諏訪敦 1967

生平

諏訪敦於1967年出生於日本北海道，他在武藏野藝術大學藝術設計研究院學習油畫。1994年，他被日本文化廳推薦爲見習生，到西班牙進修藝術。翌年，他在西班牙巴塞隆納基金會主辦的第五屆國際畫展上奪得頭等獎，是首位獲得此項殊榮的亞洲藝術家。而2003年在日本Sompo藝術館舉行的第廿二屆精選推廣展中，他榮獲優秀獎。

自1994年起，他一直於日本及海外舉行個展，包括於2008年在東京佐藤美術館的個展《擁有複眼的現實主義者》、2011年在日本諏訪市美術館《反正甚麼也看不見》、2014年在香港季豐軒畫廊的《安睡者》。他亦參與在重要藝術機構舉行的群展，例如巴黎皮爾卡丹藝術中心（2015）、威尼斯Fondazione Querini Stampalia （2013）、東京新國立美術館（2007）、日本北海道現代美術館（2007）、上海美術館（1998）等。他的作品獲Benetton收藏（威尼斯）、巴塞羅基金會（西班牙）、佐藤美術館（東京）、橫濱美術館等美術館收藏。

作品

風格

超越寫實的風格

諏訪敦以其天賦的超卓寫實繪畫技巧著名。他的作品均以艱苦的繪畫功夫完成，極盡細緻，無比精確。在他繪畫的肖像裏，主角都像活生生的人，正在畫布上呼吸。他重塑眼之所見的能力叫觀眾目定口呆。雖則他精於捕捉物的外相，將他簡單歸類「寫實」畫家實在大錯，他的視野遠超表面。

他深究繪畫對象的背景，一如記者。他竭盡所有可能的角度去理解「真實世界」。他的藝術追尋是一條漫長的路，為了探索「真實」的「全部」，特別是「真實」裏那些「看不見的部份」。故此，他的藝術把觀眾帶入一個超出我們所有感官、超出我們一切經驗與觀念的世界。

父性

在1996年，諏訪敦以素描及相片紀錄了病危父親的容貌，其後成了題為《父親》的一組作品。到了1999年，他更花了兩天，守在離世後的父親身旁，看著自己生命的源頭一點點、一點點地煙飛。那生命與生命後的臨界一幕成了十年間兩幅作品。在其中2010年所畫的《無題》中，父親的口微張，停了呼吸的兩唇間是一彎黑洞。精細畫面上僅僅一個小節，卻吐著沉重的力量。這角虛無露出生命後的混沌，人從我們熟悉的現世，所謂「真實的」現世，靜止下去，冰冷下去，然後飄離，無助地飄離，飛向不能名狀的太空和永恆。

在《父親》組列，諏訪敦在摸索自己的未來，在找尋從存在到消失、從現世到死後的轉折。在2008及2009年間，他亦畫了自己剛出生的兒子，那是摸索自己的過去，是找尋從虛無到存在、從生前到現世的過渡。

安睡者

諏訪敦初於1995年開始《安睡者》系列。他的模特兒很多都是自薦的，沒有專業經驗，很難長時間保持同一個姿勢。諏訪敦就叫她們閉上眼裝睡，以便輕鬆下來，甚而真的睡著了也沒問題，(有人的確睡著了) 。從中畫家自己亦體驗到不同啟示，成就出一個創作思路。

《安睡者》系列利用了睡眠狀態去揣摸從生到死，從前生到現世的過渡。畫中人都閉上眼晴，不知她們是否真的睡著了，(甚至不能十分肯定她們是否仍活著 )。無論如何，她們都懸浮於一縷綿綿的安詳，所有憂慮放下了、所有貪求放下了、所有糾纏放下了、所有不捨也放下了，從現世退入了另一種非現世的「真實」。畫面充滿著超精確的筆畫，但呈現的卻是遠遠離開「現世」的一個境界，那可能是界乎生、死、醉、夢之間，甚或正是那非生、非死、非醉、非夢的大解脫、大逍遙。到了那裏，栩栩如生的表象反為微不足道，人世間的故事亦無需要說了。

