ThePaintingsof EarthstoneChu
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EarthstoneChu周于棟 PRESENTEDWITHSELECTEDCHINESESCHOLAROBJECTS
CURATEDBYLUKEGUAN
LGuanAsianArt
01STMARCH-30THJUNE2024
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INEFFABLE CONTENTS THEPAINTINGSOFEARTHSTONECHU ArtistStatement 4 PRESENTEDWITHSELECTEDSONGDYNASTYCERAMICS EarthstoneChuWorks 12 CURATEDBYZOE&LUKEGUAN ArtistCV 30
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ArtistStatement
EarthstoneChu
1970,Iwas20yearsold,Ifellintoadarkperiodofsevenyearsinmylifeandcame intocontactwiththeTaoTeChing.Icouldn’tunderstandwhatitwassayingevenifI readitcarefully,butitwasalightofhopethatIcouldseeinthedarktunnel.
ThecultivationofmindthroughmeditationandTaiChihasallowedmetoexperience manywonderfulsituationsthatcannotbedescribed.Later,whenIreadtheTaoTe
Chingagain,IfullyunderstoodthemeaningofthewordswrittenbyLaoTzu.Suddenly Ifoundthatthemeaningofmylifehadbeenquietlychanged.InspirationsurgesandI wanttodoanything.
EverydayIuseabrushtowritemythoughtsonricepaper.Inkpainting,single-plate printmaking,calligraphy,oilpaintingcollage,discardedobjectassemblage installation,poetry,literary,historical,andphilosophicaldiscussion,themasteryof naturalsoftness,andtheformationofbigartisticconceptsareallcompetingtobe produced.
AgoodfriendsaidthatIregardthepastasabrokenshoe.BecauseifItakeastep forwardinmysoul,Iwillseemoremountainsandrivers.Somepeoplecriticizemy worksasgarbage,ghostfights,andmessingpaintings.Otherssay:Earthstone,you havepaintedlove,eternity,andsublimity.Whensomepeoplesaythatmypaintings aresuperb,otherssaythatIamthemostannoyingpersonwhoisanti-academic.
Whensomeonesaidthatmydiscussionwasofgreatvalue,someoneelsesaid,"Who wantstoreadthiskindofarticle?"
Thiskindofjourneyacrossthousandsofmountainsandriversisconsideredveryluckyand normal.Afterall,onlywhenthefrequencyisthesamecanwecommunicate.However, peoplelikemewhoencounterdifficultiesinlife,regardlessoftheirseverity,canbefound everywhere.Iuseimagesandtexttosharemyexperienceofbaptism,whichresonates withmetosomeextent.Iwrotetwopoemsaboutthismatter:Onsunnydays,thereare alsodrownedpeople,butinwindandrain,aretherenohappypeople?
Aladysawmyentangledlinesandsaid,"Youhavewrittenallmylife.Icanlookatthis pictureforhours.Youaremydoor."Isaid,"Iamnotyourdoor,myworkisyourkey.You tookitandopenedthedoortoyourownuniquelife."Theentangledlinesinstantly allowedhertoembracetheupsanddownsofherlife.Shecouldwatchthemforseveral hours.It'sshewasobservingherselfintheembrace,andthenself-rediscoveryandrecreation. Beforegoingintoaprofoundsettlement,itwasdifficulttoclimbthehighwallofTaoist metaphysicalphilosophyandunderstandit,because,atthattime,myinsightwas kidnappedbysingle-linelogic.Whenthecompletetransformationhappensforlife,The single-linelogicwillbeweakened,andtheoverallreasoningandawarenesswillbe strengthened.Irealizethattheso-calledprofoundnessliesinordinarythings,inmypores, inmyurine,inthenaughtycloudsandbirdsIlookupto,innaturalopportunities,andthe endlessambiguity.
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Returningtonatureandlivinginharmonywiththelightmeansintegratingintothe naturalworld.Toreachtheextremeofemptinessandlistenbychiistofindreason andfindorderinthechaos.
