The Essence of Existence
Marefumi KOMURA
《存在的本質》 ( The Essence of Existence )， 旨在觀看藝術家們於創作媒材上的超驗，探討當 代藝術的形式與本質。本展覽邀請到五位藝術 家伊藤一洋 ( Kazuhiro ITO, b. 1972 ) 、小村希 史 ( Marefumi KOMURA , b.1977 ) 、大野智史 ( Satoshi OHNO , b. 1980 ) 、馬丁蓋勒 ( Martin GALLE, b.1981 ) 、華建强 ( Chien Chiang HUA, b.1975 ) 各自專精於不同的藝術領域上發展，從 青銅材質的雕塑、油彩、壓克力到膠彩，透過不同
的原始森林作為創作靈感，標誌性的色彩與無性 別的肖像描繪來自於自身的觀察和體驗。馬丁蓋 勒 ( Martin GALLE, b.1981 ) 師承德國萊比錫畫派 大師尼奧．勞赫（Neo Rauch, b.1960），從扎實的 寫實繪畫訓練中加入抽象的色塊，表現出消逝的 矛盾本質。 華建强 ( Chien Chiang HUA, b.1975 ) 透過《單車經驗》描繪身體力行給予的極限挑戰， 過程中從好奇心、掙扎、疲憊到重新找回勇氣征服 困難的歷程。 本展覽將帶領觀者從每位藝術家在不同媒材上的 創作，重新思考藝術存在的本質。尚-保羅·沙特 （Jean-Paul Sartre, b.1905-1980 ) 提出的「存在 先於本質」，然而藝術的存在並沒有高與低的分 別，它的價值取決的人對於他審美的觀點而有所 不同。從這五位藝術家的創作中，可以看到他們的 脈絡透過創作媒材的必然性與偶發性，描繪出其 生命狀態的堅韌與脆弱，以力行的方式取得生命 的價值與意義，即反映出當代文明的存在本質。
存在的本質
的藝術形式與媒材，從存在主義看藝術家的創作 哲思。 日本藝術家伊藤一洋
用青銅作為雕塑創作的主要媒材，從媒材的必然
( Kazuhiro ITO, b.1972 )，運
性與偶然性碰撞出獨特的創作技法，保留青銅材 質的凹凸肌理，如同繪畫創作的筆觸所留下的痕 跡一般。小村希史 ( Marefumi KOMURA, b.1977 ) 的作品，容易讓人聯想到法蘭西斯·培根（Francis Bacon, b.1909-1992 ) 扭曲變形的人臉，小村希 史重新聚焦於「脆弱」等永恆的主題，描繪隱藏在 人心中所謂「美」的事物。來自於日本岐阜藝術家 大野智史 ( Satoshi OHNO, b. 1980 ) 以大自然中
| Albino Aligator | Oil on canvas | 100 x 80.3 cm | 2012
The Essence of Existence attempts to perceive the transcendental experience in the medium of artworks and explore the form and the essence of contemporary art. Five artists are invited to the exhibition: Kazuhiro ITO ( b.1972 ), Marefumi KOMURA ( b.1977 ), Satoshi OHNO ( b.1980 ), Martin GALLE ( b.1981 ), and Chien Chiang HUA ( b.1975 ), each of whom is the expert in different art fields. From bronze sculptures, oil paintings, and acrylic paintings to ink and acrylic on cotton, the artists’ philosophy of creation regarding Existentialism is examined via various art forms and media.
Japanese artist, Kazuhiro ITO ( b.1972 ), adopts bronze as the main material for his sculptures. He merges the trait of inevitability and contingency of bronze to create his own technique which preserves the concave and convex texture of the material as the trace of the brush stroke from common oil paintings. Looking at Marefumi KOMURA’s ( b.1977 ) works, they are easily reminiscent of Francis Bacon’s ( b.1909-1992 ) tortured faces; however, KOMURA refocuses on timeless themes such as “fragility and depicts the socalled “beauty” hidden beneath human’s heart. Satoshi OHNO ( b.1980 ) was born in Gifu, Japan. The primeval forests in nature inspire him to create pieces with iconic colors and genderless portraits from his observations and experiences. Martin GALLE ( b.1981 ) was a student of Neo Rauch ( b.1960 ), the master of the Leipzig School. He adds abstract color patches on his realism paintings to express the essence of disappearing paradox. The Taiwanese artist Chien Chiang HUA’s ( b.1975 ) Experience Cycling illustrates the extreme challenges of such physical training. The journey goes from curiosity, struggle, and
exhaustion to regaining the courage in order to overcome the difficulties.
The exhibition would guide the viewers to rethink the essence of art’s existence through different materials in these artworks. Jean-Paul Sartre ( b.1905-1980 ) argues that “existence precedes essence.” Nevertheless, there is no distinction between the existence of art and its value only varies from the individual’s aesthetics. From the works of these five artists, we can tell that their contexts portray the resilience and fragility in the state of life through the inevitability and incidental of their creative mediums. The value and meaning of life are obtained by means of practical actions, which thus reflects the essence of existence in contemporary civilization.
Martin GALLE | Untitled-4 | Oil on canvas | 30 x 24 cm | 2012ITO was born in 1972 in Fukuoka, Japan, graduated from Musashino Art University in 1997, currently is Tama Art University sculpture lecturer.
Kazuhiro ITO has long been fascinated by bronze climbing materials, strict self-artists spend his whole life challenging the creation of bronze art and studying bronze climbing materials. A long time ago Ito said that the sculptor's job was to "seek, not to make." and Ito not only use sculpture as a means of artistic expression, but also as an purpose in itself.
