在北京奧運會圓滿落幕之際, 全世界的目光將聚焦在上海這座城市。上海藝術博覽會、上海第九屆雙年展以及上海當代藝術展將在金秋登陸申城。Art in Capitals 非常榮幸地同期推出“保羅·利薩克——一個後現代主義者的表達”畫展為這一藝術盛宴添彩。

　　作為一個當代藝術家，保羅?利薩克的作品非常便於理解，是21 世紀的非典型歐洲藝術。他的藝術受到多位文藝復興時期巨匠以及現代藝術先鋒的影響，而其可貴之處正在於以優雅的寫實筆調表現其對當代熱點問題的思考，包括宗教、政治等。正因此，將保羅的作品帶到東方是一種拯救人類生存困境的信念，亦是在全球化時代下尋求理解的努力。

　　他時常用神話作為媒介來表達他的藝術。他的作品十分優美，讓人不禁聯想起卡拉瓦喬或丁托列托。他們那些充滿神秘色彩的著色與巧妙的組合讓人回想起十六和十七世紀末期的作品。 然而，無論是人物還是主題卻都是當代的。實際上，這是一種對美、逼真的過去和平凡現在、恐懼，以及希望的一種奇妙的組合。

　　以一種相對非正統的方式描繪猶大，畫家暗示了我們，傳統所定義的邪惡與背叛能夠被新的闡釋和面對事實的處理方式顛覆並賦予新的意義，展示了對世界進行重新思考的可能。看起來吸引利薩克的是把過去的場景轉移到我們的時代語境中，以顛覆傳統的方法迫使我們去反思。

　　利薩克堅持選擇寫實主義。為了和平，為了結束戰爭，他顯然十分願意拿起棍棒為正義而奮鬥 。但人們意識到在他靈魂深處的真正信念，是為了藝術而鬥爭，為了其獲得拯救世界之靈感的天賦而鬥爭。如果這些能在穿越激情的漫長人生中提醒世人，務必防止那些無用的政治或宗教的消耗，就更好了。

　　用當代手法表達一個在西方藝術中非常古老和反覆出現的主題——聖母子。

　　利薩克的畫作中並不總是吶喊，憤怒和痛苦，同樣也有希望。他描繪了這樣一個同惡共生的世界，儘管母親們的目光中儘是痛苦（永遠都不可能擺脫所有的罪過和苦難），但是利薩克給我們打開了一條怯生生的卻又必要的縫隙；我們都曾經是被母親抱在懷裏搖晃的孩子。

　　我們衷心地歡迎您來參加我們的私人雞尾酒會，畫家本人屆時將親臨現場，9月11日19:00。

保羅·利薩克個人畫展 現場圖片

　　570 Huai Hai West Road.
　　Sculpture Space B119
　　Shanghai China
　　淮海西路570 號
　　上海城市雕塑藝術中心B區119室
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　　Tel:86-21-62807103
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　　While Beijing Olympic ends in splendor, the whole world turns its attention to Shanghai. Shanghai Art Fair, the 9thShanghai Biennale and SH Contemporary launches the city this fall. ART in CAPITALS gallery is very pleased to presentthe works by the talented British artist Paul Lisak and add lustre to the grand art events.

　　As a contemporary artist, Paul Lisak’s work is, at first, remarkably accessible. It is atypical of European art in the 21stcentury. He follows in the footsteps of the great Renaissance and Baroque masters as well as modern giants like Picasso.

　　And yet both characters and themes are our contemporaries. He often reflects on questions that are so topical today –questions relating to religious issues, questions dealing with the individual, questions regarding the ambivalences between science and theology, or those concerning wars and conflicts of all natures. The introduction of Paul’s work toChina is a faith to mitigate humanity’s great problems and an appeal to understanding in our globalized 21st century world.

　　He readily uses myth as a medium in his artistic expression. His paintings are beautiful, their effects reminiscent ofCaravaggio or Tintoretto. They are suffused with mystery and their brilliant compositions recall the masters of the XVI andXVII centuries… And yet both characters and themes are our contemporaries. This is, indeed, a strange combination ofBeauty, of Reality past and present – our most prosaic present, of Horror, but also of Hope.

　　With this relatively or completely unorthodox Judas Iscariot, the painter is suggesting that we rethink the world by showingus that evil and betrayal can, by definition, be overcome and enriched by new ways of interpreting and confronting thefacts. Lisak’s objective, it would appear, is to set the scene within the context of the present day and, by reversing tradition,

force us to reflect.

　　Lisak has chosen to stay with realism. He is clearly quite prepared to take cudgels and to fight for justice, for Peace, for anend to War, but one feels that the real conviction in his soul is to fight for ART, for the gift of an inspired way of healing the world. And if that informs humanity in our secular age of passing passions, and can prevent useless political or religious waste, so much the better.

　　Lisak use a contemporary interpretation of a very ancient and recurring theme in Western art, the Madonna and child.

　　Not all of Lisak’s work is despair, anger and pain; there is also hope. His Madonnas are a respite from evil and, despitethe pain reflected in the mothers’ eyes (it will never be possible to avoid guilt and suffering completely), Lisak opens a tentative, yet necessary, window onto serenity; we have all been that child rocked in the arms of a mother.

　　We warmly welcome you to our Private Cocktail in the presence of the artist on September 11th at 19:00 hours.