Oil painter Peng Tai-jen says, “To me people are full of holes and resemble organisms that never stop growing and spreading. People are both penetrated by others and penetrate others. The concept of plants symbolizes a sort of emotional constraint, the embellishment of feelings, the violation of values, and the parasitic pattern of memories.” Peng believes that people are connected to each other through a mutual penetration, much like plants tangled together, relying on each other, “forming a relationship in which they are linked together as a community,” he says.
In linking together the intangible with the tangible, Peng outlines the layers of life-forms with confidence and accuracy in his oil paintings. At first his paintings look like something made in the midst of chaos, and although that may be the case, they manage to leave one awestruck. Peng’s solo exhibition — “Plants, Humans, Portraits” — will be on display until April 29 at the King Car Cultural and Art Center in Taipei. For more information, visit the center’s official Web site at http://arts.kingcar.org.tw.
(LIBERTY TIMES, TRANSLATED BY KYLE JEFFCOAT)
油彩畫家彭泰仁表示,「對我來說,人是一種充滿孔隙又像植物會不斷生長延伸的生物,被他人穿透也穿透他人,而植物這個概念,象徵一種情感的束縛、情緒的渲染力、價值觀的侵略、回憶的寄生模式。」他認為人與人因為情感互相穿透而連結,像植物的糾結與彼此的依存,「形成一種關係鏈結的共同體。」
Photo: Chao Shih-hsun, Liberty Times
照片:自由時報記者趙世勳
把這種有形無形的鏈結形諸於油彩,成為一幅幅乍看繽紛卻懾人心魄的畫面,看似飛亂的筆觸,卻筆筆下得自信而精準,層層堆疊架構出人的生命質感。「植物‧人‧肖像」創作個展,在金車文藝中心台北館展出至四月二十九日。可以參考官方網站: http://arts.kingcar.org.tw。
(自由時報記者凌美雪)
A: Wow, three Taiwanese restaurants just won the 2024 “Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants” awards. B: Awesome! Which three restaurants? A: Taipei’s Logy at No. 22 and MUME at No. 34, and Taichung’s JL Studio at No. 33. B: Actually, there are many more great establishments in Taipei. How about other Asian cities? A: Singapore claimed nine spots this year, making it Asia’s new “food capital.” A: 2024「亞洲50最佳餐廳」名單揭曉了,台灣有3家餐廳上榜。 B: 好厲害,哪3家? A: 台北的Logy和MUME分獲第22和34名,台中的JL Studio獲第33名! B: 其實台北還有很多好餐廳,那其他的亞洲城市呢? A: 新加坡今年入選9家,可說是亞洲美食之都。 (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
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