VD XXIV – Carol Christie, Charles Haines, Joyce Liu
Bio:
A self taught artist, Carol Christie is new to painting having delved into it only in the last 4 years.
Vibrant colour is her inspiration as well as texture. She uses acrylic, charcoal, chalk and oil pastel and collage techniques on paper and canvas.
As well as living in the beautiful and wild East Coast of New Zealand, Carol has travelled to many places in the world and has lived in Asia for more than 12 years – colour, texture, flavour, light and feel all have their influence.
Now living and teaching in Taipei.
Has previously exhibited at Café Vergissmeinicht in 2016.
Whatever will happen next………
Statement:
Diving Deeper
I discovered the painter in me in the last few years……moving to Taiwan to start another chapter created a space to dive in and go for it
I have always loved colour and have always created ……..be it gardens, houses, writing, knitting, sewing, drawing and painting with 5 year olds but had never painted for myself
I have made up for lost time experimenting with any materials I can get my hands on – oil, acrylic, collage, pastel, charcoal, paper, canvas – large and small
You can never quite tell what will happen and what the end result will be as each piece has a life and story of its own as it unfolds before you
There is tension and struggle as you try to control the materials but in the end you must surrender to colour, the push and pull and the way it sings
Be bold
Be fierce
Dive in
Visual Dialogues XXIV
Carol Christie, Charles R. Haines, and Joyce Liu
Artist Bio
Charles R. Haines has two spirits that work together in his art. One is the crow spirit that has been part of him for many years. The other spirit is an Indiginous spirit. These two fuse together to give him his creative energy. It is with this energy he creates his art.
Charles creates in many mediums, though these days mostly in acrylic and marker. He has been known to carve wood, work leather and shape iron. His artistic spirits are happiest when he is creating and so he draws everyday.
Artist Statement
The Crow Spirit has awakened.
It stirs inside me and speaks
Drives me to create.
It can not be silenced. It will not stop unless I put brush to canvas, pen to paper, or chisel to wood.
Only then is the spirit satisfied.
My art is a result of this spirit inside me.
I must listen to its call.
Charles Haines
murder.of.crows.10.5@gmail.com
Visual Dialogues XXIV
Carol Christie, Charles R. Haines, and Joyce Liu
7 June 2017, Status/狀態 Visual Dialogues XVIII
Show runs 7 June – 30 June.
Closing Party Wednesday, 28 June, 7pm – 10pm
Status
屬於三個女生的三種心境，三種表達，三種狀態-
「慾望Lust」、「當下Now」、「心理Mental」
分別詮釋創作當下的感觸與收獲，
埋藏在畫作裡是摩斯密碼般細膩的當下狀態，
想請觀者用心去感受畫作，如解讀密碼般，玩味畫作裡的狀態並感受創作者的每一份情緒。
當下-Eva :「在我創作時的每一個當下的體驗和感受，都是非常真實。隨心所欲的表達當下的體驗與情感，在過程中進而得到一種昇華的平靜，靈魂的自在表現。」
慾望-Lizzy：「看著他們從未在我眼前展現的肢體與神情時，我感到情慾流動在每一條感官神經，驅使我更進一步的沈浸在與被畫者的關係裡，有點不可自拔，有點情緒抽離，有點像是理性與感性之間的拉扯，我很享受。」
心理-Amy：「我試圖描繪人類在恐懼害怕時的內心狀態，靜靜的感受自己內心情感流動，甚至身體麻木無法動彈抑或是被困在噩夢裡逃不出來的絕望感，這些種種，常常被忽略卻深深影響我們的內心狀態，且都是真實與珍貴的。」
Status
Belong to these three girls with,
The three different state of mind.
Three expressions.
Three states.
“Lust Status”, “Now Status”, “Mental Status”
Interpreting the feeling and the benefit from creation of art individually, See through the delicate NOW status just like Morse code lay down in the painting.
Artist would love to invite audience to observe the painting through heart, use heart to decode it. To feel and to explore every status of the painting and every emotion of the artists’ mind.
“Now Status”
Artist – Eva Lo
“While I am in creating process, every moment and every experience are feel real to me. During expression the present moment of feeling and emotion through painting process, it elevate me to a serenity and truly freedom of soul.”
“Lust Status”
Artist – Lizzy Chiu
“Watch them unfold their body and the pleasure looks in from of me that never happened before. I can feel the lust were flowing between every sensory nervous. It drive me to immerse with the people relationship in the painting.
A litle bit of hopelessly obsess with that feeling.
A litle bit of melt into the moment without ego.
