【島嶼的月色影響著看海的人—莊東橋個展】
Moonlight Over the Island Affects People Watching the Sea by TONG-CHIAO CHUANG
展覽日期 DATE｜2020 / 11 / 04（Wed.） - 12 / 13（Sun.）
開幕茶會 Opening｜2020 / 11 / 06（Fri.）18 : 30
座談活動 Forum｜2020 / 11 / 06（Fri.）19 : 00 - 20 : 30
與談人 Guest｜高森信男 Nobuo Takamori
關於本展｜
　　絕對空間二〇二〇年第七檔年度大展的「島嶼的月色影響看海的人」為莊東橋的個展。機構策展人王振愷連結藝術家創作論述、藝術家創作與策展脈絡，以及展場空間的場域精神等，歸納出本次展覽四大方向與特色：臺灣風景中「山」與「海」符號的汲取、展覽主題〈島嶼的月色影響看海的人〉為藝術家於二〇一七年寫下的同名詩作互文的跨域創作、「藝術家受到策展訓練與工作影響」的連結思維，以及展場空間精神與作品的內外在呼應。
　　〈島嶼的月色影響看海的人〉一詩中梳理著他自法國回到臺灣的觀察與心境，反覆運用歐洲與臺灣兩地不同的氣候特徵，以及與臺灣日常文化、食物等風土對照，強化旅行者對「他方」與「家」之間的追尋與選擇。以此詩題作為本展主題，乃是希望呼應本展抒情的面向，並呈現以島嶼視角為主體與歷史思維的創作觀，進一步從外在的「山」、「海」、「島」、「田」、「檳榔樹」、「椰子樹」與「棕梠科類」等關鍵字，更深一部探究對「家」、「土地」的認同，以及何處才是自己的「居所」，甚而是心靈與精神的「庇護所」。
　　本展利用絕對空間的展場狹長空間特性，由入口處開始規劃裝置作品《水城水鄉》、繪畫作品《居所06》、《居所07》與《萬物再度呼吸017》，希望讓觀眾感受島嶼生活的城市、山、海、田的氣息。接著於中段處與後方空間規劃裝置作品《群島II》，繪畫作品《居所03》、《家屋之夢014》、《家屋之夢15》、《家屋之夢16》、《思緒的落腳處05》與《家屋之夢17》，企圖讓觀眾從感受外在的風景氣息後，往內心深處探詢自己內心對家的想像。

關於藝術家莊東橋｜
1981生於臺灣。
2011，巴黎賽爾季國立高等藝術學院，國家高等造形表現文憑(DNSEP)
2010，國立卡爾斯魯爾藝術學院，藝術家恩斯特．卡哈梅勒工作室課座學生計畫
2009，巴黎賽爾季國立高等藝術學院，國家造形藝術文憑（DNAP）
2003，大葉大學造形藝術系繪畫組，藝術學士文憑
◆個展｜
2020，《島嶼的月色影響看海的人》 絕對空間，臺南，臺灣
2019，《水城水鄉》 塩埕黑白切 高雄，臺灣
2017，《居所》 木木藝術，臺南，臺灣
2015，《你的平靜就是家》 當代一畫廊，臺北，臺灣
2012，《符號風景》 福爾摩沙花園工作室，普瓦提耶，法國
2011，《風景藍圖》 就地創作(work in situ)黑白切藝文空間 臺中，臺灣
2005，《在詩意之後》 豆皮文藝咖啡館,高雄，臺灣
◆聯展（節選近年）｜
2018，《2018 Paper Art Project 》 木木藝術，臺南，臺灣
2017，《Paper Art 2017 》 木木藝術，臺南，臺灣
2016，《南風》 Muan Seungwoo Oh美術館，務安郡，韓國
2016，《南風》 Iang畫廊，首爾，韓國
2016，《臺灣美術新貌展》 臺中港區藝術中心，臺中，臺灣
2016，《地方》 2016典藏特展 朱銘美術館，新北市，臺灣
◆策展（節選近年）｜
機構策展人
2020，《島嶼生活與地景：檳榔、甘蔗、香蕉、椰子樹》 臺南市美術館，臺南(共同策展人:高森信男) ，臺灣
2019，《將藝術掛在心上：掛畫的生活美學》 臺南市美術館，臺南，臺灣
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展覽串連【絕對思塾x絕對放送－高千惠藝術評論工作坊】
活動日期｜2020/11/21（六）13:00-15:00/15:30-17:30
活動地點｜絕對空間2F
講者｜高千惠
活動資訊｜https://www.facebook.com/events/295738204780068
報名表單｜https://forms.gle/qEduktMKUyBUnWb3A
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主辦單位：絕對空間
空間營運贊助：國藝會
展覽贊助：臺南市政府文化局
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CHUANG, Tong-Chiao’s solo exhibition Moonlight Over the Island Affects People Watching the Sea is Absolute Art Space’s seventh highlight of the 2020 annual exhibitions. Connecting the artist’s statement, the context, and the spirit of Absolute Art Space, our institutional curator Jhen-Kai Wang concluded four major aspects and characteristics for this exhibition. First, the artist took his inspirations from the images of “mountains” and “sea” in Taiwanese landscape. Second, the exhibition’s main subject Moonlight Over the Island Affects People Watching the Sea was actually taken from the name of a poem which the artist wrote in 2017. In other words, this created the intertextuality between the artist’s literary and artistic works. Third, The artist has been trained and been working as a curator as well. In this exhibition the artist’s professional thoughts in curating and creating can be seen connected. Last but not least, the spirit of Absolute Art Space has a strong interactive relationship with the works in this exhibition.
