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The Epiphany of Tea Kuei* 2012 Solo Exhibition

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Introduction: "The Epiphany of Tea" On my journey of creation, I spent much of the time observing and waiting. I observe the colors I create when I improvised, and the intriguing sense of flowing that has no rules to follow. I wait for the moment I can be told what they wish themselves to become. Or, if I'm lucky enough, they're willing to accomplish the scene I wish to accomplish according to my imagination. Over these years, I learn that I should hold no assumption, for it always turns out to be different from what I imagined. The only thing I can do is to appreciate the beauty cause by accidence whole-heartedly and contentedly. Face with tea, I'm nothing but an immature kid. I open my mind and absorb knowledge. This time, I present "The Epiphany of Tea" because gradually tea has become part of my life. And it is because of tea, I learn how to appreciate the beauty of tea pots and props, how to enjoy listening the sound of boiling water and smelling the scent of floras and fruits. I learn to taste bitterness, as well as sweetness, and sense that my body shift between hot and cold. Eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and together with my body, are all full of senses. Hence, I'd like to depict what I truly feel and the feeling aroused by tea, my five senses. Other than that, painting what tea itself possesses as its feelings. This serves as a reminder for myself that tea can be as alive as my paintings, that both share life. I am so thankful that I can be the one who observe, wait, and appreciate.

2012/6/24~9/22 K u e i * 2 0 1 2 S o l o Ex hi b i t i on

展出介紹

在創作中，我很多的時間是花在觀察、等待；觀察自己在即興時玩出來的色彩以及那種沒有規範的流動感，等待有那麼一刻，被告知他們希望變成的模樣，或是，如果我很幸運，他們願意結合我的想像，達成我希望的畫面。很多年後，我學會不能預設任何事情，因為畫出來的一定會和想像中的不一樣。我唯一可以做的，就是心滿意足地欣賞這些意外的美麗。

面對茶，我是個一知半解的幼子，開放著自己，吸收新知。

這次畫

是因為漸漸的，茶走進了我的生活，因為茶，

學習欣賞茶器具、聽水滾的聲音、聞花果蜜香、品苦甜澀味、感覺身體冷熱變化。眼耳鼻舌身，都充滿了感覺。於是，想要畫出這份感覺，因茶而察覺的，自己的五感。另外就是畫，茶，他所擁有的感覺。提醒自己，茶和畫一樣，都有他們自己的生命，我很幸運可以做那個觀察、等待、欣賞的人。

珠˙露

彈落的那一剎那陽光化作珍珠

捧在掌心暖入人心

Pearls˙Beads of dew The moment it drops Sunshine transformed into pearls Cradled by palm and thereto warm your heart

30x30cm/ acrylic on canvas/ 2012

香˙聚是什麼樣的緣份眾香齊聚

是什麼樣的巧合你懷抱於這緣份間就這樣傳千里傳百年 Scents˙Galore and gather What’s written in the stars made all the scents hence gather What coincidence that brought you as our paths crossed and stars aligned Across thousands of miles, for eons of time 30x30cm/ acrylic on canvas/ 2012

煙曲一串旋律拉攏天際人間一縷輕煙拾起無限愛憐

穿透每個細胞的共舞短暫的永恆翩翩 A symphony orchestrated by smokes With melody, the heavenly world and our world combine With a thread of smoke, infinite love and tenders are intertwined Together, resonate with the sound of joy brought by the dance of each of body cells as the transient eternity flutters away

30x30cm/ acrylic on canvas/ 2012

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30x30cm/ acrylic on canvas/ 2012

凝神卻非刻意專注

Hatch

因為所有的所有都可能是個暗示暗示下一秒爆發了的澎湃

Focus but not intentionally concentrate on For all at all could be a hint per se Hinting that at the very next second, the outburst of emotions will flood

會跳躍的流轉軌跡即興沒有劇本

只有等待發芽的劇情意會而後形會這裡交集那裡分離

Accomplish The route of hopping was random without pre-written script Only storylines that wait for sprouting First fulfill intrinsic meaning, and then fulfill the outer forms Intersect here, while separate there

30x30cm/ acrylic on canvas/ 2012

轉˙之一轉眼瀟灑曾經昇華婉轉不知降落掀傾又是一室飄香 Twist and turn / part 1 In a flash, the uninhibited spirit that once sublimed knows nowhere to land Flip and splash; Again the room is all enriched by fragrance

轉˙之二轉念線索輕攪時空以為沒有說出口的思緒不再回音的漣漪卻淹蓋

Twist and turn / part 2 As the mind shifts, with clues slightly stirring up time and space, and I thought Those unspoken feelings no longer linger Ripples of echo, however Overwhelm

20x20cm/ acrylic on canvas/ 2012

轉˙ 之三轉身

能有多遠和自己的距離

是探戈還是恰恰融解了速度易位了節拍

是誰置身事外

20x20cm/ acrylic on canvas/ 2012

Twist and turn / part 3 Turn around but how far it could be The distance between me and myself is tangle or Cha Cha Cha That melts speed and switch beats Who, keeps himself away from all this

09 30x30cm acrylic on canvas 2012

茶中精靈˙羽獸篇

The fairies of tea˙Chapter Feathered Creature

揮翅千萬流水潺潺

Flutter, while miles of waters gurgle

將軍我一世氣宇風狂

General, me, harbor clouds and winds in arms

10 30x30cm acrylic on canvas 2012

茶中精靈˙蝴蝶篇那似曾相識的

是在潛意識邊上我為你們編織的旋律點點夢裡層層域外

The fairies of tea˙ Chapter Butterflies What seems to be familiar is the melody I orchestrate for you on the boundaries of sub-consciousness Note by note, into the dream step by step, out of the boundary

