Reconstruction 再建構 ：Ajim Juxta 及 HELÍ GARCÍA 雙個展
2017/02/10—2017/03/05
2017年開春，「好思當代」-台北展場，為來台駐地創作的兩位藝術家舉辦對話式的雙個展，他們分別是來自西班牙的Heli Garcia 及來自馬來西亞的Ajim Juxta。本次雙個展的對話主題設定為「再建構」，因為兩位藝術家雖然有不同的內容觀照和創作風格，但都針對特定傳統價值觀、體制建構或社會理想，表達了一種質疑的態度或解構、反思、乃至於再建構的觀點。
Heli Garcia 2006年畢業於西班牙Granada大學美術系，2011年再獲同校高等文憑。本次參展近年完成的三個作品系列，一是具有諷刺及遊戲性質的《裝飾品物體》系列，針對歐洲古典美術中的靜物畫，及其雙重象徵性，提出了畫家作為物像之「再現者」，同時也是自然及社會之「省思者」的雙重角色。二是《這就是所謂的愛》系列中，藝術家透過野生的動物世界來類比人類文明社會，此系列也呼應了歐洲的經濟危機和西班牙2011年的改革失敗。『觀點的邂逅』是藝術家目前仍繼續進行中的創作系列，試圖透過一個孤立的關鍵時刻，來反映人性的關係，或呈現看似真實合理卻又荒謬無稽的情況，此系列作品激發了記憶與日常性主題的同時，也隱藏了神話的聯想。
馬來西亞藝術家Ajim Juxta1983年生，畢業於MARA科技大學建築科學系，也是2016年Young Art Taipei新潮賞的得主。本次除了展出具個人風格特色的作品，也將特別製作現場裝置。Ajim近年的創作，探討和感悟的是，當人們試圖得到完美生活、建立自己的「烏托邦」時，實際也正在打造另一種「反烏托邦」。現實情況是，一般人的存在渺無影響，除了接納現實環境之外，通常無計可施，以至於他們忘記了去自我挖掘、去創造難忘記憶；進而忽略了體驗進步，得到自我成就感的重要性。另一方面，藝術家在台灣和馬來西亞兩地往返的過程中，開始觀察和思考，個人身份認同與情感記憶，乃至於集體性的文化紀念碑…這類的課題。本次參展的作品，旨在透過抽象繪畫及現場裝置，傳達他個人對紀念碑之可能形式的建構，以及對「反烏托邦」的想像與描述。
這兩位藝術家素昧平生，今年有此機緣在台北相逢，透過雙個展進行藝術的觀摩及美學的對話，這既是兩位藝術家的個體的精神碰撞，也是兩個不同國度的文化邂逅。
At the spring eve of 2017, Haohous gallery invited two international artists to have their dual exhibition. They were Heli Garcia who came from Spain and Ajim Juxta who came from Malaysia. They’ll use their different creative styles for the theme—Reconstruction- Heli Garcia & Ajim Juxta dual exhibition. Although they have distinctive styles, both of them proposed the suspicious attitude and viewpoint, reflecting on traditional values, construction of orders, and ideal society. It’ll be such a different perspective and visual feast.
Heli Garcia, an artist from Spain, graduated from University of Granada with the higher diploma in 2011. The paintings selected for the exhibition belong to three different series of his work, which means quite different paths. The series of decorative objects which conscious of the occidental tradition of still life and the ancient genre of Vanitas painting, this work in the conception of these pieces was to assume and to carry out his role of the maker in order to create ironic games of representation. The older painting titled ’and that was called love’ was the works where he sought in animal world analogies and responded the European economic crisis and the frustrated so-called Spanish revolution in 2011. The encounter points are part of series that he’s currently working on, which reflected on the relationship human nature through the isolation of a precise moment. As these moments evoke memories, everyday situations or topics, they hided mythological references as well.
Ajim Juxta, an artist from Malaysia, graduated from MARA University of Technology, he got the Young ART Award in 2016. For this time, he’ll create the Installation art for this exhibition. His selection was about when in our attempt to attain perfect life and create our own utopia, we are actually building our own dystopia instead that we cannot do anything except to keep on adapting to our environment. We forgot to look deep into ourselves and to create unforgettable memories, and we ignored the importance of experiencing the process of attaining an achievement. He found that through his stay at Taiwan and his travel back to Malaysia had given him time to ponder and find answers or more questions about the monuments we built to prove our very existence and the study paintings came by. All these are based on his imagination of the types of monuments and forms that can prove our existence and express the idea of dystopia under-construction.