In the poem Moonlight Over the Island Affects People Watching the Sea, the artist organized his observations and thoughts after he returned to Taiwan from France. By repeatedly bringing up the different climates between Europe and Taiwan, and comparing Taiwanese daily lives and food with those in Europe, the artist emphasized a traveler’s searching and choosing between “home” and “elsewhere.” Naming this exhibition as the same topic of the poem is to respond to the exhibition’s lyricism, and to present the artist’s island-based viewpoint and his historical thoughts. Starting from the keywords such as “mountains,” “sea,” “island,” “fields,” betel nut trees,” “coconut trees” and “palm-family plants,” the artist aimed to explore deeper and further his identity toward “home” and “land,” and tried to figure out where exactly his own “dwelling,” or even spiritual “shelter” is.
The exhibition takes advantage of Absolute Art Space’s long and narrow space. Starting from the entrance lie the installation work Urban and Rural Tanks, and painting works Dwelling 06, Dwelling 07 and Everything Breathes Again 017. We hope the viewers to experience the cities, the mountains, the sea and the fields of the island. Next, in the middle and the space behind are the installation work Archipelago II, and painting works Dwelling 03, The Dream of Home 014, The Dream of Home 015, The Dream of Home 016, Spirit Temporary Shelter 05 and The Dream of Home 017. After showing the viewers the scenery of the outside world, we invite them to search deeper in mind their own imagination toward home.
About Tong-Chiao CHUANG｜
Born in 1981 in Taiwan.
2011, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Arts de Paris-Cergy, Diplôme National Supérieur d’Expression Plastique (DNSEP)
2010, Ernst Caramelle’s master class, State Fine Arts Academy, Karlsruhe, Germany, Guest student program
2009, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Arts de Paris-Cergy, Diplôme National d’Arts Plastiques(DNAP)
2003, Department of Plastic Art, DAYEH University, Taiwan, B.F.A
◆Solo exhibition｜
2020, Moonlight over the island Affects people watching the sea, Absolute Space for the Arts, Tainan, Taiwan
2019, Urban and Rural Tanks, Black Blank 215, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2017, Dwelling, MUMU Gallery, Tainan, Taiwan
2015, Inner Peace, Home, A Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2012, Paysage signalétique, Atelier de Jardins de Formosa, Poitiers, France
2011, Landscape blueprint, (work in situ) Black blank art space, Taichung, Taiwan
2005, After the sentiment poetic, Dogpig Art Café, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
◆Group exhibition(selected)｜
2018, 2018 Paper Art Project, MUMU Gallery, Tainan, Taiwan
2017, Paper Art 2017, MUMU Gallery, Tainan, Taiwan
2016, Wind from South, Muan Seungwoo Oh Museum of Art, Muan, South Korea
2016, Wind from South, Gallery Iang, Seoul, Korea
2016, New Perspective Art in Taiwan, county seaport art center, Taichung, Taiwan
2016, A Place of One’s Own, 2016 Exhibition ofJuming Museum collection, New Taipei City
◆Curating(selected)｜
In-house curator
2020, Everyday Life and Landscapes of the Island:Betel Nuts, Bananas, Sugar Canes, and Palms, Tainan Art Museum, Tainan, Taiwan (Co-curator: Nobuo Takamori )
2019, Keep Art in Mind-The Art in Daily Life, Tainan Art Museum, Tainan, Taiwan