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深受民眾支持，歷年皆以秒殺速度被搶購一空的「藝出慈悲‧百大名人」慈善義賣活動，4月17日即將在台北世貿三館隆重舉行！即日起至4月11日在晶華酒店‧麗晶精品將推出「藝出慈悲‧百大名人‧作品預展」，民眾將有機會搶先欣賞百大名人的精采創作。

由台北新藝術博覽會特別企劃的「藝出慈悲‧百大名人」慈善義賣活動，今年已邁入第四屆，大會廣邀社會賢達關懷弱勢，涵蓋政商、演藝、時尚生活及藝文宗教界的名人均不落人後踴躍參與，在畫布上揮灑創意，吸引民眾熱烈收藏，共同將溫暖送給需要的朋友。

本屆應邀共襄盛舉的名人包括：中華民國前總統李登輝、國民黨榮譽黨主席吳伯雄、監察院副院長陳進利、新北市市長朱立倫、新北市副市長侯友宜、富邦文教基金會董事陳藹玲、富邦金控董事長蔡明忠、晶華酒店董事長潘思亮、遠雄集團董事長趙藤雄、和泰興業董事長蘇一仲、三花棉製業公司董事長施純鎰、台北101董事長宋文琪、大眾證券董事長陳田稻、東森房屋董事長王應傑、德盛安聯證券投資信託董事長許慶雲、開雲集團亞太區總裁鄧婉穎、台大醫院創傷醫學部主任柯文哲、中國國民黨中央委員連勝文、萬國法律事務所資深合夥律師顧立雄、羅芙奧藝術集團董事長王鎮華、紅面棋王周俊勳、聲樂家簡文秀、國際燈光大師姚仁恭、老夫子第二代作者王澤、服裝設計師溫慶珠、台灣首席彩妝大師鄭建國、導演邱瓈寬、林志玲、女子天團S.H.E.、五月天、陳柏霖、黃子佼、蕭閔釗ANO、呂志文Aer、吳尊、江中博、胡盈禎(小禎)、李佩甄、柯以柔、柯一正、兄弟象棒球隊球員彭政閔等各界翹楚。本屆參與的百大名人，將於台北新藝術博覽會官方網站中陸續公佈。

台北新藝術博覽會藝術總監李善單指出，「藝出慈悲‧百大名人」義賣活動的主旨，在結合藝術與慈善公益，藉由跨國跨界數百位名人無私奉獻拋磚引玉，帶動民眾一起加入援助社會弱勢的行列，進而培養大眾收藏藝術品的興趣，達到文化教育推廣、厚植台灣藝術產業的目標，意義極為深遠。應邀參與的名人都是在百忙當中傾力發揮愛心，以彩繪、拼貼、攝影或複合媒材，創作在17.5 x 14㎝大小的畫布上，才華及巧思盡顯於方寸之間，無論就蘊含的正向能量或藝術價值而言，均彌足珍貴，值得細細體會。

「藝出慈悲‧百大名人」義賣活動定於4月17中午12點開始，在台北世貿三館第四屆台北新藝術博覽會(Art Revolution Taipei 2014)現場進行。義賣作品以匿名方式展出，收藏家在購買後方能得知創作者是誰。義賣作品每幅新台幣1000元，每人限購兩幅。活動的收入將全數捐予「陽光社會福利基金會」，由基金會派員駐守展場收取義賣款項並開立收據，主辦單位絕不經手義賣款項。

「陽光社會福利基金會」成立於民國70年，長期關懷國內顏面損傷及燒傷者，並提供全方位服務，使其重獲新生回歸社會。30多年來，除了設立「陽光重建中心」，提供燒燙傷友生理及居家復健服務，並成立「陽光庇護工場」，為身心障礙者再度進入社會做準備，不僅有計畫且永續的為身心障礙者提供就業機會，改善其生活，也提升社會大眾對顏面損傷者的關注，是一個具有人文關懷、專業服務及公信力的社會團體。

第四屆台北新藝術博覽會 (Art Revolution Taipei 2014) 總計48國280位藝術家參展，2000件頂尖作品薈萃一堂，沛然開啟豐富多元的世界級視野。本屆以「印象‧當代」為主軸，在藝術總監李善單策畫下，精心規畫十大展區：經典綜合區、台灣當代藝術、中國當代藝術、國際當代藝術、紐約當代藝術基金、當代水墨「運水留彩」、藝企相投‧藝企風發、2014 國際藝術家評選賽特展、文創藝術、藝出慈悲。其中大會主題精神為「印象飆到當代」，特邀台灣首位與國際頂級超跑品牌跨界合作的藝術家李善單，創作古典超跑裝置藝術，展現「藝術的力量，生命的奔放」。

