严格的严谨、直觉和即兴创作
花朵、面孔、蝴蝶.....他不止一次地打破了世人常识下的理解,并参加了世界各地的博物馆和画廊展览。出乎意料的优雅与艺术家语言系统的规则交织在一起,创造出充满力量与激情的画作,时空在其间交织,神秘又直接。
他是马克·格罗蒂扬(Mark Grotjahn)。
∧Paintings by Mark Grotjahn in the exhibition “Forever Now” at the Museum of Modern Art in 2014, from left: “Untitled (Circus No. 1 Face 44.18),” 2012; “Untitled (Circus No. 3 Face 44.20),” 2013; “Untitled (Circus No. 6 Face 44.22),” 2013.Credit...Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times
他在严格的严谨、直觉和即兴创作之间取得了平衡。这位艺术家的背景影响范围广泛,从蒙德里安和马列维奇等艺术家作品中的几何现代主义的历史,到音乐和电影元素构成和排版设计的实验。
马克·格罗蒂扬作品:
∧Mark Grotjahn
Untitled (Blue Painting Light to Dark VII)
2006
∧Mark Grotjahn
Untitled (Red, Orange, Brown and Black Butterfly) #581
2005
∧Mark Grotjahn
Untitled (Circus No. 3 Face 44.20)
2013
∧Mark Grotjahn
Big Seed Drawing
2003
∧Mark Grotjahn
Untitled (large colored butterfly white background 9 wings)
2004
∧Mark Grotjahn
Untitled (Black and Cream Butterfly 501)
2004
∧Mark Grotjahn
Untitled (Black and Cream Butterfly 502)
2004
∧Mark Grotjahn
Untitled (Red Butterfly 112)
2002
∧Mark Grotjahn
Untitled (Cream with Black Butterfly)
2002
∧Mark Grotjahn
Untitled (Blue and Yellowish Cream Butterfly 76)
2002
∧Mark Grotjahn
Untitled (2 Greens Cream Black Butterfly 74)
2002
∧Untitled (Dancing Black Butterflies)
马克·格罗蒂扬作品:
∧Untitled (Crimson Red and Canary Yellow Butterfly 798), 2009
Colored pencil on paper
93 3/8 × 55 1/2 × 2 1/2 in
237.2 × 141 × 6.4 cm
∧Untitled (Black and Creamsicle 700), 2007
Colored pencil on paper
20 × 16 1/10 in
50.8 × 41 cm
∧Untitled (Full Colored Butterfly 761)
Colored pencil on paper
47 3/5 × 38 in
120.9 × 96.5 cm
∧Untitled, 2007
Wax crayon on paper
11 7/10 × 7 2/5 in
29.8 × 18.7 cm
∧Untitled (Three-Tiered Perspective), 1998
Colored pencil on paper
24 × 19 in
61 × 48.3 cm
∧Untitled (Butterfly with Eyes CB and SL 768), 2008
Colored pencil and oil on paper
47 3/4 × 37 in
121.3 × 94 cm
在他职业生涯的早期,马克·格罗蒂扬启动了他的第一个主要项目——标识交换(1993-98),他制作了当地商店标识的复制品,挂在他所在的旧金山社区的墙上和窗户上,向店主提供这些手工制作的娱乐,以换取原始标识。1995年,他在麦迪逊的Skowhegan绘画和雕塑学校担任驻校艺术家,之后搬到了洛杉矶。
在洛杉矶,格罗蒂扬开始了他的一系列分层透视图,这些透视图由一系列相互竞争、相互堆叠的视角消失点组成,每一个点辐射一组彩色的几何正交到它们各自独立的地平线上。这些作品标志着艺术家开始研究这些几何图案,以及几乎强迫性地重复和重复单一风格元素——这些主题后来被证明是他创作的基础。
马克·格罗蒂扬作品:
∧Untitled (Scarlet lake and Indigo Blue Butterfly 826) and Untitled (Canary Yellow and Black Butterfly 830) (two works), 2010
Offset lithographs in colors on wove paper
Edition 167/300
∧Untitled (Blonde MG43.68), 2012
Oil on printed paper
36 × 24 in
91.4 × 61 cm
∧Untitled (Scarlet Lake and Indigo Blue Butterfly 826); and Untitled (Canary Yellow and Black Butterfly 830), 2008-2010
Two offset lithographs in colours, on smooth wove paper, the full sheets.
