安卓藝術很開心於畫廊的Project Room展出羅馬尼亞藝術家歐娜．凡卡絲 (Oana Farcas)的全新創作「情燃苦甜」，這是藝術家於畫廊的第二次個展，展出的8件最新油畫深刻描繪出感官體驗與聯覺在塑造情感記憶和人格發展上的關鍵角色，通過日常活動如進餐、沐浴和交談等場景，凡卡絲探討了這些觸覺行為如何引發情感和化學反應。展覽訂於2024年1月20日至2024年3月2日之間舉行，1月20日下午4點為開幕酒會，我們誠摯邀請您的蒞臨。


凡卡絲擅長透過人物姿態、油彩質地與色彩搭配，營造作品的親密氛圍。她的畫作不僅是一場視覺饗宴，更是一次多感官的綜合體驗。她對細節的著迷與特定物件的專注，如香檳杯、貝殼、陶瓷、珠寶，以及奢華紡織品如天鵝絨、綢緞或絲質披肩，以其創造出一個豐富並充滿感官刺激的環境。這些物件不僅傳遞了私密的歷史，也隱約地表達出情慾與相關的臆想。她的作品深化了觀者對場景和身體感官的關注，用斑斕絢麗的色彩與裝飾性的圖騰引領我們進入畫中主角如幻似夢的世界，在抒情表現中邀請觀眾參與進複雜的人際關係和情感交流中。

凡卡斯的畫作具有獨特的「磁性」，吸引觀眾深入作品的世界。她的技法和風格在創造這種效果中發揮關鍵作用，鼓勵觀眾深入她的畫作，畫布與現實世界的界線進而消融，提供一種超越視覺欣賞的感官體驗。作品《情燃苦甜二》，男女人物在造型、色彩與構圖上的對應和連接，顯現兩人之間的強烈聯繫與親密關係，而女性人物的手勢與被單上的貝殼狀物體的連結，則進一步把人物和空間的關係凸顯出來，兩人充滿律動節奏的姿態和形體和包圍他們的舞台般場景，在一種歡愉氛圍裡暗示出人物之間的深層關係和豐富情感。而上方明亮的吊燈尤其映照出兩人間的內在光亮和溫暖狀態，彷如劇場般的物件和空間想像所建構出的獨特感官世界。凡卡絲透過不同元素的並置和構圖手法，探索意識和經驗被個體感知的過程，並強調無法被完全複製的可能性。《都市美人魚》描繪一位女子在私密空間裡的夢境般體驗，與角色在經歷重要事件後的回憶瞬間。她用拼貼現實和夢境般的沐浴泡湯場景，藉由豐富深沉的藍色調，凡卡絲讓主角進入一種在放鬆時同時反思過往的狀態。蒸氣、凝結的水珠似乎隱喻著某種淨化儀式，熱氣騰騰的環境中安置一株色彩鮮豔對比的奇特花卉，除了凸顯畫面裡冷熱對比外，也彷彿寓意著人物內在的對比溫度和情感狀態，顯示不同情感或心理「溫度」之間的複雜交互作用。

｜關於藝術家
歐娜．凡卡絲出生於羅馬尼亞的克盧日，目前居住與工作在克盧日。她的作品傳遞出豐富多樣的人物組合表現，創造模糊空間是凡卡絲繪畫中的特色，她架構了一個有別於現實的舞台，從每天的生活片斷、影像研究取材，在真實的內容中置入虛構的元素，因此她的繪畫總是散發出如同夢似幻的質感，但在那刻意被營造出的柔軟溫潤中，存在了一股強勁的張力。畫中的人物活力充沛、積極熱情並且充滿情感，時常處在動作中的狀態，像是電影般的捕捉畫面，使作品流露出偷窺者視線的特殊氛圍。「一個藝術家觀看世界的能力是不可能與他體驗世界的能力分離。」從法國現象哲學家梅洛龐蒂（Maurice Merleau-Ponty） 的這個角度申論，繪畫是感知經驗，也是視覺經驗。藝術家需要在自己的繪畫中感知到自己，凡卡絲即是如此，而這也是她的繪畫為何會如此極具誘惑又吸引人的原因。

