台北大違建 Illegal Tower in Taipei
- 油彩、畫布 oil on canvas
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150 x 400 cm
(59.06 x 157.48 in)
- $1,800,000
- 盧昉 LU Fang
盧昉以歐洲經典名畫援引挪移將古典與當代生活交融,在東西方文化背景的差異裡突然呈現了城市的趣味。《巴別塔》幾乎刺破白雲通往天際,突然矗立在我們熟悉的當代城市之中警惕著還在城市生活的我們,必須再回歸到人的心靈本質,都市主宰了21世紀社會、經濟與文化之發展,盧昉以幽默、穿越古今的東西交融方式,以不說教的圖像讓我們省思現代生活的意義,取材歐洲古典大師的經典繪畫,過去我們再世界知名博物館難得一見的作品,乍看之下驚嘆藝術家高超繪畫功力與擬真,再仔細端詳卻發現畫面中的景色與人物不是中世紀的歐洲街景,而市我們熟悉的台灣生活與台北街景,再時間與空間的交錯轉換之間,盧訪以向大師致敬的手法來回應當代生活的真實,其中有趣味,同時也給予我們反省的機會。
《台北大違建》一作,是盧昉2014年所創作的300號大作品。盧昉將台北的俯瞰圖結合布魯哲爾的《興建巴別塔》,像是為台北建造一座大地標,並將台北特有的樣貌記錄在畫作之中。布勒哲爾以當時法蘭德斯的首都安特普為場景,並以聖經舊約創世紀第十一章的巴別塔為創作根據,古時的人類期望與神有所溝通,因此建立高塔讓神從居住的天上降臨,因此高塔成為人與神相遇的門戶。布勒哲爾故意畫出未完成的塔頂,暗示這座塔根本不可能完成。
Lu Fang uses Western masterpieces as a form of appropriations to blend classic artworks and contemporary lifestyles, a sudden presence of an interesting side of the city in the cultural differences between East and West. "The Tower of Babel" almost pierces through clouds and the sky, and abruptly stands in the middle of a modern city we are familiar with, reminding as such to those still lives in the city. We must return to the essence of the human mind. The urban dominates the society, economy and cultural development of the 21st century. Lu Fang used the technique of humorous, transcendental blending of East and West, the present and the past. With non-preaching images, the artist intends as reflecting on the purpose of our modern life. The resources from the old masters’ classic paintings of Europe, which we saw in world-renowned museums and galleries in the past. At first glance with surprise, we’ll be amazed by the artist’s superb painting and realism skills. Upon closer inspection, the scenery and characters in the picture are not as medieval as the original work, instead, there are Taiwanese lifestyle and Taipei street sceneries that we are quite familiar with. Hence, between the intertwining of time and space, Lu Fang responded to the reality of contemporary life by paying tribute to the old masters, which is interesting and providing us with the opportunity to reflect on ourselves in the meantime.
Illegal Tower in Taipei is a 2014 artwork by Taiwanese artist LU Fang, in which he puts Bruegel the Elder's famous Babel Tower in the center of Taipei landscape. The Tower of Babel is the subject of three oil paintings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. The first, a miniature painted on ivory, was painted while Bruegel was in Rome and is now lost. The Tower of Babel is on display at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Another painting of the same subject The "Little" Tower of Babel, c. 1563, is in the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam. Bruegel's depiction of the architecture of the tower, with its numerous arches and other examples of Roman engineering, is deliberately reminiscent of the Roman Colosseum, which Christians of the time saw as both a symbol of hubris and persecution.
- Subject Matter: 穿越
- Created: 2014
- Collections: 2021-6 台北行走 • 城市印象:盧昉、周政緯創作展