伊藤一洋1972年生於日本福岡縣，1997年畢 業於武藏野美術大學，現任多摩美術大學雕刻 講師。 伊藤一洋長期被青銅這個素材所吸引，幾乎把 自己的藝術家生涯都花在挑戰創造青銅藝術品 與鑽研青銅這個媒材。很久以前伊藤就說過雕 刻家的工作："不是製作，而是尋找"，伊藤不 僅把雕刻作爲藝術的表現手段，也作爲一個目 的本身而持續製作，鑽研素材的必然性和形態 的偶然性交織的哲學考察，並昇華成爲更豐富 的雕刻表現。
Kazuhiro
伊藤一洋 KazuhiroITO 1
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1. Kazuhiro ITO | pixies | Bronze | 6 x 5 x 7 cm | 2014
2. Kazuhiro ITO | pixies | Bronze | 3 x 3 x 7 cm | 2014
3. Kazuhiro ITO | pixies | Bronze | 4 x 4 x 3 cm | 2014
4. Kazuhiro ITO | 天體 No.8 Ten Tai No.8 | Bronze | 17 x 16 x 30 cm | 2014 4
伊藤一洋 KazuhiroITO
Biography
1972 Born in Fukuoka, JAPAN
Education
1997 BA Musashino Art University (Metal Craft)
Solo Exhibitions
2016 Kazuhiro Ito, HPGRP Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2010 The return of the thin bright duke, Yamane Art Lab, Fukuoka, Japan
2009 Evidence, hpgrp GALLERY TOKYO, Tokyo, Japan
2008 The baby can dance, phantom cry, hpgrp GALLERY TOKYO, Tokyo, Japan
2007 LIQUID GOLDEN BABIES, Galerie Tokyo Humanite, Tokyo, Japan
2006 LIQUID GOLDEN BABY, to.ko.po.la, Fukuoka, Japan
2005 The Instinct of Sculpture vol.2, Nabis Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2002 Nabis Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2000 Tanaka Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1999 Tanaka Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Group Exhibitions
2022 The Essence of Existence, AKI Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2019 Suprematism on Bronze, HPGRP Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2018 Three Sculptors, HPGRP Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Santaiennyu, HPGRP Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2017 Crystallized Points of View, HPGRP Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2010 Months, aura gallery, Beijing, China
DIMENSIONS, Nihonbashi Takashimaya Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2009 TANAGOKORO 9, Radi-um von Roentgenwerke AG, Tokyo, Japan
2008 Moeglichkeit, Radi-um von Roentgenwerke AG, Tokyo, Japan
UNTITLED, hpgrp GALLERY TOKYO, Tokyo, Japan
2007 The Instinct of Sculpture vol.3, hpgrp GALLERY TOKYO, Tokyo, Japan
2005 Tanaka Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2004 Torindo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2003 The Instinct of Sculpture, Nabis Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Gallery Natsuka, Tokyo, Japan Melting Pot, Tanaka Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
創傷美學讓藝術家筆下的風景、人物被扭曲，部分表 情被抹去，藝術家畫面中呈現的「脆弱」以及「不安 定」被片斷式的呈現。以日本的創傷文化結合西方的 表現畫風，小村希史猶如站在東西交叉的這端，審視 並掙脫心靈的重擔。小村希史的創作方向，都在傳遞 某種「脆弱性」。他不僅是透過畫作來表達這種與生 俱來的執著，甚至自他年幼時就開始著迷於殘缺以及 脆弱的物件，像是沒有臉部的娃娃、褪色的舊照片、 逐漸消逝的聲音、被丟棄的物品等。他創作的核心就 源自於這些零碎、暫時性的殘缺物。
他的展出經歷包括：AKIO NAGASAWA, Tokyo (2022)、 AKI Gallery, Taipei (2022)、The Mass, Tokyo (2018)、 Megumi Ogita Gallery, Tokyo (2013)、TCP gallery, Tokyo (2008)。
MarefumiKOMURA 小村希史 (b.1977) 出生於東京。1977年出生於日本 大阪的小村希史，於1999年畢業於美國西雅圖藝術 學院，現居東京。 小村希史早期主要以人體和面部為題材的厚重肖像 畫，同時也從事抽象繪畫。小村希史以深刻痛楚的個 人情緒出發，在國家歷經各式的自然以及人為災難虐 襲後（如：日本311大地震以及福島事件），沉重的
小村希史
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1. Marefumi KOMURA | Another Sleep | Oil on canvas | 38 x 45.5 cm | 2011
2. Marefumi KOMURA | Blind Fold | Oil on canvas | 62.6 x 72.7 cm | 2010
3. Marefumi KOMURA | 窓際 | Oil on canvas | 62.6x72.7 cm | 2011 3
小村希史 MarefumiKOMURA
Biography
1977 Born in Osaka, Japan
Education
1999 The Art Institute of Seattle, USA
Solo Exhibitions
2022 CONCEALER, AKIO NAGASAWA, Tokyo, Japan
2021 Horizon, AKIO NAGASAWA, Tokyo, Japan
2019 Diamond, AKIO NAGASAWA, Tokyo, Japan
2018 BIG SHIP, The Mass, Tokyo, Japan
2017 Ginza, Morioka-Shoten, Tokyo, Japan
2013 Felt Like Painting, Felt, Tokyo, Japan
Small Painting Like Us, Megumi Ogita Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2012 New Paintings, Megumi Ogita Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2011 Fragment, Megumi Ogita Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2009 Feeble, Shanghai, China
2008 Painting and Drawing, TCP gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Faultiness, frantic, Tokyo, Japan
2007 Untitled, Wall of Sound, Seattle, USA
Group Exhibitions
2022 The Essence of Existence, AKI Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2016 Flower Huddle, The Mass, Tokyo, Japan
2014 3331 Art Fair-Various Collector’s Prizes, Tokyo, Japan
Art Stage Singapore, Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre, Singapore
2013 Why not love for Art?, II Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Symbiosis, Aki Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2012 XYZ, Megumi Ogita Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2006 NADA - New Art Dealers Alliance Art Fair Miami 2006, Miami, USA
2006 Geisai 2006
