ART CHANNEL艺术通道

Warmly invites you to the opening of the exhibition
诚挚邀请您参加展览：

BEIJING FEELINGS - New Paintings
北京意象 - 绘画新作展

Tung-Wen Margue
马东文

OPENING: 15:00 - 19:00, on Sunday, June 3rd, 2012
DURATION: June 3rd - July 22nd, 2012
(Open: Tuesday - Thursday, 13: 00 - 18: 00 / Friday - Sunday, 11: 00 - 19: 00)
开幕酒会：2012年6月3日（星期日）, 15:00 - 19:00
展览日期：2012年6月3日至7月22日
(开放时间：星期二至星期四, 13时至18时/星期五至星期日, 11时至19时)



Water Reflections水的反射, Acrylic on Canvas布面丙烯, 125×200cm, 2012

The essence of Chinese painting lies in “purport”. The realms are born of the mind; the beauty of the universe is so great that we cannot express it, which allows us to understand and perceive nature and the universe through pure innocence. In a certain sense, artists communicate closely with all things; they use form, color, and meaning to build the little world of a “present image,” an artwork. Both Eastern and Western artists build these worlds; they use different artistic methods to liberate the hazy desires of worldly things from the restrictions of daily language.
Even though he identifies as a Western artist, we can see that Tung-Wen Margue has a deep understanding of Eastern spiritual imagery. His creative concepts are overall states that relate to many things, forming a process of mutual development. In his works, rigid Western modeling and structure become more relaxed; he controls the soft fluidity and the rhythm of form and color. From a carefree form emerge images of the earth enveloped by poetry. Whether he has painted a brook, snow, or mountains, the content of his works reject the need to depict specific forms and embody the aesthetics of the landscape itself, creating a tension that is both loose and fixed. Visually, the tranquil “Chinese essence” of his paintings gives us a sense of warmth. This warmth cannot be accomplished merely by living in Beijing for a few months. It comes from his Chinese mother’s early enlightenment, a diffuse ambience of the love, study, practice of Eastern thought and culture that he has carried with him ever since.
Therefore, it is easy for us to see that the works also contain his living and spiritual states. Tung-Wen Margue’s Beijing feelings reflect a cross-section of his close relationship with “Dao” - the Way and his understanding of the Eastern Zen spirit.

中国绘画的精髓在“意”。所谓境由心生，天地有大美而不言，就是要人用赤子之心来对宇宙自然进行体悟和意会。某种意义上说，艺术家是那些能与万物有亲密沟通的人，他们通过形、色、意构建一个‘在场’的‘象’这个小世界，即作品。这种构建，无论东方还是西方艺术家皆如此，他们用不同的艺术方式把世间万物朦胧的愿望从日常语言中解放出来。
马东文作为西方身份的艺术家，对东方精神意象有其深刻的理解，我们在其作品中可以感受到。意境是一个整体状态，是由许多物相互关联，相互生发的过程，他作品中西方的硬性造型结构在画面上变得很松弛，更多是对形、色的柔软流动性和韵律节奏的把控，在不经意的构成中涌现被诗意包裹着的大地之象。他的作品内容无论是溪流还是雪地，抑或山川，都摆脱了对具体形象的描绘，而是体现山水本身的审美意象，既松散又亲和的空间张力。在视觉上他画面中静谧的‘中国味道’带给我们的亲切感，并不是仅仅在北京生活几个月就可以做到的，而是来自他的华裔母亲早年对他的启蒙，和他自己一直以来对东方思想、文化的喜爱和研究实践所散发出来的气质。
因此，我们不难看出，作品中也同样包含了艺术家的生存和精神状态，马东文的北京意象，其实就是他切近于“道”，体悟东方禅学精神的一个剖面。


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*Please keep the date of another exhibition of Tung-Wen Margue in the Luxembourg Embassy Residence’s Sculpture Garden
*敬请关注马东文在卢森堡使馆官邸雕塑花园即将开幕的展览

NIGHT AND DAY - Lantern Sculptures
夜与日 - 灯笼雕塑展

OPENING: 18:30 - 20:30, on Monday, June 18th, 2012
VENUE: No 21, Neiwubujie, Dongcheng District, Beijing
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开幕酒会：2012年6月18日（星期一）, 18:30 - 20:30
展览地点：北京市东城区内务部街21号, 卢森堡使馆官邸
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