〈致敬大師系列〉（上）經典再現胡媛媛油畫展

2022駐園計劃│艾麗莎油畫

由 艾麗莎油畫 Alicia Hu 主辦，望德堂區創意產業促進會、瘋堂10號創意園支持，澳門基金會資助的 〈致敬大師系列〉（上）經典再現胡媛媛油畫展 於2022年4月1日 瘋堂十號創意園A01展室開始展覽。

經典指具有典範性、權威性的，是經過歷史選擇出來的最有價值的，經久不衰的萬世之作。

我剛開始學畫的時候，我的網絡啓蒙老師就讓我臨摹經典。我臨摹了大概十幅左右的古典油畫大師的作品。之後開始畫自己的東西。由於取材都是圖片爲主，所以畫出來的也越來越像照片。這令我感到不知所措。我想要真實感，但並不想要照片感。我又去臨摹大師的作品。希望可以把學到的技法運用到我的畫作之中，令觀者身臨其境。

本場主要展出兩幅古代大師的臨摹作品。一幅是臨摹法國古典學院派畫家皮埃爾·奧古斯特·考特的作品《春光》。該畫現在紐約大都會藝術博物館展出。我用了兩個半月的時間去鑽研，結果還是沒有真正畫出這幅畫的風采，主要原因是未找到畫中極其自然又極其強烈的光綫。臨摹之後的整體感覺就是茫然。好希望有高人爲我指點迷津。另一幅是臨摹法國學院派油畫家威廉·阿道夫·布格羅的作品《甜蜜的負擔》（譯名有待考證）。大師之作為私人收藏。畫中妹妹的面部光綫頗難捕捉。我費勁心思也只能做到“形似”，離“神似”還有差距。

其他作品有神奇女俠，吃棗子的小女孩，麥田裏的女孩，百合花姑娘，都是以相片為依據的小幅肖像習作。效果雖然細緻好看，但是未達到我想象中的層次。相比較而言畫圖片還比臨摹大師的作品要容易一些。一切都在探索中。希望以後可以把古典油畫的風格與當代的人物肖像結合，走出自己的新古典主義之路。

“A classic is an outstanding example of a particular style; something of lasting worth or with a timeless quality; of the first or highest quality, class, or rank”(from Wikipedia). When I first started to learn to paint, my online teacher taught me to copy the classics and learn from the masters. I copied about ten works of classical oil paintings. Then I started to paint my originals.  Since my paintings are based on photos, they become more and more like photos. This makes me feel overwhelmed. I want realism, but I don’t want photorealism. I started to copy the works of the masters again. I hope that I can apply the techniques I have learned to my paintings to achieve the effect of immersing the viewers.

This exhibition mainly exhibits two master copies.  One is a copy of “Le Printemps” (Springtime) by the French classical academic painter Pierre-Auguste Cot(1837 – 1883). The painting is now on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. It took me two and a half months to study and copy-painting it. I don’t think I got it, though. Mainly because I couldn’t catch the very natural and intense chiaroscuro in the painting. I am at loss. I hope someone can give me some advice.

Another work is a copy of the French academic oil painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau’s (1825-1905) work “Fardeau agréable (French for “pleasant burden”). English translation is “not too much to carry”. The masterpiece is now in private collection. It is difficult to capture the light on the face of the younger sister. With all my efforts, I can only achieve “similar appearance”, and there is big gap between “resemblance in spirit”.

Other works include Wonder Woman, the little girl eating dates, the girl in the wheat field, and the lily girl, all of which are small portrait studies based on photos. In comparison, it is easier to paint pictures than to copy the works of masters. Although the effect is delicate and beautiful, it is not as high as I want to get. Everything is being explored. I hope that in the future, I can combine the style of classical oil painting with contemporary portraits and get my own style of neoclassicism.

藝術家介紹：

胡媛媛，Alicia Hu, 自學成才藝術家，1983年生於中國東北，2008年定居澳門。暨南大學英語專業文學學士，業餘舞蹈教師，兩個孩子的母親。曾於澳門娛樂場供職近十年。2017年開始跟從網絡導師自學繪畫。2018年辭去娛樂場工作全職從事藝術創作。她的繪畫風格多為寫實的人物肖像，也有少量風景靜物。基於長年的芭蕾訓練，她對人體之美有敏銳的感觸，將舞蹈與油畫融合，創作了一系列芭蕾舞作品。早期部分作品曾銷往歐美。疫情之下，全球經濟萎靡，她創建藝術工作室，開始教學。

Hu Yuanyuan, Alicia Hu, a self-taught artist, was born in Northeast China in 1983 and settled in Macau in 2008. Bachelor of Arts in English from Jinan University, amateur dance teacher, mother of two children. She worked in Macau casinos for nearly ten years. In 2017, I started to learn painting from an online tutor. In 2018, she quit her casino job to work full-time in art. Her painting style is mostly realistic portraits, also a small amount of landscape and still life. Based on years of ballet training, she has a keen sense of the beauty of the human body, and combines dance with oil painting to create a series of ballet paintings. Some of the early works have been sold to Europe and the United States. Under the epidemic when selling is hard,  she created an art studio and started teaching.

展期：2022年4月1日至6月30日

開放時間：上午11時至下午6時（逢週一休園）

展覽地點：瘋堂十號創意園 (澳門望德堂區瘋堂斜巷 10 號，A01展覽室）。

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