張肖亮

來自世界“紅楓之國”的藝術之花綻放在杭州西子湖畔。

2016年10月21至30日，加拿大魁北克的著名藝術家Joanne Gauthier（喬安·戈婕）在杭州恒廬美術館舉辦了一場關于“花”和“鳥”的展覽。

2014年11月，加拿大總理哈珀訪華期間，中加兩國宣布2015至2016年為中加文化交流年。這是中加兩國關系史上迄今規(guī)模最大的文化交流活動，反映了中加兩國全面友好合作關系發(fā)展到了一個全新階段，而2016年G20杭州峰會的舉辦進一步提升了中加兩國文化交流。在中加文化交流年，為加強杭州與加拿大城市之間在文化、藝術、教育等方面的交流，提高城市國際化程度，杭州策劃舉辦了“2016年東西方生活文化交流·對話加拿大藝術文化交流——喬安·戈婕”藝術展覽。坐落在杭州最具藝術氛圍特色的南山路上的恒廬美術館參觀者絡繹不絕。

來自加拿大魁北克的Joanne Gauthier（喬安·戈婕），是位擅長色彩，喜以花、鳥為題材的女性藝術家?？笨耸?，是加拿大的歷史文化名城，也是北美洲唯一一座擁有城墻的城市，位于圣勞倫斯河北岸。這就是Joanne Gauthier（喬安·戈婕）出生和成長的地方，在25年的藝術生涯中，她將自然世界和人文精神通過獨特的技巧、手法加以表現，她的藝術作品在加拿大多所畫廊展出，受到廣泛好評。

這是一場關于“花”和“鳥”的藝術展覽，共有40幅作品，每幅畫作的紋理和基質具有雕塑般的品質，之所以選擇花和鳥為創(chuàng)作的主題，喬安·戈婕說她喜愛花、鳥、自然、色彩、美麗的面孔，以及所有簡單卻具有生命力的東西，因此她就用這些東西來表達自己的藝術追求?；ê网B對于中國的繪畫來說也是極其富有意義的，中國畫中就有花鳥畫的類別。自然、色彩和美麗的面孔也正是人類世界共同追尋的美。

《北歐極光的傳說》最能代表喬安·戈婕的繪畫風格，紅艷艷的花卉寄寓著她對火紅時代的生活的熱烈贊美，給人以一種溫暖激勵和奮發(fā)向上的精神力量。

那張《如沐幻影》畫作中，作者一改用鮮艷的紅色畫面，那紅藍相間的畫面讓觀眾耳目一新。

《夜鳥》是喬安·戈婕畫鳥作品中比較有代表性的，鳥的眼睛與大嘴巴都畫得很有神。此次畫展中，還展出了她的《深藍的凝望》和《琥珀色的眼眸》兩幅人物肖像作品。這對畫花和鳥的畫家來說是很難得的。

對于此次中國的展覽之旅，喬安·戈婕表達她自己的想法：“我的畫作有過很多次旅行，在中國舉辦展覽是一個很棒的機會，使我能與中國人民分享我的作品，并更加直接地表達我自己的藝術感受。讓我的色彩和中國的色彩交流共鳴，我想這就是意義所在?！鄙实娜诤稀⑺囆g的交流碰撞，帶給我們的是美的享受。Joanne應用銅、銀和金葉子等綜合材料，以三維特征給了觀眾視覺上的享受，Joanne的花卉油畫讓觀眾樂于探索畫布的整個表面，每幅花卉畫如同一件雕塑。她的畫沒有任何束縛，色彩自由流淌，正是因為這種自由組合渲染，創(chuàng)造了令人震撼的作品。

藝術是相融相通的，中國寫意畫也是如此，水墨游離在畫紙之上，創(chuàng)意卻不失分寸，此次畫展為中加的藝術交流提供了良好的條件和平臺。喬安·戈婕表示：“作為一名加拿大的繪畫作者，也作為一名世界公民，能夠來到中國展示我的作品，對我來說是莫大的榮幸。中國文化博大精深，學海無涯，能夠和中國人民在一起交流是畢生難得的機會。我很高興來到杭州，享受學習中國文化、參與中加藝術家之間互動的殊榮。”

Canadian artist Joanne Gauthier exhibited her paintings at Henglu Gallery of Hangzhou from 21st to 30th October， 2016. The artist featured flowers and birds as two big themes at the solo exhibition. The exhibition was part of the 2015-2016 China-Canada Year of People-to-People and Cultural Exchanges launched in April， 2015. The year-long event was jointly announced in November 2014 during then Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harpers visit to China.

Joanne Gauthier is from Quebec， a historical city in the Northern American country. The walled city is one of a kind in North America. She has a 25-year artist career to boast with artworks in bright colors and featuring flowers and birds. Her artworks integrate nature and culture masterfully and are displayed in various galleries across Canada.

The exhibition at Henglu Gallery at Nanshan Road featured 40 artworks， each displaying textures and temperaments of sculpture. With a general passion of all simple and organic objects， Gauthier loves flowers， birds， nature， colors and beautiful faces in particular. Naturally these are her favorite subjects. Coincidently， flowers and birds are two major subjects in traditional Chinese painting. Flowers and birds and plants are a big category of Chinese painting.

Gauthier explained her exhibition in Hangzhou this way： “My artworks have traveled widely. It is a great opportunity to hold an exhibition in China. It enables me to share my works with Chinese people and express my artistic sentiments directly. Let my colors and Chinese colors come together. This matters.”

One of the visual pleasures in Gauthiers art noticed by visitors in Hangzhou was the metallic materials such as brass， silver and gold she used. The 3D effect was delightful. Her flowers in oil were fully expressive， showing how the artist explored every inch of the canvas. The unbridled use of colors was very impressive.

Gauthiers art appealed to the citys visitors very much. They found something common between her art and Chinese artworks done in the impressionist free-hand style： images and colors may look disordered and even artless but they are just right.

Local artists consider the exhibition as a platform for cultural and artistic exchanges between China and Canada. Gauthier understood the significance of the exchanges. She said it was an honor to display her artwork as a Canadian artist and world citizen. She said she was happy to enjoy Chinese culture and participate in cultural exchanges between Chinese artists and Canadian artists.