Whatisbornbychanceiscallednature,andtheunknownvastnessiscalled theambiguous.Thisisthebigblueoceanuniverseofthesoul.Theliteratiartcreation periodoftheTangDynastyshowedthisbigblueocean.Peoplewhoadmirethebig blueoceaninbondageandthenstruggletopursuespiritualfreedomareflocking out.TheEightImmortalsinWineisaclassicexample.Rembrandtfourhundredyears ago,andMonet,Matisse,andPicassoinmoderntimesallsteppedontotheedgeof thisbigblueoceanintheirlateryears.
Rigidandsuperficialinformationsuppressesthepureinstinctsinherentinhuman beingsandbreakstheumbilicalcordwiththeambiguousblueocean.Itmakesthe exerciseinstinctofsedimentation,exploration,andcreationdecline.
Materialabundancerequiresaccumulation,anditsfruitswillbeaffectedbyexternal forcesandwillbereducedtonothing.Spiritualabundancerequiresreleaseand enjoyment.Themoreyourelease,themoreabundantyouwillbe,andthemoreyou enjoy,thebetteritwillbe.Itcannotbedeprivedbyexternalforcesandcannotbe shakenbychanges.ThepracticeofTaoistmetaphysicalphilosophyisthecreationof aspirituallyfertilefoundation.
Fromthebaseofreturningtonature,beinginharmonywiththelight,goingtothe extremeofemptiness,andlisteningwithchi2,500yearsago,allthewayIhavebeen confirmingexperiencestoexploreanddevelop.ThenIhaveroughlysummarizedthe cognitivediscussionofhumanneedsinthefuture:First,eachLifeisunique.Second, weneedtodeepenandwidentheeducationofourfeelings.Third,spiritualfreedom istheultimatehumanasset.Fourth,buildacivilizationofmutualappreciation.5. Energybeautyisthemostconvenientandpowerfulstructuralelementforhuman unityandharmony.
Taoistmetaphysicalphilosophyhasgrownmyartisticcreation,andmyartisticcreationhas formedthephilosophicalthoughtsofthe21stcentury.Myworksareashared responsibilityandvisionthatIsharewithpeople.IfIamluckyenoughtobethekeyfor peopletoentertheirownabundantgardenofspirit,thatwouldbemygreatesthonor.
Injustafewdecades,therehavebeenseveralwavesofInternetrevolutions.whennot dealenoughwithit,wejumpedintotheAIrevolution.Inthelonghistoryofhuman footsteps,thisisthefirsttimesuchrapidchangeshaveoccurred.Culturalhomogeneity andshallownesswillonlybecomemoreserious.NoonemaylikethewhistleIblow,butI stillblowitinstinctively.
ItcanbeseenthatIamapersonwholikestomaunderandlovestoplay.Timeisa constantvehicleoflife,andyouwillenjoyasmuchfunasyouprojectbetweenitsdotsand lines.Atseventy-threeyearsold,IamasplayfulasIwaswhenIwasthreeyearsold.Only nowIdon'tcrywhenIfall,I'mhappyinstead.
Becauseeverytimeyoufall,yourkungfuwillgetbetter.ThisisalsothemainreasonwhyI loveplayingMMAmartialsportwithyoungpeople.