Editions 120, 129 of 300
∧Untitled, 2010
Oil on photo paper
11 × 8 1/2 in
27.9 × 21.6 cm
∧Untitled (Pink Cosco III Mask M40.d), 2015
Painted bronze
59 1/2 × 33 1/4 × 36 1/2 in
151.1 × 84.5 × 92.7 cm
∧Untitled (African II, Gated Front and Back Mask M44.e), 2015
Bronze
∧Untitled (Yellow Cosco II Mask M40.l), 2016
Painted bronze
59 1/2 × 33 1/4 × 36 1/2 in
151.1 × 84.5 × 92.7 cm
∧Untitled (Double French Grey Butterfly 90% Up the Middle), 2006
Colored pencil on paper
72 × 47 7/8 in
182.9 × 121.6 cm
∧Untitled (Butterfly Five Color Ray), 2003
Coloured pencil on paper
24 × 19 in
61 × 48.3 cm
∧Untitled (New Capri XIX 47.19), 2016
Oil on cardboard
20 × 17 in
50.8 × 43.2 cm
∧Untitled (Solid Black Butterfly 792), 2009
Colored pencil on paper
24 1/8 × 20 1/8 × 1 13/16 in
61.3 × 51.1 × 4.6 cm
∧Untitled (Red Over Black Face Diagonal Cut 775), 2008
Oil on cardboard mounted on linen
76 × 56 in
193 × 142.2 cm
∧Untitled (Black Butterfly Over Lime), 2004
Oil on linen
36 × 29 in
91.4 × 73.7 cm
∧Untitled (Blue Butterfly Light to Dark I 651), 2005
Oil on linen
75 × 49 in
190.5 × 124.5 cm
∧Untitled (Green over Yellow, Lily, Gated Mask M24.a), 2012-2013
Painted bronze
88 1/4 × 41 1/2 × 48 1/2 in
224.2 × 105.4 × 123.2 cm
2001年,格罗蒂扬探索了蝴蝶系列,将他之前的画作的轴转向了侧边。蝴蝶画的名字源于它们像翅膀一样的对称特质,在艺术家作品的发展中占有重要地位。中间的颜料带成为两组极角三角形颜料带的支点,这些颜料带从画的两边不对称的消失点出现,画上的条状颜料呈扇形散开,同时色调也在变化。
蝴蝶系列:
∧Mark Grotjahn
Untitled (Colored Butterfly White Background Two Wings A#1 503)
(2004)
∧Mark Grotjahn
Untitled (Colored Butterfly White Background Three Wings A#2 504)
(2004)
∧Mark Grotjahn
Untitled (Colored Butterfly White Background Four Wings A#3 505)
2004
这些主题在随后的《脸》系列中进一步探讨。格罗蒂扬用一把调色板刀拖拽、刮擦、用羽毛状的线条浓密地编织成一张面目全非的“脸”。在一些地方,原始底部材料的纹理仍然可见,而在其他部分,一层一层的颜料覆盖叠加几乎达到雕塑般的效果。
而后,他的面具系列向三维空间飞跃——用纸盒做成的雕塑,在镂空的眼睛之间贴上纸管作为鼻子......尽管他从2000年就开始制作这些面具,但他从2010年开始用青铜铸造这个之前不太正式的“面孔”,从而逐渐进入了一个更具实验性和自发性的领域。
∧Untitled, 2005
Oil on canvas
58 × 48 in
147.3 × 121.9 cm
∧Untitled (Yellow White Face Cut Out Eyes Green Iris II 41.14)
Oil on cardboard mounted on canvas
∧Untitled (Yellow Face 774), 2007-2008
Oil on cardboard mounted on linen
72 1/4 × 54 1/4 in
183.5 × 137.8 cm
∧Untitled (Scribble Scrabble, French Mask M31.b), 2013
Painted bronze
47 7/8 × 31 × 39 in
121.6 × 78.7 × 99.1 cm
∧Untitled (Blue Face, Italian Mask M30.a), 2013
Painted bronze
52 3/4 × 33 1/2 × 38 in
134 × 85.1 × 96.5 cm
∧Untitled (Red Over Black Face Diagonal Cut 775), 2008
Oil on cardboard mounted on linen
76 × 56 in
193 × 142.2 cm
∧Untitled (Capri 52.83), 2020
Oil on cardboard mounted on linen
42 × 35 in
106.7 × 88.9 cm
Mr. Grotjahn in his downtown Los Angeles studio in 2014.