現是受到愛德華．孟克（Edvard Munch, b.1863）、 德國浪漫主義畫家卡斯巴．佛烈德利赫（Caspar David Friedrich, b.1774）、表現主義畫家、和約瑟夫．博伊 斯（Joseph Beuys, b.1921）等人影響，特別是他們對 於人類與自然關係的描述、「自我」在自然和社會中的 發展、以及對繪畫的態度。
前任日本森美術館館長大衛．埃利奧特（David Elliott, b.1949），從大野智史對自然的崇敬中看到 神道教和密宗佛教的色彩，以及類似於新表現主義藝 術家喬治．巴塞利茲（Georg Baselitz, b.1983）和安 塞姆．基弗（Anselm Kifer, b.1945）的質感。身為 年輕一代的日本藝術家，大野智史背負著超越像奈良
大野智史 SatoshiOHNO
來自坐擁樹海的富士山腳。那是個生死不斷循環的嚴 苛地勢，也是如搖籃般孕育、滋養生命之處。受環境
大野智史(Satoshi OHNO, b.1980)，出生於日本岐阜 縣，在2004年畢業於東京造型大學，現居創作於日本 山梨市。
啟發，他的自畫像和描繪原始森林樣貌的作品，喚起了 由野外壓力所激發的鮮明且固有的人性。此種繪畫表
美智（Yoshitomo Nara, b.1959）、村上隆（Takashi Murakami, b.1962）這類前輩藝術家的挑戰。在德國 浪漫主義和表現主義中，大野智史(Satoshi OHNO, b.1980)習得如何看待自然、社會、宗教，他發展出自 身的繪畫語言，以及向歷史和純藝術對話的方法。 他曾於2010年於台北也趣藝廊參與聯展，近年來則被 選入東京原美術館（Hara Museum）、東京歌劇城市美 術館（Tokyo Opera City Gallery）、大阪國立國際美 術館（The National Museum of Art）等繪畫群展中， 並由小山登美夫畫廊（Tomio Koyama Gallery）介紹 於國際各大博覽會。
Satoshi OHNO | Self Portrait | oil and spray on canvas | 180 cm | 2008
SatoshiOHNO
Satoshi OHNO, born in 1980 in Japan, graduated from Tokyo University of Styling in 2004.
He lives and works in Yamanashi, Japan.
Satoshi OHNO (b1980) is from the hometown where is located on the foot of Mt. Fuji, there is surrounded by trees. It is a place where life and death are constantly circulating, and where life is nurtured and nourished like a cradle. Inspired by the environment, his self-portraits and paintings of primitive forests evoke a distinct and inherent humanity inspired by the pressures of the wild. The expression was influenced by Edward Munch, German romanticist Caspar David Friedrich, expressionist painters, and Joseph Beuys, especially their description of the relationship between man and nature, the development of "self" in nature and society, and their attitude to painting.
David Elliott, a former director of the Mori Museum of Art, sees Shinto and Tantric Buddhism colors in OHNO's reverence for nature, as well as textures similar to those of neo-expressionist artists Georg Baselitz and Anselm Kifer. As a younger generation of Japanese artists, OHNO has the challenge of surpassing older artists like Yoshitomo Nara and Takashi Murakami. In German Romanticism and Expressionism, OHNO learned how to view nature, society and religion. He developed his own painting language and the method of dialogue with history and pure art.
In 2010, he participated in a group exhibition at the Taipei Aki Gallery. In recent years, he has been selected for exhibitions at the Hara Museum, Tokyo Opera City Gallery, and The National Museum of Art Osaka.
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1. Satoshi OHNO | PROPHET 2 | Oil, ink, spray and water color o n paper | 109 x 76.5 cm | 2009 2. Satoshi OHNO | PROPHET 1 | Oil, ink, spray and water color o n paper | 109 x 76.5 cm | 2009 3. Satoshi OHNO | Sleep in Jungle | Oil, spray, pencil, cloth o n paper | 156 x 398 cm | 2005 2 3
大野智史 SatoshiOHNO Biography
1980 Born in Gifu, Japan
Education
2004 B.A. from Tokyo Zokei University, Tokyo
Solo Exhibitions
2020 Sleep in jungle, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2015 Beautiful Dreaming, 8/ ART GALLERY/ Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2013 BYE BYE SUNSET, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2009 PROPHET, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2008 PHYSICAL TREE, magical ART ROOM, Tokyo, Japan
2007 Armory Show, Art Fair: Solo Exhibition at Tomio Koyama Gallery booth, New York, NY
Prism Violet, The Contemporary Museum Honolulu, Makiki Heights, Honolulu, HI
2006 acid garden, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Group Exhibitions
2022 The Essence of Existence, AKI Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Current Grasping at Clouds: Works from the Hara Museum and the Hara Rokuro Collections, Hara Museum ARC, Shibukawa, Gunma, Japan
2021 CADAN Roppongi presented by Audi, Roppongi Hills café/Space, Tokyo, Japan
2020 Face, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
LONELYLONELY RonyoriShoko, KOMAGOME SOKO, Tokyo, Japan
2019 Tomio Koyama Gallery: Works from the Gallery Artists and the Collection 4, 8/ ART GALLERY/ Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2018 Photographs by 7 Painters, soda, Kyoto, Japan
Satoshi OHNO Studio Exhibition, Satoshi OHNO Studio, Yamanashi, Japan
Visions of Exchange Mercedez-Benz Art Scope Award 2009-2017, Daimler Contemporary Ber lin, Germany
2017 Group exhibition, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2016 IRRECONCILABLE, aura gallery beijing, China JAPAN 7, SILVERLENS, Manila, Philippines
2015 STANCE or DISTANCE? –Connecting Myself to the World., Contemporary Art Museum Kuma moto, Japan
Come after Magic, aura gallery taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
