EQUILIBRIUM (7)

Creativity is a path to freedom

Do you remember that day in 1972 when the San Francisco skyline changed forever (so to speak) when the Transamerica Pyramid was completed?

They say that a sense of serene fulfillment grabbed the hearts of everyone and that for a day, a smile was the expression that everyone wore on their faces. These combined together into a gigantic smile that rose up for just a moment to the very top of the skyscraper's pinnacle. It was one of those warm evenings when everyone feels at peace with oneself and the universe and forgetful of every day's toiling.

No pictures were taken, no article was written on the press, no governmental statement was issued.

At the end of the day, what was left was a mere feeling, a subdued sensation of calm and hope and, deep within the hearts of those who witnessed the event, the certainty that the impossible, no matter how unbelievable that may be, is just a few millimeters away from common sense.

Original painting: 'EQUILIBRIUM (7)' - Acrylic and oil on 20x20cm canvas

Also this painting is included in the exhibition 'EQUILIBRI', cured by Gianluca Veltri, now on display  at Anadema Hair Stylists in Milano www.anadema.com

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PRESENT IN THE BALANCE (a diptych) - 2013

Present is the period of time unequivocally left in the narrow space between past and future.

Equilibrium, the exhibition cured by Gianluca Veltri at ANADEMA Hair Stylists' in Milan (www.anadema.com) is going on with the help of its main character, the horse. Here's one I met the other day in Piazza del Duomo, while on my way to class at IED's. We exchanged polite greetings and parted. They told me the gentle steed is here to report about our present-day illusions for a newspaper of unknown denomination.
To anyone who might send me a copy of such articles would go my utter respect and appreciation.

Original painting: 'Present in the balance' - Acrylic and oil on two 20x20cm canvasses

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WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE

An animation created for the opening of my 'EQUILIBRI' exhibition cured by Gianluca Veltri, now on display at ANADEMA Hair Cuts in Milano.
Thanks to Antonio Cova for the video editing  http://www.combobros.net/,
Antonello Brogna for the great electric guitar works and Leo for his violin 'braking'.

The HORSE-TREE

Everyone knows that money doesn't grow on trees, but horses sometimes do.

Yet not so many amongst us pay the attention that such an interesting phenomenon would deserve.

Size 尺寸 20x20cm (7.9x7.9")

Acrylic and oil on canvas 壓克力顏料,油畫顏料,畫布

 
This painting is now on display in the exhibition 'EQUILIBRIUM' at ANADEMA Hair Stylists Milano - C'so Lodi 1 until February 2014.

EQUILIBRIUM - SOMETHING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO...

Even though there isn't any direct witness record of the event, it's now become an indisputable truth.

Size 尺寸 20x20cm (7.9x7.9")

Acrylic and oil on canvas 壓克力顏料,油畫顏料,畫布

This painting, with 19 more, is now on display in the exhibition 'EQUILIBRIUM' at ANADEMA Milano - C'so Lodi 1.

EQUILIBRIUM - EXHIBITION at ANADEMA'S, MILAN

A new exhibition at Anadema, the hairstylists Kingdom in Milan.
This new exhibition "Equilibrium" includes paintings related to the horse character and the interesting associations between its Latin name 'Equus' and all the other words including the letters 'EQU'.

AERIAL INSPIRATION at MUSTERRING - TAICHUNG

My exhibition 'Aerial Inspiration - 空中的靈感' is now on display at the Musterring store in Taichung until 6 October 2013.

NATURAL PUNK - 自然的龐克

No, I don't know Vivienne Westwood.

不，我不認識英國的薇薇安‧魏斯伍德

Bird: Yellow Tit 黃山雀

2013 Acrylic and oil on canvas
Size 20x20cm (7.9x7.9")


A painting included in the exhibition 'Aerial Inspiration', now on display at Open Box Art Gallery in Taichung, Taiwan

RIGHT ON TIME – 溫柔的結合系列—剛剛好

The habitually punctual make all their mistakes right on time.

Laurence J.Peter (1919-1990)

習慣性的分秒不差讓他們的錯誤都來得剛剛好.

-- 勞倫斯彼得(1919-1990), 美國著名的管理學家

40x60cm (15.75x23.62")

Acrylic and oil on canvas

A painting included in the exhibition 'Aerial Inspiration, now on display at Open Box Art Gallery in Taichung, Taiwan 

AERIAL INSPIRATION - 空中的靈感 EXHIBITION

You are all invited to the opening of my new exhibition

AERIAL INSPIRATION

空中的靈感

at OPEN BOX Art Gallery - Taichung

on Saturday July 6, 2013 at 2pm

bring your kids and smiles.

 

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40848 台中市南屯區大聖街 269號 1樓
1F, N.269 Dasheng St., Nantun Dist., Taichung City 40848 Taiwan R.O.C.
Tel: +886-04-23267676 - openbox.art@gmail.com

Invitation image: In the cage 在籠子裡 (2013)
Acrylic and oil on canvas 壓克力顏料,畫布

72x90cm (28.4x35.4") 

WELCOME! - 歡迎, 歡迎!

Welcome! (When the clownfish from Turtle Island went to Keelung)
歡迎, 歡迎! (當小丑魚從海龜島去到基隆)

It was a fine day to go and see friends and the Ketagalan always had nice stories to tell.

那是一個風和日麗探訪朋友的好日子, 凱達格蘭人總有說不完的好故事.


2013 Acrylic and oil on canvas

100x60cm (39.37x23.62")

 

SAGACIOUS MAGPIE, GNOSTIC of TIMES PAST

過去的時代，諾斯替過去的時代

Old sagacious Magpie knows he doesn't know enough, but he tries to find a way around the problem anyway.

2013 Acrylic and oil on canvas

70x100cm (27.56x39.37")

PIZU' THE WIZARD AND THE LEVITATING SWISS CHEESE SLAB

Another painting in the series "The Greatest show in my world"

50x80cm (19.69x31.5") Acrylic and oil on canvas

PAN DI STELLE - The GARDEN of SWEET DELIGHTS

This is a recent painting made for PAN DI STELLE,  a very famous Italian chocolate cookie. 
They have invited 11 Italian illustrators and artists to imagine a world with them and each of us is going to be 'artist of the month' featured on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pandistelle?ref=ts&fref=ts and http://www.facebook.com/pandistelle/app_252604314794196?app_data={%22pars%22%3A%22page%3Dcover%22}

A bit of chocolate, a bit of Bosch, a bit of all the rest.

Size 80x30cm (31.5x11.81")

Acrylic on canvas

YOU SAY MIGRATION, I SAY VACATION

The Black-faced Spoonbill really knows what a healthy life is: good, natural food, a nice environment to dwell and raise the little ones and, when temperatures decrease for Winter, some time off to a tropical resort such as the Chiku Wetland in southwestern Taiwan. Not bad I think, not bad at all.

2013 

Size 100x60cm (39.37x23.62")

Acrylic on canvas

JUST PASSING BY – 溫柔的結合系列之二 — 路過

It happened that by a chance of destiny, the little bird was found to be in that place right when they saw it. It was a matter of dispute for many years why that event happened. Books were written on the subject, scholars speculated about the consequences; movies were directed and awarded, too.

When they finally had a chance to ask the bird itself about that, the answer left everyone puzzled.

40x60cm (15.75x23.62")

Acrylic and oil on canvas

The MYTH of STEAM - 水蒸氣的神話

Size 100x70cm (39.37x27.56")
Acrylic on canvas

A painting included in the series "MOVEMENTS" displayed at Open Box Art Gallery in Taichung - Taiwan in November 2012.

The STRANGELY ORIENTED CELESTIAL EVENING MELODIES - 奇怪的面向晚上的旋律從天空

The motion of planets and stars is a melody, it's music.  

