小漁
台中市西區大墩路633號
「瓊極其妙 • 娟流不息」－鄭瓊娟創作個展 (五月畫會創始員)
開 幕 會：2012年9月15日（六）下午2-5時（沐之藝廊
展覽日期：2012年9月15日-10月27日
展覽地點：紅野畫廊、沐之藝廊
花甲至耄耋 煙花迸放的美麗熱忱
謳歌生命與靈魂的鄭瓊娟 / 黎巧倩
畫家鄭瓊娟，1931年出生於人稱風城的新竹。熱愛繪畫
人的一生中，不同的階段有不同「熱忱」之追求。年輕時著
細細欣賞鄭瓊娟的油畫，即發現她作品中的色彩相當簡約，
鄭瓊娟的作品看似充滿個性與張力，但其內在是剛中帶柔的
Absolutely Creative, Art in An Endless Stream- The Solo Exhibition of Chung-Chuan Cheng (Founder of "Fifth Moon Group")
Opening Reception: 2012/9/15 2-5pm (Moons Art Gallery)
Dates: 2012/9/15~10/27
Venues: Powen Gallery & Moons Art Gallery
Tour Guide: Wednesdays & Saturdays 2pm
Great Passion Comes with Age, Chung-Chuan Cheng 's Art Song After 60 / Viviane Lee
Chung-Chuan Cheng (b. 1931), a female Taiwanese artist, was born in Hsin-Chu City, the so-called “Windy City”. She has had a great passion for art since her teens. After finishing the B.F.A. study at National Taiwan Normal University, she participated in the “Fifth Moon Group” set up with several alumni artists in 1957. However, in the same year, the artist stopped to show her considerate talent as she chose to be married and moved to Japan. While being involved in being a housewife, she read lots of classics and religious books in her free time. Due to an inextinguishable passion for art in mind, the artist was intent on painting again in her sixties. Thus, she has exhibited her works in both Japan and Taiwan in recent decades. The artist enjoys painting and life so much that her sufferings from the minor ailments can be relieved. Last year, the kind-hearted artist donated many works to charity at her hometown. Chung-Chuan Cheng is such a remarkable and honorable artist in Taiwan.
People have different pursuits at different stages of life. The youngsters put emphasis on their appearances; the middle-aged concentrate on their careers; the elderly look for the contentment and peace of the mind. By the end of 1980s, Chung-Chuan Cheng was near sixty but never dismissed the wonderful memories of painting. She takes for granted that her art inspirations come from “a choice, a pursuit, a dialogue, an exploration, a satisfaction, or an impressive experience….” Her works can be defined as “between abstract and realistic” expressions. The artist is not fond of making an outline for the paintings. The reason is that she believes that the composition and subject for a work would be made by one’s “inner self”. This enthusiastic, mysterious, or even religious “inner power” is how she sincerely faces her inner part and creations. In this “Mother Universe”, every life has beauty as well as dignity, so most artists devote their whole life to seek the answers for humans to be in harmony with the environment and other beings.
As appreciating Chung-Chuan Cheng’s paintings, it is obvious for viewers to discover that she adopts only a few colors for each work, such as red, yellow, black and white. Besides, her fluid strokes are like strong wind, floating clouds, flowing rivers, or even fireworks. In the work “Celebration”, the image is similar to a fantastic moment that fireworks set off in the night sky. In the painting “Gloomy”, the female figure has a blurred face, but viewers can guess her emotions upon the flying snow on the background. The artist is interested in her father’s medical instruments and then works “Untitled IV”, the image looks like blood veins or a phoenix’ rebirth. In her “adoring”, the image that two plants seem to “shake hands” by a leaf, implies love or friendship. Viewers can also see life-force from the painting “Tribe”, in which the seed-like images can be associated with the cycle of Yin-Yang.
Chung-Chuan Cheng’s paintings are full of self-character and inner-strength, and viewers will understand her large but delicate strokes contain infinite Eastern philosophy. She is such an admirable artist, has a wave of nostalgia and loves art with life. Her art passions are close to the lyrics of a Taiwanese folk song, “If I open the door of mind, I can see my sweet hometown; if I open the window of mind, I can see my young memories…”
泱 112x162cm 油彩畫布 2007
Vast 112x162cm Oil on canvas 2007