《金字塔與蛋》
Pyramids and Egg Axis
250X350cm
2007
布面油畫

　　題 目: “自行車，金字塔與蛋”—— O的旅程
　　藝術家：布萊恩•馬克法蘭 (美國)
　　策展人：武東東
　　展 期 : 2008/03/16~2008/04/16
　　地 址: 渡那國際藝術中心
　　網 址：www.ferryart.com.cn
　　TITLE："Bicycles,Pyramids and Egg Axis" —a Circular Journey
　　ARTIST：Bryan McFarlane（American）
　　CURATOR: Wu Dongdong
　　TIME : 2008/03/16~2008/04/16
　　ADD: Ferry Art International Center
　　Http：www.ferryart.com.cn  

藝術家自述

關于Bryan藝術展評論——美國波士頓國家黑人藝術家博物館館長Edmund Barry Gaither

O的旅程藝術展——駐中國牙買加大使Wayne McCook

　　前言

　　不只是O

　　馬薩諸塞大學的教授布萊恩•馬克法蘭（Bryan Mcfarlane）先生堅持通過視覺、嗅覺、觸覺和味覺等感官體驗來獲得靈感，並非僅僅是通過書籍。他到處旅行，到訪過南美，歐洲，非洲，土耳其和伊朗。此次展覽的作品中豐富的元素源於他在中國的感受。

　　布萊恩•馬克法蘭先生的藝術色彩厚重。他在作品中有時會運用一些夢幻般的淺粉或鈷藍。有時會通過畫面的某些元素透露一些哲學層面的深層涵義。“圓”這一基本元素貫穿著此次展覽的始終，“圓”是一種迴圈，是輪迴，也代表無限......

　　本次以“自行車、金字塔與蛋——O的旅程”為題的展覽大部分為布萊恩先生在中國旅行後的近作，很多幅作品中，我們都能看到圓形的物體，有些是以“炮彈”的形象出現的，比如《未爆炸的炮彈》；有些是以“蛋”的形式錶現，比如《沸騰》，也有一些是以破碎的自行車輪胎展現，比如《自行車藍調》。

　　反覆在諸多作品中重現的加能炮彈代表殖民地時期在思想與文化方面的入侵；無數的蛋代表著孕育，發展，不斷孵化的再生迴圈；自行車輪不斷旋轉，向前，發展，歷史不斷前進......同時裝置藝術也與畫面的圓，金字塔有些異曲同工之妙。

　　布萊恩•馬克法蘭 （Bryan McFarlane）經常在世界各地舉辦展覽，此次展覽是布萊恩先生首次來華展出。在2008年，布萊恩•馬克法蘭將通過他的藝術作品與中國文化進行交流與聯接。

　　渡那國際藝術中心 策展人--武東東

　　MORE THAN CIRCLE

　　Mr. Bryan McFarlane is an associate professor of painting and drawing at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. He insist on finding inspirations through visual, smell, touch and taste and other sensory. He gets resources not only through books but also travelling. He had been visited South America, Europe, Africa, Turkey, and Iran etc. The recent works of him in this exhibition enrich the elements stemmed from his experience in China.

　　The paintings of Mr. Mcfarlane are rich in thick colour and strong brushstrokes. Sometimes we can see a little bit fantastic light pink or cobalt blue. And also, it reveals some deeper meanings in the fields of philosophical dimensions. Circles have always run through this exhibition: it refers to circulating, reincarnation and also infinity...

　　"Bicycles, Pyramids and Egg Axis--A Circular Journey" shows the latest works of Bryan. We can see many circular figures in the paintings. Sometimes they appear as canon balls, such as the paining "Unexploded", some of them are in the form of "eggs" in the painting "Boiling". The wheels of the bicycles in the "Bicycle Blues" are also displaying the circular figures.

　　Many works, we could see the circular objects, some of the "shells" of the image, such as "unexploded ordnance" Some of these are "egg" in the form of performance, such as "boiling," there are some as a broken bicycle tire display, such as "Bicycle Blues."

　　The canon balls appear time and time again in Bryan's paintings.They are the representative of the colonial era in the ideological and cultural aspects of the invasion. The countless eggs represent gestation, development and incubation of recycling. The wheels of bicycle refers to forward, development, and continually advance... The installation works are expressing the same idea as the paintings in different words

　　Bryan McFarlane usually holds exhibitions in the world .The present exhibition is the first solo-show for Bryan McFarlane. At 2008, he will carry on exchanges through his works with Chinese culture .

　　Curator of Ferry Art International Center--Wu Dongdong