「以藝術家為核心」、「視藝博會本身即為龐大藝術品」為策展主軸的台北新藝術博覽會，直接回歸藝術本質，讓藝術家榮耀站在世人面前，打造出全亞洲最具指標性的藝術展會：2011年首屆創下藝術家成交率89.66%，直逼全球頂級巴塞爾博覽會；第二屆再創新高，藝術家成交率高達91.18%；第三屆許多作品在VIP之夜即被全數收藏，已然建立起「絕對品牌」，成為亞洲最具特色之藝術平台。2014年展會將於4月17日至20日，在台北世貿三館登場，藉由多元文化的藝術創作，展現當代藝術不同面向，拓展藝術新視野。歡迎民眾蒞臨參觀，共享撼動心靈、充滿驚奇與驚歎的創意之美！

第四屆 台北新藝術博覽會

「藝出慈悲‧百大名人」作品預展

「藝出慈悲‧百大名人」慈善義賣

不斷突破創新的台北新藝術博覽會(Art Revolution Taipei )，在即將到來4月17日～20日的展會中規畫有十大展區，其中推出目前藝術市場最熱門的──當代水墨「運水留彩」專區，呈現當代水墨新藝象，這是台灣藝術展會之中首次推出當代水墨專區的藝博會。參展藝術家涵括兩岸華人區具潛力當代水墨藝術家，包括：李力民、陳奇、廖美蘭、沙清華、蘇崇銘、李百鳴、陽芝英、林文莉、魏瑞宗、蕭巨昇及苗重安等人，讓愛藝民眾能盡覽當代水墨藝術呈現的新風貌。

不斷創新的台北新藝術博覽會，每屆藝術總監都會訂定出不同主題，既挑戰藝術家的創意，亦同時呈現每年展會的不同風貌。

「當代水墨」是近來藝術市場及學術界最關切的藝術趨勢及焦點。為了因應國際市場對當代水墨的興趣與需求，國際兩大拍賣公司佳士得和蘇富比以及中國五大拍賣公司：中國嘉德、北京保利、北京匡時、北京榮寶及北京永樂，自2012年開始紛紛推出水墨專場，不論是當代的重量級水墨藝術家或是新銳藝術家，均屢屢拍出令人注目的成交價。

除了拍賣公司推出水墨專拍，全球重量級美術館如英國大英博物館、美國大都會博物館、英國薩奇畫廊、上海美術館、多倫現代美術館等，以及紐約軍械庫藝博會更先後推出當代水墨展，當代水墨已被視為目前最重要、最活躍及最受關注的藝術形式之一。收藏群擴及傳統書畫收藏家，還有收藏當代藝術的藏家，就目前市場而論，熟悉藝術市場的專家認為：當代水墨作品整體價位偏低，一線藝術家價格被低估，年輕藝術家的市場表現較為活躍，未來發展潛力值得期待。

新水墨與傳統中國畫雖然媒材相同，卻有著各自的藝術表現語言，許多藏家認為，當代水墨從學術和創作已醞釀多年，現在到達了應該市場噴發的時期。台北新藝術博覽會希望能為台灣民眾介紹並認識這股迅速崛起的藝術流派，同時將台灣極具實力及潛力的優秀水墨藝術家推上國際舞台。

本屆台北新藝術博覽會特別規劃的──當代水墨「運水留彩」展區，特別精挑細選出兩岸極具潛力當代水墨藝術家，像是詩、書、畫皆精通，近年來作品更獲多次全國大展獎項，被新加坡、台灣、日本等國內外收藏機構收藏的李力民，作品自成一格、充滿恬淡禪趣，書卷氣襲人。來自中國的李百鳴，雖然是以水墨創作，卻有西方油畫的寫實基礎，其融合寫實油畫與工筆國畫的作品，獨樹一格；以水墨呈現出風景的陳奇，雖是風景畫作，但卻非以傳統國畫的散點透視方式，而以現代的焦點透視創作方式，融合寫實油畫與工筆國畫的作品，讓水墨畫作呈現獨特的風貌；苗重安為長安畫派重要畫家，山水畫多表現黃河流域自然與歷史人文景觀，畫風寫實、意境開闊。

