蔡瑞恒
CAI RUEI-HENG
成為腳的蒟蒻 WHEN JELLY GROWS TOES
這次個展沿襲自2020年的《旺德狗斯特》，除了生活依然處於一種遊蕩狀態之外，遊蕩成了我的一種宣言，來自於我的百無聊賴以及對空間的自言自語。
在開啟這篇創作論述之前，我想先談談關於我的視覺。我的雙眼一直未達到合理品質的狀態，它們的各種毛病折騰我多年，情緒上，眼睛們總是能給我很多既痛苦又詭異的想像。舉例來說，關燈後總能看到衣架上的衣服扭動著，或是窗外有著似人非人的飄動，像蒟蒻般的軟弱蠕動著。所有的物在黑暗中都能像野獸般一樣的舞動，而我驚奇並享受著這一切，幽靈般的生活樂趣就這麼填充了我。對我而言，視線模糊下的物不是物，而是一種幽靈。
電影 The Ghost Story 陳述一位幽靈遊蕩在一個無限時間的故事，幽靈處於一種進不去也出不來的圍城狀態讓我深深著迷，影響我對於幽靈的主體以及遊蕩狀態的思考方式，這部電影也成為我的重要創作文本。以此延伸並結合了我所耳聞的幽靈故事「腳」，這個型態的幽靈有種呼之欲出，欲蓋彌彰的形象深深吸引著我。
我企圖在繪畫上描述視線飄蕩的模糊型態，例如看著衣櫃並想像著這些衣服的主體性，就像玩具總動員般的開著派對。畫面中顏料抖動與稀薄的狀態，時而固著時而游離，像是衣服、瓶子等，此時的物超越現實性，成為飄蕩的形體。空間上則是圍繞在潮濕、發霉、蔓延與混亂的場景，來陳述一個幽靈的日常。就這麼地使用了繪畫作為一種日常操作演練，去描述當代那既油膩又飄蕩的日常。
This solo exhibition is a succession of “WANDERING GHOST” , the past exhibition in 2020.
My life, except it still living in a wandering situation, becoming a manifesto of mine, the monologue toward space from my listless life.
Before starting the discourse of this exhibition, I prefer to talk about my vision first. My eyes, which hasn’t reached the appropriate quality of condition has tortured me in various way for years. On emotional aspect, my eyes always bring me many of miseries and mysterious imaginations. For example, I can always see the clothes which been hung on hangers twirling after turning off the lights, or the uncertainly floating shapes wriggling like jelly outside the window.
All the objects could dance like monsters in the dark, and I have been surprised and enjoyed in this. The delight in the ghosty life have fulfilled me. To me, the blurry things under sight are not the objects, but a kind of ghosts.
The movie, “The Ghost Story”, describing a story about a ghost wandering in the infinite time, has suffered from difficulty condition, which make me enchanted to it. The movie has been my fundamental reference, and has affected my thinking method toward ghost and wandering condition. To be continue, I composed that with the “Toes” of the ghost story I had heard. This kind of condition - ready to come out, to hide purposely, has deeply charmed myself.
I have attempted to describe the floating blur on painting, such as while looking at the wardrobe and imaging these clothes’ subjects in the meantime, like they were having party that we could associate with the animation “Toy Story”. The shaking colors and washy condition on the paintings, sometimes disengaging, sometimes solidifying, like clothes and bottles, the condition of over reality has became floating shapes. Surrounding around the moisture, mildew, overgrowth and disorder, all describe daily of ghosts. Depending on painting as daily practices, I represent a kind of greasy and floating contemporary lifestyle.
學歷
2018 國立臺北藝術大學美術學系碩士
2012 國立⻁尾科技大學工業管理系學士
目前居住並於臺北創作。
獲獎
2021 BAM Art Prize, 入圍
2020 南瀛獎 入圍
2015 ART OLYMPIA 入圍
2015 宜蘭美展 入選
個展
2022 「成為腳的蒟蒻」,秋刀魚藝術中心,臺北,臺灣
2021 「燒焦的味道」,IRL Brooklyn,紐約,臺灣
2020「旺德狗斯特」,秋刀魚藝術中心,臺北,臺灣
2017 「壞狗狗」,疊藝術,臺北,臺灣
2016 「身體很老實」,陶華灼藝廊,臺北,臺灣
2015 「放逐 跑吧。」,睡不著咖啡,臺北,臺灣
2014 「逆(溺)湖」,亞典藝術書店,臺北,臺灣
聯展
2022「醜」,伊日藝術計劃,臺北,臺灣
2021 「Spring Awakening」,London Paint Club,線上展覽
2020「房門裡的海市蜃樓」,寬藝術空間,臺中,臺灣
2019 「Asia Contemporary Art Show」,香港港麗酒店,香港
2018 「畫夢者」,蔚藍藝術村,基隆,臺灣
2018 「時間囊」,疊藝術,臺北,臺灣
2016 「體感風景」,陶華灼藝廊,臺北,臺灣
2016 「妖山情結」,南北畫廊,臺北,臺灣
2016 「消化不良」,雲清藝術中心,臺北,臺灣
2016 「台灣當代一年展」,花博爭豔館,臺北,臺灣
2015 「高雄漾藝術博覽會」,駁二藝術特區,高雄,臺灣
2015 「ART OLYMPIA」,東京,日本
2014 「三合一茶葉」,私藝術空間,臺北,臺灣
駐館
2017 地美開放工作室 OPEN STUDIO,國立臺北藝術大學地下美術館,臺北,臺灣
Education
2018 M.F.A Department of Fine Arts, Taipei National University of the Arts
2012 B.B.A. Department of Industrial Management, National Formosa University
Currently works and lives in Taipei.
Honor
2021 Semifinalists, BAM Art Prize, Australia
2020 Finalist, Nanying Artwards, Taiwan
2015 Finalist, ART OLYMPIA, Japan
2015 Selected Works, YILAN AWARDS, Taiwan
Solo Exhibition
2022 “When Jelly Grows Toes", Fish Art Centre, Taipei, Taiwan
2021 "Burnt Smell", IRL Brooklyn, New York, US
2020"Wandering Ghost", Fish Art Centre, Taipei, Taiwan
2017 "Bad Dog", Telling Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
2016 "The Body is More Honest", T H Z GALLERY, Taipei, Taiwan
2015 "Exile - Run Away", Insomnia Cafe, Taipei, Taiwan
2014 "Inverse 'Drowning' Lake", Artland Bookstore, Taipei, Taiwan
Group Exhibition
2022 "UGLY", Yiri Art,Taipei, Taiwan
2021 "Spring Awakening", London Paint Club, Online exhibition
2020 "Mirage in the door", Kuan Art Space, Taichung, Taiwan
2019 "Asia Contemporary Art Show",Conrad Hong Kong , Hong Kong
2018 "Dream Maker", Cerulean Art Colony, Keelung, Taiwan
2018 "TIME CAPSULE", Telling Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
2016 "Somatosensory Scenery", T H Z GALLERY, Taipei, Taiwan
2016 "Demon Mountain Plot", Nan-Pei Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2016 "Indigestion", Elsa Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2016 "Taiwan Annual", EXPO Dome, Taipei, Taiwan
2015 "Young Art Kaohsiung", The Pier-2 Art Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2015 "ART OLYMPIA", Tokyo, Japan
2014 "Three in One Tea", Unique Art, Taipei, Taiwan
Residency
2017 OPEN STUDIO, Underground Art Museum, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan