AIT官邸藝展系列之七：伊莉莎白‧莫瑞〈深藍C〉
伊莉莎白‧莫瑞，1940年生於伊利諾州芝加哥。身為一名引領風潮的畫家，莫瑞使用了各種形狀特殊的畫布，打破過去繪畫僅能利用錯覺，在平面上表現立體空間的傳統。莫瑞的畫作讓日常生活物品活了起來，作品中經常出現杯子、抽屜、餐具、桌椅這些熟悉的物件，「藝術就是在咖啡杯中靈光乍現。」莫瑞的油畫和水彩畫充滿玩心，打破平面空間，不但會從牆面延伸出去，同時還擁有雕塑般的形體，引人進而思索，畫本身是一個物體，抑或是描繪物體的平面空間。莫瑞的生平和其他作品可參見： www.pbs.org/art21 #ArtinAIT
深藍C，2001。
平版印刷 / 網版印刷，71.1 x 111.1公分
大使館藝術暨保存基金會提供，華盛頓特區；藝術家本人與Gemini G.E.L. LLC致贈
Art in AIT: Elizabeth Murray’s Deep Blue C
Elizabeth Murray was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1940. A pioneer in painting, Murray used distinctively shaped canvases to break with the art historical tradition of illusionistic space in two dimensions. Breathing life into domestic subject matter, her paintings often include images of cups, drawers, utensils, chairs, and tables. “Art is an epiphany in a coffee cup.” Jutting out from the wall and sculptural in form, Murray’s paintings and watercolors playfully blur the line between the painting as an object and the painting as a space for depicting objects. For more information about Elizabeth Murray and her work: www.pbs.org/art21
For image comment:
Deep Blue C, 2001.
Lithograph / screenprint, 28 x 43¾ in.
Courtesy of the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies, Washington, D.C.; Gift of the artist and Gemini G.E.L. LLC
