Mater’s Playground 大師的遊樂場
- Oil on Canvas 油彩、畫布
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87 x 120 cm
(34.25 x 47.24 in)
- 盧昉 LU Fang
這件是盧昉大鼻子以外的另一系列作品,以法國藝術家普桑1638年的阿卡迪亞牧人 The Shepherds of Arcadia為藍本,將閱讀石板上的文字變成扭蛋機,原畫裡三男一女四位牧羊人正在辨認墓碑上的拉丁文:Et in Arcadia ego。整個畫面表現出對死亡的討論和思索。這張是所謂的置換,把古人搬到現代的場域,開了古人一個玩笑。這幅曾在香港ART CENTRAl展出,頗受好評。
The painting by Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) “The shepherds of Arcadia” is unlikely to attract your attention in the Louvre as it is. Unless you adore Poussin. The translation of the phrase on the tablet "Et in Arcadia ego" is "Even in Arcadia, there am I". The usual interpretation is that "I" refers to Death, and "Arcadia" means an utopian land. Artist LU Fang transfer the tablets into Gashapon machine, a variety of vending machine-dispensed capsule toys popular in Japan and elsewhere. Making fun of ancient people in modern scenario. The shepherds act like both modern nerds and cavemen from stone age in which shows the differences between past and present.
- Created: 2017
- Collections: 2018-01 Gorgeous 似錦典藏展, 2019-12 法藍星 X 多納藝術精典展, 2021 KGI中山_盧昉《出入古今》