Eternal catalogue

ETERNAL 永恆_ 2017

Chris Casali Danica Firulovic Graziela Guardino Kirsten Duncombe Nancy Constandelia Rose Christine Tripodi Stella Chen March 16th and 17th, 2017 The Cat Street Gallery 50 Tung Street, Sheung Wan Hong Kong

藝術家 ROYCE NG 將於3⽉月16晚上6點-9點為為期2天的展覽揭開序幕。 展覽地點於香港 The Cat Street Gallery 地址為上環東街50號。

Season Fray InSitu (Dyptych) Graphite Watercolour on Aluminium, 2 x 60 cm x 50 cm

季節磨損（雙聯聯）鉛，⽔水彩製於鋁片, 2 x 60 cm x 50 cm

CHRIS CASALI Chris Casali is a Sydney based Artist. Her artistic practice predominantly resides in painting and drawing, with an interest in surrounding environments that influence intuitive and responsive art making. This exploration attempts to understand and question the purity of artistic practice, whilst using painting and drawing as a vehicle for mediated art processes and viewing platforms. Chris graduated from the National Art School, Sydney Australia in the late 1990’s and is currently completing a Master of Fine Art at the UNSW, Art and Design. She has exhibited her work in international and regional galleries plus artist run spaces (ARI’s). Chris Casali’s work has been acquired by the Macquarie Group and Kedumba Drawing Collections and won the People's Choice and Highly Commended Awards in the 2016 Macquarie Group Emerging Art Award.

Chris Casali 是來來⾃自於雪梨的藝術家。她的藝術創作以繪畫和素描為主，其創作的題材針對著周遭環境對 於直覺和反應的影響有著濃厚的興趣。Chris 以繪畫和素描為創作的⼿手法去述說她創作的過程以及觀看平 台，這樣藝術探索的過程是想要更更深刻的了了解並更更進⼀一步的質疑藝術創作的存粹性。Chris 於 1990年年代後

畢業於澳洲雪梨國家美術學院，⽬目前就讀於澳洲新南威爾斯⼤大學的藝術設計學院研讀美術碩⼠士⽬目前 就讀於澳洲新南威爾斯⼤大學的藝術設計學院研讀美術碩⼠士。她的作品曾在澳洲國內外的畫廊以及藝 術家⾃自營協會 (ARI’s) 展出。 Chris Casali 的作品得到了了2016年年麥格理理集團的新銳藝術家獎，並且 被列列入麥格理理集團和卡頓巴素描品藏 ( Kedumba Drawing Collections )的收藏。

I: chriscasali W: www.chriscasali.com E: chriscasali71@gmail.com

Tilted Square on White, 2017, oil on linen 31 x 31cm 作品名稱方於白, 2017, 油畫於亞麻布 31 cm x 31 cm

DANICA FIRULOVIC Restrained and reserved, Danica Firulovic’s all-white paintings in square formats have been guided by an interest in reductive, non-objective art and the emotion evoked by the predominance of white.

Close inspection of the works reveal evidence of the artist’s hand, in the smooth brush strokes and the lines meticulously drawn with pencil. The outer edge of the support, often left bare and unpainted, exposing the linen, is of equal importance as it frames the white-on-white geometric composition. The reduced palette creates insistent neutrality and connects with the unadulterated geometric shapes, which vary in tonal application and require absorption and slow engagement as the subtleness of white serves as a meditative distraction.

克制和保留是Danica Firulovic的全白方形畫作對還原且不具體的藝術，以及以白色主導所 引發的情緒所感到興趣的體現。 若進距離的觀察，其會發現藝術家的手感呈現在平滑的刷痕和細膩的鉛筆筆跡。在畫作的 邊緣，藝術家通常選擇不上色，刻意的暴露出其底下的亞麻布對於白於白的幾何構圖具有 同等的重要性。簡化的色調強調了對中立的堅持以及對純淨的幾何圖形的連結，且以色調 的應用，吸收的必要和緩慢的結合微弱的以白色作為冥想的分神。

I: danica_firulovic W: www.danicafirulovic.com E: danica.firulovic@gmail.com

Illusions of Memory, 2017, Acrylic on Fabric and Wood 75x100cm 記憶的錯覺, 2017, 壓克⼒力力於布料和⽊木材

GRAZIELA GUARDINO

Graziela Guardino’s work explores material and physical experience as a way of communicating and understanding the world.

Specifically, she investigates the fragility of human existence and often deals with the binary forces in life such as darkness and light; subconscious and conscious; past and present.

As a Brazilian-born Australian artist, Guardino has exhibited in group shows in both Australia and Hong Kong. In 2015 and 2016 she was a finalist in a number of art awards including the Muswellbrook Art Prize and the Fisher’s Ghost Art Prize in Australia.