2014 Group exhibition by Tomio Koyama Gallery, TOLOT/heuristic SHINONOME, Tokyo, Japan
Takahashi Collection 2014 Mindfulness!, Nagoya City Art Museum, Aichi, Japan
Big Small Wide and Tall - Selection from the Hara Museum Collection, Hara Museum ARC,
Gunma, Japan
The Way of Painting, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Art Scope 2012-2014 - Remains of Their Journeys, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
Collection Ⅱ , National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
2013 The Storm for Art and Popular Culture, Nagoya Citizens’ Gallery Yada, Aichi, Japan
Takahashi Collection: Mindfulness!, Kirishima Open-Air Museum, Kagoshima, Japan [traveled to Sapporo Art Museum, Hokkaido, Japan]
Why not live for Art? II -9 collectors reveal their treasures, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2012 Crystal Chaos, CUBE 1, 2, 3, Tokyo, Japan
REAL JAPANESQUE: The Unique World of Japanese Contemporary Art, National Meseum of Art, Osaka, Japan
Power of Painting, NADiff A/P/A/R/T, Tokyo, Japan
2011 Temporary Exhibition: Art in an Office, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan
2010 Painting by Four Artists, Tomio Koyama Gallery Kyoto, Japan
It Must Be Your Sexy Way, curated by Yaji Huang, AKI Gallery, Taipei
VOCA 2010, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Power of a Painting, island, Chiba, Japan
Self Portrait -Others as Myself, Takahashi Collection Hibiya, Tokyo, Japan Camaboco, Tokyo Zokei University, Tokyo, Japan
2009 Being Seeing Feeling -Selections from the Hara Museum Collection, Hara Museum Arc, Gunma, Japan
Selections from the Hara Museum Collection: What’s interesting about Japanese contemporary art?, Hara Museum Arc, Gunma, Japan
Fukutake House 2009: Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, ex Nagayama school, Niigata, Japan
Koshiki Art Exhibition, Koshikijima Art Project 2009, Koshikijima community center, Kagoshima, Japan
neoneo Part1 [boys], TAKAHASHI COLLECTION Hibiya, Tokyo, Japan
2008 Selections from the Hara Museum’s Permanent Collection, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
THE ECHO, an annex to ZAIM, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
2007 Ritual, Tokyo Wonder Site, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
2006 WORM HOLE, magical ARTROOM, Tokyo, Japan a magical art life, Tokyo Wonder Site Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
au courant, Cayman Island National Gallery, UK
2005 Nyukasho, PRAHA project, Free Space PRAHA, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
2004 Koshiki Art Exhibition, Koshikijima Art Project 2004, Koshikijima community center, Kagoshi ma, Japan
Pubilcations
Hara Museum ARC, Gunma, Japan
The JAPIGOZZI Collection
National Gallery of Victoria
The National Museum of Art, Osaka
Ryutaro Takahashi Collection
Sigg Collection
Terumo Corporation
Toyota Art Collection
Martin GALLE
馬丁蓋勒（Martin GALLE, b.1975）出生於 德國萊比錫，畢業於德國萊比錫視覺藝術學 院，師承德國萊比錫畫派領導大師勞赫（Neo Rauch）門下之研究學生（Meisterschüler）現 在居住與創作於德國萊比錫。
馬丁蓋勒（Martin GALLE, b.1975）作品風格 可以分為三個階段，從寫實到抽象，再從抽象
到寫實。早期作品多為寫實，可追朔到他於學
院派扎實的繪畫技法上操練；後期逐漸跳脫傳 統的寫實手法，開始探討觀念藝術，嘗試「條 幅畫」 （strip painting）的抽象繪畫創作，衍 生出獨樹一幟的風格。透過重複的波紋和線條， 表現出愛情中「成為」和「逝去」間的慾望與 狂喜。 他的展出經歷包含 ESMoA, USA (2016)，Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Germany (2016)，Aspn Galerie, Germany (2015), QBox Gallery, Greece (2013)，Museum Abtei Liesborn, Germany (2013)，ESMoA, USA (2013)，Apolda Avantgarde Art Gallery, Germany (2013)
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1. Martin GALLE | Untitled-2 | Oil on canvas | 20 x 20 cm | 2010
2. Martin GALLE | Untitled-7 | Oil on canvas | 30 x 30 cm | 2007
3. Martin GALLE | Untitled-3 | Oil on canvas | 20 x 20 cm | 2010 4. Martin GALLE | Untitled-1 | Oil on canvas | 20 x 20 cm | 2010
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Martin GALLE 給愛人們 Paintings
for lovers AKI Gallery 2017
Martin GALLE 給愛人們 Paintings for lovers AKI Gallery 2017
Martin GALLE
Biography
1981 Born in Leipzig, Germany, lives and works in Leipzig
Education
2010 Meisterschüler with Neo Rauch
2007 Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig, Germany
Exhibitions
2022 The Essence of Existence, AKI Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
FÜLLE, The Grass is Greener, Leipzig, Germany
Bilder deiner Großen Liebe, The Grass is Greener, Leipzig, Germany
Weil es ein schöner Abend war, Galerie Eigen + Art, Leipzig, Germany
2019 ONE ART TAIPEI, Taipei, Taiwan
2016 Orangenhaut im Paradies, The Museum, Leipzig, Germany
Die Nussbilder, Leipzig, Germany
The Cloud, Leipzig, Germany
Pretty & Ambitiious, The Tip, Schirn, Frankfurt, Germany
Plan, El Segundo Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2015 Curated By God, ASPN, Leipzig, Germany
