expresses traditional literary thinking via his painting characterized by simplicity and child-like innocence. Lee Hongshan represents the elegance of the landscape and architecture of Jiangnan in south China from her unique feminine perspective. 

Skilled in capturing light and shadow of glass transparency, Zhang Miao features the image deflected from the glass to symbolize the melting stability of the world. With a realistic style, Yu Zuguang’s walnut-themed paintings express his self-expectations of being perseverant toward life, as firm as the shell of walnuts. A young artist from Mozambique and graduate from China Central Academy of Fine Arts, Coana specializes in crafting the female images of his homeland with intensive and saturated colors.Please come to hunt for the treasures that resonate with your heart.

These 14 artists across Taiwan Strait each has his/her own characteristic style, market potential, and promising collectability. Please come to hunt for the treasures that resonate with your heart.   

 

Coana Sebastião

  

Xcun_My Sky-Please Do Not Wake Me Up

 

Zhang Miao_Life Is A Cup of Wine No.21

 

Chen Jun_8 Joy In Secular World 48

航海大挖寶(2013/9/28至10/27)台北香華天‧新藝境/寶勝畫廊X-Power Gallery「挖寶．兩岸藝術家聯展」

兩岸藝壇星勢力 相約台北「香華天．新藝境」寶勝畫廊
「挖寶．兩岸藝術家聯展」星光熠熠 期待您前來尋寶～挖寶～藏寶！

十四位新崛起的兩岸藝壇星勢力──Coana Sebastião、王馨薇、呂嫦謀、李紅珊、余祖光、俞潔兒、張心禹、張渺、陳小村、陳軍、陳俐維、陳誼欣、鄭如玲、賴雅琦，9/28至10/27相約在台北「香華天‧新藝境」寶勝畫廊聯袂展出。

這場展出以「挖寶．兩岸藝術家聯展」為名，其中既有國際大獎加持的耀眼光環，亦有潛力新星放射的熠熠星輝，十四位藝壇新星精心獻出風格鮮明的最新藝術創作，充滿活潑、繽紛、浪漫、童趣、另類、寫實……等各種風情，絕對能讓觀賞者一飽眼福，期待您前來寶勝畫廊

尋寶～挖寶～藏寶！

作品極受女性藏家喜愛的呂嫦謀，延續以花朵和女性為創作主體，並將畫中人物的臉孔轉為具象，以明眸與盛開的花朵，成為吸睛的嬌點。


女人香‧明眸8    呂嫦謀Mou Lu (台灣)    丙烯．畫布 53x65cm  2013



獲法國「巴黎秋季沙龍展」等大獎入圍的王馨薇，作品呈現內心世界的多種面向。此次展出以複合媒材蛻變出新貌，觀者將驚喜發現，生活對藝術家來說其實就是創意的來源，信手拈來，處處都是藝術題材，不論如何混搭，都可以令人拍案叫絕！


帶著月亮的狗狗    王馨薇Singway (台灣)    複合媒材 100x60x4cm  2013



獲得「德國2010年最佳作品評選展」雕塑類首獎等國際殊榮的藝術家張心禹，擅於運用鈔票與各式媒材創作。這次展出以鈔票為主要素材，加入手繪的繽紛線條，「心觀察」加「新創意」，以活潑、熱鬧、炫麗的氛圍，帶給觀者極致的視覺享受。


我不是大師／浴女    張心禹MANIHOO (台灣)    丙烯．複合媒材 40x50cm  2013


以幾何元素或繪本風格為創作題材的俞潔兒，1989年出生，作品中呈現年輕女孩的藝想世界。在畫筆之下，天馬行空的想像力與童趣，既表述少女浪漫情懷，也帶領觀者踏上綺麗又浪漫的旅程。


花•眠 Flower•Sleep    俞潔兒GOGO YU (台灣)    複合媒材 80x65cm  2013



目前就讀美國舊金山藝術大學美術系的陳誼欣，才華洋溢，曾學過多種樂器、語言、舞蹈，留學經歷帶給她豐富的人生視野。她在畫作中喜歡運用鮮明色彩的繪本風格，創作出極具浪漫的童話世界及異國氛圍。如「夜間守護神」系列，便是透過貓頭鷹的眼睛來觀看並表達對世界的好奇心。