The two artists have this opportunity to meet in Taipei together this year. It’ll be such a aesthetic dialogues in this dual exhibition. This is the spiritual collision of these two artists and the intersection of two different cultures.
HELÍ GARCÍA
Granada, Spain, 1983
西班牙Granada大學美術系2006年畢業，2011年獲高等文憑
Education / 學歷
2011 Advanced Studies Diploma in Fine Arts (DEA). University of Granada
2005-2006 Erasmus exchange programme. Akademia Sztuk Pięknych. Poznan, Poland
Prizes, Residencies and Grants / 駐村經歷
2017 好思當代駐村
2015 RIZOMA Art Prize. Rizoma Festival. Madrid
Artist-in-Residence at The Wassaic Project. NY, USA
Artist-in-Residence at Sapporo Tenjin-yama Art Studio, Japan*
2014 Artist-in-Residence at Campagn'ART. Saint-Martin dans le Gers, France
2014 1st Place in the XLII Villa de Fuente Alamo International Painting Competition. Murcia*
2014 Artist-in-Residence at INMEDIACIONES. HUARTE Contemporary Art Centre/CIVIVOX,
Pamplona and El Graner, Barcelona**
Artist-in-Residence at Casa de las artes. Alanis, Seville**
2013 Artist-in-Residence at the 17th Biennial of Cerveira. Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal*
1st runner-up in the I Mardel Painting Competition. Calpe, Alicante
DMencia 2013 Contemporary Art Show. Selected project. Dona Mencia, Cordoba*
EMERGENCIAS Prize. Noain Cultural Centre. Nava
Solo Exhibition / 個展經歷
2015 Naturalezas muertas y dormidas. Casa Pintada Foundation - Cristóbal Gabarrón Museum. Mula, Murcia
2014 Zooliloquios. Miscelanea Gallery. Barcelona
2013 Homo faber: coleccion particular. DMENCIA 2013. Dona Mencia Cultural Centre, Cordoba
Zoografia e histeria. BAT Alberto Cornejo Gallery. Madrid
Homo faber. EMERGENCIAS 2013. Noain Cultural Centre, Navarra
Selected Group Exhibition / 聯展經歷
2015 Deep End. The Maxon Mills. The Wassaic Project. Wassaic, NY, USA
NordArt 2015. Büdelsdorf, Germany*
Sapporo Tenjin-yama Art Studio. Japan*
2014 28eme Grand Prix de Peinture de la Ville de Saint-Gregoire. Centre d'Animation de la Forge. France
Premio Joven 2013. UCM Foundation. Complutense Art Centre. Madrid*
I Premio de Arte Joven de Gijon/Xixon 2014. Antiguo Instituto Culture Centre. Gijon
XXX Muestra de Arte Joven en la Rioja. Escuela Superior de Diseno de la Rioja. Logrono
75a Exposicion Internacional de Artes Plasticas de Valdepenas. La Confianza Culture Centre. Valdepenas, Ciudad Real*
17eme Salon d'Art de Saint-Martin. France
Premio de Pintura Focus-Abengoa 2013. Hospital de los Venerables. Seville*
2013 Arts a la Pointe; Prix 2013. Ancienne Ecole Saint Antoine. Pouldergat, France*
XV Edicion CABANYAL PORTES OBERTES. Valencia* **
Premios del I Certamen de pintura mardel. Las Cigarreras Contemporary Culture
Centre. Alicante
2012 Milagrolimon. Food Cultura. Barcelona* **
MalagaCrea 2012. CAC Malaga Contemporary Art Centre. Malaga*
XII Certamen de Artes Plasticas UNED. CCM Culture Centre. Cuenca*
Collection / 作品系列
2015. La Nacional - Spanish Benevolent Society of New York. NYC, USA
2015. Casa Pintada Foundation -Cristóbal Gabarrón Museum. Mula, Murcia
2014. Focus-Abengoa Foundation. Seville
2014. Fuente Álamo Council. Murcia
2013. Cerveira Biennial Museum. Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal
2013. Doña Mencía Council. Cordoba
2010. Antonio Gala Foundation. Cordoba
2009. UnCastillo Foundation. Saragossa
2007. Granada City Council
2007. Loja Council. Granada
2007. El Valle Council. Granada
2007. Sanxenxo Council. Pontevedra
2007. La Rectoria Art Centre. Sant Pere de Vilamajor. Barcelona
2006,2007.Villanueva del Trabuco Council. Malaga
2006. Rodríguez-Acosta Foundation. Granada
Statement【創作自述】
The paintings selected for the exhibition in Haohaus belong to three different series on my work. Despite all the artworks are finished and signed within last four years, this three periods are easily recognizable as they mean quite different paths which approach to the common subjects that have always been present at my artistic career.