和鳴

《和鳴》系列中，畫中人的眼睛或是半開半閉，或是呆著了，目光散漫，視而不見，為畫面加添一份懸疑，叫人凝息。為了再進一步去探索「真實」不為人見或不為人知的部份，諏訪敦在測量我們意識不清晰或停止的時間，將之呈現於我們面前。相比《安睡者》，這是塞滿另一層張力的戲劇，離肉眼所見的「真實」更遠，離可見與不可見、可知與不可知之間的邊緣更近。

諏訪敦的手段是神授的形相重現，極端的精緻寫實，恰恰他的追求是遠遠高於表象的重塑，是整個的「真實」，他要走到目之盡頭，以至目不可及的渺沌。他把視覺可以接收的一切呈現到了「呈現的極限」。我們因此站上了視覺乃及整體感知最高的崖邊，一伸手已經碰到崖外的無盡虛茫，那是另外的一個世界，一個超出我們所有感官、超出我們一切經驗與觀念的世界。

簡歷

1967

Born in Hokkaido, Japan

1992

MFA from Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan

1994

Awarded two-year residency in Spain through the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan

2018

Professor of the Department of Painting at Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan

AWARDS

1995

The First Prize in the 5th International Painting Competition, the Barceló Foundation, Mallorca, Spain

2003

The Excellence Prize in the 22nd Outstanding Rising Artists Exhibition, presented by Sompo Japan Fine Art Foundation, Sompo Japan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019

“Solaris”, Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, Hong Kong, China

2017

“Atsushi Suwa – After 2011 / incomplete”, Mitsubishi Estate Artium, Fukuoka, Japan

2016

“HARBIN 1945 WINTER”, Gallery Naruyama, Tokyo, Japan

2015

“Analogia”, presented by Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, at Art Taipei, TWTC Exhibition Hall, Taiwan

“Atsushi Suwa”, presented by Gallery Naruyama, at Asia Now, Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris, France

“Merely Beautiful Country”, Gallery Naruyama, Tokyo, Japan

2014

“Sleepers”, Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, Hong Kong, China

2013

“Follow the Phase of the Moon”, Gallery Naruyama, Tokyo, Japan

2011

“To Live or to Die, We Share the Same Fate”, Gallery Naruyama, Tokyo, Japan

“Can't See Anything Anyway”, Suwa City Museum of Art, Nagano, Japan

2008

“Realist with Compound Eyes”, The Sato Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan

2007

“Reunion – Butoh dancer Kazuo Ohno”, Gallery Milieu, Tokyo, Japan

“Sleepers 3.0”, Tokyo Art Club, Gallery Saihodo, Tokyo, Japan

2003

“Japanese Beauty”, Nakajima Art, Tokyo, Japan

2000

“Kazuo Ohno and Yoshito Ohno”, Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, Japan

1994

“L'ESPOIR”, Ginza Surugadai Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018

“The Exhibition of the Collection”, Kasama Nichido Museum of Art, Ibaraki, Japan

“The Exhibition of the Yokohama Museum of Art: Collection - Depicting People: Focus on Japanese Painting”, Yokohama Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan

“Realismo Japonés Contemporáneo”, The Museu Europeu d'Art Modern, Barcelona, Spain

“To Travel with Glasses”, Aomori Museum of Art, Aomori, Japan

2017

"Portrait”, Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, Japan

“Novelist: Yshikichi Furui × Book designer: Nobuyoshi Kikuchi × Painter: Atsushi Suwa”, Nakajima Art, Tokyo, Japan

“Realism Art in Japan”, Hakodate Museum of Art, Hokkaido, Japan

2015

“The Exhibition of the Yokohama Museum of Art: Collection 2015 Part3”, Yokohama Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan

2014

“The APB Foundation Signature Art Prize 2014 Exhibition (Candidates’ work)”, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore

