5 ^- w8 h; E% o2 U7 z6 Y/ T+ B公仔箱論壇 6 u' q) t# _1 X0 L+ A + `) S! J# a) N7 g畫家的政治觸角 - @0 v- p6 Z$ Q/ m) U5 m. A公仔箱論壇 $ ?9 f1 _$ S" h5 W公仔箱論壇時間往前暫移，去年12月29日除夕晚宴席上，信報行政總裁羅燦在討論地方文學、音樂和藝術發展時說：「信報乃全香港唯一誠意天天為文藝提供議論平台的媒體，作為藝術評論員你必須放膽幹，多針對本土文化弊病不平則鳴，把污濁罵個水落石出！」tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ k2 g% Q) f3 U* g! `- Y, _
5 Y% F! j5 Q* m/ g* F2 Y+ rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb社長短短一句確乎切中要害。視覺藝術背負報道與批判功能，歷史悠久，大家毋妨往前朝追認，畫師、雕刻家跟皇室貴族打交道，窮年累月焉能不修成正果：文藝復興中米蓋朗基羅與麥迪奇家族、貝里尼及 Borghese Family ，又或者十七世紀西班牙的委拉斯奎茲和 King Philip IV ，類似例證眾若繁星，結果大量宮廷繪畫應運而生，當中不乏戰役描寫，火拼圖象裏人物安排、敵我佈置、偉人高舉利劍、誰屈膝跪拜全託賴執筆者經營，屬主觀價值衡量取捨。/ D a; S% ]& F
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4 ^( }" n& e$ i u* Jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb % [8 m1 M# \' L) l- ~（中文版本於下半部） 7 E$ J! g) p! J9 \) I公仔箱論壇They say, a picture is worth a thousand words. A photograph of old Hong Kong makes us wonder, was this really the Wellington street that I set foot on today? How fast was traffic back then? How was it like to walk up to the Mid-Levels, before the escalator was set in place, before the wet markets made way for bars and restaurant? And how would the story change, if we find a handwritten letter of someone recounting those experiences from so many years ago?1 l G6 ]* {4 _/ _1 Q/ \% d
8 ]7 `) W( `7 r+ {% c( ZIf a picture tells a story better than a hundred words, so does a piece of primary, archival material. Earlier from February to April at Hong Kong University Museum and Art Gallery, a selection of archival materials was in display to complement the story which the exhibition “Encounters: Twentieth-century Chinese Art from the Khoan and Michael Sullivan Collection” tried to tell. Amongst these materials are correspondences between the collector and artists from decades ago, where artists sometimes recounted the hardships of sustaining a living, and at the same time, the jovial moments of encountering like-minded individuals to share their love of art. 1 m. x- z# `( d! \7 F0 atvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 b( ^& `5 D8 p( E* x/ e. G' |
tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 x* G' q$ H" k/ K' w) L/ e8 a ( K/ a2 A3 X: Z( o7 L' cTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。6294 letters from Irene Chou (English), Lu Shoukun (Chinese) and partial view of letter from Liu Guosong (Chinese) ; @4 E. u5 ~% H * \+ O% F3 o3 [/ g8 z& J公仔箱論壇And here, let us resist the incredible temptation to jump into discussion on whether Hong Kong has art history or not, or who has been writing Hong Kong’s art history. 0 T" Y, w1 U/ Q7 f7 {9 ~" w) H公仔箱論壇 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ } s( g# m, J2 c" z: K1 l7 ?
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Would players of the art field – those artists, writers, curators, gallerists, collectors alike - keep such materials? What would happen to these materials if its owner dies? Or would academics have their private collection too (they tend to accumulate an exponential amount of research materials, don’t you think so?)? Or also some eccentric individuals who just have a collecting obsession? F7 s/ L" _2 [" r# ~4 q tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 Y- S, {9 x6 o( k6 W0 }* Y& z4 f
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) ~- h7 @, ?* w6 U) d, QTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。如果一張圖片勝過千言萬語，一份文獻也同樣勝過千言萬語。 早前香港大學博物館舉辦展覽「欣於所遇：蘇立文、吳環伉儷珍藏二十世紀中國美術」， 除了展出蘇立文六十年以來的收藏，也展出一部分蘇立文與藝術家的書信，以及其他一手文獻。在這些書信裡，有藝術家描述以藝術維持生活的艱苦，同時亦難掩巧遇同樣熱愛藝術的同道中人之喜悅。平心而論，藝術生態的起落輪迴，無論在於香港或是其他語境，只要是有心人，掙扎也同樣揪心。公仔箱論壇6 F$ v7 x% M; L- V( g
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