Just like the tangle of rational and emotional which I’m enjoy with.”
“Mental Status”
Artist – Amy
“My mental status is trying to illustrate the inner state of fear of mankind detailed. Trying to eliminate the anxiety in my mind. Just sit there quietly to feel the emotion flows. Or to feel the desperate of there is no way out, or stuck by the numbness even though trapped in the nightmare…
All of this thing that we are ignore frequently but profoundly impact our inner status, are those most realistic and precious.”
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Visual Dialogues 藝術對畫
between people, spaces and ideas
Two artists from different cultures are featured in an art show at the Red Room, opening on the first Sunday of each month.
紅房會邀請兩位分別來自西洋及東方的藝術家來展出他們的作品，讓藝術氣息繚繞在紅房國際村的樑柱之間。
在每月的第一個週日，邀請您們一同享受創意與空間的對談。
玉米
1991年出生於基隆市
2010年加入台大登山社
2014年畢業於台灣大學生化科技系
2014年於下田窯向 徐興隆老師與 洪瑩琪老師拜師學陶兩年
2016年創立迷你窯工作室
作為一個冒險家，我爬山，我溯溪，我攀岩，我樂於奔向自己的所愛。
作為一場人生冒險的開始，我選擇了不平凡的荊棘之路。大學的最後一年，我拋下一切，挑起了一場人生的賭博，賭的是夢想的實踐、博的是不後悔的人生與渴望創作的悸動。曾經挨餓，曾經迷惘，曾經害怕，曾經痛哭，我一步步地拔除身上的刺，一步步的越挫越勇，終於有了機會辦了第一場展覽，雖小卻美，更是我短短三年邁向陶藝創作之路的里程碑。
如果沒有當初放手一搏，今日恐怕來的更晚，甚至不會實現
Joyce
1991 Born in Keelung City
2010 Join to the NTU mountain club
2014 Graduated from Department of Biochemical Science and Technology, NTU
2014 Learned potteries from 徐興隆and 洪瑩琪 in 下田窯
2016 Set up 迷你窯
As an adventurer, I go mountain climbing, river tracing, rock climbing. I enjoy doing what I love.
As a beginning of my life adventure after graduating, I chose a much harsher way-a thorny road to my freedom. In the last year of my college, I cast away all my own profession and devoted to a whole different art world. It’s literally like the gamble. Gamble on my dream, Walk through the life without regret and my heart burns again for creation.
Even though, I was once lost, confused, terrified, and even shed tears. Step by step, I lived, savored every difficulty and consumed. I believe that the more frustrated I am, the stronger I will be. Finally, here comes to my first show in this lovely place, not too grand but fragrant. Now it’s the time to create.
Without giving it a shot, there would be no today.
Statement
一株草的價值
世界上有很多奇花異草，擁有我們的珍惜。世界上有許多野花野草，卻常常遭到我們的踐踏。在花草的世界，我也許就是那野花野草，在人類的世界，我用陶器，將平凡變不平凡，將野花野草納入陶器的時尚界。
你曾經以為自己平凡又弱小嗎？在我的生活圈裡，認識很多駐足不前的人，很多生活迷惘的人；在這個世代，有很多擁有夢想卻屈服於金錢之下的人；在我做陶的日子裡，不斷思考人生的問題。想不透，便看看天空，再不透，看看地上。世界如此之大，而我就像那野花野草，擠身於世界之牆的一道狹縫，透過花瓶，我才能脫離縫隙，被人看見。花瓶象徵一個希望，化腐朽為神奇，化平凡為不平凡。
人生苦短，至少曾經美過。試著找尋屬於你的容身之所！
Title
The price of the weeds
There are many unique plants, we cherish them. There are many unknown flowers and grass, we trample on them. In the world of plants, I may be the grass which means nobody. In the human world, I help nobody to be somebody by using pottery. Take nobody to the red carpet of the plant world.
Have you ever been normal and weak? I know a lot of people hesitating to proceed, confused to their lives. In this generation, people give up dreaming and give in to money. Every day I pot, I keep thinking a lot about the philosophy of life. Life is truly hard to manage. When it makes no sense, then look up to the sky. When it happens again, then look at the ground. I am like the weeds in the gap, as the small dust to the world. Nevertheless, with a vase, the weeds can be seen. Turn bad into good. Turn nobody to somebody.
Life is short, at least we were once beautiful. Try to figure out who you are. We are not only nobody and let Nature heal you.
Visual Dialogues XXIV
Carol Christie, Charles R. Haines, and Joyce Liu
