Hulda Guzmán, 'What you see is what it is', 2022. Watercolour ink and acrylic gouache on cedar plywood, 122 x 171cm (48 x 67 1/4in). Triptych: 121.9 x 57.15cm (48 x 22 1/2in) each. Framed: 127 x 182.9 cm (50 x 72in). Copyright Hulda Guzmán. Courtesy the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London. Photo by Todd-White Art Photography.
Hulda Guzmán, 'Everybody loves the sunshine', 2022. Acrylic gouache on linen, 78.1 x 126.4cm (30 3/4 x 49 3/4in). Framed: 83.2 x 131.4 cm (32 3/4 x 51 3/4 in). Copyright Hulda Guzmán. Courtesy the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London. Photo by Todd-White Art Photography.
由即日起至4月14日,Stephen Friedman英國藝廊舉行這位多明尼加藝術家的首個個人展「Meet Me In The Forest」,帶來她以居住地Samaná為靈感的新作品系列。極具現代主藝風格的室內裝潢配以嫩綠植物,讓人成為大自然裡的其中一角,兩者共存共榮。Guzmán幻想而來的生物、孩子和動物有趣地組構出千變萬化的故事場景,糅合超自然主藝、墨西哥壁畫運動、加勒比民間傳說,媲美法國後印象派畫家Henri Rousseau和Paul Gauguin的畫風。
Hulda Guzmán, 'verdecito', 2022. Watercolour ink and acrylic gouache on cedar plywood, 96.5 x 96.5cm (38 x 38in). Framed: 101.6 x 101.6 cm (40 x 40in). Copyright Hulda Guzmán. Courtesy the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London. Photo by Todd-White Art Photography.
Hulda Guzmán, 'What's my Drag?', 2022. Acrylic gouache on linen, 114.3 x 114.3 cm (45 x 45in). Copyright Hulda Guzmán. Courtesy the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London. Photo by Todd-White Art Photography.
Hulda Guzmán, 'Jusqu'ici tout va bien', 2022. Acrylic gouache on linen, 76.8 x 126.4cm (30 1/4 x 49 3/4in). Copyright Hulda Guzmán. Courtesy the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London. Photo by Todd-White Art Photography.
Hulda Guzmán, 'Up the spine', 2022. Acrylic gouache and watercolour ink on cedar plywood, 121.9 x 76.2cm (48 x 30in). Framed: 127 x 81.3 cm (50 x 32in). Copyright Hulda Guzmán. Courtesy the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London. Photo by Todd-White Art Photography.
Guzmán也着力透過繪畫裡各物的比例展現人類在生態系統裡擔當的角色:高聳大樹與渺小的生物與建設、比喻大自然力量的光線與往內外延伸的植物⋯⋯這些奇趣誇張的演繹讓場景變得鮮活,也發人省思。《Jusqu'ici Tout Va Bien》裡一直面帶微笑的電單車手一直按着帽子,對在後慢跑的馬兒表現出從容不迫的自在,表達對身在大自然無拘無束的喜悅。而《Verdecito》的家居場景中,則見孩子們一起浸浴在大鳥的守護下,這種平靜宜人的和諧畫面讓我們不禁思考重塑與大自然為伍的可能。說到底,我們豈不希望跳出「物競天擇,弱肉強食」的框框,轉而尋獲「各得其所,各就各位」的局面?
Hulda Guzmán, 'Dancing cocks', 2022. Acrylic gouache on linen, 114.3 x 114.3cm (45 x 45in) Framed: 119.4 x 119.4 cm (47 x 47in). Copyright Hulda Guzmán. Courtesy the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London. Photo by Todd-White Art Photography.
Hulda Guzmán, 'Heart-stirring', 2022. Watercolour ink and acrylic gouache on cedar plywood, 96.5 x 96.5cm (38 x 38in). Framed: 101.6 x 101.6 cm (40 x 40in). Copyright Hulda Guzmán. Courtesy the artist and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London. Photo by Todd-White Art Photography.