smooth life, 2008, 121cm X 210cm
東游記–黑玉祺作品展
二ＯＯ九年 五月八日 至 廿七日
精藝軒畫(huà)廊
香港中環(huán)嘉咸街35-39號(hào)嘉豪大廈地下三號(hào)鋪
藝術(shù)家將出席開(kāi)幕式：
二ＯＯ九年五月八日（星期五）下午6時(shí)至8時(shí)
黑玉祺 一九五三年生于法國(guó) Saint Cere。在當(dāng)全職畫(huà)家前，他是一位專(zhuān)工貧困兒童及家庭的社會(huì)工作者，至一九九四年才正式轉(zhuǎn)職。他在第一份工作的所見(jiàn)所聞，具體地豐富了他的藝術(shù)創(chuàng)作。
在當(dāng)畫(huà)家后，他便不斷游歷；展覽遍布法國(guó)各地，希臘的雅典、加拿大的魁北克市及滿(mǎn)地可、以色列的耶路撒冷、美國(guó)的舊金山與紐約、越南的胡志明市、日本的京都、中國(guó)的廣州。在路上的遭遇都被他搬到作品中。
為這次“法國(guó)五月”的“東游記”展覽，他特別畫(huà)了二十張作品，大部份油畫(huà)都以“香港”命名，但看起來(lái)內(nèi)容與香港沒(méi)有多大的關(guān)連，都是他在越南、日本及中國(guó)的 “東游記”的印象，特別是在廣州，因?yàn)樵趦赡昵埃谀抢锎暨^(guò)一段時(shí)間。
黑玉祺 說(shuō)他的畫(huà)并不抽象，有部份人可能會(huì)有這樣的感覺(jué)；其實(shí)他的畫(huà)充滿(mǎn)了圖像及信息，包括很多微細(xì)的地方，很多人物及很多不同表情的面孔。如觀眾細(xì)看每張畫(huà)，內(nèi)容實(shí)在異常豐富。
精藝軒畫(huà) 廊位于中環(huán)嘉咸街卅五號(hào)地鋪（近荷李活道與擺花街交界）。
如欲訪(fǎng)問(wèn)藝術(shù)家或查詢(xún)展覽的詳情可電郵或致電 2522.1138向Dominic Chan 或2526.0818向Josephine Hau 查詢(xún)。
畫(huà)廊開(kāi)放時(shí)間：星期一至六 11:30am-7:30pm 星期日及公眾假期休息。
In thy solitude, 110cm x 180cm, 2008
Notes of Eastern Dreams - Paintings by Gilles Rieu
May 8th to 27th, 2009
Art Beatus Gallery
35-39 Graham Street, Ground Floor, Central, Hong Kong
The artist will attend the opening reception
between 6 to 8pm on May 8th (Friday), 2009
Born in Saint Cere, France in 1953, Gilles Rieu, worked 20 years as a social worker with destitute children and adults before starting his career as a full time artist in 1994. Experiences and imageries from his first career definitely have helped in enriching his career as an artist.
Rieu travelled a lot and his exhibitions cover different parts of France, Athens in Greece, Quebec City and Montreal in Canada, Jerusalem in Israel, New York and San Francisco in the U.S.A., Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, Kyoto in Japan and Guangzhou in China. Encounters in his travels to these various cities have all ended up in his paintings.
For this French May exhibition, Notes of Eastern Dreams, Rieu especially did 20 canvases. He named the main part of the exhibits – Hong Kong, yet the paintings bear no obvious visual resemblance. They were notes of his dreams and experiences out east in Vietnam, Japan and China, especially those from Guangzhou where he stayed for a short duration two years ago.
Rieu once defended that his works were not abstract though some people might view them that way. His paintings, in fact, are full of imageries and messages, lots of details, lots of figures and lots of faces in different expressions. When they are studied carefully, the contents are abundant in all sorts of imageries.
Art Beatus Gallery is located on the ground floor of 35-39 Graham Street, Central, near the junction with Hollywood Road and Lyndhurst Terrace (SOHO Area).
For further information about this exhibition or interview with the artist, you can either e-mail us at dyiu@artbeatus.com.hk or call either Dominic Chan at 2522-1138 or Josephine Hau at 2526-0818.
Gallery hours: Mon.-Sat. 11:30am to 7:30pm, close on Sundays & public holiday.