本次「伊索藝言」展覽，由西班牙藝術大師卡洛斯·弗朗哥（Carlos Franco）為觀者呈上最新創作，每一幅作品都分別對應一篇精選於伊索寓言（Aesop Fables）中的獨立故事。卡洛斯熱愛藝術、歷史與文學，每當開啟新的創作主題時，便會為了追求歷史的真實性與體驗人文，踏上遊歷他鄉的旅程實地考察，旅途中經歷的點點滴滴都化為養份與靈感，不知不覺的蓄積能量...如今年邁七旬的卡洛斯在經歷過無數蛻變後，其創作風格早已成熟，作品更無不是滿載著結合藝術與人文的重量，畫作內容與主調雖仍以西方為根基，卻也能看到異國題材的交融。

此次，展出作品以印刷藝術與油畫結合創作，多重媒材間的碰撞，為作品添加更豐富的層次，也為畫作增加不少傳承的重量。而去年在陳氏藝術展出一系列於1988年為西方文學巨著「埃涅阿斯紀」刻製的版畫作品，同樣也屬於傳統印刷藝術的分支，這些藝術與歷史、文學的傳承和結合，正是藝術價值所在。卡洛斯對藝術、歷史與文學的貢獻及熱愛，宛如那繼承前人意志與智慧結晶編織而成的細線，從藝術歷史的洪流中，串聯起藝術發展、技藝流傳及追溯起源的傳承者。

從視覺呈現上，卡洛斯將伊索寓言的故事內容，結合符號學及潛意識重新解構，再以其獨特且打破時間、空間的構圖與藝術語言，以富含西班牙熱情與活力的用色重新組合，使畫面仿佛不再靜止，時間好似正悄然流淌，畫布化作藝術家的言語，通過線條與色彩講述著每幅作品各自故事，讓觀者在欣賞畫作的過程中相互對話，在逐漸了解彼此的同時，心靈也得到滋養；大膽鮮艷且繽紛用色，為畫面灌入如鬥牛士般的氣力與能量，又仿佛身在巴塞隆納的海灘上沐浴著地中海的陽光，為簡單卻又富含深意的畫面注入溫暖、豐沛的視覺感受，只為通過藝術向觀者闡述前人的智慧與哲理。

Spanish artist Carlos Franco showcases his latest series of work from the famous "Aesop's Fables", with each of the work corresponds to a selected moral tale.
Carlos Franco loves art, history and literature. Whenever he starts a new series of work, he will embark on a field trip to travel to the places where the stories originated, he then studies the authenticity of history and experiencing the humanities.
Every bit of experience during the journey turns into accumulating energy that inspire him to create nutritious elements for his art work.

Now the seventy-year-old Carlos has undergone countless transformations, with his mature creative style, and a seamless blend of combining art and humanities values, the content and theme of the works are impeccably mingled with exotic and western components.

The works in this exhibition are created by a combination of printing art and oil painting. Stacking of different media layers has a strong impact with implication corresponding to stacking layers of inheritance on the work culminating in exuberant color blocks. Similar techniques were applied in the engravings works of the Western literary masterpiece "Aeneid" (1988), that are presented in Chens Art Gallery last year. The combination of art and history, humanity and inheritance contribute all together to the true value of art.

From the visual perspective, Carlos Franco re-deconstructed the story content of Aesop’s Fables, he combined semiotics and subconsciousness to create a unique composition and artistic language that breaks the space-time continuum.
Through the recombination of energetic and vital Spanish colors the picture does not seem to stand still, and time seems to be flowing quietly. The canvas speaks to the audience through lines and colors. While getting to know each other gradually, the soul is also nourished; bold, bright and vivid colors infuse the picture with strength and energy like a bullfighter. The fables are filled with warm and rich visual experience to elucidate the wisdom and philosophy of predecessors.


展期｜2022.07.02 - 2022.08.20
​開幕｜2022.07.02（六）15:00 - 17:00
開放時間｜每週二至週六 11:00 - 19:00​
地址｜台北市中山區八德路2段100號​
電話｜02-2752 2578