甜蜜蜜：姚瑞中畫展
藝術家出席開幕：  二零一零年九月九日（星期四）下午六至八時
展期至九月廿八日
地點：  香港中環皇后大道中五號衡怡大廈二樓202室漢雅軒
開放時間： （星期一至五）上午十時至下午六時三十分　（星期六）至下午六時

漢雅軒將為台灣藝術家姚瑞中舉辦首次香港個人展覽。新作《甜蜜蜜》是藝術家婚後的心情寫照，《甜蜜蜜》系列是過渡自前作《如夢令》(2009)系列中年男 子渴望青春肉體的俗辣世界，以及《恨纏綿》(2009)系列中的感懷過往十餘段沒有結果的戀情。風格參考中國古代風俗畫、春宮畫、界畫與月份牌風格，以針 筆代替了傳統水墨畫的毛筆在粗糙紙材表面繪畫，並使用大量的金箔填充背景。

《甜蜜蜜》系列描繪的是與太太和女兒到處旅行、甜蜜蜜的蜜月生活，畫面中如古典攝影所附加的花形邊框，呼應了現今流行的復古幾何圖案，藝術家選用較為素雅 的色彩，以表現畫面中全家人平淡卻幸福的氛圍；雖多少隱含著中年弄瓦的甜蜜負擔，但人生卻也因此轉變成充滿色彩並與對未來滿懷期待。在此階段，透過「微敘 事」與「私日記」手法，將傳統中修身養性、飄渺空靈的山水意境，帶入到婚後的世俗生活，人生新階段的開始就從奇幻山水中兀自開展。

姚瑞中1969年生於台灣台北，1994年國立藝術學院(國立台北藝術大學)美術系理論組畢業，曾代表台灣參加1997年威尼斯雙年展、2005年橫濱三 年展, 2009年亞太三年展及2010台北雙年展, 海內外聯展百餘次，也曾從事過小劇場、電影、美術史教學、藝術評論、策展等工作。姚瑞中專長為攝影、裝置及藝術理論，其作 品涉獵層面廣泛。作品曾被台北市立美術館、高雄市立美術館、國立台灣美術館、澳洲昆士蘭美術館、美國康乃爾大學美術館、法國國家圖書館以及許多國內外私人 單位典藏。目前任教於國立台北藝術大學美術系及國立臺灣師範大學美術系。

HONEYMOON: by Yao Jui-chung

For Immediate Release

Hanart TZ Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of new paintings by Taiwanese artist Yao Jui-chung. Yao’s “Honeymoon” series is a continuation of the previous series “Dreamy” (2009) and “Romance” (2009).  “Dreamy” Series is a depiction of the longing of middle-aged men for the fleshly pleasures they knew in their youth. “Romance” Series depicts the artist’s  interesting life experiences as a memento to the dozens of love affairs in the past. “Honeymoon” (2010)series is description of traveling to different destinations in the company of his wife and daughter on their delightful honeymoon.  Just as with classical photography, the patterned frame of the painting is a reflection of traditional geometric designs that have been well received today.  Yao has therefore selected plain and elegant colors to express the atmosphere of simple but contented family life.   Yao has applied the styles of “micro-narrative” and “private diary” to incorporate elements of self-cultivation, together with the ineffable spirituality of traditional Chinese landscape painting, into the everyday world of married life.  The beginning of a new phase in life thus arises from the fantastic landscapes of the painting.  

Yao substituted a hard-tipped drafting pen for a classical brush to create traditional landscape in “Honeymoon” series. Shading with the drafting pen is not done by varying the amount of water but rather by building up lines on the coarse paper, creating a multitude of lines that have a nervous quality which results in a flattening illusion.  Yao uses handmade Khadi paper from India instead of traditional thin xuan paper. When gold leaf is used on the surface of this apper it does not appear overly flashy or vulgar, but instead has the natural charm and rustic feel of a shrine mural.

Yao Jui-Chung was born in 1969 in Taipei. He graduated from The National Institute of The Arts (Taipei National University of the Arts) with a degree in Art Theory. Yao is an artist, critic and curator.  He teaches at the Taipei National University of the Arts and the National Taiwan Normal University Department of Fine Arts. In 1997, he represented Taiwan in “Facing Faces-Taiwan” at the Venice Biennale and took part in the International Triennale of Contemporary Art Yokohama in 2005. He is also invited to the coming Taipei Biennial 2010.