由北京全藝社主辦的“煙草戰”——馬若龍作品展將於三月二十六日在北京全藝社798新空間登陸。本次展覽將展出澳門著名藝術家馬若龍於二零壹零年創作的三十二幅繪畫手稿。該展覽是北京全藝社進駐798後的第一個展覽，屆時將有來自澳門及大陸藝術界、媒體界人士出席開幕。

    馬若龍出生於澳門，身上流淌着中葡兩种血統。作為一名卓有成就的藝術家，他二十九歲時就因為促進中外文化交流而被授予文化功勳獎章成為澳門有史以來最年輕的受勳者。他是澳門藝術界璀璨的明星，集建築師、畫家、詩人、社會活動家等角色於一身，從澳門文化司司長到很多展覽的策劃者，從詩歌領域領軍人物到澳門很多著名建築的設計者，馬若龍的涉獵面是如此廣泛，功績是如此卓越。他的建築作品滿佈澳門街頭，而最廣為人知的近作必定是去年上海世界博覽會中的澳門館“大兔子”。他擁有詩人和藝術家的浪漫情懷，也有建築師和政治家的嚴謹。完美主義讓他精益求精，他學識淵博、和藹又文質彬彬的態度讓他富有魅力，馬若龍常被人形容是上帝的寵兒。

    本次展覽的作品以情景繪畫的方式記錄在旧賬本上，香煙、貓、騎士、波普符號、中國印章就誕生在這些日常瑣碎的消費裡面，觀眾在欣賞了這些幽默、有趣圖像的同時，也感悟了一個完美認真藝術家的日常生活。毫無疑問馬若龍是一位充滿活力和想像力的藝術家，他畫中的形象形態各異，或高雅穩重，或粗俗野逸，有時充滿了調侃，有時充滿了深思。此外，中國傳統紋樣也是他喜歡使用的符號，青花瓷、印章、纏枝紋樣等在他的作品裡都可以看到。提到中國傳統文化，不能不說馬若龍是一位“中國通”，他對中國民間藝術尤其是明清時代的傳統文化有著深厚的造詣。從教育背景說，馬若龍接受的是西式教育，青年時代他在葡萄牙、瑞典、德國留學熟稔西方文化，對澳門的眷戀讓他對中國文化又情有獨鍾。本次所展出的作品也體現了中國傳統文化對他的影響，中國古人使用印章和提拔的習慣在他的畫中可見端倪。馬若龍是一位融匯中外、貫通古今的人，在他身上體現出了東西方文化的和諧交融。

    馬若龍的這個展覽與香煙有關，體現了吸煙者的一種矛盾心態。一方面正如馬若龍所說每個吸煙者都是在跟香煙談戀愛，吞雲吐霧的感覺跟戀愛一樣讓人心動而喜悅；另一方面香煙正如毒品危害了健康又讓人陷入其中無法自拔。不論是把煙塞到馬和貓的嘴裡、讓不同時代和地域的領袖們聚在一起吸煙、還是讓武士們拿煙作為武器等等，均呈現於馬若龍無窮無盡的想像世界，歡迎大家前來一起參與這場別具意義的“煙草戰”。

    全藝社位於中國北京市朝陽區酒仙橋路二號798藝術區706北一街。（白盒子藝術空間路口入約三十米）查詢電話：(86) 010-5978-9625，電郵beijingafa@gmail.com 或流覽網址:www.afamacau.com。
“煙草戰”——馬若龍作品展
藝術家：馬若龍 (Carlos Marreiros)
策展人：朱焯信
開幕時間：2011年3月26日（星期六）下午四點
展覽日期：2011年3月26日至5月22日
地點：中國北京市朝陽區酒仙橋路二號798藝術區706北一街
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"Tobacco Wars" – Works by Carlos Marreiros

"Tobacco Wars" – Works by Carlos Marreiros, which is organized by AFA Beijing, will be held on March 26 at AFA’s new space in Beijing 798 art zone. This is the first exhibition after AFA’s moving into 798 art zone, 32 pieces of manuscript paintings created by a famous Macau artist Carlos Marreiros in 2010 will showcase during the exhibition. People from arts and media industry in Macau and Mainland will also be invited to the opening.

Carlos, with Chinese and Portuguese blood, was born in Macau. As an accomplished artist, he was awarded “Medal of Cultural Merit” because of promoting Sino -foreign cultural exchange when he was 29 years old and became the youngest person to receive this honor in Macau history. He is a bright star in the arts industry in Macau, is an architect, painter, poet and also social activist. From the Director of Cultural Institute of Macau Government to the curator for many exhibitions, from the leader in the poetry field to the architect for many famous buildings in Macau, the area he engages in is so board and his merit is so great. His architectural works covered the streets of Macau, and the most well-known work recently must be the "big rabbit" , the Macao Pavilion in Shanghai World Expo last year. He has the romanticism of poet and artist, the conscientiousness of the architect and politician. The perfectionism makes him excelsior, the profound learning and gentle manner make him attractive, Carlos Marreiros is often described as God's favorite.

Works in this exhibition were created by using the sketches and painting on the old account books, and the cigarettes, cats, Knights, Pope Symbols and Chinese seals came from the daily trivial consumption. While the audiences are enjoying these humorous and amusing images, at the same time, they also know the daily life of a perfect and earnest artist. There is no doubt that Carlos is a dynamic and imaginative artist, the images in his painting are in various forms, sometimes they are elegant and dignified, sometimes they are vulgar and wild, sometimes filled with ridicule, and sometimes full of thoughts. In addition, the traditional Chinese patterns are also his favorite symbols, blue and white porcelain, stamps, interlocking branch patterns can all be seen in his works. While we are talking the traditional Chinese culture, we need to call him as "China hand". He has the profound attainments for the Chinese folk art, especially the traditional culture of Ming and Qing era. From the educational background, Carlos received the Western education, learnt the western culture in Portugal, Sweden and Germany. His sentimental attachment to Macao let to his great passion on the Chinese culture. The works shown in this exhibition also reflects the influence of Chinese traditional culture to him, and the habits of using seals and promotion by the Chinese ancient can also be seen in his paintings. Carlos is a person with thorough knowledge of east and west, ancient and modern, which embody the harmonious blend of Eastern and Western cultures.

The works in this exhibition is relating to cigarettes, which reflects the contradictory mind of the smokers. On the one hand, as mentioned by Carlos, every smoker is in love with cigarettes, the feeling of puff is like the love which is impressive and joyful; on the other hand, cigarettes as drugs, hazard the health and people can not get out of them. It’s only Carlos Marreiros can come up with the idea of stuffing cigarette into the mouths of horse and cat, and let the leaders from different time and place to smoke together, and use the cigarette as a weapon.

AFA is located at 706 North First Street,No.2 Jiuxianqiao Road,Chaoyang District, Beijing. Tel: (86) 010-5978-9625, e-mail beijingafa@gmail.com or browse website: www.afamacau.com.

"Tobacco Wars "- Works by Carlos Marreiros
Artist: Carlos Marreiros
Curator: James Chu
Opening: Mar 26, 2011(Sat) 16:00
Exhibition Date: March 26, to April 2011
Location: 706 North First Street,No.2 Jiuxianqiao Road,Chaoyang District, Beijing.
E-mail: beijingafa@gmail.com
Tel: (86) 010-5978-9625
Website: www.afamacau.com