She is currently studying a Master of Fine Art in Hong Kong as part of RMIT University, Melbourne.

Graziela Guardino的作品探索著媒材和⾝身體的體現並以其試著去溝通和瞭解這個世界。特 定來來說，她藉著象徵著⽣生命的⼆二元性，例例如⿊黑暗與光明; 無意識和意識; 過去與未來來去探查 ⼈人類存在的脆弱性。⾝身為⼀一位在巴⻄西出⽣生的澳洲藝術家，Guardino 曾在澳洲和香港參參與團 展。在2015和2016年年她曾入圍了了許多澳洲的藝術獎項，包括Muswellbrook藝術將和 the Fisher’s Ghost藝術獎。 她⽬目前就讀於皇家墨墨爾本理理⼯工⼤大學的香港分校的藝術碩⼠士學位。

I: grazielaguardino W: www.grazielaguardino.com E: grazielaguardino@hotmail.com

Fall of Shelob Acrylic on paper on board 57 cm x 36.5 cm 屍羅墜 壓克⼒力力，紙，⽊木板 57 cm x 36.5 cm

KIRSTEN DUNCOMBE Kirsten Duncombe’s work is centred on materiality. The qualities of the media and the surface of the work are of primary importance.

Intrigued by the ability of colour, shape and texture to connect to viewers on a visceral level, Kirsten utilises materials including paint, collage, print-making and drawing to depict mysterious and ambiguous spaces.

Kirsten is an art teacher with a Bachelor of Art Education from UNSW, where she recently completed a Graduate Certificate in Painting. She also has a Bachelor of Design from UTS. Kirsten has taken part in several group and two-person shows and has been a finalist in a number of awards including the Kudos Award from UNSW and the Saint Cloche Gallery ‘Little Things’ art prize.

Kirsten Duncombe的作品以媒材為主。媒材的品質和作品的表⾯面是⾸首要的重要性。Kirsten 對於⾊色彩，型狀狀和質地的本質具有和觀眾內⼼心層⾯面的連結的能⼒力力感到非常感興趣。Kirsten 本⾝身是藝術老師，並執有新南威爾斯⼤大學的藝術教育學⼠士學位和雪梨科技⼤大學的設計學⼠士。 Kirsten曾參參與許多團展以及雙⼈人展，並入圍了了許多獎項，包括新南威爾斯⼤大學的Kudos Award和Saint Cloche 畫廊的Little Things藝術獎.

I: kirstenduncombe W: www.kirstenduncombe.com E: kirstenduncombe@gmail.com

Stasis – (diptych) 2017, acrylic on polyester 102cm x 77cm 瘀- 雙聯聯 2017,壓克⼒力力於聚酯纖維 102cm x 77cm

NANCY CONSTANDELIA Nancy Constandelia is interested in the act of painting as a way to enhance and recalibrate the phenomenal body, in order to slow down within this fast-paced world.Her painting practice acts as resistance against the culture of speedin contemporary life. Constandelia creates reductive and minimal compositions which allow the viewer to enter a non-linguistic space beyond our everyday senses.On a temporal level, the viewer becomes the subject of the work as these paintings offer slow release.Her works invite stillness and rumination.

Constandelia is an Australian born Chinese artist with an MFA from the University of NSW, Sydney. She exhibits in Australia and internationally. Constandelia has been a finalist in various art prizes including the Blake, Waverley and the Kudos Emerging Art Prize. In 2016 she won the UNSW Art & Design Industry Painting Prize.

以繪畫本⾝身的作為⽅方法去提升並且重新調整能知覺的體，藉此在這個變遷快速的時代得已緩解。她⽤用她的 繪畫在我們當代的⽣生活裡和⽂文化的速度中相互抗衡。Constandelia創作的還原和極簡的結構讓觀者能夠進 入⼀個超越我們平⽇日感觀的非語⾔言空間。在世俗的眼裡，觀者藉著觀看作品的過程中得以緩解進⽽而變成作 品的題材。她的作品讓⼈人能夠體驗靜⽌和反芻。 Constandelia是出⽣生於澳洲的中國藝術家，畢業於雪梨新南威爾斯⼤大學執有藝術碩⼠士學位。她曾在澳洲及 國外展出。Constandelia曾入圍多項獎項，包括Blake, Waverley and the Kudos新銳藝術家獎項，並且於 2016得到了了新南威爾斯⼤大學藝術設計學院的業界會畫獎。

I: nancyconstandelia W: www.nancyconstandelia.com E: constandelia.nancy@gmail.com