夜間守護神／甜蜜的夜晚    陳誼欣Luna Chen (台灣)    油彩．畫布 53x45.5cm  2013



以攝影作品榮獲許多國際大獎肯定的鄭如玲，在「色影」中以油畫v.s.剪影，呈現另類趣味。黑與白的交界，充滿張力，既可以是右腦的情感放射，也可以是左腦的理性思考，留給觀賞者無盡的想像空間。


色影／頻頻微笑    鄭如玲Ling Ling(台灣)    丙烯．畫布 46x55x2cm  2013



賴雅琦曾涉足攝影、電腦繪圖、平面、插畫設計及遊戲美術、封面插畫、少女漫畫，因而累積了充沛的創作能量。此次展出的「大千世界‧江山依舊」系列最新作品，是師法張大千的潑墨技法，在中國山水中加入一棟棟的當代地標建築，傳達當代社會人們的人生理想，同時象徵生活品味的文明標註。


大千世界‧江山依舊 22    賴雅琦Yachi Lai(台灣)    丙烯．畫布 91×60.5cm  2013



畢業於大陸中央美學院的Coana Sebastião，是來自莫三比克的年輕藝術家，他善於以強烈飽和的色彩，塑造家鄉女性的形象。


Coana Sebastião



畫風寫實的余祖光，1976年出生於福建。對於藝術創作，他說：「我是在和藝術戀愛，藝術是我生命存在的價值。」此次展出的作品以核桃為主體，堅硬的外殼象徵堅持不懈面對人生的自我期許。作品細膩、輕鬆，兼具情趣、華麗與莊重，他期許自己能做到「取達芬奇之形，達利之意，希施金之影」，希望每張作品猶如一場完美的演出，一部精彩的劇本……


金秋時分    余祖光Yu Zuguang(中國大陸)    油彩．畫布 120x90cm  2012



大陸畫家陳軍以中國畫構圖，展現意象與抽象、似與非似的景物。猶如明信片的畫風，繪聲繪影般的城市光景，抓住每一瞬間的城市樣貌。他的作品極受愛藝者肯定，今年參展「台北新藝術博覽會」，作品在VIP之夜銷售一空，創造出極佳口碑、人氣紅不讓。


紅塵喜48    陳軍Chen Jun(中國大陸)    油彩．畫布 60x90cm  2012



陳俐維以筆刀創作，油彩躍然於畫布之上，在色彩堆疊的厚重感中，傳達出女性的溫暖氣息。她的繪畫靈感均來自旅行，其足跡遍佈法國、印度、尼泊爾、泰國、日本、希臘、東南亞各國，而每一次旅行的點點滴滴，都化成生命中的精彩畫面。


山月照依舊    陳俐維



陳小村是福建泉州人，他擅長以童趣與極簡的畫面，融入中國傳統的人文元素，表達最初的夢想與美麗的樂章，蘊釀出觀者自由馳想的空間。


我的天空-請不要叫醒我    陳小村Xcun(中國大陸)    油彩．畫布 102x76cm  2011



李紅珊是福建人，她擅長以女性獨有的視角，再現江南山水與建築的柔美。「藝術創作對於我來說，是表達自我對生命的探索與感悟人生真正價值的一種方式。」「我在畫中彷彿看到了自己，追尋更為完美的自我。每一幅畫就像是一篇日記，而這些日記則是心靈的存放之地。每一幅畫又彷彿是一首詩，一個故事，在那裡記錄著我所有的情感······」


李紅珊



善以油彩呈現玻璃透亮光影的張渺，以變形的玻璃器皿象徵多變的世界、時空的縮影。在瞬間的光影中，飛逝的記憶湧現，或許是某一個人或某一個熟悉的城市，引領妳走入時空隧道中……


杯酒生活21    張渺Miao Zhang(中國大陸)    油彩．畫布 60x50cm  2013



【展覽資訊】
「挖寶」─ 兩岸藝術家聯展
日期：2013.9.28 (六)～ 10.27(日)
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