謝淑婷
《小紅和小白》
2007

FRENCH LANDSCAPE – Connection and Collection
謝淑婷作品展

精藝軒畫廊

香港中環嘉咸街35號地舖

展期：2007年4月27日至5月25日

開幕式：2007年4月27日（星期五）下午6時30分至8時30分

香港法國文化協會會刊 PAROLES 主編敖樹克先生將主持開幕式

藝術家會在現場候教

多年來，香港藝術家謝淑婷一直在探討“保存個人經歷”的意義，她過去的展覽及作品都在環繞著這個方向進行。

謝淑婷作品展是今年“法國五月”的展覽活動之一，並由香港法國文化協會贊助。

這次在精藝軒舉辦名為“French Landscape – Connection and Collection”的展出，展題如要直接翻譯，則展品與法國風景確實扯不上太大關係，但展品卻觀念地展示出藝術家對香港及巴黎兩地的一連串思念與回憶。

謝淑婷在她的創作自述中表示，很多旅人總愛收集“紀念品”作為留念，保存個人的經歷，並讓身邊的人分享其旅程的回憶。

現正修讀博士學位的她，去年在香港法國文化協會藝術家基金資助下，曾遊藝法國一個月，她把這旅程的經歷，溶入於她的作品中，顯現香港與巴黎於地域與文化上的差異，用她的作品具象地一一記存下來。

精藝軒畫廊位於中環嘉咸街35號地舖（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< dyiu@artbeatus.com.hk>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。

藝術家自述：

很多旅人總愛收集“紀念品”作為留念，保存個人的經歷，並讓身邊的人分享其旅程的回憶。從古至今，陶瓷這種能耐久保存的物料，常被用來製作工藝品，人們用以紀念某個時空、某個地域的文化，於考古及歷史上亦別具意義。

"French Landscape"中，藝術家謝淑婷把從巴黎蒐集回來的物件及拍攝的景像用來製作新系列的作品，當中陶瓷仍用作紀錄記憶的物料，繼續採討“記憶 痕跡” 的意念。從香港到巴黎，謝淑婷以“異客”的遊走經驗，把兩地不同區域、文化特質，同時表現於作品中。

"French Landscape"中沒有實質的法國風景，只是用蒐集回來的物品作隱喻製作法國遊記，取替文字，當中亦暗示人、物與地區之間的連繫。

謝淑婷
《小白三世》
2007



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《小狗》
2007   謝淑婷簡歷

 
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French Landscape – Connection and Collection
Works and installations of Sara Tse

Art Beatus Exhibition Space
35-37 Graham Street, Ground Floor,
(near Lyndhurst Terrace and Hollywood Road)
Central, Hong Kong

Exhibition period: April 27 to May 25, 2007

Artist will attend the opening ceremony from 6pm to 8pm on April 27, 2007
The opening ceremony will be officiated by Mr. Gerard Henry, Editor-in Chief, of Paroles

Magazine

Press Release

Sara Tse continues her artistic journey down the memory lane, preserving fragments of reminiscences and experiences with her works. In French Landscape - Connection and Collection, Tse gives an account of her conceptual interpretations of France.

Tse is a talented Hong Kong artist and her works have received many acclaims, including a grant from the Fonds des Artistes de L’Alliance Française. She spent about a month last year in France to heighten her inspirations for this exhibition.

French Landscape: Connection and Collection is an exhibition event of Le French May programmes of this year and the exhibition is sponsored by Alliance Française of Hong Kong.

In this exhibition, Tse hopes to further pursuit the idea of “memory-traces” and the idea of commemoration, in an effort to connect two distinctively different cultures together with her works. She has indicated that her new works and installations bear little physical resemblances to the title – landscape, but rich in artistic interpretations.

Art Beatus Gallery’s new exhibition space is located at 35-37 Graham Street, Ground Floor, Central, Hong Kong (near the junction of Hollywood Road and Lyndhurst Terrace). For further information about this exhibition or for interviewing the artist, you can 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. thr. Sat. 11:30am - 7:30pm, close on Sundays & public holidays.

Artist’s statement:

“French Landscape: Connection and Collection”

It is human nature to desire to preserve a unique personal experience. Travellers throughout history have returned with ‘souvenirs’ in commemoration of and desire to both retain and share a memory of their experiences. Ceramic artefacts are considered to be uniquely significant in an archaeological and historical context as a means of providing important clues and memories of the way of life of cultures and civilisations throughout the ages.

The project “French Landscape: Connection and Collection” aims to further investigate the idea of ‘memory-traces’ and the idea of commemoration. My intention will be to construct a new series of works from collected objects that directly relate to my experience as an‘outsider’, traversing two distinctly different geographical and cultural regions with their own specific and unique cultural signifiers.

The project does not intend to commemorate this experience via literal representation of the physical landscape but rather to create a metaphorical landscape created by means of a “membrane memory” of objects that signify and form a connection between people and place.