Drawing Eire繪畫愛爾蘭——愛爾蘭藝術家百幅紙上繪畫作品展
開幕酒會：2009年5月9日14：00
展覽地點：K藝術空間 北京798藝術區中二街。
2009年5月9日—17日，在北京798-K藝術空間將舉辦由愛爾蘭駐上海總領事館和愛爾蘭文化部聯合舉辦的《 Drawing Eire 》的畫展，屆時將展出100位愛爾蘭藝術家的百幅紙上繪畫作品.
當下許多藝術家運用電腦，數位編輯，新媒體等創作作品。傳統的手繪作品似乎已成了古董。然而用手繪畫是人的天性。從兒童時代的塗鴉一直到後來成熟的繪畫創作。某些藝術家用手繪作為繪畫訓練，某些一直堅持用手繪幫助藝術創作。
這次畫展的愛爾蘭藝術家通過作品向中國觀眾展現藝術創作時心的歷程。展覽將呈現從傳統的肖像繪畫到實驗性的抽象繪畫的各種繪畫門類和技法。
展覽中所展出的作品都為手繪的原作。展覽之所以用小尺寸作品，是方便藝術家郵寄。我們希望能展出盡可能多的藝術家的作品。使中國的觀眾能欣賞和了解當代愛爾蘭藝術，在紙的方寸間看到心靈的光芒。參展的藝術家的年齡在20-50之間。雖然來自同一國度，卻有不同的時代烙印。
“通過藝術，只有通過藝術，我們才能實現完美，通過藝術，只有通過藝術，我們才能免受世間惡俗之侵害.”--愛爾蘭作家王爾德
展覽地點： 798-K藝術空間
中國北京朝陽區酒仙橋2號，798藝術區中二街
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2009.5.9—17，798-K SPACE with the Irish Consulate in Shanghai and Culture Ireland presents the exhibition “Drawing Eire”. This exhibition presents the works of 100 Irish artists in the medium of drawing.
The exhibition will first open at the Times Plaza at 4 PM on the 7th of March. The exhibition will later move to the Equatorial Hotel on the 13th of March at 7 PM.
These days most artists make work using technology such as computers or editing systems. Fewer artists are presenting drawing as a finished artwork.
Most artists first foray into visual art is through the medium of drawing. We generally start drawing as small children and progress from there to a more formal style. Some artists leave drawing behind once they move into their chosen discipline. Other artists even photographers will continue to use drawing as preparatory work before making a finished art work.
The 411 Galleries challenged Irish artists to return to their roots in the world of drawing . We asked artists to present to a Chinese audience drawings of what ever they felt represented their current interests in their art practice.
Within this exhibition you will see a vast array of drawing from traditional portraits to experimental abstract drawing.
The works in this exhibition are all original with no copies and all are hand drawn. All the works are small in scale to ease the cost of transit of the works for the artists. Seeing artwork by so many people from one country is also a great way for the Chinese audience to see what contemporary Irish art is like. More importantly it will also show the artists baring their soul on paper. The interests of artists is always different and the methods of how the work is created is also different but all artists share a similar background growing up in Ireland in the last 20 – 50 years. The age of the artists varies from early 20’s to late 50’s and again this also adds to the kind of interests the artists have.
“ It is through Art ,and through Art only,that we can realise our perfection; through Art, and through Art only, that we can shield ourselves from the sordid perils of actual existence.”—by Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)