Calligraphy, 1996, collage & lacquer on paper, 71 x 65cm
原野——卜百賀作品展
二ＯＯ九年二月五日至廿七日
精藝軒畫廊
香港中環嘉咸街35-39號嘉豪大廈地下三號鋪
藝術家將出席開幕式：
二ＯＯ九年二月五日（星期四）下午六時至八時
卜百賀是德國駐港總領事，但鮮為人知，他亦是一位出色的抽象畫家。初見卜百賀時，很多人都會對他的魁梧身材及十分均勻的頭部留下深刻的印象。
他的頭部均勻原來是來之有因。在德國慕尼黑出生的他，于家鄉大學攻讀法律之同時，在晚上時間亦于美術學院進修課程，掌管邏輯思維的左腦得與掌管美學藝術的右腦平均運作同步發展，因此，完美的頭部得以孕育出來。
為了謀生，他最後選擇了當律師，隨後並加入德國外交部，被派駐到世界不同地方。雖然如此，他對藝術的追求從沒有被放棄。
卜百賀的作品曾參加過不同的藝術展覽，包括在英國倫敦 (1997, 1998 及 1999)與 2001年在浦耳 (Poole) 的個展；作品被德國、英國、西班牙及法國的藏家收藏。
在“原野”展覽中的作品，包括了他過去十三年間的一麟半爪，它們曾佔用了卜百賀的不少周未與假期。作品滿載自由豪邁的筆觸，纏牽繁沃的流滴，協調或對比的色塊，大有雜草叢生的原野感覺，但很多畫面仍被邏輯思維戰勝了，明顯的圖案流露了出來。
卜百賀説每張畫都是他的個人經歷與表現，並歡迎觀眾前來觀賞。
精藝軒畫廊位於中環嘉咸街卅五號地鋪（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< 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。
Fields, 1997, crayon & lacquer on paper, 61 x 86cm
Wilderness - Paintings by Frank Burbach
February 5th to 28th, 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 Thursday, February 5th, 2009
When one first meets Frank Burbach, the Consul General of Germany in Hong Kong, his exceptional well-formed head makes a strong impression. Well-dressed and well mannered, his appearance is the standard portrait of a seasoned diplomat. Few people know that Burbach has a wild side as well - he is also an accomplished artist of abstract paintings.
His well-formed head came from the fact that he kept both hemispheres of his brain in full use since early in his life. While taking law classes in the university of his hometown in Munich, Germany, he was studying courses in the art academy at night. He was developing both the left and right sides of his brain at the same time. He finally chose to be a lawyer and, later, a diplomat yet he has not given up on his artistic pursuit, which has since occupied his weekends and holidays over the years.
Burbach has shown his works in various exhibitions including solos at the Cable Street Studio Gallery, London in 1997, 1998 and 1999; and in the Study Gallery, Poole in 2001. His works are in various private collections in Germany, England, Spain and France.
He will put on display some of the fruits and flowers in his Wilderness exhibition at the Art Beatus exhibition space starting February 5, 2009 till February 28, 2009.
The exhibits consist of works that he painted over the past 13 years. The forceful brush strokes and delineations, entwining runs of vibrant drips as well as fields of harmonious or contrasting pigments, some seem wild and free but many, when viewers settle their eyes, are patterned and logical. Burbach said that each of his works is an encounter or a chronicle of his expression and he invites viewers to come and experience.
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
Celebration, 1997, acrylic on paper, 100 x 70cm
Encounter1998
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