台灣藝術家廖美蘭作品極富哲學與文學思維，每一次展覽的作品，都是其生命能量爆發；長年致力於山水畫創作的蘇崇銘，作品不重著於寫實描繪，而以表達藝術家主觀的抒情為主，以乾筆記巧取代暈染效果，一點一點的描繪出山嵐、泥土、樹林的茂密，細筆講究仔細，水墨風格融合傳統與現代畫風；沙清華的作品或超現實、或展現藝術家的心靈風景，被評為「實中藏虛、虛中隱實且意境深遠」；蕭巨昇採用當代大眾符號，與正統水墨題材，同時置於畫面時，使畫面產生畫面符號產生的文化唐突感，與時空間的錯落感，繪畫技巧刻意的仿古，鮮明的個人風格，仍不失其獨特的東方情境，與強烈的當代精神。

魏瑞宗尋求傳統國畫的寫意宗旨，以追求傳統國畫六法中的「氣韻生動」，來作意象創作，追求文人水墨畫的「雅」，表現傳統「氣韻生動」之美。林文莉作品取材自台灣亞熱帶的一花一石、一草一木或生態昆蟲為創作靈感，其中技法有雙鉤、沒骨應用，藉以花草傳情，創造作品多彩多姿，來呈現大自然的萬物的風情萬種。年逾70歲的陽芝英，以大自然為主題，運用不同技巧，創造自己的風格。

2014台北新藝術博覽會共計48國家地區、280位藝術家參展，展覽作品高達2,000件，藉由多元文化的藝術創作，展現當代藝術不同面向，帶來一場充滿驚歎的藝術盛宴。本屆以「印象‧當代」為主軸，並在藝術總監李善單策畫之下，規畫出各具特色十大展區：經典綜合區、台灣當代藝術、中國當代藝術、國際當代藝術、紐約當代藝術基金、當代水墨「運水留彩」、2014國際藝術家評選賽特展、藝企相投‧藝企風發、文創藝術區及百大名人‧藝出慈悲。

每屆藝博會都會訂定出不同主題，既挑戰藝術家的創意，亦呈現每年展會的不同風貌。2014年大會主題為「印象．當代」，藝術總監李善單教授要求本屆參展藝術家以當代的手法表現印象派的精神；或對於現代的種種現象，以印象派方式呈現。台北新藝術博覽會將與全球頂尖藝術家共創當代藝術新印象！

藝術不僅是文化，更是教育推廣，絕對不能僅侷限在商業利益。「以藝術家為核心」、「視藝博會本身即為龐大藝術品」為策展主軸的台北新藝術博覽會，直接回歸藝術本質，讓藝術家榮耀地站在世人面前，打造出全亞洲最具指標性的藝術展會。2011年的首屆展會便創下藝術家成交率89.66%，直逼全球頂級巴塞爾博覽會；第二屆再創新高，藝術家成交率高達91.18%；第三屆許多作品在VIP之夜即被全數收藏！台北新藝術博覽會已建立起「絕對品牌」，成為亞洲最具特色之藝術平台。

第四屆 台北新藝術博覽會

Art Revolution Taipei 2014 “Impressionist‧Contemporary” -- Creating a New Impression of contemporary Art

Placing Artists at the Center Stage, Building A.R.T. as Asia’s Indexical Art Fair

Art is not just culture but also education, and therefore, it must not be confined to the quest for mere commercial gain. To return art to its essential character and let the artist stand directly before the world, the Art Revolution Taipei (A.R.T.), an international art fair based in Taipei, will be curated around dual axes: to place artists at the center stage and to design the entire art fair as a colossal work of art. It aims to establish itself as an indexical art fair of Asia. In its premiere in 2011, it made a record with 89.66% of the participating artists reporting having sales during the fair, a performance close to world’s top art fairs such as the Art Basel. For the 2nd A.R.T., the rate climbed to 91.18%. The 3rd A.R.T. drew even more collectors to visit; and some artists sold out all their exhibiting works right at the VIP Preview. The A.R.T. has established its “absolute brand name,” becoming one of Asia’s most characteristic art fair.

“Impressionist‧Contemporary” -- Creating a New Impression of contemporary Art

To challenge the artist’s creativity and to diversify the A.R.T. exhibition style, the art fair will center around a certain theme every year. For 2014, the annual theme is “Impressionist‧Contemporary.” The Art Director of A.R.T. Lee Sun-Don requests the participating artists to express the aura of impressionism using contemporary concepts, or to interpret their impressions of the contemporary in virtue of impressionism. Very challenging and yet highly anticipated. In line with the top artists of the world, the A.R.T. is creating a new impression of contemporary art.

With 280 artists from 48 nations to Participate – An Art Fair with Multicultural Flair

The A.R.T. has a very rigorous set of standards to select only the best artworks for exhibition. In addition, to refresh its visitors’ visual experiences, it sets a 60% replacement rate, namely 60% of the exhibiting artists being the new participants. For this year, there will be 280 artists from 48 countries to exhibit in total of 2000 pieces of artwork. Their participation brings multicultural flare to shine the art fair and shed light on the contemporary art. This shall be a marvelous art feast.

