藝術家  ：郭倩齊
策展人  ：若瑟．狄莫
開幕時間：四月一日(星期五) 下午六時三十分
地點    ：澳門啤利喇街45至49號聯興針織廠三樓
電郵    ：afamacao@gmail.com
垂詢電話：(853) 2836-6064
網址    ：www.afamacau.com
 

由全藝社舉辦之「不朽」－郭倩齊攝影展將於本年四月一日至五月十五日於全藝社展覽廳舉行。「不朽」系列由二十張與主題互相呼應的相片組成，充分反映了作者的藝術才能、認知和技巧。

「不朽」是一組動物標本和枯花系列作品，屬另類的後觀念藝術作品。相片主要以塑膠「猴哥」(Holga )相機和經典的哈色勃萊德 (Hasselblad )相機拍攝而成，像真度極高，具有強烈的視覺和合成效果。拒絶以今日流行的數碼相機鏡頭捕捉影像，作者透過作品表達了一種反傳統的獨特風格。

由相機鏡頭造成的含糊深度和高質素影像的對比度，比喻成我們日常面對生死時的脆弱和不安感。作者透過大量的特別拍攝技巧和高層次的表達手法，大大地提高了作品的整體效果、內容和聯繫。個人智慧往往與我們的喜惡有關，但在藝術層面上說，它卻能推動藝術家創作一種獨特的體驗。

或者動物與花卉本來就沒有「自由」，而這個「實驗測試」亦並非來自簡單的細心觀察，它包含了一個豐富的含義。在現實中，動物和花朵的「不朽」，就像一個陷阱，被喻為「美」的象徵。藝術創作及其意義的不斷詮釋和重新詮釋從不休止；這個充滿詩意的觀點，就是以生和死這個複雜的密碼和比喻作為主題。然而，我們的質疑，價值觀和對生死的看法，也就是作品欲暗示和表達的「分離」。

「不朽」是本土藝術家郭倩齊於澳門的首個個展，展品內容連貫一致。郭倩齊生於澳門，接受美國教育，現於英國工作。她欲表達的是一種偽裝和支配的藝術，透過一個鱷魚標本和一棵凋謝的水蓮花，與我們作出思想交流之餘，同時顯示了其在個人實踐和興趣方面的認真和認知。「不朽」予人的印象往往是後話，也許直到那一道光芒閃過的瞬間，它的形象才會被看見。

是次展覽將於四月一日(星期五)下午六時三十分於全藝社開幕。全藝社位於澳門啤利喇街45至49號聯興針織廠三樓。展期至五月十五日，開於時間為每日上午十時至晚上七時。如果任何查詢，請致電2836 6064 或電郵至afamacao@gmail.com。

“Immortality”, photography by Carol Kwok, organized by Art For All Society (AFA), will run from April 1 to May 15, 2011 at AFA showroom. A group of 20 photographs, which are very coherent display of artistry, knowledge and technique, will showcase during the exhibition.

“Immortality”, presented as a collection of taxidermic mountings and decaying flowers portraits, is a maverick post-conceptualist body of work. These strong images, despite their life-like results, have a synthetic flavor. A ‘seasoning’ that is mainly provided by the use of the plastic Holga and classy Hasselblad photographic cameras. The objective refusal on obtaining images through digital camera lens, most popular in our days, shows how nonconformist these depictions are and how unique they turn out to be.

 The ambiguities of depth, created by the camera lens and the contrasting high quality of the prints, have a strong relationship with the fragility and precariousness of position found in the way we deal with the idea of mortality and immortality in daily life. This lavish artistic gesture of using an unusual method of capturing images along with an elevated presentation maximizes the overall effect, adding substance, as well as intimacy. There’s a personal wisdom that has much to do with the qualities that we find desirable, or undesirable, in a work of art, in the sense that is able to create an experience of its own.

Perhaps animals and flowers are never ‘free’ and this ‘lab test’ is not derived from a simple circumstantial observation and reveals a wealth of meanings. In reality the animals and flowers in “Immortality” seem to be booby-trapped, framed as objects of ‘beauty’. The aspect of the artistic endeavor and the importance of constant interpretation and re-interpretation, for meaning, are never static, and these are poetic views that use the subjects as cryptograms as much as metaphors for the composite issue of life and death. As thoughts of questioning, of placing ideas, of what is mortal and immortal spring to mind, however, so do the departure that they imply.

“Immortality” is a startlingly consistent first solo exhibition of an artist born in Macau, educated in USA and worked in UK. It’s an art of disguises and maneuver, where a stuffed crocodile share our mind space with a decaying water lotus, which shows a precise and conscious style in a specific practice and interest. Always a delayed addition the impression of “Immortality” is difficult to see until a sudden flash of light obscures what was not visible before.

The opening of this exhibition will take place at 6:30pm on Friday, 1 of April at AFA Macau, which located on Rua. Francisco X. Pereira No.45-49. FL-3, Ed. Lun Hing Knitting Factory, Macau. The exhibition period will last till 15 of May and the opening hours are from 10 am to 7 pm every day. For enquiry, please call: 2836 6064 or email: afamacao@gmail.com.

"Immortality "- Photography by Carol Kwok
Artist: Carol Kwok
Curator: José Drummond
Opening: April 1(Fri) 18:30
Exhibition Date: April 1 to May 15, 2011
Location: Rua. Francisco X. Pereira No.45-49. FL-3, Ed. Lun Hing Knitting Factory, Macau.

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