什麼很台灣？
2009
30 x 22.5 公分 （8件）
攝影
色票-房間
2009
15 x 22.5公分（6件）
油彩
色票-毛家大門
2009
15 x 22.5公分（4件）
油彩
色票-巷子底
2009
15 x 22.5公分（6件）
油彩
生活空間裡的色彩之旅
2010
180 x 75公分
油彩
兩年前左右我開始了一系列對「地方」情感追尋的創作，在這段時間裡我不斷嘗試以各種方式去認識我的生活空間，希望藉由這樣的重新閱讀，找到一種視覺語言詮釋我在這塊土地上體驗到的美感經驗 。
《什麼很台灣？》是這一系列的最初。這件作品是一系列的快拍影像，拍自大街小巷裡一些很具有台灣特色的建築與配件，特別突顯我們生活空間裡的形狀與色彩思維，像是一些門、窗、牆上的貼磚、地上的磨石子…。
《色票》則是承接在《什麼很台灣？》裡所觀察到的用色及配色的特殊性而衍生出的顏色記錄。這類作品有點像是色彩的採集，我用油彩調製顏色至與實物相同之色，再將之塗抹到一號的畫布上記錄下來，每一件作品由多種顏色組成， 而這些顏色都出自單一物件或地方，如：衣櫥、樓梯、陽台…，這些顏色的地點即為這類作品的名稱。
從色票對色彩的認識又開啓了一系列的繪畫作品《生活空間裡的色彩之旅》。《在生活空間裡的色彩之旅》主要是從各個細節的堆砌來再現漫步於道路上的街景，在繪畫上則參考了敦煌壁畫以及台灣早期的膠彩畫的畫法 ，採扁平式的畫法而更著重在色彩搭配的本身。色彩的搭配則是從色票得到的色彩配色關係內化，自由的使用各種色彩來鋪陳整個畫面。（文／郭芃君）
郭芃君
生於1985年，目前居住與工作於台灣台南
http://www.arielkuo.com/
展覽選錄
2010 「Young Art Taipei」，王朝大飯店, 台北，台灣
2009 「地方」個展，豆皮文藝咖啡館 , 高雄，台灣
「2009 Geisai Taiwan」，華山藝文中心，台北，台灣
「台灣攝影BAZAAR 」，信義公民會館，台北，台灣
2008 「單」個展，TIVAC 台灣國際視覺藝術中心，台北，台灣
「當代女藝—身分．環保」，新光三越文化館，台中，台灣
「白日夢」個展，非常廟藝文空間，台北，台灣
「距離」個展，斯依畫廊，台北，台灣
2007 「WEMIX-west, east, memory, identity, xperience」，Nolias 畫廊，倫敦，英國
「Room」，Asia House，倫敦，英國
How is Taiwan like?
2009
30 x 22.5 cm x 8 pieces
Photography
Colour Chart – Room
2009
15 x 22.5 cm x 6 pieces
Oil paints
Colour Chart – Mao’s front door
2009
15 x 22.5 cm x 4 pieces
Oil paints
no.1
Colour Chart – Alley no.2
2009
15 x 22.5 cm x 6 piece
Oil paints
Journey of the Colours
2010
180 x 75 cm
Oil paints
Two years ago, I started a series of works in search for the emotions of locality. In this period, I made various attempts to investigate my living spaces, and by means of in-depth re-readings, sought to discover a visual language to interpret my aesthetic experiences about the place.
“How’s Taiwan like?” is the first realization in this series. It is composed of several snapshots taken of the cityscape, of images of architectures and their accessories showing what elements strike out as being Taiwanese. The emphasis is on shapes and color patterns as seen in doors, windows, wall tiles, floor terrazzo, etc.
The works “Color Chart” follow “How’s Taiwan like?” to register the characteristics of colors discovered in the earlier works. In ways similar to color collecting, I mixed paints to simulate the local colors of objects as closely as possible, and then applied the mixture onto the canvas. Each painting consists of several colors which come from a single object or site, for instance, a wardrobe, a staircase or a balcony. Each painting is then named after its object.
The study of color charts results in a series of paintings titled “Journey of the Colors”. This series returns to the urban scenes of the streets by compiling various colors in the making of details. Painterly speaking, it refers to flat-styles of the Dunhuang frescoes and early Taiwanese gouache paintings while focusing on color collocation. These freely structured collocations are based upon the color charts and their relationships. (Text by Ariel KUO. Translated by Manray HSU)
Ariel Peng-chun KUO
b. 1985. Now lives and works in Tainan, Taiwan.
http://www.arielkuo.com/
Selected Exhibitions
2010 Young Art Taipei, Sunworld Dynasty, Taipei, Taiwan
2009 2009 Geisai Taiwan, Hua-shan Creative Park, Taipei, Taiwan
Taiwan Photo Bazaar, Taipei Xinyi Public Assembly Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
Solo exhibition- Place, DogPig Art Café, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2008 Solo exhibition- Single, Taiwan International Visual Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan
Contemporary Women’s Art: Identities/Environments, Art & Cultural Hall, SHIN KONG MITSUKOSHI, Taichung, Taiwan
Solo exhibition- DayDream, VT Artsalon, Taipei, Taiwan
Solo exhibition- Distance, Gallery 41, Taipei, Taiwan
2007 WEMIX- west, east, memory, identity, xperience , Nolias Gallery, London, UK
Room, Asia House, London, UK
