第58屆威尼斯雙年展同步展
生之華—陳承衛個展
Blooming Life—Solo Exhibition of CHEN Cheng-Wei
2019.06.08-2019.07.14
Venue：采泥藝術 Chini Gallery
Forum：2019.06.15 14:30
陳承衛 CHEN Cheng-Wei x 李思賢 LI Szu-Hsien

中國新生代寫實代表藝術家陳承衛，受邀參加2019年第五十八屆威尼斯雙年展，舉辦個人展覽「溫度—陳承衛油畫展」，本展特別展出其最新創作「花卉系列」，以鮮豔、飽滿的色彩表現描繪花團錦簇的蓬勃朝氣，是藝術家對於盎然生命的禮讚。

「采泥藝術」很榮幸與陳承衛繼2016年個展「存在與虛無」之後再度合作，於畫廊空間舉辦威尼斯雙年展同步展「生之華-陳承衛個展」，主要展出「花卉系列」最新作品共31件。該系列作品結合印象派的色彩和線條、東方壁畫、宗教藝術、唐卡等元素，透過藝術家的個人詮釋與轉化，體現其從具象的人物畫作徹底轉變畫風，以具象的花卉形式做為造形基底，發展出表現內在抽象情感的新繪畫語彙。該系列作品一方面作為藝術家對於母親的感懷之情，一方面也藉由繪畫當中綻放的花卉能量傳遞個人沛然無盡的創新想像，不斷追求超越與突破的積極態度，進而開創個人創作的新猷。


[ 陳承衛自述 ]

我的母親帶給我的影響是巨大且深遠的。從母愛中，我感受到的是無窮無盡的多彩的正能量。

花卉系列裡的葉子類似生命之花裡的圖案，這種不謀而合的形狀和交織在一起的線條組成物像的頑强的生命力，一種內在的抽象結構撑起具象的畫面。

我很慶幸能夠關注到這些東西，這些年我一直在思考靈性、能量、 以及那些肉眼看不到的東西。這是我感受到的生命的呼喊，那種向上的能量，無論是什麽色彩，它們都是最好的情感表達。這些橢圓形的葉子，虛虛實實的層叠的彎曲綫條，正是自然界的組成部分。它們組成了生命之花，創造出了我所希望看到的母體。

花卉對於我來說如此之重要，它們讓我看到了生命的璀璨，它們讓我感受到母愛對我的影響。我用花卉致敬母愛，我用五彩的生命之花禮讚母親。我想要追求的是大愛之美，它們在無形中形成了一種圖騰，一種讚美的圖騰，一朵朵從心裏開出的花。

我的藝術生命彷彿要開始重生一般，熾熱的，五彩斑斕的，神秘的，匯成向上迸發的能量，將我的內心感受昇華成神秘的生命之花。

Artist Statement

My mother’s influence on me is extensive and lasting. Her love fills me with infinite and remarkable energy of positivity.

The leaves depicted in my Flower Series are like the patterns of the blossoms of life. The coincidentally similar shapes and intertwining lines have come together to convey the resilient force of life in the images, which are concrete representations containing abstract structures.

I feel really fortunate to have observed these elements. In recent years, I have been contemplating on the subjects of spirituality and energy, which are undetectable for the human eye. These elements represent the voice of life that I have perceived, emitting a unique uplifting energy. No matter their colors, they serve as the best expression of affectionate feelings. The oval-shaped leaves, along with layers of overlapping curves, are constituting elements of nature. As these elements visualize the blooming life, they also collectively form the life-giving source I hope to illustrate.

Flowers are important to me as they have shown me the splendidness of life and enabled me to perceive the influence of maternal affection. Therefore, I use flowers to pay tribute to mother’s love and paint my homage to mothers with vivid blossoms of life. What I aim to pursue through this new body of work is the beauty of the great love, which manifests as totemic praises in life and is depicted as inner blossoms in my work.

As if undergoing a rebirth, my artistic life has been immersed in a fierce, iridescent, mysterious and uplifting burst of energies, sublimating my feelings into the mysterious flowers of life.