Ten Exhibition Sections

Curatorial Classics

Substantiating the ideal of exhibiting the artworks with potential to become “future classics,” the section of “Curatorial Classics” is comprised of works best presenting the annual thematic spirit, the Special Collection, and the units specially curated by Art Director Lee Sun-Don.

With “Impressionist‧Contemporary” as the annual theme, the thematic spirit for this year is “When Impressionism Gallops into the Contemporary.” We specially invite Taiwan’s first artist conducting a crossover creation with an international supercar brand, namely Lee Sun-Don, to present his installation art on classic supercar, demonstrating “The Power of Art, the Liberation of Life”.

For the Special Collection, there are mainland China’s rising stars Li Limin, Deng Wushu, Zhao Xin, and many others – all exhibiting for the first time in Taiwan. In addition, there is the unit of “Lions of the Snow Mountains,” which features artworks portraying Tibetan culture by realist artists Wang Zhaoju and Sui Jiangsheng.

In this section, you may also find works by Spanish Alfonso Cuñado Rodríguez, who had a complete sellout at last year’s A.R.T.; Liu Baojun, who is known for his “Pipe-Smoking Women”; Liu Jiu-Tong, whose artworks poetically reveal an open and liberating ambience; Chen Li, a silver award winner of Sichuang’s watercolor painting competition. There are also artists specially introduced by galleries: Ge Junhui represented by Hsiang Jih Gallery; Yu Lain Chun (a third-generation student of famous sculptor Rodin ) represented by Savoir Art Gallerie; Wei Chi Yi, winner of Nanying art competition, represented by Da Mei Wu Yan Art Gallery; and Pu Che-Kuei represented by Four-Lines-Warehouse Art Space. Moreover, X-Power Gallery will present the international-renowned artist Lee Sun-Don, who is best known for his “totemic energy art,” with his newest series, “Great Treasure Gate 2014,” and the rising female art trio Ma Sing Ling, together with works by Liu Ruifeng and Wen Jie.

Taiwan Contemporary Art

This section features both the artists in the prime of their life and the emerging talents, displaying diversified and cross-generational facets of contemporary art in Taiwan. For painting, there are Lu Tsung-Tsan (whose A.R.T.’s selling record of last year doubled that of the year before), landscape specialist Lin Tsung-Fan, and Wong Liang-Yuan whose works reveal a mysterious tincture. In sculpture, Hsu Tung-Rung will display his artworks transformed from abstract into semi-concrete presentation, the series of “Great Form Is beyond Form.” There are also sculptures featuring the beauty of young girls by Peng Kuang-Chun and Dick Lü. As to installation art, you will see the creations by Rita Li and Tomoya Tsukamoto. Serving as A.R.T.’s consultant, Mickey Huang also leads graffiti artist ANO and cartoonist-style painter Acer Lü to exhibit. You can even come to behold the marvelous creativities of Taiwan’s art masters, such as Taiwan’s folk art pioneer Shiy Der Chin, the humorous and knowledgeable self-taught artist Max Liu, and photography master Daniel Lee.

China Contemporary Art

This section is characterized with artworks by Chinese artists with solid training, innovative ideas, powerful imagination, and collectible potentials – overall, it displays a wide range of agendas and techniques. Among those are: Huang Gang, Du Xi, Xue Song, and Sanzi. The popular artists include also Pei Lianzhi, Zhang Yuying, Zhang Shiying, and Chen Jun. There are also very affordable artworks by Wang Delong, Chen Xiangming, Liang Weiping, Lin Lishan, Zhao Huxie, and Wang Shanman. The gigantic painting in size of 10 by 8 meters by Cai Tiancong is especially eye-catching.

International Contemporary Art

While exhibiting master artworks, such as those by Chinese-born French Art Academician Chu Teh-Chun and Japanese Yayoi Kusama, this section comprises two other units: “The Greats vis-à-vis the Greats” and “Spaniard Art Zone.”

“The Greats vis-à-vis the Greats” highlights the works by artists with exquisite skills and distinguished styles, such as British Richard Yang, French Thibault Jandot, Italian Sergio Cerchi, Russian Dmitry Ermolov, Spanish Alex Alemany, Turkish Orhan Coplu, and Hungarian Istvan Cene gal. Some of them exhibit the first time in Asia.

The “Spaniard Art Zone” features first and foremost the world’s leading surrealism artist Arnua Alemany, whose works demonstrate a beautiful infusion of realism and magic realism. Exhibiting artists include also Equipo Sur, Fermín Colomer, Marc Figueras, Mario Garcia Miro, and Mariano Gonzalez Beltran.