Cocoon, 2016 - Preloved Linens, HD Video 190 cm x 60 cm 繭, 2016 - ⼿手縫珍愛⼆二⼿手被單, ⾼高畫質影片, 190cm x 60cm

ROSE CHRISTINE TRIPODI Rose Christine Tripodi explores the material, transformative and therapeutic possibilities of artmaking.With a contemplative and process-driven approach she has hand-stitched and reshaped pieces of pre-loved linen into a sculpture resembling a protective cocoon. Having worked on these pieces in varied locations, the hand-stitched marks materially record the varied quality of emotions the artist experiences in direct response to these diverse settings. Tripodi relates the needlework processes of alteration, restoration and stitching to a sense of atonement, whereby the handstitched marks autobiographically reflect the process of transformation the artist herself has undergone in constructing the cocoon.

Tripodi is invested in the pre-existing history of the old fabrics as carriers of knowledge and their potential to convey a story of fragility, self-growth and renewal. For Tripodi, her engagement with these stories through artmaking, is a catalyst for transformation.

Rose Christine Tripodi 志於探索媒材，昇華以及療癒在藝術創作的可能性。她以審思和以創作 過程為主的⽅方法，親⼿手縫製珍愛的⼆二⼿手被單，把其雕塑成保護蛹的繭。每每隨著更更換創作的地 點，藝術家的情緒忠實的顯現在她的⼀一針⼀一線，紀錄著她對個個不同的環境的直覺反應。 Tripodi 對於針線活中修改，修復以及縫補的過程⽰示為贖罪的⼀一種體現。藝術家借助著其⼿手⼯工縫 製的繭的創作過程中昇華她⾃自⼰己的⽣生命。 Tripodi 相信每⼀一塊承載著前⼈人的歷史的老布料都夾帶著知識，以及它們試著述說的⼈人性的脆 弱，⾃自我成長和復新的故事。對於Tripodi來來說，把這些前⼈人的故事縫入她藝術作品裡，是其得 以昇華的媒介。

I: rose_christine4 W: www.rosetripodi.com E: rosechristinetripodi@gmail.com

Mending the Memory Gap, 2016, Durational Performance, water, brushand water absorbent paper 重補記憶斷層 , 2016 表演，⽔水，⽑毛筆，⽔水寫紙

STELLA CHEN Stella Chen is a Taiwan born, Sydney based interdisciplinary artist. Chen’s practice reflects her interest and endless curiosity about the human condition, with memory and trauma in relation to nature, time and space. The relationship between neurone plasticity, the fragile, fragmented, non-linear and fraudulent notion of memory, and the trauma induced memory gaps fascinated Chen. Working with the act of repetitive writing personal code to contemplate, reflect, remember and connect. Chen undertook a practice-based research into the world of endurance and resilience since 2014 and graduated with Master of Art from UNSW Art & Design in 2015. Chen has been the recipient for awards including Waverley Art Prize Acrylic Painting, UNSW Kudos Emerging Artist Award 2015 and the finalist for Contemporary Art Award 2016, City of Ryde Women’s Art Prize 2016 and Yen Female Art Award 2015. Chen is a member of base-metal is Sydney, a platform for research/dialogue/exchange for performance art/live art and her work been exhibited in Sydney, Hong Kong and Ireland and held in private collection in Australia and overseas.

Stella Chen是台灣出⽣生駐於雪梨的跨領域的藝術家。陳的藝術反應了了她對⼈人性條件無窮的好奇，特別是和 記憶和創傷有所連結的⾃自然，時間和空間。陳對於創傷造成的記憶斷層, 記憶的脆弱性，片段性，非直線 性與虛實本質的概念念和神經元的可塑性之間的關係感到興趣 ; 重複的在⽔水寫紙上下載記憶的碎片讓陳在過 程中藉著沈沈思，反射以及回想和連結嘗試設⾝身於記憶的空⽩白之處。 陳於2014年年著⼿手於實務本位研究關於 ⼼心理理彈性和耐⼒力力相關的藝術議題，並且於2015年年畢業於澳洲新南威爾斯⼤大學藝術設計學院藝術碩⼠士。陳 是2016年年Waverley壓克⼒力力繪畫藝術獎以及2015年年新南威爾斯⼤大學新銳藝術家的特別推薦獎的得獎⼈人，也 是 2016年年當代藝術獎，賴德市 ( City of Ryde ) 女性藝術家獎和2015年年 Yen女性藝術家獎的入圍者。陳是 雪梨藝術表演研究，對話和交流平台 “base-metal” 的成員，也曾在雪梨，香港及愛爾蘭蘭展出，她的作品 分別列列為澳洲及國外私⼈人收藏。

I: stellachenart W: www.stellachen.net E: stellachenart@gmail.com