“The head is included in the body, but the face is not…. The head, even the human head, is not necessarily a face. The face is produced only when the head ceases to be a part of the body…” — Deleuze & Guattari 1 「頭部隸屬於身體，但面孔並非如此……頭部，即使是人類的頭部，也未必成為一張面孔。唯有當頭部不再是身體的一部分時，面孔才得以生成……」 ——德勒茲與瓜塔里 1 Frank Auerbach asserts that these are not …
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 14.10.2023 – 13.04.2024 Ashmolean Museum in Oxford is currently hosting a solo exhibition by renowned Chinese contemporary artist Fang Lijun, titled Fang Lijun: Faces and Ceramics. This exhibition is meticulously curated by Professor Shelagh Vainker, who serves as both the curator for Chinese Art at the Ashmolean Museum and an Associate …
Alice Neel: Hot off the Griddle Barbican Centre 16 February – 21 May 2023 The Barbican Centre is presenting the largest UK exhibition to date of the work of Alice Neel. Neel was one of the most creative and radical American artists of the 20th century, known as the “court painter of the underground.” …
Wolfson and Lerner Galleries National Portrait Gallery Only Human: Photographs by Martin Parr 7 March – 27 May 2019 Only Human: Photographs by Martin Parr, 7 March – 27 May 2019, brings together some of Parr’s best known photographs with new work by Parr never exhibited before, to focus on one of …
TEXT BY文字提供：ART.ZIP IMAGES COURTESY OF 圖片提供：NATIONAL GALLERY 英國國家畫廊 . The German Renaissance was part of the cultural and artistic awakening that spread across Northern Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries. German artists such as Dürer developed an international reputation, their fame reaching all parts of Europe, while renowned humanist scholars such as Erasmus of Rotterdam, the …
. The Arnolfini Wedding Portrait by Jan Van Eyck is appointed by Giovanni Arnolfini to depict the scene he and his betrothed take the marriage vows in a Flemish bedchamber. On the painting, Van Eyck signed “Jan Van Eyck 1434”. The Arnolfini Wedding Portrait thus becomes a secular painting of historical record. It witnesses the …
The Royal Academy of Arts presents the first major exhibition in the UK to showcase David Hockney’s landscape work. Vivid paintings inspired by the Yorkshire countryside, many exhibited here for the first time, are shown alongside related drawings and digital video. Over 150 works are on display, the majority of which have been created in …
‘I’ve always wanted to create drama in my pictures, which is why I paint people. It’s people who have brought drama to pictures from the beginning. The simplest human gestures tell stories.’ ──Lucian Freud “我常想要在我的畫作中創造戲劇，這也是為甚麼我畫人像。從一開始，恰恰是人為我的作品帶來了戲劇感。最簡單的動作傳達著故事。” ── 路西恩 · 弗洛伊德 Lucian Freud (1922-2011) was one of the most important and influential artists of …
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