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創作自述
周于棟
1970年，我二十歲，陷入七年的生命黑暗期，接觸到道德經。仔細讀也不懂在說什麼，但 是它卻是我在黑暗隧道裏看到一點生命的希望之光。
靜坐和太極拳的修養心性，讓我體驗到非常多不能言說的奇妙情況。之後當我再翻道徳經 ，完全領會老子寫下來的文字意義。突然發現自己生命的內涵早已悄悄地翻 每天用毛筆在宣紙薄寫心中的話。水墨畫、單版版畫，書法，油畫拼貼，棄物組合裝置， 詩詞，文史哲論述，自然鬆柔的掌握，藝術大觀念的形成都沒閒著的競相產生。
一位好友說我視前事如蔽屨。因為魂魄中往前一步，就多增加一山一河的視野。有人批評 我的作品是垃圾，是鬼打架，黑白畫，也有人說：Earthstone你已經把愛畫出來，把永恆 畫出來，把崇高畫出來。有人說我的畫出神入化的時候，就有人說這個反學院的最討厭。
當有人說我的論述價值連國的時候，就有人說這種文章誰要看？ 這樣的跨千山涉萬水，算是很幸運，也很正常。畢竟頻率相同才能溝通。然而像我這樣遭 遇生命難關的人，不論輕重形態，到處都有。我用圖像文字創作來分享我的洗禮心得，多 多少少會有共鳴共振。這事我作詩兩句：晴天亦有落湯客，風雨那無得意人？
位女士看到我牽纏流轉的線條，說：「你寫盡我的生，我可以在這個畫面看幾個小時。你 是我的門。」我說：「我不是你的門，我的作品是你的龥匙。你拿去開了你自己獨特生命的門 。」牽纏的線條剎時讓她攬擁起生的起伏，可以看好幾個小時，是她在攬擁中察照自己，進 而自我再發現再創造。 未深入沈殿之前，面對道家形而上哲學高牆難攀難以理解，因為那時我的洞察力死死地被單線 邏輯綁架。來了一個生命體會大翻轉，單線邏輯弱了，整體推理和覺照強化了。體會到所謂的 深奧，就在平常事物，在自己的毛細孔，在自己的尿液，在仰望的頑皮鳥雲，在自然機緣，在 曖昧無止。 歸璞返真、和光同麈是要融入自然平常。致虚極、以氣傾聽是在渾沌曖味中尋理則納秩序。 機緣所生稱為自然，未知浩瀚稱為曖味。這是心靈的大藍海大宇宙。唐朝文人藝術創整時期， 展現這個大藍海。在束縛中傾慕大藍海，進而為追尋心靈自由而掙扎的人蜂湧而出，酒中八仙 是經典的例子。四百年前的林布蘭特，近代的莫內、馬蒂斯、畢卡索晚年都不約而同的踩入這 大藍海的邊際。
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僵化淺薄資訊，壓制了人類與生俱來的純真自然本能，弄斷了與曖昧藍海的臍帶。沉澱探 尋發現創造的運使本能衰退了。
物質豐饒要追求累積，它的果實會被外力影響，也會化為烏有。精神豐饒要釋放享受，愈 釋放愈豐饒，愈享受愈美好。外力不能剝奪，變遷不能動搖。道家形而上哲學的實踐就是 精神豐饒基盤的打造。
從兩千五百年前的歸璞返真、和光同麈、致虚極、以氣傾聽的基礎，路印証體驗到探索 開發，我粗略整理歸納出對人類未來需要的認知論述：一，每個生命都是獨一無二。二， 感覺深廣化重度教育。三，心靈自由是人類終極資產。四，互相欣賞的文明建造。五，能
量美是人類一體和諧最方便最強大的建構元素。
道家形而上哲學成長了我的藝術創作，我的藝術創作又形成了廿世紀的哲理思想。我的
作品是我與人們共同的承担與願景的分享，如果有幸成為人們進入自己精神豐饒花園的龥 匙，那是我無上的榮幸。
短短幾十年，跳躍幾波網路革命，來不及正視消化，又跳進ＡＩ革命。在人類腳步長河中 ，這樣急促多變是第遭。文化單化淺層化只有愈嚴重。我吹的哨子可能沒人愛聽，但 是我還是本能性的吹。
可以看出我是愛雜唸又愛玩的人。時間是不停的生命載具，在它的點線之間投射了多少望 想，就享有多少玩趣。七十四歲了，跟我三歲時一樣愛玩。只是現在跌倒不會哭，反而高 興。
因為，每跌一次功夫就會更上一層。這也是我愛跟年輕人打終極格鬥運動最主要的原因。
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無垠界RealmWithoutBoundary Acryliccolour,canvas,117x91cm
「難為水影示深底,世人可知無垠界？」
空中唱SingintheAir acryliccolour,canvas,76x102cm
「磎壑拐，岩土軋，水掛空中唱。」
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一路賞AppreciatingInWholeWay canvascalligraphy，60x90cm
「臉皮枯澁粗髪蒼，坎坷行來一路賞。向問人生是如何？風灑雨捶活潑走。」
好景GoodScene ricepaper,ink,acryliccolour,canvas,90x60cm
「聽寂寂，觀渺渺，好景都在。」
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相知KnowEachOther ricepaper,ink,acryliccolour,canvas,80x40cm
「透風急雨舞，落葉新枝交相知。」
相陪ToAccompanyEachOther ricepaper,ink,acryliccolour,canvas,51x40.5cm
「荒了時空，階石夕照老相陪。」
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正寫趣JustWritesTheFun
是�戱TheGame ricepaper,ink,acryliccolour,canvas,calligraphy,80x40cm ricepaper,ink,acryliccolour,canvas,calligraphy,80x40cm
「情波無掛，明月正寫趣。」
「你晴我雨還共振，才知人間是�戱。」
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一羽扇
「輕揮一羽扇，纏綿作滋養。」
空間旋 ricepaper,ink,acryliccolour,canvas,91x91cm 「彎肘空間旋。」
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,AFeatherFan ricepaper,ink,acryliccolour,canvas,101x101cm