Gute Kunst? Wollen!, AEG, Nürnberg, Germany
Arbeit am Teint (S), ESMoA Studio, CA, USA
Paper Works (S), Printshop, Munich, Germany
FSZ, Giannis, Leipzig, Germany
2013 The End, Q Box Gallery, Athens, Greece
Schöne Landschaft – Bedrohte Natur. Alte Meister im Dialog mit zeitgenössischer Kunst, Kunstmuseum Dominikanerkirche, Osnabrück, Germany
Galle, Loeser, Snow, TMP, Leipzig, Germany
Tierstücke, Museum Abtei Liesborn, Wadersloh, Germany
MOT, Leipzig, Germany
Fame, El Segundo Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA., USA
Litho 2014, Steinwerk, Leipzig, Germany
Gruppenschau, Kunstmuseum Apolda, Apolda, Germany
Der Affe im Winter (S), The Print Shop, Munich, Germany
Show Must Go On, GAP / GAP, Leipzig, Germany
2012 Atelier + Küche, Museum MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany
Eros & Thanatos, Werkschauhalle, Leipzig, Germany
Stillstehende Sachen, Museum Abtei Liesborn, Wadersloh, Germany
Oil (S), ASPN, Leipzig, Germany
German Now From Leipzig, Seongnam Arts Center, Seoul, Korea
2011 White Cube, Dark Rooms, Dirty Hands, Kokerei Hansa, Dortmund, Germany
UNC gallery, KIAF (Korea International Art Fair), Seoul, Korea
Firework Show. artlab21 Foundation, Los Angeles, USA
Volta New York with ASPN (S), New York, USA
XII. SOER Oelder Kunstgang, Oelde, Germany
Leistungsschau, ASPN, Leipzig, Germany
2010 Blickkontakte – Niederländische Portraits des 17. Jahrhunderts im Dialog mit Kunst der Geg enwart, Gemäldegalerie, Dessau, Germany
Landschaften, Städtisches Kaufhaus, Leipzig, Germany
Moments of Joy. Neumarkt Galerie, Leipzig, Germany
Such Sweet Thunder (S) The Grosvenor Club, London, England
Von Vorn, Aschersleben, Germany
Meisterschülerausstellung, HGB, Leipzig, Germany
Neues Deutschland, Der blaue Bock, Magdeburg, Germany Artleib, Die Editionen, Artleib, Düsseldorf, Germany
2009 Liebeslust und Lebenslast. Schloss Corvey, Höxter, Germany
Menschenbilder. Museum Abtei Liesborn, Germany
Thunderdome MMIX - Maximum Overdrive. (S) ASPN Galerie, Leipzig, Germany Gille & Galle, mit Sighard Gille. Artleib, Düsseldorf, Germany
Small World, E105, Bonn, Germany
Beugen. tmp54, Leipzig, Germany
Giganten. Mike Potter Projects, Cologne, Germany
2008 Leichte Mädchen – schwere Jungs. E105, Bonn, Germany
Dreams Reoccurring. HGB, Leipzig, Germany
Brandwiderstand, Köln, Germany
New German Art. AKI, Taipeh, Taiwan
Great Expectations. ART LAB, Los Angeles, CA., USA
2007 Sturm und Drang. E105, Bonn, Germany
FKK. Galerie am See, Markkleber, Germany
Landescape. Stadtgalerie, Grimma, Germany ArtFair21 E105, Köln, Germany
2006 Einunddasselbe. Universität, Leipzig, Germany
Primo Piatto. Galerie Leipziger Hof, Leipzig, Germany Kool. ASPN, Leipzig, Germany Horseshow. ASPN, Leipzig, Germany
Chien-ChiangHUA
華建强 (b.1975) 生於台北，畢業於國立臺灣
師範大學美術學系美術創作理論組博士班水墨 組，中國北京中央美術學院造形藝術研究所博
士交換生，現居台灣。慣以膠彩入畫，結合多
種媒材反覆堆疊，用獨具一格的線條展現具象 與抽象並行。
2002年「人奸仙境」系列中化身與世無爭的小
老頭，由本我出發關照生活周遭的發展情態。
2013年「槍砲與西裝」將威權暴力視為兩面一
體，藉此隱喻國族社會間層出不窮的掠奪與廝
殺。2016年「從繪畫開始」，重新思考繪畫不 僅只於描繪肉眼所見，更重要的是能對社會多 做點什麼。2020年「空谷幽蘭」中自然界的 藤蔓、昆蟲與花鳥匯聚一齊，以寂靜空谷中的 幽蘭自居，模擬當下世界與嚮往世界的共合。
2022以單色系青花瓷「藍」展現疫情時代對外 在環境與自在本我的關注。
作品曾多次在國際美術館中展出：嘉義市立 美術館，嘉義(2022)、臺南美術館，臺南 (2020)、國立臺灣美術館，臺中(2017)、上 海月湖美術館，上海(2011)、韓國光州市立美 術館，首爾(2010)、台北市立美術館，臺北 (2007)。2007-2008受策展人邀請於亞洲藝術 雙年展、東亞當代水墨創作邀請展出。駐村經
Chien-Chiang HUA (b.1975), was born in Taipei, graduated from Ph. D. Department of Fine Arts (Ink), National Taiwan Normal University. He is also selected for the Central Academy of Fine Arts exchange program in Beijing.
HUA is one of the most represented surrealist painters in Taiwan. He combines Eastern traditional gouache with the technique of ink painting to depict a world that is utopian, yet dystopic in its foundation. For him, living is not only about the mundane, but it is also about choosing the right path. He juxtaposed nature with destruction to structure a miniature model of a world where the perfect parallel with the imperfect. It is a metaphor for the different directions of humanity can take depending on its choices, ending up with possible futures that carry our hope and contradictions.
He has exhibited in many world-class museums Chiayi Art Museum, Chiayi (2022), Tainan Art Museum, Tainan (2020), National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung (2017), Shanghai Yuehu Museum, Shanghai (2011), Gwangju Museum of Art, Seoul (2010), Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei(2007),. HUA’s work is permanently collected by National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, and his publications include Orchids of the Vally (2022), Painting Becoming (2016), A Database of living Bodies (2014), Time Capsule (2014), Gun and Suit (2013), Reality in Wonderland (2010) and New Blossoms of the Divine (2007).