In recent years I have often returned to the idea of creation as a double symbolic act -of construction and destruction at once- and the artifice understood as an opposite and a substitute for the natural. This way I call into question my own work, as well as the role of the individual-creator in society and in nature. The series of decorative objects made between 2013 and 2014 are a good illustration of this. Conscious of the occidental tradition of still life and the ancient genre of vanitas painting, my work in the conception of these pieces is to assume and carry out my role of maker in order to create ironic games of representation.
The older painting titled And that was called love is one of the last works where I sought in animal world analogies that could help me to interpret and try to understand human behavior and social roles. After the European economic crisis and the frustrated so-called Spanish revolution in 2011, I found myself in a historical moment where the curtain of orders was fallen. It was easy to notice the clear difference between predator and scavenger. When the pet faces shortage, he understands he has neither nails nor fangs anymore. In this distortion of the animal I find an interesting convergence between wildness and civilization. Is there really a limit?
The encounter points are part of a series I am currently working on, which reflect on the relationship human-nature through the isolation of a precise moment. It is an encounter, which sometimes can be expressed in a detail, a gesture that does not require describing the place. They are plausible scenes that may lean toward the absurd. They evoke memories, everyday situations or topics. Often they hide mythological references as well.
於好思當代展覽的作品中，共可分為三個系列。這些作品雖然都完成於過去四年之中，而這三種系列是容易分辨的，因為他們有著不同的創作主題，而這些主題常見於我的藝術生涯之中。
近年來，我經常回朔到『創作即是一項雙重象徵行為』的想法-同時創建；也同時毀滅—這被認為應是相互矛盾與互補的自然法則。於是我開始質疑我自己的創作，同時也質疑各個創作者之於社會、大自然，所扮演的角色。我於2013年到2014年間創作的『裝飾品物體』系列，就是描繪以上想法的作品。為了表現諷刺的遊戲，注意到歐美的靜物傳統與幻象繪畫中的古典風格，我的作品在這些概念中也帶出了我身為創作者的角色功能。
標題為“這就是所謂的愛”的作品，是我在動物世界比喻中的最後一部作品之一，它可以幫助我解釋和嘗試理解人類行為和社會角色。 在歐洲經濟危機和2011年西班牙革命之後，當秩序的帷幕倒下，我發現我正處在一個歷史重要時刻了。 很容易察覺到捕食者和清道夫之間的明顯差別。 當寵物面飢寒交迫時，他會明白他沒有指甲和ang牙了。在動物的這種扭曲生態中，我發現野性和文明之間有趣的相似處，你確定它們之間真的有所謂界限嗎？
這個『相遇觀點』是我目前正在創作的系列一部分，作品畫面都似恰好的時刻隔離，反映了人性關係。 這是一次相遇，有時可以用細節來表達，不需要描述地點的手勢。 他們的場面可能傾向於荒謬。 他們喚起回憶，日常情況或話題。 通常他們也隱藏其中神話的成分。
Ajim Juxta
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1983
Education / 學歷
Bachelor of Science in Architecture, MARA University of Technology, Shah Alam, Malaysia
Prizes and Residencies / 駐村經歷
2017 好思當代駐村
Group Exhibition / 聯展經歷
2016
Bazaar Art Jakarta 2016, Ritz-Carlton Jakarta Pacific Place (with Artemis Art)
2057, Minut Init Gallery, Damansara Utama, Petaling Jaya
In Our Own Way II, Creative Space Balai Seni Visual Negara, Kuala Lumpur
Sayang Seni 1.0, Wisma MCA, Kuala Lumpur
Young Art Taipei 2016, Sheraton Grande, Taipei, Taiwan (presented by Artemis Art)
AMPLIFY: Faber-Castell Malaysia Art Exhibition, Mid Valley Megamall & Artemis Art (Publika), Kuala Lumpur
Locals Only, Taksu Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
2015
Records (a Kustom Group Exhibition), 321 Go Create, Art Row, Publika, Kuala Lumpur
One X One, Galeri Titikmerah, Art Row, Publika, Kuala Lumpur
Urban Art III, Pelita Hati Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
The End, 321 Go Create, Art Row, Publika, Kuala Lumpur
PUITIS: Puisi Terlukis, Galeri Titikmerah, Art Row, Publika, Kuala Lumpur
HIKMAH, Pelita Hati Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
Known X Unknown (Sembilan Art Residency Exhibition), Aku Cafe & Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
SUB_URBAN, Fergana Art Space, Whiteaways Arcade, George Town, Penang
