玄—唐書琨個人作品展 PROFOUND·Works by David Sheekwan
Schedule
Sat May 29 2021 at 12:00 pm to 06:00 pm
Location
At Light | Macau, MA
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由婆仔屋文創空間和弘藝峰創作社合辦的《玄 － 唐書琨個人作品展》將分別於訂於二零二一年五月十五日(星期六）下午四時正在At Light， 及五月二十日(星期四）下午六時三十分於澳門婆仔屋文創空間A2展覽廳舉行。 本次展覽是由以“玄”為題，首次在澳門展出他的水墨及油畫作品。唐氏的藝術作品立意高雅，用色玄妙，畫風抽象，實為不可多得的佳品。
唐書琨1955年在舊金山藝術學院（San Francisco Art Institute）獲得為期三年的獎學金，完成了陶瓷和繪畫專業培訓後，離開舊金山前往巴黎，在那裡他開設了自己的設計工作室。他在為各大布料公司（包括紐約的Concord Fabrics）設計布料。 儘管唐氏的事業在外國發展得很成功，但他於1972年毅然回流香港，創立了自己的時尚王國David＆David，培訓了不少人才，香港著名的設計師馬偉明、張叔平、區丁平等也曾在他麾下工作。
唐書琨的品位及優質設計，在七八十年代對香港時裝設計及正在學習提升生活品位的香港人產生了微妙的影響。唐書琨被稱為“香港第一代時尚教父”。他個人有著皇族的優雅氣質，憑著獨特的藝術品位和時尚觸覺，建立了自己的精品毛織品牌 DAVID SHEEKWAN，於香港及紐約開設專門店，。
唐書琨還在80年代初投資了由譚家明導演、林青霞主演的電影《愛殺》；為名歌星潘迪華主演的新舞台劇《白娘娘》的設計服裝，以及現代舞大師曹誠淵的《蘭陵王》作形象指導和設計服裝。
自80年代起，唐氏開始在藝術道路上展開新的探索和嘗試。他重返校園並於美國加州大學的帕森設計學院學習攝影。1999年夏天，他參加了在新墨西哥州出版了他的第一本攝影集。2013年，他在廣東省翠亨美術館展出他的油畫、水墨和攝影作品。
唐書琨現居住在中山，他不倦的藝術追求可能是他長壽的秘訣。他說他對藝術的態度是-“我常被神秘的事物吸引……有視覺驚喜的事物讓人神往”。他偏愛極簡主義和單色的概念，色調深沉而柔和，給人寧靜的感覺，並體現了他內斂而紳士的個性。
ALBERGUE SCM / ALBcreativeLAB and Arts Empowering Lab (AEL) is delighted to announce – “Profound － Works by David Sheekwan” from - May to July 2021 at the art space, At Light. Patio do Padre Narciso No 1,R/C,Macau, and Calçada da Igreja de São Lázaro Nº.8, Macau respectively.
The exhibition is separated into two parts, the first part will be held in the gallery At Light, with opening scheduled on 15th, May at 4:00pm. The opening of the second part will be held in Gallery A2 in Albergue SCM on 20th, May at 6:30pm.
The exhibition will feature around 25 oil and ink paintings that David Sheekwan created recently in his home in Zhongshan. He is based in the 4400 square metres Cuiheng creation base for art and culture.
Sheekwan trained in ceramics and paintings on a three-year scholarship at the San Francisco Art Institute in 1955, then went to Paris where he opened his own design studio. He enjoyed great success in styling and designing fabrics and fashions for various fabric houses, including New York's Concord Fabrics. In 1972, Sheekwan returned to his native Hong Kong to start his own fashion kingdom David & David. He designed the costumes of the stage play "A Story of White Serpent" which starred and was directed by Rebecca Pan Dihua. He also designed the costumes for the stage productions of “Warrior Lan Ling” by Willy Tsao and “Testimony” by Helen Lai Hoi Ling. In 1981, he invested in the movie "Love Massacre" directed by Patrick Tam Kar-Ming and starring Brigitte Lin Ching-Hsia.
In the 80s, he embarked on a new venture to be an artist and entered the Parson's School of Design, and attended photography classes at the University of California in Los Angeles. He published his first photography book , “Photographs by David Sheekwan” in 1999. In 2013, he held a painting and photography exhibition at the Cuiheng Art Museum, exhibiting 38 recent oil paintings and photography. In 2019, 1-Art Gallery in Shanghai held an exhibition of Sheekwan’s oil and ink paintings.
The paintings in the exhibition feature Sheekwan’s minimalist and monochromatic style in subdued colours. A series of paintings incorporate twigs, branches and pieces of wood and sand to give them different textures and highlights the different shades of colours and light. By placing these simple materials on a flat background, the artist turns something ordinary into something extraordinary with this collage of everyday objects. Picasso and Braque invented modern collage by incorporating real objects into their paintings
David Sheekwan had been curious about the cosmos since he was a child and this is a recurrent theme in his artistic creations. The cosmos is so dark and mysterious and he wants to explore it, to see how humans exist in the gigantic cosmos. His abstract ink and wash paintings show his unique observation of colours, lines and proportions. His painting style is simple but mysterious – his paintings always leave a space to make people think. The artist said “If you can tell it clearly, art doesn’t exist”.
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Where is it happening?
At Light, 澳門卑第圍1號地下 Pátio do Padre Narciso nº 1, R/C, Macau, Macau, Macau, MacaoEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