華建强
歷：中國桂林愚自樂園國際藝術創作營、法國 巴黎西帖國際藝術村、美國舊金山赫德蘭藝術 村。作品曾獲：國立台灣美術館典藏，並出版 個展畫冊：《空谷幽蘭》2022、《從繪畫開始》 2016、《槍砲與西裝－華建强》2014、《人 奸仙淨－華建强》2010、《新仙花形－華建强》 2007。
華建强 Chien-Chiang HUA | 單車經驗 1 | Experience Cycling 1 | 墨、壓克力、絹本 | Ink and acrylic on cotton | 35 x 80 cm | 2017
華建强 Chien-Chiang HUA | 單車經驗 2 | Experience Cycling 2 | 墨、壓克力、絹本 | Ink and acrylic on cotton | 35 x 80 cm | 2017
華建强 Chien-Chiang HUA | 單車經驗 3 | Experience Cycling 3 | 墨、壓克力、絹本 | Ink and acrylic on cotton | 35 x 80 cm | 2017
華建强 Chien-Chiang HUA | 單車經驗 4 | Experience Cycling 4 | 墨、壓克力、絹本 | Ink and acrylic on cotton | 35 x 80 cm | 2017
華建强 一個藍色的帳號 A Blue Account AKI Gallery 2022
華建强 這不是藍色的世界
嘉義市立美術館 2022
This is not a blue world
的變動。現在他已經告別藍色時期，展開新作繪製，並仍 然在膠彩的繪畫方法上提問與反思，在持續膠彩創作的路 一直督促自己不能重複過去的自己
華建强作為藝術家的核心關懷，在於思考人如何面對當 下此時自己所生存的世界，探索為什麼活在這個世界， 以及如何回應自己所生活的時代。此次的藍色系列呈現 疫情帶給人們的感受，直接地會聯想到是藍色的。人面對世界的視角，同時也是他對世界的回應。 的印象其實是來自於西方。在東方的文化 中，藍色相對是正向的、莊嚴而自由的感受。為了此系 列創作，華建强對藍色進行感官歷史的研究。以前古地 圖中的河流以綠色呈現，那時，藍色是溫暖的顏色。後 來人們將水的意象與藍色結合，地圖中的水從綠色轉為
日後回想起這段疫情的時間，華建强說他會想起嘉美館展而並存，像是不同的藍色有著不同的文化意涵與歷史脈 覽的藍色系列，在創作階段上有點像是畢卡索的 ，是自己創作二十年的標記，也連結著疫情之下世界 MEDIA COVERAGE 2022.07 | 嘉美館月刊
膠彩畫的繪製至今仍延續傳統的程序方法與多項步 驟。華建强每天作畫，勤於創作，然而膠彩其繁複的 工序，讓他往往只是準備材料，就已經半天過去。二 十年來的繪畫生涯裡，他時時感覺到材料的特殊性。 由於膠彩不像油畫、壓克力顏料可以直接使用，準備 工作中用手抹開顏料、調製膠的緩慢過程，讓他對材 料有更多反思的時間，不斷地思考怎麼做才可以讓這悠久傳統的媒材，帶來不一樣的可能。 「 膠彩的媒材 性一定要這麼強嗎？ 」 他不斷自問，在當代的繪畫創 作中，膠彩豔麗的特質有沒有可能混搭其他的風貌？華建强創作的前十年的創作以 「 」 的形象發展社 會議題，後來尋求創作的轉變，因此轉而繪製日常生 活中所見的動植物、人與風景，並開始實驗膠彩媒材的運用。膠彩總給人豔麗的印象，因此他在 《 骨肉分 離系列 》 中嘗試壓低其彩度，讓顏色呈現朦朧的色系 與白色質感。他也以 《 園丁周休二日 》 嘗試將水墨與 膠彩兩種材料混合，跨越媒材想像的邊界。在此次個 展中，他將壓克力顏料、白墨液混合膠彩繪製，顛覆 既有的膠彩作畫方式， 「 為什麼不能用自由的方式使 用顏料？ 」 是他這些年持續在探索與嘗試的反思。他 手裡調製膠彩的圓碟，像是青金石般堆疊著層次豐富 的藍色，鮮豔得自成一片宇宙。他說創作者容易被其美麗迷惑，無法跳脫膠彩鮮豔的印象。 疫情時期的温暖印象 「這不是藍色的世界」華建 强 採訪整理｜陳含瑜圖｜華建 强 華建强個展日前於嘉美館二樓開展，他以膠彩為主要創 作媒材，構築疫情時期的藍色系列作品，兩年期間累積 一百四十件，此次於嘉美館展出其中六十件，作品中的藍色與疫情時代人們內在的情緒遙相呼應。 藍「 色是憂鬱 」 膠彩是以膠為媒介，混合天然礦物的粉末，顏色鮮豔， 唐代自中國傳至日本，逐漸發展為日本的特色繪畫之 一。臺灣前輩藝術家陳進、郭雪湖、林之助等於日治時 期前往日本習畫，而將其帶回臺灣。在嘉美館 「 陳澄波與畫都 」 展覽中，即可見到幾幅臺灣藝術家 早期的膠彩畫作。目前在臺灣的膠彩畫創作課程以東海 大學為匯集地，大學就讀臺中師範學院的華建强因而認識膠彩，進而以其作為創作的主要媒材。 疫情改變了人對世界的看法，人們因為隔離防疫失去自 由，又或者親人因病離世。華建强試著轉化這些不可見的 內在心緒，以可見的事物描繪人們心中的期望。他以中國 的吉祥話發想，像是羊與 「 三陽開泰 」 、蝙蝠與 「 五福臨 門 」 、龍與 「 飛龍乘雲 」 ，另外還有背著花瓶的大象，意 為 「 太平有象 」 ，將天下太平作為藍色的祝福，以喜慶的 展場中左右相對的畫作構圖相同，卻呈現藍白相異的調用語帶來正能量，期望疫情中人們能夠不再憂鬱。 性氛圍，藉此呈現平行時空的世界。一邊是代表東方青 花瓷的藍白，象徵著沒有被疫情破壞的世界，而另一邊 西方的藍色則增加了許多抽象的筆觸，破除人的形象， 對照著疫情籠罩的另一個世界。去年全球疫情爆發之 時，臺灣相對安全，而現在國外逐漸解封，臺灣卻面對絡，同時存在於世界之中。 「 藍色時 期 」 「 」 。 膠彩在當代繪畫的實驗與挑戰 藍色是溫暖的顏色 疫情時候的藍色祝福 華建 强 ，《骨肉分離系列–山洞口》 116.5cm×91cm，墨，膠彩、畫布，2014 藍色，水漸漸為藍色帶來寒冷的感覺。在歷史中不同時 代的人們，對藍色有著不同的感受，因著文化的多樣 性，藍色代表的不只是憂鬱，呼應到疫情之下，世界並 不只是憂鬱的。 「這不是藍色的世界」展覽現場。 華建 强 ，《園丁周休二日–結出現實的果1》 162cm×130cm，墨、膠彩、畫布，2016 （左）華建 强 ，《心內的風 19 》 91cm x 116.5cm ，膠彩、壓克力、白墨液、 畫布， 2021 （右）華建 强 ，《春天的風 11 》 91cm x 116.5cm ，膠彩、畫布， 2020 （左）華建 强 ，《春天的風 02 –太平有象》 91cm x 116.5cm ，膠彩、畫布， 2020 （右）華建 强 ，《春天的風 14 –飛龍乘雲》 91cm x 116.5cm ，膠彩、畫布， 2020 人
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華建强 Chien-ChiangHUA
Biography
Awards
2009 Finalist, Taipei Arts Awards, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2005 Licensing 2005 International Exhibition, Taiwan Pavilion, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York, USA
2004 Finalist, 58th National Fine Arts Exhibition (Gouache)
Special Selection, Taipei Arts Awards, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2003 Honorable Mention, 50th Central Fine Arts Exhibition (Gouache C ategory)
Kaohsiung Award 2003 and 20th Kaohsiung Fine Arts Exhibition, K aohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Finalist, Print Category, Taiwan Features Fine Arts Exhibition, Taichung County Seaport Art Center, Taichung, Taiwan
Finalist, 8th Da Dun Fine Arts Exhibition, Taichung, Taiwan
2002 Honorable Mention, 49th Central Fine Arts Exhibition (Gouache C ategory)
Finalist, 56th National Fine Arts Exhibition (Gouache category)
First New Talent Award, Taiwanese Color Ink Painting League
Finalist, Ink and Gouache Category, Seventh Da Dun Fine Arts Ex hibition, Taichung, Taiwan
2001 Outstanding Ink Painting Entry, Third Hsinchuang Fine Arts Exhibition (Adults Category)
Runner-up, Gouache category, Sixth Da Dun Fine Arts Exhibition, Taichung, Taiwan
Finalist, 3rd Modern Ink Painting Exhibition, National Taiwan A rts Education Center, Taipei, Taiwan
Collection
2021 Gouache works Back Garden No.13—A Rich Ideal No.1 and Bac k Garden No.13—A Sensible Line obtain Art Bank Taiwan 2021 collection