Art Showcase #2, Artisan Roast Cafe, TTDI, Kuala Lumpur
CAFFA 2015 Art Project (installation at the Coffee And Art Fringe Festival Asia 2015), White Box, MAP@Publika, Kuala Lumpur
The Secret Crack 2.0 (part of the CAFFA 2015 Art Project), White Box, MAP@Publika, Kuala Lumpur
Mapping the City, The Other Festival, Ipoh
Julie’s The Best of You 2015 Grand Exhibition, IOI City Mall, Putrajaya
Sembilan’s Artist Gathering, AweGallery, Petaling Jaya
Attitude in Lines, Taksu Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
The Trees (installation works for Christmas 2015), The Boulevard, Publika, Kuala Lumpur
Art for Grabs – Titian Budaya, The Boulevard, Publika, Kuala Lumpur
2014
Malaysian Emerging Artist Award (MEAA) 2013 Exhibition, White Box, Publika, Kuala Lumpur
Segaris Open 2014, Segaris Art Center, Publika, Kuala Lumpur
Rantai Art Fest 2014, Red Bungalow, Kuala Lumpur
MAPKL Art Showcase, MAS Golden Lounge, Kuala Lumpur International Airport
InSeniTea Art Exhibition (for Cameronian Boh Art Awards 2014), Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
NEUE Artisans 3.0, Annex Gallery, Central Market, Kuala Lumpur
InSeniTea Campaign (for Cameronian Boh Art Awards 2014), Kuala Lumpur Stellar Anniversary (Dark-Light, installation art) Red Bungalow, Kuala Lumpur
Everything Meets Here, Anak Bunga Emas Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
Art Showcase: Adeputra, Latif Maulan and Ajim Juxta, Galeri Titikmerah, Art Row, Publika, Kuala Lumpur
Soft Launch Exhibition Prototype Gallery and Mural Art, Wisma Central, Kuala Lumpur
Sketchbook Exhibition (part of KL Sketch Fest) Art Row, Publika, Kuala Lumpur
Yayasan Sime Darby Art Festival Auction, KL Performing Arts Centre (KLPAC), Kuala Lumpur
Art Showcase #1, Artisan Roast Cafe, TTDI, Kuala Lumpur
Kakiseni International Art Festival Fundraiser Auction, Pavillion, Kuala Lumpur
CAFFA 2014 Art Project, White Box, MAP@Publika, Kuala Lumpur
Untamed Bloom, Galeri NSTP, Kuala Lumpur
Song Sang (part of Ikhtiar Architecture Festival), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying (FSPU), UiTM Shah Alam
Kustom, 321 Go Create, Art Row, Publika, Kuala Lumpur
The Trees (installation works for Christmas 2014), The Boulevard, Publika, Kuala Lumpur
Temu Urat, Galeri Titikmerah, Art Row, Publika, Kuala Lumpur
2013
Young Art, R A Fine Arts, Solaris Dutamas, Kuala Lumpur
Canvas of Nature, Seni Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
Urban Art 2, Pelita Hati Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
PLATFORM, Galeri Chandan, Publika, Kuala Lumpur
Stellar Studio 2nd Anniversary Exhibition, Red Bungalow, Kuala Lumpur
Neue Artisans 2.0 Design Showcase, Spaceman Studio, Pelangi Sentral, Petaling Jaya
KERTAS, Galeri Rumahterang, Art Row, Publika, Kuala Lumpur
Canvas of Nature (part of Asian Dive Expo 2013), Singapore
Kakiseni Art Festival, Pavilion, Kuala Lumpur
ONE Exhibition For All Catalogue Project, National Visual Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
Outro Gallery and Area 51 (two-man show with Latif Maulan), Art Row, Publika, Kuala Lumpur
Pakus Halus, Quayside Hotel, Melaka
50 Shades Of Malaysia (book project & exhibition by Artemis Art), The Boulevard, Publika, Kuala Lumpur
M50 Art Exhibition (installation art), Art Row, Publika, Kuala Lumpur
Open Exhibition, Galeri Shah Alam, Shah Alam
CAFFA 2013, Publika, Kuala Lumpur
Platform, Chinahouse, George Town, Penang
Doodict Collision (part of Tempatan Fest), Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
2012
Urban Art, Pelita Hati Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
Neue Artisans Design Showcase, Wayangworks Studio, Ara Damansara, Petaling Jaya
At First Glance, White Box, MAP@Publika, Kuala Lumpur