By now we know that life on Earth itself came from space, probably riding comets. Maybe even music arrived in the same way, why not?

90x72cm (35.43x28.35") 
Acrylic on canvas

A painting included in the series "MOVEMENTS" displayed at Open Box Art Gallery in Taichung - Taiwan in November 2012.

THIS IS NOT MY PLACE - 這裡不是我的家

This is a small studio for a yet-to-come larger painting.

Sometimes you just need to stop and take stock of the situation, and occasionally change scenery or at least your dress.
Isn't it so?

Size 20x20cm (7.9x7.9") Acrylic and oil on canvas

A painting included in the series "MOVEMENTS" displayed at Open Box Art Gallery in Taichung - Taiwan in November 2012.

RRUBIE TREE n.2 - L'ALBERO DI RRUBIE n.2

My second attempt with sculpture. This one is made with bronze, cypress wood and blown glass from Murano (Venice).
Rrubie is a Taiwanese Red Oriole, a remarkable fowl keen on staring at people and making arbitrary assumprtions. To see one is a real pleasure, if there are two of them it's a very lucky day indeed.

This piece is on display at Openbox Art Gallery, Taichung - Taiwan

PATHS of CHANGE - 改變路線

Some cities, like us, occasionally get tired of being located always in the same place. 有些城市就像我們人一樣, 他們有時候也想換地方住住 。

Size 100x60cm (39.37x23.62") Acrylic on canvas

A painting included in the series "MOVEMENTS" displayed at Open Box Art Gallery in Taichung - Taiwan in November 2012.

MESSIEUR BAGUETTE - The Greatest show in my world (2) - BAGUETTE 先生 - 我的世界裡最精彩的演出 (2)

Size 80x30cm (31.5x11.81") Acrylic on canvas

A painting included in the series "MOVEMENTS" displayed at Open Box Art Gallery in Taichung - Taiwan in November 2012.

MY HOME, MY COUNTRY

Size 80x50cm (31.5x19.69")

Acrylic and oil on canvas

A painting included in the series "MOVEMENTS" displayed at Open Box Art Gallery in Taichung - Taiwan in November 2012.

A SOFT INTEGRATION

80x30cm (31.5x11.81")

Acrylic on canvas

A painting included in the series "MOVEMENTS" displayed at Open Box Art Gallery in Taichung - Taiwan in November 2012.

An AUTUMN SYMPHONY

MUSIC

The first movement, as everyone knows, happened on a Saturday morning, at dawn, at the occurrence of a rainstorm, when the first drops of rain began to chant rhythmically before the downpour.

More than 65,000 years have passed, but the echoes of that first intuition can still be felt, just before every event, every beginning of every story.

第一樂章，眾所周知，它發生在一個星期六的早晨。天剛濛濛亮，暴風雨即將發生，當第一滴雨水在磅礡大雨落下前開始有節奏地詠唱。

65,000多年過去了，但那最初直覺的共鳴依然存在。

就在每個事件之前，在每一個故事開始之前。


An AUTUMN SYMPHONY

In order to be likable, a symphony must have plenty of notes, all of them set in order and at the right place. Thus one can listen to it and then go home satisfied. Even our society should work the same way and hopefully someone is aware of that.

90x72cm (35.43x28.35")

Acrylic on canvas

A painting included in the series "MOVEMENTS" displayed at Open Box Art Gallery in Taichung - Taiwan in November 2012.

THAT IDEA: THE QUIET REVOLUTION - 2012

"Ci avevo già pensato prima io." - "Non è vero, sei solo invidioso."

"I had already thought of it first." - "You liar, you're just envious." 

 ”這個點子我已經先想到了。”  ”你說謊，你只是嫉妒!“

50x50cm (16.7X16.7")

Acrylic on canvas

A painting included in the series "MOVEMENTS" displayed at Open Box Art Gallery in Taichung - Taiwan in November 2012.