“来自天堂的明信片”--- Gian Paolo Barberis (Jai Datt)油画展
“这里没有旅程 而是心路历程――God.com”
“来自天堂的明信片”,这是意大利艺术家Jai Datt对自己作品的概括,这些色彩强烈,感觉奔放,肌理效果显著的抽象油画,纪录了Jai Datt在印度潜心创作20多年的心路历程。此次在世纪商贸广场艺术空间的个展得到了和记黄埔地产(上海)世纪商贸广场的支持。
Jai Datt被印度深邃的文化――人类文明的根――所吸引,他的作品就是他精神修炼的艺术表现,表达着一种内省的力量,就如他在印度感觉到的:有一种力量使自己沉静、充实,并把这种力量推广出去,使周围的人都感到光明。他曾经是很成功的时尚摄影师,每年去印度两次,做一些慈善工作,已经有25年。这些作品是从他在这25年里创作的作品中精心挑选出来的。
“这些画作是通向我的自我的长途旅行的最终一步,而这趟旅行早在33年前就开始了。我的艺术是我灵魂的旅行,反之亦然。画画过去是、现在也是接触到自我并始终与之相连的方法。我从画画之中汲取营养,获得帮助由此克服旅行中遇到的困难。一段在我们内心的从黑暗到光明的旅行,在那里万物起始而又终结,就在一幅宽泛的作品中,生命之后的生命。
“这些画作都是冥想。我只是记录了在我的旅行中我最终所看到的自我。我把它看作‘天堂来的明信片’献给大家。神是光是爱,他把光和爱播撒进每个人之中。我的职责就是寻找到他,并且永远幸福。这种表达方式在印度被称为: Tantra密教哲学艺术:艺术延伸至意识,这个观点数千年来倍认为是一种专职的在内心沟通自我的方法。一个艺术家是他自我沟通的通道,一个精神上的旅行者,也是一个寻找自我真理的探索者。理解这一点就意味着完全的自由。一个人的艺术表达的目的在于记得自己是谁永志不忘,并且不断地继续下去就像一个树一样的成长。或许,这样也能帮助其他旅行者?
“我将这次展览,也是我第一次在中国的展览,献给那些曾在我的旅行中帮助过我的人。
――Jai Datt
主办:和记港陆-世纪商贸广场
艺术主持:赵丹虹
展览时间:2007年11月11日-16日10:00-20:00
开幕时间:2007年11月11日,3:00pm
地点:长乐路989号世纪商贸广场1楼大堂南侧
电话:13061621246 hollyzhao@3sunart.com
"There is no journey but the inner journey" God.com "post cards from Heaven"
Exhibition of tantric Paintings by Gian Paolo Barberis (Jai Datt)
"These paintings are the ultimate step of a long journey into myself,which started officially 33 years ago. My art is my soul trip and vice versa. Painting was and is the way to reach and to be always connected with my Self and from Him take nourishment and help in any difficult path of this long journey. A trip from darkness to the light of our inner center, from where everything starts and where everything ends, in a comprehensive work, life after life.
These paintings are meditations. I just report from my journey what I have seen in me at the end and I offer it as "postcards from Heaven". God is Light and Love spreading Light and Love in every creature. The duty is find Him and be happy forever. This kind of expression is called in India Tantra art: art to reach consciousness, known since thousand years as a way to be full time in inner communication with Self. The artist is a channel of his Self communications, a spiritual traveler, and a seeker of his inner Truth. Knowing it means be totally free. The aim of his artistic expression is to remember who you really are, never forget, and go on and on and grow like a tree. And might be... it can help other travelers?
I offer this exhibition, my first in China, to the One who helped me during my journey".
-- Gian Paolo Barberis (Jai Datt)
Supported by: Hutchison Harbouring-The Center
Art Director: Holly Zhao
Opening Reception: 15:00, Nov 11. 2007
Exhibition Period: Nov 11- 16, 2007,10:00-20:00
Venue: South side of the lobby, 1/F, The Center, 989 ChangLe Road,Shanghai
More info: 13061621246 hollyzhao@3sunart.com