吳柏翰
創作論述

一件佳作必須具備至少三種特徵:它源自創作者所持重的個人體悟,作品論及人性經驗,同時也對典章制度持質疑的態度。作品因而能具備感召力,並在拓展我們之於世界的察覺和理解之時,也能進入其所屬時代,成為一種社會參照。而這些特質體現的首步,在於作品生成過程,與作品被觀眾接受吸收的方式,這兩者之等量重要性的落實。

大眾和藝術工作者之間對於攝影之意義、目的及作用能力的認知,隨消費文化下快速簡化攝影工具的普及而交集日減。然而藝術皆應帶有某種程度走進大眾的意圖和能力,之所以當下個人其一的創作取向,在於媒材認知的比較、串聯和彰顯。透過聽取兩方的聲音,設定一種立足點,讓針對攝影媒材上的探討,更能反映當代社會多元交集的樣貌。

主題的孕育,則時而源自個人潛意識的探索,也來自透過生存機制和動物本能解釋出的人類行為其背後原始動機,和人際間或人與環境之間的互動,以及這些現象在進入個人意識、集體記憶和共同情感之時,所發生的相互作用。面對題材,我偏向保持一種開放的態度在先,靜觀自省。守候間,時常能允許題材自一種意外的角度,適時展現自我的本質面貌。

藝術家網站
https://www.pohanwu.com/
展覽經歷
Solo Exhibitions
2018 InART Space, Tainan, Taiwan
2018 Governors Island Art Fair, New York City, NY
2017 HG Contemporary, Artexpo New York, New York City, NY
2017 Music as Muse, 1839 Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2015 Music as Muse, Das Schloss Laudon, Vienna, Austria
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 F[R]ICTION IN BETWEEN, curated by Kristina Semenova and Ya-Wen Fu, Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei, Leipzig, Germany
2018 Surreal Salon 10, curated by Ron English, Baton Rouge Gallery - Center for Contemporary Art, Baton Rouge, LA
2017 Beyond Limits: IPA Best of Show, curated by Abel Lin, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2016 Kaohsiung Today, Gallery Sun, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2016 Sonosintesis Festival, University de León, León, Mexico
2016 Young Art Taipei, Art Angle Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2015 Art Kaohsiung, Art Angle Gallery, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2015 Critical Point, a three-person exhibition curated by Lee Meicheng, Crane Gallery, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2015 Award Exhibition, International Salon Singidunum, Belgrade, Serbia
2015 Black and White 2015, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR
2015 Abstract 2015, 1650 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Art Taipei, Star Crystal Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2014 Migration, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Nuit Blanche Toronto, Toronto, ON
2013 Art Taipei, Star Crystal Gallery, with visual artist Ding-I Mei, Taipei, Taiwan
Collections
2014 National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
2016 Manifesto Vinyl Library, Hsiunchu, Taiwan
Publications
2014 Before the Dawn: The Sunflower Movement, page 246
2014 Black & White Magazine Portfolio Contest Winners, issue 104, page 220 and 221
2014 A Thousand Years Deep, front cover
2013 Zhang-men Magazine, issue 17, front and back cover
2012 Toronto Magazine, page 44 and 45
Awards
2015 1st Place, Fine Art, Collage, IPA (International Photography Awards)
2015 2nd Place, Special, Digitally Enhanced, IPA
2015 2nd Place, Fine Art, Abstract, MIFA (Moscow International Foto Awards)
2015 3rd Place, Fine Art, Book, MIFA
2015 Gold UPI Medal, International Salon Singidunum
2015 Honourable Mention, London International Creative Competition
2014 Award of Excellence, Abstract Photography, Exhibitions Without Walls
2014 Merit Award, Black & White Magazine Portfolio Contest
2014 Short List, the Toronto Star Photography Awards