Biography
周英華(Michael Chow,1939年生于中国上海),以其标志性名称“M”而闻名,抽象画家,创作果敢的混合媒材画布拼贴作品。M 的艺术实践植根于他与中国之间既个人又复杂的关系,并以东西方跨文化对话为基础。他的创作尤其受到中国传统山水画以及欧美抽象艺术手法的影响。
13岁时,M 被从上海带到伦敦,这使他失去了对自身身份认同和中国文化的连接。他曾表示:“自那时起,我所做的一切,所取得的一切成就,都是试图重新与我的文化建立联系。”(Louise Lui,《Glass》杂志,2014年)。M 先后在伦敦圣马丁艺术学院(1956年)和哈默史密斯建筑学院(1957年)学习,并在1957年至1965年间于伦敦举办了多场成功的展览。随后,他将自己的职业生涯奉献于弘扬中国文化,最著名的体现便是他创立的世界知名餐厅连锁品牌——MR CHOW,该餐厅于1968年情人节在伦敦首次开业。
在经历了长达50年的创作中断后,在好友杰弗里·戴奇(Jeffrey Deitch)和朱利安·施纳贝尔(Julian Schnabel)的鼓励下,M 重新回归绘画领域。在他充满个人探索的创作过程中,M 认为拼贴艺术的运用是在“将那些本不属于一起的事物拼合在一起,这就是我的人生。”M 的创作过程充满了雕塑性和表演性特质。他用力敲击纸上的颜料、燃烧塑料、将鸡蛋砸在画布上,并辅以金箔和银箔,使其绘画作品呈现出宏大的视觉张力和戏剧性瞬间。戏剧性与自发性是 M 作品的关键元素,而这一点可追溯至他的父亲——京剧大师、传奇艺术家周信芳对他的影响。
M 在伦敦的首次展览是1957年英国皇家艺术学会(Royal Society of British Artists)举办的“青年当代艺术家展”。1958年,他在伦敦梅费尔区的新视觉中心画廊(New Vision Centre Gallery)、莱斯特画廊(Leicester Galleries)和雷德芬画廊(Redfern Gallery)陆续举办了一系列群展与个展。1960年代,他在伦敦林肯画廊(Lincoln Gallery,1962年)举办个展,并于伦敦当代艺术学院(Institute of Contemporary Arts,1964年)参与三人联展,同时,他的作品也首次在欧洲展出(1965年,意大利西西里巴勒莫现代艺术画廊 Galleria D’arte Moderna)。重新投身绘画后,M 于2014年在香港艺术门(Pearl Lam Galleries)举办了个展《Recipe for a Painter》。此后,他的作品陆续在亚洲、欧洲和美国的各大美术馆展出,包括北京尤伦斯当代艺术中心(2015年)、匹兹堡安迪·沃霍尔博物馆(2016年)以及德国科布伦茨路德维希博物馆(2016年)。
作品
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M (Michael Chow) 周英華, Hurricane, 2022 Household paint sheets, handmade sterling silver, trash, acrylic paint, egg yolks preserved in resin, egg shells and found plastics on canvas 102 x 144 7/8 x 7 3/4 in 259 x 368 x 19.5 cm
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M (Michael Chow) 周英華, Soccer Ball Doha, 2022 Household paint sheets, handmade sterling silver, trash, acrylic paint, egg yolks preserved in resin, egg shells, soccer ball and found plastics on canvas 104 3/8 x 145 3/4 x 9 7/8 in 265 x 370 x 25 cm
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M (Michael Chow) 周英華, One Breath No.138, 2018 Acrylic, egg yolks preserved in resin and egg shells on paper 52 1/4 x 40 1/4 in 132.7 x 102.2 cm
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M (Michael Chow) 周英華, One Breath No.157, 2018 Acrylic, egg yolks preserved in resin, egg shells and plastic on paper 52 1/4 x 40 1/4 in 132.7 x 102.2 cm
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M (Michael Chow) 周英華, One Breath No.216, 2018 Acrylic, egg yolks preserved in resin and egg shells on paper 52 1/4 x 40 1/4 in 132.7 x 102.2 cm
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M (Michael Chow) 周英華, Chow, M Pink Drop, 2016–2019 Household paint sheets, handmade sterling silver, trash, acrylic paint, egg yolks preserved in resin, egg shells and found plastics on canvas 117 3/4 x 372 7/8 x 17 3/4 in 299 x 947 x 45 cm
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