展覽日期｜2024年1月20日－2024年3月2日
安卓藝術｜台北市內湖區文湖街20號1樓
開幕酒會｜2024年1月20日（六）4:00 pm



Mind Set Art Center is pleased to present in its Project Room the new paintings of Romanian artist Oana Farcas titled Chemistry to Burn Bittersweet Romance." This marks the artist＆#039;s second solo ex-hibition at the gallery, featuring eight of her latest oil paintings that profoundly depict the crucial role of sensory experiences and synesthesia in shaping emotional memory and personality development. Through everyday activities such as dining, bathing, and conversing, Farcas explores how these tactile behaviors trigger emotions and chemical reactions. Simultaneously, the One-piece Room satellite space will unveil for the first time the mixed media works of Andreea Medar. The exhibition is scheduled to take place between January 20 and March 2, 2024, with the opening reception at 4 PM on January 20. We extend our heartfelt invitation for you to join us.

Farcas excels in creating an intimate atmosphere in her works through the posture of her characters, the texture of her oil paints, and her use of color. Her paintings are not just a visual feast but a multi-sensory experience. Her fascination with detail and focus on specific objects, such as champagne glasses, shells, ceramics, jewels, and luxurious textiles like velvet, satin, or silk shawls, create a rich and sensuously stimulating environment. These objects not only convey a private history but also sub-tly express eroticism and related fantasies. Her work deepens the viewer＆#039;s focus on the scene and bodi-ly sensations, leading us into the dreamlike world of the protagonists with vibrant colors and decorative motifs, inviting the audience to engage in complex interpersonal relationships and emotional exchanges through lyrical expression.

Farcas＆#039;s paintings possess a unique “＆#039;magnetism,” drawing viewers into the world within her work. Her technique and style play a key role in creating this effect, encouraging the audience to immerse themselves in her paintings, blurring the lines between canvas and reality, offering a sensory experi-ence beyond visual appreciation. In Chemistry to Burn Bittersweet Romance II, the male and female characters＆#039; correspondence and connection in pose, color, and composition reveal a strong bond and intimacy. The female＆#039;s hand gesture and the shell-like object on the blanket further highlight the rela-tionship between characters and space. Their rhythmically dynamic poses and the stage-like setting that surrounds them hint at deep relationships and rich emotions within a joyful atmosphere. The bright chandelier above especially reflects the inner light and warmth between the two, akin to a theater, con-structing a unique sensory world imagined through objects and space. Farcas explores the process by which consciousness and experience are perceived by the individual through the juxtaposition of dif-ferent elements and compositional techniques, emphasizing the impossibility of complete replication. Urban Mermaid depicts a woman＆#039;s dreamlike experience in a private space, and a moment of recollec-tion following significant events. Using a collage of reality and dream-like bathing scenes in rich, deep blue hues, Farcas immerses the protagonist in a state of relaxation and reflection on the past. Steam and condensed droplets seem to metaphor a purification ritual, with a brightly colored, contrasting peculiar flower placed in a steamy environment, highlighting not only the contrast of temperatures in the scene but also symbolically the inner contrasting temperatures and emotional states of the character, revealing the complex interplay between different emotional or psychological ＆#039;temperatures＆#039;.



About the Artist
Oana Farcas, born in Cluj, Romania in 1981, is considered one of the most promising and talented artists of her generation. She has exhibited her work in numerous major cities across Europe and the United States. However, the painterly quality of Farcas＆#039;s work stands in stark contrast to photo-realism, bringing a warmth and depth that seems uniquely achievable through paint—a richness that harmoniously unites disparate elements, both imagined and real, within a singular, flexible
language. Maurice Merleau-Ponty argued that an artist＆#039;s ability to see the world is inseparably linked to their ability to navigate it. From this perspective, it is possible to assert that painting is as much an ex-perience of feeling as it is of sight. The artist must imbue her paintings with her own presence, enabling others to also encounter themselves within the artwork. Farcas understands this intrinsic connection, which is what renders her paintings so captivating and alluring.


Date｜Oana Farcas: Chemistry to Burn Bittersweet Romance
20 January – 2 March, 2024
Gallery closed for Chinese New Year from 8 to 14 Feb.
Venue｜Mind Set Art Center
Opening Reception | 4:00-6:00 pm, 20 January, 2024