smooth life, 2008, 121cm X 210cm
東遊記–黑玉祺作品展
二ＯＯ九年 五月八日 至 廿七日
精藝軒畫廊
香港中環嘉鹹街35-39號嘉豪大廈地下三號鋪
藝術家將出席開幕式：
二ＯＯ九年五月八日（星期五）下午6時至8時
黑玉祺 一九五三年生於法國 Saint Cere。在當全職畫家前，他是一位專工貧困兒童及家庭的社會工作者，至一九九四年才正式轉職。他在第一份工作的所見所聞，具體地豐富了他的藝術創作。
在當畫家後，他便不斷遊歷；展覽遍布法國各地，希臘的雅典、加拿大的魁北克市及滿地可、以色列的耶路撒冷、美國的舊金山與紐約、越南的胡志明市、日本的京都、中國的廣州。在路上的遭遇都被他搬到作品中。
為這次「法國五月」的「東遊記」展覽，他特別畫了二十張作品，大部份油畫都以「香港」命名，但看起來內容與香港沒有多大的關連，都是他在越南、日本及中國的 「東遊記」的印象，特別是在廣州，因為在兩年前，他曾在那裡呆過一段時間。
黑玉祺 說他的畫並不抽象，有部份人可能會有這樣的感覺；其實他的畫充滿了圖像及信息，包括很多微細的地方，很多人物及很多不同表情的面孔。如觀眾細看每張畫，內容實在異常豐富。
精藝軒畫 廊位於中環嘉鹹街卅五號地鋪（近荷李活道與擺花街交界）。
如欲訪問藝術家或查詢展覽的詳情可電郵或致電 2522.1138向Dominic Chan 或2526.0818向Josephine Hau 查詢。
畫廊開放時間：星期一至六 11:30am-7:30pm 星期日及公眾假期休息。
In thy solitude, 110cm x 180cm, 2008
Notes of Eastern Dreams - Paintings by Gilles Rieu
May 8th to 27th, 2009
Art Beatus Gallery
35-39 Graham Street, Ground Floor, Central, Hong Kong
The artist will attend the opening reception
between 6 to 8pm on May 8th (Friday), 2009
Born in Saint Cere, France in 1953, Gilles Rieu, worked 20 years as a social worker with destitute children and adults before starting his career as a full time artist in 1994. Experiences and imageries from his first career definitely have helped in enriching his career as an artist.
Rieu travelled a lot and his exhibitions cover different parts of France, Athens in Greece, Quebec City and Montreal in Canada, Jerusalem in Israel, New York and San Francisco in the U.S.A., Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, Kyoto in Japan and Guangzhou in China. Encounters in his travels to these various cities have all ended up in his paintings.
For this French May exhibition, Notes of Eastern Dreams, Rieu especially did 20 canvases. He named the main part of the exhibits – Hong Kong, yet the paintings bear no obvious visual resemblance. They were notes of his dreams and experiences out east in Vietnam, Japan and China, especially those from Guangzhou where he stayed for a short duration two years ago.
Rieu once defended that his works were not abstract though some people might view them that way. His paintings, in fact, are full of imageries and messages, lots of details, lots of figures and lots of faces in different expressions. When they are studied carefully, the contents are abundant in all sorts of imageries.
Art Beatus Gallery is located on the ground floor of 35-39 Graham Street, Central, near the junction with Hollywood Road and Lyndhurst Terrace (SOHO Area).
For further information about this exhibition or interview with the artist, you can either e-mail us at dyiu@artbeatus.com.hk or call either Dominic Chan at 2522-1138 or Josephine Hau at 2526-0818.
Gallery hours: Mon.-Sat. 11:30am to 7:30pm, close on Sundays & public holiday.