2020 Gouache works Sunscreen Was Not Put on Well This Summer No.2 ob tain Art Bank Taiwan 2020 collection
2019 Gouache works Single-Split-Type obtain Art Bank Taiwan 2019 col lection
2018 Gouache works Small Circles Series obtain Art Bank Taiwan 2018 collection
2010 Acrylic work Green Giant obtain Yuzi Paradise collection
2008 Gouache works Land of the Divine obtain the committee's 2008 yo ung painting works classical-collection of the Council for Cultural Affairs
2007 Acrylic works Paradise on Earth-Ageless Village obtain the Nati onal Taiwan Museum of Fine
Arts collection
Gouache works Spring vacation and summer play obtain the Taipei Fine art museum collection
Gouache works Lovely Hearts Brigade obtain the committee's 2007 young painting works
classical-collection of the Council for Cultural Affair
2005 Gouache work Birthday Party obtain the Hong-Gah Museum collecti on
2004 The black works of water Leave a Message obtain committee's 200 4 young painting works classical-collection of the Council for Cultural Affairs
2003 Gouache works This Body of Red obtain the committee's 2003 youn g painting works classical-collection of the Council for Cultural Affairs
1975 Born in Sanchih, New Taipei city, Taiwan
Education
2015 Studied at Doctoral Program in Art Creation and Theory, Tainan National University of the Arts
Ph. D. Department of Fine Arts (Ink), National Taiwan Normal University
2014 Exchange student in Doctor of Arts, China Central Academy of Fi ne Arts
2005 M.F.A. Graduate School of Fine Arts M.F.A. Program, Taipei Nati onal University of the Arts
2002 B.F.A. National Taichung Teachers College of Arts Education
Experience
2019-Now Assistant Professor, Graduate Institute of Visual Arts, Departm ent of Fine Art, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan, Part-time
2018-2019 Assistant Professor, Graduate Institute of Visual Arts, Departm ent of Fine Art, National Chiayi University, Taiwan, Part-time
2017-2018 Assistant Professor (Project Faculty), Graduate Institute of Vi sual Arts, Department of Fine Art, National Chiayi University, Taiwan, Full-time
2016-2017 Assistant Professor, Graduate Institute of Visual Arts, Departm ent of Fine Art, National Chiayi University, Taiwan, Part-time
Solo Exhibitions
2022 A Blue Account - Chien-Chiang HUA Solo Exhibition, Aki Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan Blue Hour- Chien-Chiang HUA Solo Exhibition, J.P. Art Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
This is not a blue world - Chien-Chiang HUA Solo Exhibition, Ch iayi Art Museum, Chiayi, Taiwan
This Way, Please., Aki Gallery Leipzig Prospect, Leipzig, Germa ny
2020 Orchids of the Valley, Aki Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan Password, Tainan Art Museum, Tainan, Taiwan Energy, Aki Gallery Leipzig Prospect, Leipzig, Germany
2016 Chien-Chiang HUA Solo Exhibition, Bazaar Art Jakarta 2016, Jakarta, Indonesia
Painting Becoming, Aki Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Two Face, Providence University Art center, Taichung, Taiwan
2013 Gun and Suit II, Arthis Fine Art, Taichung, Taiwan
Gun and Suit, Aki Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2011 Chien-Chiang HUA Solo Exhibition, Arthis Fine Art, Taichung, Taiwan
2010 Chien-Chiang HUA Solo Exhibition, DER-HORNG ART GALLERY, Tainan
Reality in Wonderland, Aki Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Inconscient plaisir, Galerie Etienne de Causans, Paris France
2009 Rite de passage, Cite International des Arts, Paris France
「ART TAIPEI 2009」Solo Exhibition, Aki Gallery Booth A30, Taipei , Taiwan
2007 New Elysium of the Divine, Aki Gallery, Taipei, Arthis Fine Art , Taichung, Taiwan
New Blossoms of the Divine, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2005 Land of the Divine II, Li-Shin Gallery, Jung-Li
Land of the Divine, Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2004 High Celestial of the exhibition II, Accton Arts Foundation, Hs inChu
High Celestial of the exhibition, Pacific Cultural Foundation A rt Center, Taipei, Taiwan
Group Exhibitions
2022 The Essence of Existence, AKI Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2022 ART TAIPEI 2022, Taipei World Trade Center I, Taipei, Taiwan
Jumping into, Aki Gallery Leipzig Prospect, Leipzig, Germany
2017 Memories Interwoven and Overlapped：Post-Martial Law Era Ink Pai nting in Taiwan, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