“Currents: Japanese Contemporary Art”, James Christie Room, Hong Kong, China

“Cherry Blossom Bal”, Gallery Naruyama, Tokyo, Japan

2013

“Imago Mundi”, Venice, Italy

2012

“Masculinity”, Gallery Naruyama, Tokyo, Japan

“The Nude – From Takeji Fujishima to Atsushi Suwa”, Kasama Nichido Museum of Art, Ibaraki, Japan

“With Pencil”, Gallery Naruyama, Tokyo, Japan

“Kowaku Koh-jyutsu 3”, Spiral Hall, Tokyo, Japan

“Karuizawa no Kaze – Japanese Modern Art from 1959-now”, Karuizawa New Art Museum, Nagano, Japan

“The Play of The Plan'12-'13”, Takasaki City Museum, Gunma, Japan

2011

“ART HK 11”, presented by Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong, China

“Tedare Koh-jyutsu 2”, Spiral Hall, Tokyo, Japan

2010

“ART HK 10”, presented by Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong, China

“Koh-jyutsu”, Spiral Hall, Tokyo, Japan

2009

“The Power of Paintings – The Magic of Pigments”, Musashino Art University 80th Anniversary Exhibition, Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan

2007

“Journey – Encounters and Dialogues with Foreign Cultures”, the 40th Anniversary of the Japanese Government Overseas Study Program for Artists, The National Art Centre, Tokyo, Japan

“Born in Hokkaido: Fruit of the Earth, Man and Art”, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Japan

2003

“Christmas in Peace”, The Sato Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan

2002

“Mountain – The Beauty of Eastern Japan”, Tokyo Station Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

“Realism Now: Modern Realism Exhibition”, Nara Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan

2001

“Ryoyo-no-me – The Exhibition of Modern Paintings”, Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, Japan

1998

“Japanese Modern Artist Exhibition”, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China

COLLECTIONS

The Barceló Foundation, Mallorca, Spain

Benetton Collection, Venice, Italy

Thomas Koerfer Collection, Zurich, Switzerland

Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan

Kurayoshi Museum - Kurayoshi History and Floklore Museum, Shimane, Japan

Machiko Hasegawa Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan

Kasama Nichido Museum of Art, Ibaraki, Japan

The Sato Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan

Suwa City Museum of Art, Nagano, Japan

Yokohama Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan

Hoki Collection, Chiba, Japan

Kuraya Corporation – Medipal Holdings Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

East Japan Railway Company, Tokyo Station Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

PUBLICATIONS

2017	Blue: Atsushi Suwa Paintings, Seigensha Art Publishing, Japan
2014	Sleepers, Kwai Fung Art Publishing House, Hong Kong
2011	Can’t See Anything Anyway: Atsushi Suwa Paintings, Kyuryudou, Japan
2008	Atsushi Suwa: Hangwan, Benrido, Japan
2005	Atsushi Suwa Paintings 1995-2005, Kyuryudou, Japan

OTHER MILESTONES

2018	Celebration event for a publication of Special Limited Edition of Atsushi Suwa’s monograph Blue, Morioka Bookstore, Tokyo, Japan
2016	Featured on NHK-TV's art program Portraits of Forgotten People – Painter Atsushi Suwa Painting the Manchurian Refugees
2015	Book Reviews for Japanese Art Magazine Geijyutsu Shincho from April 2015 issue and onwards
2013	Interviewed Antonio Lopez Garcia (leading artist of the Spanish Realism movement) for Japanese Art Magazine Geijyutsu Shincho Featured in the short film Flow directed by Tadasuke Kotani
2011	Featured on NHK-TV's art program Nichiyou Bijyutsukan (Sunday Art Museum) Featured on the cover of magazine Weekly AERA Featured on NHK-TV's culture program El Mundo
2009	Produced first print in collaboration with KIDO Press, Inc., Japan
2008	Produced first edition work in collaboration with Kyoto Benrido, Japan Produced illustrations to accompany Yoshikichi Furui's essay series "RAKUTEN NO HIBI" published in The Mainichi Shinbun (through 2010)
2001	Featured on NHK-TV's art program Doyou-bi no asa (NHK) Painter - Atsushi Suwa