邱炯炯

二〇一〇年作
鈐印：「邱炯炯畫」。

星空間，北京
亞洲私人收藏

Overall in good condition. There are round bare areas of paper with rusted pinholes slightly visible at the image corners and midpoints of all sides, evident of pushpins used by the artist during the work's creation. Overall framed dimensions: 125.8 by 95.8 cm; 49½ by 37¾ in.
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邱炯炯像是異想天開的說書人，其藝術創作見解獨特，妙趣橫生，他成長於著名川劇世家，這樣的生活經歷讓他的作品更為兼容並蓄。他背鄉離井，放棄學業，到北京設立工作室，致力創作不受類型、媒材或主題局限的純粹藝術。他的靈感來源豐富多元，從經典文學到童話故事，以至藝術名家巴斯基亞、白南准與波提且利。邱氏亦是一名新晉電影製作人，並以怪誕的文學主題畫作而著稱，畫中主角的面容總是雜色斑駁，起因於他對描繪醃肉肌理的執著沉迷。在2010年的展覽圖錄中，其友人謝其形容邱氏「說話談笑風生，思潮澎湃，一瀉千里，摻雜幻想情節，難以核對。」¹

¹ _{《第一屆邱炯炯藝術節》，星空間，中國北京，2010年}