Bridget O’Leary（歐小咪）

[Australia]

台灣文化的融合

       Bridget O’Leary（歐小咪）是澳洲墨爾本國立旋濱大學設計學校平面設計學士，也曾於澳洲與台灣策劃過多起藝術展覽。她活潑生動而又帶著夢幻的創作風格，讓她的作品流露出幻境般的視覺性。Bridget O’Leary 的近期作品，試圖將台灣文化與她自身作連結，從中尋求關聯性，她以《西遊記》中的「美猴王」孫悟空（Monkey King）作為創作主題，然而將其重新詮釋，融入了自畫像而成為全新的“Monkey Queen”。

Monkey Queen, Acrylic, 324x62cm, 2011

      We find the Chinese mythic Monkey King fun and unique without complex philosophical reasoning or political ideologies. This Monkey Queen (2010)[i] was created by Bridget O’Leary, an Australian female artist who has lived in Taiwan for almost a decade. What is interesting about this painting is the unexpected aura deriving from harmonious and innovative expressions. The material, techniques, and form are all Western except for the subject matter, but the painting reminds us of classical Chinese aesthetic concepts.

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[i] This painting was exhibited first for a month from September to October in 2010 in Blossom Spirit – 

A Group Exhibition of Taiwanese and Australian Artists at Fo Guan Yuan Art Gallery in Kaohsiung Taiwan. Later in 2011 it was exhibited from July 17 to 20 in Dayangfeng meishu zuopin jiaoliuzhan at Xiamen Art Gallery in Xiemen China.

                                                                                                                                     by MinChih Sun