Satu X Satu, Galeri Rumah Terang, Art Row, Publika, Kuala Lumpur
Ahmad Scissorhands, Core Design Gallery, Subang Jaya
Creolo, Minut Init Studio Gallery, Petaling Jaya
Lukisan Bertulis, Galeri Kata, Art Row, Publika, Kuala Lumpur
Syam Asmawi Tribute Show, Core Design Gallery, Subang Jaya
Graffiti, POP and Contemporary Marine Art Exhibition (part of the Diving Expo 2012), Putra World Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur
Young Talents, Segaris Art Center, Publika, Kuala Lumpur
A Loot From The Shipwreck, Galeri Kata, Art Row, Publika, Kuala Lumpur
Superhero, Ledge Art Gallery, One Utama, Petaling Jaya
Asian Shark Conservation Exhibition, Fahrenheit 88, Kuala Lumpur
MAPKL Art Showcase, MAS Golden Lounge, Kuala Lumpur International Airport
Live Painting at 33 RPM Slot, The Next Stage, Urbanscapes 2012, Petaling Jaya
2011
Exhibitooon, Minut Init Studio Gallery, Petaling Jaya
Open Show, Pelita Hati Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
Leo Club Charity Bazaar Art Exhibition, Café Balai Senilukis Negara, Kuala Lumpur
Open Exhibition, Galeri Shah Alam, Shah Alam
Malaysian Emerging Artist Award 2011 Finalists Exhibition, Soka Gakkai, Kuala Lumpur
2010
Secret Tent (part of KL Design Week 2010), Capsquare, Kuala Lumpur
Karnival Belia Negara 2010, Ministry of Youth & Sports, Putrajaya
Youth ‘10, Putra World Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur
Rantai Art ‘HIMPUN’, Peti Seni, Balai Seni Visual Negara, Kuala Lumpur
2009
Rantai Art Exhibition, Red Bungalow, Kuala Lumpur
Statement【創作自述】
If only these works represent more than just the bleak future we’re heading to as portrayed by sci-fi authors and movies.
In our attempt to attain perfect life and to create our own utopia, we are actually building our own dystopia instead. So meaningless in our existence that we cannot do anything except to keep on adapting to our environment. We forget to look deep into ourselves and to create unforgettable memories, and we ignore the importance of experiencing the process of attaining an achievement.
We should forge our identities in whatever field we are in. What are the forms of monuments and memorial that we have in our mind. Are they just like all those monuments that are already present around us now. I found that through my stay at Taiwan and my travel back to Malaysia had given me time to ponder and find answers or more questions about the monuments we built to prove our very existence and the study paintings came by.
But what are we celebrating here? How about all the deeds and wrongdoings that we did just to prove a point? We do need a reminder on these and so the forms and shapes I paint came from our tendencies to build monuments during our lifetime.
My works take form of abstract painting and ink drawings. What I want to highlight here are possible monuments that we can construct or vivid images of our future Dystopia. All these are based on my imagination of the types of monuments and forms that can express the idea of dystopia under-construction.
在我們汲汲營營完美生活與創造屬於我們自己的烏托邦的同時，實際上，我們是在建立自己的「反烏托邦」。找不到生存的意義，以致我們只能一直去適應環境。我們忘了要探索自我，忘了要創難忘的記憶；在達成目標的路上，也忽略了體會過程的重要性。
我們應該要冶製自己的身份，無論身在何種地域。紀念碑的形式是什麼？在我們心中又是怎麼樣的記憶呢？難道這些紀念碑會跟所有我們看過的、現存的紀念碑一樣？在台灣到馬來西亞的旅程中，給了我很多時間去沈思、去探詢問題的解答、思考紀念碑如何證明我們存在，畫作的研究也就此展開。
但我們在慶祝什麼呢？我們那些為了證明一個點是對的，而產生的所有行為，甚至而做的壞事，又算什麼？我們真的需要提醒這些曾經。所以，我所畫的形式、形狀，來自於我們有生之年對於建造紀念碑的傾向。
我的作品採取抽象繪畫和墨水繪圖的形式。我想強調的是，我們關於未來反烏托邦的可能紀念碑如何建造與想像。所有這些作品都是奠基於我對於紀念碑形式類型的想像，可以表達創建中「反烏托邦」的想法。
展覽名稱│Reconstruction 再建構 ：Ajim Juxta 及 HELÍ GARCÍA 雙個展
展期│ 2017/02/10(FRI.) – 2017/03/05(Sun.)
開幕茶會│ 2017/02/10(Fri.) 17:30 好思當代・台北
展覽地點│ 好思當代‧台北 (台北市中正區重慶南路一段113號3樓)
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