加拿大藝術家Roger Gaudreau
台灣創作發表 Working in Taiwan

策展人：馬肇石（Pierre Martin）
策劃單位：蔚龍藝術有限公司
共同主辦單位：竹圍工作室 / 台北國際藝術村
贊助單位：加拿大駐台北貿易辦事處、魁北克省藝術文學評議會、加拿大國家藝術評議會 
地點：竹圍工作室
創作時間：2002.05.06 - 2002.06.02
作品發表：2002.06.01 / 3:00-4:00 p.m.
地點：台北國際藝術村
活動一：開放工作坊，作品參觀，2002.05.25 / 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m
活動二：藝術家講堂 – 放在大自然中的藝術品，2002.05.29 / 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
展覽時間：2002.05.31 – 2002.06.30，藝術村畫廊與中庭
展覽酒會：2002.05.31/ 6:00 p.m.
地點：嘉義縣梅山鄉半天村112-4號，tel：0937-656-008
活動：「裝置自然雕塑展」，Gaudreau與台灣藝術家王文志等人將雕塑作品永久裝置在大自然的森林中，2002.06.02 / 10:00-12:00 a.m.。

台灣創作計畫
遷徙的犀牛：由Roger Gaudreau所製作的第一隻犀牛放置在溫暖的區域開始，使得這種原本生活在非洲的動物，現在在寒帶的北方國家如加拿大, 溫帶的法國或德國到處可見, 這要歸功於這位藝術家。 每一次，牠們遷移到一個新的國家, 體內便被填塞滿了當地的東西，在加拿大是楓葉, 在義大利是稻草, 在法國則填滿了當地的樹枝葉, 而在德國是由石灰所做成的。
即將在台北藝術村展出的台灣犀牛，將更進一步地指出此種動物瀕臨絕種的威脅，一隻是以竹片填入用金屬線纏繞而成皮膚的犀牛，另外一隻則是以竹片圈成，飄浮在空氣中，呈現犀牛逐漸消失滅種的危機。

環：藝術家也將在台灣製作一個黏土雕塑，並將作品永久裝置在台灣中部森林中，圍繞在一棵新種的樟樹，並將樹種的中文和拉丁文學名刻在這個環上。這棵樹將在這個環中長大，有一天環會碰觸到樹皮，就可以知道這棵樹的樹齡和直徑。同時，其他台灣藝術家包括王文志等人，也會同時在這座森林中安置作品， 讓台灣森林與當代藝術產生對話。

Press Release
Canadian Artist Roger Gaudreau Working in Taiwan
Curator：Pierre Martin
Production：Blue Dragon Art
Co-presenters：Bamboo Curtain Studio / Taipei Artist Village
Sponsors：Canadian Trade Office in Taipei、Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Quebec、Canada Council of the Arts
Information：Pierre Martin 0922-577-184 / Wang Yuling 0953-676-028

Place：Bamboo Curtain Studio, Tamshui, tel : 2808-1465
Working dates：2002.05.06 - 2002.06.02
Work on view：2002.06.01 / 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Place：Taipei Artist Village, 7 Beiping E. Road, Taipei, tel：3393-7377
Activity one：Open Studio, 2002.05.25 / 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m
Activity two：Conference – Art in Nature, 2002.05.29 / 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Exhibition：2002.05.31 – 2002.06.30, gallery and courtyard
Opening：2002.05.31/ 6:00 p.m.
Place：Mei Shan, Ban Tai Village, Chiayi County, tel：0937-656-008
Activity：Roger Gaudreau will install permanently one of his ring sculpture made of clay in a forest, with other Taiwanese artists including Wang Wen-Chih.
Opening: This collective activity will be held on 2002.06.02 / 10:00-12:00 a.m.

Projects in Taiwan
The migration of the rhinoceros：The first rhinoceros realized by Roger Gaudreau were underlying the warming of the earth. The animals, originating from Africa, could now be seen under the new mild climates of northern countries like Canada, France or Germany, thanks to the artist.Each time they migrate to a new country they are filled with local materials. In Canada those materials were maple leaves, in Italy it was hay, in France the rhinoceros was filled with local branches and it Germany we can see that the inside is made of rolled up lime.
The Taiwanese rhinoceros that will be exhibited in Taipei Artist Village will go a step further and point to the disappearance that threat the specie. The first one will be executed using the technique of the others rhinoceros scattered throughout the world: a metal wires skin inserted with bamboo pieces in Taipei. The second one will be composed only with bamboo circles floating in the air. That work will suggest the more and more evanescent silhouette of the rhinoceros.
The Ring：The artist will also produce here in Taiwan a clay sculpture (a ring). He will then install it in a forest in the middle of Taiwan, around a new camphor tree. The tree will grow with the ring and one day the ring will touch the skin of the tree. On the ring will be inscribed the name of the tree in Chinese and Latin, the age the tree can get and the diameter it will reach at that time. Other Taiwanese artists, including Wang Wen-Shih, will also install works in the same forest at the same time, and so the forest will dialogue with contemporary art.

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