張肖亮

來(lái)自世界“紅楓之國(guó)”的藝術(shù)之花綻放在杭州西子湖畔。

2016年10月21至30日，加拿大魁北克的著名藝術(shù)家Joanne Gauthier（喬安·戈婕）在杭州恒廬美術(shù)館舉辦了一場(chǎng)關(guān)于“花”和“鳥(niǎo)”的展覽。

2014年11月，加拿大總理哈珀訪(fǎng)華期間，中加兩國(guó)宣布2015至2016年為中加文化交流年。這是中加兩國(guó)關(guān)系史上迄今規(guī)模最大的文化交流活動(dòng)，反映了中加兩國(guó)全面友好合作關(guān)系發(fā)展到了一個(gè)全新階段，而2016年G20杭州峰會(huì)的舉辦進(jìn)一步提升了中加兩國(guó)文化交流。在中加文化交流年，為加強(qiáng)杭州與加拿大城市之間在文化、藝術(shù)、教育等方面的交流，提高城市國(guó)際化程度，杭州策劃舉辦了“2016年?yáng)|西方生活文化交流·對(duì)話(huà)加拿大藝術(shù)文化交流——喬安·戈婕”藝術(shù)展覽。坐落在杭州最具藝術(shù)氛圍特色的南山路上的恒廬美術(shù)館參觀(guān)者絡(luò)繹不絕。

來(lái)自加拿大魁北克的Joanne Gauthier（喬安·戈婕），是位擅長(zhǎng)色彩，喜以花、鳥(niǎo)為題材的女性藝術(shù)家?？笨耸校羌幽么蟮臍v史文化名城，也是北美洲唯一一座擁有城墻的城市，位于圣勞倫斯河北岸。這就是Joanne Gauthier（喬安·戈婕）出生和成長(zhǎng)的地方，在25年的藝術(shù)生涯中，她將自然世界和人文精神通過(guò)獨(dú)特的技巧、手法加以表現(xiàn)，她的藝術(shù)作品在加拿大多所畫(huà)廊展出，受到廣泛好評(píng)。

這是一場(chǎng)關(guān)于“花”和“鳥(niǎo)”的藝術(shù)展覽，共有40幅作品，每幅畫(huà)作的紋理和基質(zhì)具有雕塑般的品質(zhì)，之所以選擇花和鳥(niǎo)為創(chuàng)作的主題，喬安·戈婕說(shuō)她喜愛(ài)花、鳥(niǎo)、自然、色彩、美麗的面孔，以及所有簡(jiǎn)單卻具有生命力的東西，因此她就用這些東西來(lái)表達(dá)自己的藝術(shù)追求。花和鳥(niǎo)對(duì)于中國(guó)的繪畫(huà)來(lái)說(shuō)也是極其富有意義的，中國(guó)畫(huà)中就有花鳥(niǎo)畫(huà)的類(lèi)別。自然、色彩和美麗的面孔也正是人類(lèi)世界共同追尋的美。

《北歐極光的傳說(shuō)》最能代表喬安·戈婕的繪畫(huà)風(fēng)格，紅艷艷的花卉寄寓著她對(duì)火紅時(shí)代的生活的熱烈贊美，給人以一種溫暖激勵(lì)和奮發(fā)向上的精神力量。

那張《如沐幻影》畫(huà)作中，作者一改用鮮艷的紅色畫(huà)面，那紅藍(lán)相間的畫(huà)面讓觀(guān)眾耳目一新。

《夜鳥(niǎo)》是喬安·戈婕畫(huà)鳥(niǎo)作品中比較有代表性的，鳥(niǎo)的眼睛與大嘴巴都畫(huà)得很有神。此次畫(huà)展中，還展出了她的《深藍(lán)的凝望》和《琥珀色的眼眸》兩幅人物肖像作品。這對(duì)畫(huà)花和鳥(niǎo)的畫(huà)家來(lái)說(shuō)是很難得的。