Contemporary Ink “ Water Flows and Color Shows ”

This is a new section, which is also the first of its kind in Asia – dedicated to showcase the most popular type of artwork nowadays, namely, the ink painting. Artworks displayed are created by artists from mainland China as well as Taiwan, including Chen Qi, Liao Meilan, Sha Qinghua, Su Chongmin, Li Baiming, Yang Zhiying, Lin Wenli, Wei Ruizong, Xiao Jusheng, and Miao Chong’an. They collectively open up a new scope of contemporary ink painting.

New York Contemporary Art Fund

New York Contemporary Art Fund has contributed to the development of contemporary art since its establishment. This year, it will present works by Peter H. Harskamp (Netherlands), Cathy Pitts (USA), Andrea Del Pesco (Italy), Boyko Kolev (Bulgary), Emanuele Dascanio (Italy), Jose De La Barra (Peru), Ricardo Celma (Argentina), Sergio Martinez (Chile), Erwin Peeters (Belgium), and Aaron Nagel (USA). Peter H. Harskamp, reputed as Holland’s Picasso, is a returning exhibitor. Distinguished for using geometric lines and techniques to portray the affection between animal and human, he had a complete sellout at last year’s A.R.T.

Art with Entrepreneurs

To provide a platform for Taiwan’s talented artists to prove themselves on the international stage, A.R.T. coordinates with entrepreneurs to sponsor this section. Debuting last year, this section won incredible response: Because of exhibiting in the A.R.T., many of the sponsored artists were granted with more opportunities to advance their career. This year, fifteen entrepreneurs participate to sponsor fifteen artists specially selected by A.R.T. for their distinguished creativities and potentials. The sponsored artists include Lü Hsiao-Han, Tsai Fu-Jung, Wang Hsiao-Ching, Cheng Chung-Hsuan, Shi Hung-I, and many others.

2014 International Artist Juried Competition

The “International Artist Juried Competition” is organized by Taiwan International Contemporary Artist Association, and it has become one of the large-scale art events in Asia. This year, it is even more competitive, with 3017 submissions from 70 nations, including the countries not so well known in Taiwan, such as Bhutan, Tajikistan, Senegal, and Estonia. Through a strict selection process, sixty finalists’ works will be exhibited in the A.R.T., and the first-prize winner will be granted a booth for solo exhibition in next year’s A.R.T. The winner of “2013 International Artist Juried Competition,” who will exhibit this year, is Russian artist J.B. Biktmirova.

Art and Design

To bring art to our daily life, A.R.T. specially organizes this section to bring aesthetics to every aspect of our living surroundings. While preserving the original essence of the work, this section displays how art can be integrated into merchandise design in aspects of home décor, leather goods, stationery, and other exquisitely refined commodities.

On site there will be available the hottest technology in art creation: the 3D printing. Please join us to get in touch with this trendy technology.

Art Your Compassion

This event combines art with philanthropy in hopes of drawing public attention to art activities while promoting humanitarianism. It invites celebrities, social elites, and entrepreneurs at home and abroad to create artworks for benefit sale. Artworks for this charity event are about the size of 17.5 x 14 cm; each is priced at NT$1000. The visitor is allowed to collect two artworks at most. The name of the artist will be revealed to the collector only after s/he purchases the work. The proceeds go directly to the Sunshine Social Welfare Foundation, an organization dedicated to burn survivors and people with facial disfigurement. Staff from the Sunshine Foundation will take charge of the entire charity sale.

This year, the participants include: Lee Teng-Hui (the former President of R.O.C.), Wu Poh-Hsiung (the honorary chairman of Kuomintang), Chu Li-Luan (mayor of New Taipei City), Arthur Wang (chairman of Ravenel International Art Group), Chou Chun-Hsun (go chess championship), Tsai Ming-Chung (chairman of Fubon Financial), Chao Teng-Hsiung (chairman of Farglory Group), and Steven Pan (chairman of Formosa International Hotels). There are also participants from the entertaining business, such as Taiwan’s most popular model Lin Chi-Ling, female singing trio S.H.E., Chen Bo-Lin, Mickey Huang, Matilda Tao, and other celebrities. More names will be released on A.R.T.’s official web page.

Special Events

“Five Blessings” Tea Reception

During the five-day show, there will be five different kinds of high-class tea to treat the guests. With one distinct tea served every day, the visitors can savor different flavor every day. The offer is limited. Please sign up on site before it is full.

Dates & Times: 19:00～21:30, April 16, 2014 14:00～18:00, April 17~20, 2014 (8 rounds/per day)