茶中精靈˙人魚篇雲煙是我鼓動海波流浪是我停靠礁岸異鄉的景思鄉的情綿延不斷 The fairies of tea˙Chapter Mermaid Swirling clouds, result from the sea waves I propel Rove, generated at the reefed-coast where I dock The scenes of this place away from home and my memories of home neither will ever end

11 30x30cm acrylic on canvas 2012

茶中精靈˙海豚篇留下印記的先人們如此先知循著密語我療癒連結

The fairies of tea˙Chapter Dolphin Ancestors who left marks have told us so Following these secret words I, hence recovery and connect

12 30x30cm acrylic on canvas 2012

守護者在這廣大方圓中

如果不是你希望著我不會發現你這就是人們說的心電感應吧

你的心期待著被懂得欣賞的人守護著我懂 Guardian In this vastly broad world If you did not wished so, I would never find you I guess this is what they called telepathic Your heart is waiting for being guarded by someone who will truly appreciateI truly know

Φ30cm/ acrylic on canvas/ 2012

37 . 5x49 .5 c m(含框 )/ o il o n c ar db oa rd / 20 1 2

味蕾魔術˙之一我們喜好相近氣味相投

因為分享歡樂加倍

想來是這點感染了魔術的堆疊 Taste bud magic / part 1 We share similar interests and kindred spirits For we share, the joy is doubled I guess this is the cause for being infected with an aggregation of magic

味蕾魔術˙之二曾經認真研究過我們的不同你多了些羽毛我多了些力道

發現我們一起魔術就改變時才明白還好我們是不同的

Taste bud magic / part 2 I have deeply gone through the difference between us I found you have some more feathers while I have some more strength As I found the time we joined as one the magic subsequently changed I discovered: It’s good that we are different

37 .5 x49. 5 c m (ĺ?ŤćĄ&#x2020; ) / o il o n c a r d b o a r d / 20 1 2

37 . 5x49 .5 c m(含框 )/ o il o n c ar db oa rd / 20 1 2

味蕾魔術˙之三自由是我們的呼吸我們的血液這魔術賜與我們以遠見以遠見我們榮耀自由

Taste bud magic / part 3 Freedom is our breath and our blood This magic has granted us foresight with which we glorify freedom

味蕾魔術 ˙之四

你喜歡窩在暖暖的地方躲在縫隙裡你也喜歡四處巡邏宣告魔術的開演

Taste bud magic / part 4 You enjoy staying in somewhere warm somewhere like a gap You too, are fond of strolling everywhere to announce the premiere of magic

37.5x49.5cm(含框)/ oil on cardboard/ 2012

樹火那日午後的海邊狂風撩起深海的裙襬搖擺我在白色沙灘上遙望兩個太陽樹火標出了永恆

千百年來的注視灑下了無聲的命運交織

The fire of tree One afternoon on the beach Fierce wind blowed up the skirt of deep sea, and it swing I sat on the white sand beach and watching the two suns far away The fire of tree marked out eternity

45.5x53cm/ acrylic on canvas/ 2011

With those gaze over thousands of decades Silent web that weaved by fate was finally cast down

91x72.5cm/ acrylic on canvas/ 2012

茶舟袖攬浮日滄滄胸懷氣宇濤濤波瀾擁簇天地一舟 Boat of tea Those days past away are kept under my belt and my bosom is full of endless ambitions Through the waves that gather The boat wanders in the world

客來客來烹茶請君一杯

迷濛交錯越苦還香 A visitor comes As he comes, we boil tea And we fill a cup to welcome his visit All the fuzziness surround and it tastes bitter yet still smells mesmerizing

91x72.5cm/ acrylic on canvas/ 2011

3 4

行茶瑜珈

一式˙ 起手無悔二式˙ 巧捷萬端

三式˙ 成己成物四式˙ 轉海回天

五式˙ 合衷共濟六式˙ 吐納於心

Tea ritual Yoga Steps 1/ Take action and no look back 2/ Swiftness encompass infinity 3/ Accomplish yourself and the thing itself 4/ Return to the sea and back to the sky 5/ For the same start point that two ways cross 6/ Breathe from and to your heart

91x72.5cm/ acrylic on canvas/ 2012

注水城

The Waterpouring Town As spring comes

春暖時節

kids in town grab their paper kite

城邊的孩子帶上紙鳶兒

and swarm to places with

盡往天高風起處鑽

clear sky and strong wind You may not see through the

大戶人家的院子深不見底

deep grand gardens of a mansion

卻飄來陣陣炊煙暗示熱鬧團圓

but those smokes of cooking

林園青橋上等著的

On the lush garden’s bridge

signal the excitement of a reunion

是爺二十年前沒成的姻緣

await a romance that never

注水城腳下注水河邊上

Down under Waterpouring Town

comes true twenty years ago

and on the river back of it

沒人使喚的兒

people swinging for fun and

沁著水涼打著鞦韆

enjoying the coolness of water

22 91x72.5cm/ acrylic on canvas/ 2012

特別感謝陪我一路走來的家人、朋友以及促成這次展出的櫳翠坊

Special thanks to my dear family, friends, and LOST. TRAINED. FOUND. for it’s contribution to this exhibition.