| Black and White - Roger
Ballen and Fun MingChip
aura gallery hong kong
December 13, 2007 – January 13, 2008
Opening reception: 5.00 – 8.30 p.m. December 13, 2007
aura gallery hong kong is pleased to present Black and White - Exhibition
by Roger Ballen and Fun MingChip , from December 13 2007 to January
13 2008.
The art creation between Roger Ballen and Fun MingChip divers in forms
and aesthetics while their concepts and approaches toward arts are indeed
related. Roger Ballen, one of the most renowned contemporary photographers,
took his subjects through the progress of documentary but made the images
like Joel Peter Witkin’s photographic theatres. By the ambiguous realms,
Ballen outlines the most essential but complicated emotions of human
beings. In the meantime, Fun MingChip, one of the most influential contemporary
Chinese painters, utilizes the traditional bush and ink but construct
various concept of Chinese painting and calligraphy. Through the tropology
and metonymy of traditional aesthetics, Fun presents the power of reforms.
In Black and White, works of Ballen and Fun can be perceived that the
artists have the same concepts and approaches toward arts. By the traditional
forms(B&W photography/Chinese paintings) and classic aesthetics(documentary/
bush and ink), the two artists explore the limitation of contemporary
reflection and sensation – Ballen exposes the extreme condensation of
social and personal consciousness while Fun reveals the self examination
of historical and individual existences.
Roger Ballen was born in New York City in 1950 and has lived in South
Africa for almost 30 years. In 1980’s Ballen began to document the inhabitants
in South Africa and developed his own style of photography. In 2000
and 2005, Phaidon Press published his third and fifth photobooks, Outland
and Shadow Chamber, and affirmed the artist’s position in the art history.
aura gallery shanghai held Roger Ballen Solo Exhibition and introduced
the great artist to China in 2005 as well.
Fun MingChip was born in Guangdong China in 1951 and raised in Hong
Kong. Fun moved to New York City in 1977 and has been living and working
in New York, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Taipei. Fun held his solo exhibitions
in Taipei Fine Arts Museum and other important galleries in New York,
Shanghai and Hong Kong.
For further information, please contact aura gallery hong kong Ms. Adrienne
Eng..
亦安画廊香港将于12月13日展出罗杰·拜伦Roger Ballen和冯明秋Fun MingChip之双个展Black and White。
罗杰·拜伦和冯明秋之创作在形式和美感上的确有着相当差异：罗杰·拜伦为当今重要的摄影家之一，其以纪实摄影的手法表现出犹如乔尔·彼德威金剧场般的梦境，并且在令人迟疑的虚与实的相互对照下，罗杰·拜伦勾勒出人性最简单却也最复杂的情绪－害怕、惊恐、犹豫、忧伤、喜乐；冯明秋的作品则是中国重要当代水墨艺术家，其运用笔和墨所缔造的新水墨和新书法观念，在经过对于传统美感的挪用和转移，呈现了将形式革除的图像力量。
若以此观之，罗杰·拜伦和冯明秋对于艺术追求的手段和观念上存在着相等的诠释点，即透过对于传统形式（黑白摄影／水墨）和美感（纪实手法／笔触和文字）来对于当代概念和情感作极端的探索－罗杰·拜伦的手段和结果是在社会情感和个人情感的极度浓缩，当冯明秋的价值和观念是历史意义和自我存在意义的完全反省。
罗杰·拜伦生于1950年纽约，曾旅居南非约30年，1980年代起罗杰·拜伦便由纪录居民生活开始发展出一系列成熟作品，2001年由Phaidon出版的摄影集Outland明显展露了他的摄影风格，2005年的摄影集Shadow
Chamber则奠定了其在摄影史上的地位；同年，亦安画廊在上海举办了罗杰·拜伦的摄影个展，介绍了这位极具特色的艺术家。
冯明秋1951年生于广东并成长于香港，1977年后便旅居纽约，并活跃于纽约、上海、香港、台北等各城市，曾于台北市立美术馆及上海、香港、纽约之重要画廊举办个展。
罗杰·拜伦Roger Ballen和冯明秋Fun MingChip双个展将于2007年12月13日展至2008年1月13日。若需其它资讯，请联络亦安画廊香港Ms.
Adrienne Eng.
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