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斜倚Leaning 小憇TakingARest acryliccolour,canvas,30x40cm
acryliccolour,canvas,30x40cm
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秋聲SoundofAutumn 綠髮時節TheTimeofGreenHairs acryliccolour,canvas,40x30cm acryliccolour,canvas,30x30cm
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紀念照MemorialPhoto collage,mixedmedia,canvas,30x30cm
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大船入港BigShip collage,mixedmedia,canvas,30x30cm
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問何物Asking collage,mixedmedia,canvas,30x30cm
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夜街NightStreet collage,mixedmedia,canvas,30x30cm
ARTISTCV
EarthstoneChu
BorninChungHua,Taiwan,1950
Education
1968~1972BachelorofArtsDegreeinFineArt,ChineseCulturalUniversity,Taipei,Taiwan
ExperienceandTraining
1974~1975CommercialFilm
1975~1978ResearchincomparisonoftheartthoughtofChinaandWestinHungKung Museum,
ChineseCulturalUniversity,Taiwan
1978~1988Fineartininkandcolor(Chinesepainting),ceramic,waterprint,oilpaint Illustrationsandcomicsfornewspapers,magazinesandbooks,Taiwan
1982~presentTraininginTaoistmeditationandinternalKungFutogeneratethespiritualpower, whichinfluencedartcreation.Kungandartfeedbackeachother.
1988~presentFineart,mixedpaintingandsculptureswithvariousmediumandmaterial:full timeworkinownprivatestudio
SoloExhibitions
2023
CansSpace,EachModern,Taipei
EastandWestGallery,Melbourne CansTeaShop,Taipei
JPArtCenter,KaoHisung
InRiverGallery,TaipeiRegentHotel,Taipei
CansTeaHouseGallery,Taipei
AutumnColorGallery,Taipei,Taiwan
MOCA,Taipei,Taiwan
Lin&KungartGallery,Taipei,Taiwan
VanguardGallery,Melbourne,Australia
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2017
2014
2013
2012
2010
2009
2008
2007
2004
1996 GabrielGallery,Melbourne,Australia
1995 UpGallery,Taipei,Taiwan
1993 NoVacancyTemporaryGalleries,Melbourne,Australia
1992 TaiwanGallery,Taipei,Taiwan
1991 GalleryPierre,Taichung,Taiwan
YangHanGallery,Taipei,Taiwan
1990 GalleryL’AgeD’or,Taipei
ChounMenArtSpace,KaoHisungTaiwan
EastandWestGallery,MelbourneAustralia
1989 MarcoPGallery,Phoenix,USA
MuseumofChineseAustraliaHistory,Melbourne,Australia
ProvincialMuseum,TaichungTaiwan
TeamArtsGallery,Taipei,Taiwan
1988 TienMuCeramicsGallery,Taipei,Taiwan
1981~1987TaipeiArtGuild,Taipei,Taiwan(annualsoloexhibition)
1987 TaoYuanCulturalCentre,TaoYuan,Taiwan
1986 Gallery’97HongKong
CavesGallery,TaipeiTaiwan
1984 AmericanCulturalCenter,Taipei CavesGallery,Taipei,Taiwan
1982 MyriadGallery,TaipeiTaiwan
1979 AmericanCulturalCenter,Taipei,Taiwan
TaichungCulturalCenter,Taichung,Taiwan
HuaKungMuseumTaipei,Taiwan
MajorGroupShows
2015 TaipeiU-TownArtSuiGallery