對(duì)于此次中國(guó)的展覽之旅，喬安·戈婕表達(dá)她自己的想法：“我的畫(huà)作有過(guò)很多次旅行，在中國(guó)舉辦展覽是一個(gè)很棒的機(jī)會(huì)，使我能與中國(guó)人民分享我的作品，并更加直接地表達(dá)我自己的藝術(shù)感受。讓我的色彩和中國(guó)的色彩交流共鳴，我想這就是意義所在。”色彩的融合、藝術(shù)的交流碰撞，帶給我們的是美的享受。Joanne應(yīng)用銅、銀和金葉子等綜合材料，以三維特征給了觀(guān)眾視覺(jué)上的享受，Joanne的花卉油畫(huà)讓觀(guān)眾樂(lè)于探索畫(huà)布的整個(gè)表面，每幅花卉畫(huà)如同一件雕塑。她的畫(huà)沒(méi)有任何束縛，色彩自由流淌，正是因?yàn)檫@種自由組合渲染，創(chuàng)造了令人震撼的作品。

藝術(shù)是相融相通的，中國(guó)寫(xiě)意畫(huà)也是如此，水墨游離在畫(huà)紙之上，創(chuàng)意卻不失分寸，此次畫(huà)展為中加的藝術(shù)交流提供了良好的條件和平臺(tái)。喬安·戈婕表示：“作為一名加拿大的繪畫(huà)作者，也作為一名世界公民，能夠來(lái)到中國(guó)展示我的作品，對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)是莫大的榮幸。中國(guó)文化博大精深，學(xué)海無(wú)涯，能夠和中國(guó)人民在一起交流是畢生難得的機(jī)會(huì)。我很高興來(lái)到杭州，享受學(xué)習(xí)中國(guó)文化、參與中加藝術(shù)家之間互動(dòng)的殊榮。”

Canadian artist Joanne Gauthier exhibited her paintings at Henglu Gallery of Hangzhou from 21st to 30th October， 2016. The artist featured flowers and birds as two big themes at the solo exhibition. The exhibition was part of the 2015-2016 China-Canada Year of People-to-People and Cultural Exchanges launched in April， 2015. The year-long event was jointly announced in November 2014 during then Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harpers visit to China.

Joanne Gauthier is from Quebec， a historical city in the Northern American country. The walled city is one of a kind in North America. She has a 25-year artist career to boast with artworks in bright colors and featuring flowers and birds. Her artworks integrate nature and culture masterfully and are displayed in various galleries across Canada.

The exhibition at Henglu Gallery at Nanshan Road featured 40 artworks， each displaying textures and temperaments of sculpture. With a general passion of all simple and organic objects， Gauthier loves flowers， birds， nature， colors and beautiful faces in particular. Naturally these are her favorite subjects. Coincidently， flowers and birds are two major subjects in traditional Chinese painting. Flowers and birds and plants are a big category of Chinese painting.

Gauthier explained her exhibition in Hangzhou this way： “My artworks have traveled widely. It is a great opportunity to hold an exhibition in China. It enables me to share my works with Chinese people and express my artistic sentiments directly. Let my colors and Chinese colors come together. This matters.”

One of the visual pleasures in Gauthiers art noticed by visitors in Hangzhou was the metallic materials such as brass， silver and gold she used. The 3D effect was delightful. Her flowers in oil were fully expressive， showing how the artist explored every inch of the canvas. The unbridled use of colors was very impressive.

Gauthiers art appealed to the citys visitors very much. They found something common between her art and Chinese artworks done in the impressionist free-hand style： images and colors may look disordered and even artless but they are just right.

Local artists consider the exhibition as a platform for cultural and artistic exchanges between China and Canada. Gauthier understood the significance of the exchanges. She said it was an honor to display her artwork as a Canadian artist and world citizen. She said she was happy to enjoy Chinese culture and participate in cultural exchanges between Chinese artists and Canadian artists.