Joe Packer

Joe Packer 描绘当代阿卡迪亚式风景和色彩缤纷的抽象场景,以丰盈的活力著称。因此,其题材部分源于艺术家与自然的长久联系也就不足为奇——他“在树林边”长大。的确,即便是在介于抽象、图案与观察之间、色彩奔放的作品中,Packer 的创作也蕴含着一种观看地方与自然的深刻个人化乃至私密的方式。艺术家形容这种方法不仅是捕捉一个实际地点,也是对所经历的“某种东西”的表达,或许是与风景及自然之美之间无形的浪漫交融。

正如艺术家所说:“画面中出现或暗示的地方,并不是我童年记忆中的具体地点,但又以某种方式与之相连,尽管图像更多来自直觉性的绘画过程,而非刻意凭记忆描绘某个地方。” 

Packer 说,他的创作过程始于 薄薄的丙烯层,以此搭建画面结构,随后转用油画颜料,“因为它更多变、色彩更丰富,还有其他迷人的特质”。画家同时使用艺术家画笔和家用油漆刷,从而获得更出人意料的笔触。画面平面的这种断裂与折叠,在画面表面营造出一种动感。有些场景令人联想到分色主义与未来主义画家那种幽暗却充满能量的作品:充满光线、破碎却具雕塑感的抽象场景。 

Packer 以直觉方式描绘自然世界,令人想起野兽派极具个人色彩又绚丽直接的画风,也让人想到加拿大风景画家“七人画派”——以大胆色调示意性地安排风景,并以高度风格化的方式裁切与布局。这种方法造就了一组当代作品,既深具表现力,又唤起记忆,并带有一种欢愉的崇高感。 

Rosa JH Berland

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BIOGRAPHY

Joe Packer 于2018年获得 Contemporary British Painting 奖。近期及当前展览包括: Unseen ,伊斯特本 Towner Gallery,展至2023年5月; Entwined,斯肯索普 Visual Art Centre,展至2023年5月;Paint Edgy ,林肯郡 Ropewalk Gallery,2022年; From the Studio,纽黑文 Newhaven Art Projects; Paradoxes ,怀特岛 Quay Arts,2022年; Matthew Burrows Selects ,伦敦 Unit 1 Gallery Workshop,2021年; Towner International ,伊斯特本 Towner Gallery,2021年; We are Such Stuff as Dreams are Made On ,伦敦 Cello Factory;以及 Circling Forces ,伦敦 Aleph Contemporary,2021年。  他于1992-94年在皇家艺术学院获绘画硕士学位,1989-92年在诺里奇艺术学院获学士学位。他在东萨塞克斯郡圣伦纳兹生活和工作。

 

Packer 曾广泛参展,包括:

One World', Aleph Contemporary 2023;

Paradoxes, The West Gallery, Newport, Isle of Wight, 2022

Still Life with Flowers, Rye Art Gallery, Rye 2022

On Paper, The Paper Gallery, Manchester.  2022

A Generous Space, Hastings Contemporary, Hastings. 2021-22

Matthew Burrows Selects, Unit 1 Gallery Workshop, London. 2021

We Are Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On, The Cello Factory, London. 2021

Tree of Life, Electro Studios Project Space, St Leonards on Sea. 2021

SuperNature, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks. 2021

Your Foot in my Face, Kingsgate Project Space, London. 2021

Flirting with the Border Guards, Terrace Gallery,London. 2021

Human:Nature, Linden Hall Gallery, Deal. 2021

Contemporary British Painting Prize Exhibition, Menier Gallery, London, 2019

Contemporary British Painting Prize 2018, Huddersfield Art Gallery, Yorkshire 

Kingsgate Project Space, London, 2017

Rye Creative Centre, Rye, East Sussex, 2015 

Pluspace Gallery, Coventry, 2013

Lion & Lamb Gallery, London, 2013 

Next Door Projects, Liverpool, 2013 

Charlie Dutton Gallery, London, 2013 

Electric Studios Project Space, St Leonards on Sea East Sussex, 2013

Charlie Smith London, 2013

Spacex, Exeter, 2012

Wimbledon College of Art, London, 2012

Celeste Art Prize, London, 2007

Contemporary Art Projects, London, 2006

The John Moore's Painting Prize, Walker Gallery, Liverpool, 2004

Galleria Del Tasso Arte Contemporanea, Bergamo, Italy

Studio D’ Arte Raffaelli, Trento, Italy, 2002

Centro Culturale Paggeria, Sassuolo, Italy, 2001

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