Visible Secrets: Exploring the Secret World of Visual Music｜看得見的秘密-視覺音樂的秘境探索

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  • 16 3 月, 2020
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“What is this work about?” “Why did the artist paint like this?” Similar questions are shared by many people when they see abstract pieces. It seems that there are a lot of secrets hidden in the artists’ creation—secrets that we want to know more about but do not have the courage to ask the question. Visible Secrets aims to give you a better understanding of abstract art by taking you through a journey back to its origin—visual music—as you learn to appreciate, feel, and interact with the works along the way.
As the iconic abstract artist Wassily Kandinsky believed, music and painting are both ways of communication. Music notes and melodies do not need lyrics to resonate with our hearts. Similarly, brushstrokes and colors in visual art can express themselves without the need for a theme. Unlike concrete descriptions, abstract pieces employ combinations and compositions of colors and of points, lines, and surfaces to express feelings deep in human souls. The feelings are indescribable: they are abstract emotions changing and flowing all the time.
The exhibition presents 16 pieces from Art Bank Taiwan’s collection, highlighting certain features of visual music in them: rhythmic pulses, abstract forms, color correspondences, awareness of time, and issue advocacy. The 14 artists who created the works may have been inspired by a music band they loved; they might be performing their songs on canvas using colors and shapes; they could have created this piece of conceptual installation as a response to their observation about contemporary digital technologies and social environment. You are encouraged to open your senses to explore this rich secret world of art.

Exhibition Dates: March 16, 2020 – May 29, 2020
Open Hours: Monday to Friday, 9AM to 5PM
Exhibition Venue: Exhibition Room, Art Bank Taiwan
No.150, Sec. 1, Ziyou Rd., West Dist., Taichung City 403, Taiwan

Artist: LI Cheng-Hsun, LIN Ching-Hsuan, Wu Wen-Cheng, Hu Kun-Jung, HSU Yun-Shan, KUO Pei-Chi, CHUANG Wo-Long, CHANG Chiung-Fang, CHANG Tzu-Ching, CHANG Ying-Pin, CHANG Yi-Yun, PAN Hsien-Jen, TSAI Kuen-lin, YEN Tzu-Sung
Curator: CHANG Ya-Wen
Space Designer: SU Cheng-Pu
Visual Designer: CONCENTRIC DESIGN

「這件作品在表達什麼？」「藝術家為什麼要這樣畫？」…很多人對抽象作品都有許多類似的疑問，好似藝術家的創作有許多秘密，讓大家想知道又不敢問。本次展覽的目的即是希望透過抽象藝術發展的源頭-「視覺音樂」(Visual Music)讓大家對抽象藝術有清楚的了解，從中學會欣賞，並與作品互動感知。

抽象藝術的代表人物康丁斯基認為音樂和繪畫都是一種「溝通」。音樂的旋律、樂音不必靠歌詞，就能訴諸心靈；同樣，視覺藝術中的筆畫形式、色彩也能夠直接表達，無須主題。強調透過「色彩」和「點、線、面」組合配置所形成的抽象創作，目的是為表達人類內心靈魂深處的感受，而這種感受是時時在變化、流動的抽象情感，不同於具象的描繪，無以名狀。

本次展覽以「節奏律動」、「抽象形式」、「色彩類比」、「時間感知」及「議題發聲」等視覺音樂的表徵，介紹藝術銀行購藏的14位藝術家、16件作品。無論藝術家是從喜歡的樂團所給予的靈感，或是用色彩和造型在畫布上演奏自己的曲目；還是因應當代數位科技及社會環境觀察所創作的觀念裝置，期待大家能藉以開啟多重感官，探索豐富的抽象藝術秘境。

展期：109年3月16日-5月29日
開放時間：星期一-五 9:00-17:00
地點：藝術銀行/台中市西區自由路一段150號

參展藝術家：李政勳、林青萱、吳文成、胡坤榮、許芸姍、郭佩奇、莊臥龍、張瓊方、張子晴、張英彬、張譯云、潘顯仁、蔡坤霖、顏子淞
策展人：張雅雯
空間設計：蘇承璞
視覺設計：同心圓設計公司