2004 ‘Contemp69’69SmithStGallery,Melbourne,Australia
‘People&Place’GasworksArtsPark,Melbourne,Australia
2001‘LostandFound’KoorieHeritage,Melbourne,Australia
1996 ‘Apatchofblues’ANZBank,Melbourne,Australia
1995 AMESArtShow,Melbourne,Australia
1994 ‘Hydra’AccessGalleryNationalGalleryofVictoria,Melbourne,Australia
1993 GasworksOutdoorSculptureShow,Melbourne,Australia
1989 ‘AncientIdeas/NewTechniques’,twoyearstravelingexhibitionorganizedby VisualArtsResourcesoftheUniversityofOregonMuseumofArt,USA
1988 HowardSalon,‘ColorAndLife‘,twopersonshow,Taipei,Taiwan
1986 ‘TheNewTideinChinesePainting’Versailles,FranceandHouston,USA
‘ChineseContemporaryPainting’Lucbeck,Bonn,Germany
‘AnExhibitionofModernChineseArt’Lucbeck,Bonn,Germany
‘InternationalWater-inkExhibition’TaipeiFineArtMuseum,Taipei,Taiwan
1984 ‘ExhibitionofChineseandJapaneseArtist‘TaipeiFineArtMuseum,Taipei,Taiwan
MajorCollections
Citibank,ChemicalBank,NoviaScotiaBank,IBM,GrandHyett,HongGahMuseum, ArtcodeCafe
PrivateCollections
Taiwan,U.S.A.,Germany,Australia
Others
*Written9booksincluding‘AppreciationandKnowledgeofArt’,‘TheGradationof Beauty’andalso9lectureCDs.
*Columnistfor‘ARTCOArtMonthly‘inTaiwan
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周于棟簡歷
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台北永漢畫廊
1990 台北家畫廊 高雄串門藝術空間 墨爾夲EastandWest畫廊
1989 美國鳳鳳城MarcoP畫廊 墨爾夲MuseumofChineseAustraliaHistory 台中國立美術舘 台北群藝堂
1988 台北天母陶舍
1981~1987台北藝術家畫廊單年展
1987 桃園文化中心
1986 香港’97畫廊 台北敦煌畫廊
1984 台北美國文化中心 台北敦煌畫廊
1982 台北千巨畫廊
1979 台北美國文化中心 台中文化中心 台北華岡博物舘
主要聯展
2015 台北U-Town水畫廊
2004 墨爾夲‘Contemp…69’69SmithSt畫廊 墨爾夲‘People&Place’GasworksArtsPark
2001 墨爾夲‘LostandFound’KoorieHeritage
1996 墨爾夲‘Apatchofblues’ANZBank
1995 墨爾夲AMESArtShow
1994 墨爾夲‘Hydra’AccessGalleryNationalGalleryofVictoria
1993 墨爾夲GasworksOutdoorSculptureShow
台北市立美術舘‘InternationalWater-inkExhibition’
1989 美國巡迴展‘AncientIdeas/NewTechniques’,twoyearstraveling exhibitionorganizedbyVisualArtsResourcesoftheUniversityof OregonMuseumofArt
1988 台北福華畫廊‘ColorAndLife‘
1986 法國美國巡迴展‘TheNewTideinChinesePainting’Versailles, FranceandHouston,USA
德國巡迴展‘ChineseContemporaryPainting’Lucbeck,Bonn, Germany
1985 德國巡迴展‘AnExhibitionofModernChineseArt’Lucbeck, Bonn
台北市立美術舘‘InternationalWater-inkExhibition’
1984 台北市立美術舘‘ExhibitionofChineseandJapaneseArtist"
機構收藏
花旗銀行,大通銀行,NoviaScotiaBank,IBM,凱悅飯店,鳳甲美術 舘,ArtcodeCafe,ArtcoTea
私人收藏
台灣、美國、德國、澳洲 其他
*著作"藝術欣賞與知識"與"美事層次"等九夲書
*曾為自立晚報、早報、台灣時報、自由時報、典藏今藝術專欄 作家
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無垠界RealmWithoutBoundary,acryliccolour,canvas,117x91cm
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一路賞AppreciatingInWholeWay,canvascalligraphy,60x90cm
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