Mandala of Ink Art, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, T aiwan
2016 KIAF 2016, Art Seoul, COEX, Seoul, Korea
Kaohsiung Harbor International Art Fair, Kaohsiung Exhibition Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Landscape as Translation, Pingtung Art Museum, Pingtung, Taiwan
2014 Collection and Dialogue Taiwan's Contemporary Ink Painting, Art Taipei 2014, Taipei World Trade Center I, Taipei, Taiwan
ART 14 London’s New Modern and Contemporary Art Fair, Olympia G rand Hall, London, UK
2013 Art Taipei 2013, Taipei World Trade Center I, Taipei, Taiwan
Symbiosis, AKI Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Flora-the Dazzling World Permanent Collection of TFAM, Taipei F ineArts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2012 Art Taipei 2012, Taipei World Trade Center I, Taipei, Taiwan
Y.E.S. Taiwan！Young Emerging Stars Taiwan IV, Aki Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
CONTEMPORARY APPROPRIATIONS
OF THE PAST, Taipei Fine Arts Museu m, Taipei, Taiwan
2011 Art Taipei 2011, Taipei World Trade Center I, Taipei, Taiwan
Guilin Yuzi Paradise Art Symposium Exhibition, Yue Hu Museum of Art, Shanghai, China
2010 Art Taipei 2010, Taipei World Trade Center I, Taipei, Taiwan
Art Fair ShContemporary 2010 intex Shanghai, China Landscape to mindscape of floating world— Contemporary art from Taiwan, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taichung / Mitsuo Aida Museum, J apan
Ventriloquized Voices - Contemporary Art from Taiwan, Taiwanese Contemporary Art, Gwangju Art Museum, Korea Taiwan contemporary artist group exhibition, Der-Horng Art Gall ery, Tainan, Taiwan
Post-adolescence, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung/ Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
2009 2009 Taipei Arts Award, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Color Ink Painting, The Art Center of National Yunlin Universit y of Science and Technology, Yunlin, Taiwan
Art Taipei, 2009 Taipei World Trade Center I, Taipei, Taiwan
2008 Form, Idea, Essence and Rhythm: Contemporary East Asian Ink Pai nting, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
SECND VISION, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan, Taiwan
2007 Have You Eaten Yet? – 2007Asian Art Biennial, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan, Taiwan
2005 Art of the “E” Generation in Taiwan, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
2004 2004 Taipei Arts Award, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei
Pubilcations
2022 ENERGY Chien-Chiang HUA Solo Exhibition Notes, Aki Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2016 Painting Becoming- Solo Exhibition by Hua Chien-Chiang, Art Pap ers, Aki Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2014 A Database of living Bodies: The Production of Image Variations With Color Ink, Aki Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Time Capsule- Ink Art Semantic in Phubbing Generation, Art Pape rs, Sincere Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2013 Gun and Suit- Solo Exhibition by Hua Chien-Chiang, Art Papers, Aki Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2010 Reality in Wonderland- Solo Exhibition by Hua Chien-Chiang, Art Papers, Aki Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2007 New Blossoms of the Divine-Solo Exhibition by Hua Chien-Chiang, Art Papers, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Curating
2018 Object．De-structure : The Value of Wasteful Remnant, Providence University Art center, Taichung, Taiwan
No conversation: Contemporary Ink Painting, House Art Contempor ary, Zhongli, Taiwan
2015 Ingenious yet splendid : The creative thinking of contemporary ink color world, Lipen Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2014 A Database of Living Bodies: The Production of Image Variations with Color Ink, Aki Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Time Capsule: Ink Art Semantic in Phubbing Generation, Sincere Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Time Capsule: Ink Art Semantic in Phubbing Generation, Sincere Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
TUE - SUN 12:00-18:30 | 141 Min Tsu W. Rd., Taipei, TAIWAN www. galleryaki.com | info@galleryaki.com | Tel 886 2 2599 1171 Martin GALLE | Untitled-5 | Oil on canvas | 30 x 24 cm | 2012