Calligraphy, 1996, collage & lacquer on paper, 71 x 65cm
原野——卜百贺作品展
二ＯＯ九年二月五日至廿七日
精艺轩画廊
香港中环嘉咸街35-39号嘉豪大厦地下三号铺
艺术家将出席开幕式：
二ＯＯ九年二月五日（星期四）下午六时至八时
卜百贺是德国驻港总领事，但鲜为人知，他亦是一位出色的抽象画家。初见卜百贺时，很多人都会对他的魁梧身材及十分均匀的头部留下深刻的印象。
他的头部均匀原来是来之有因。在德国慕尼黑出生的他，于家乡大学攻读法律之同时，在晚上时间亦于美术学院进修课程，掌管逻辑思维的左脑得与掌管美学艺术的右脑平均运作同步发展，因此，完美的头部得以孕育出来。
为了谋生，他最后选择了当律师，随后并加入德国外交部，被派驻到世界不同地方。虽然如此，他对艺术的追求从没有被放弃。
卜百贺的作品曾参加过不同的艺术展览，包括在英国伦敦 (1997, 1998 及 1999)与 2001年在浦耳 (Poole) 的个展；作品被德国、英国、西班牙及法国的藏家收藏。
在“原野”展览中的作品，包括了他过去十三年间的一麟半爪，它们曾占用了卜百贺的不少周未与假期。作品满载自由豪迈的笔触，缠牵繁沃的流滴，协调或对比的色块，大有杂草丛生的原野感觉，但很多画面仍被逻辑思维战胜了，明显的图案流露了出来。
卜百贺说每张画都是他的个人经历与表现，并欢迎观众前来观赏。
精艺轩画廊位于中环嘉咸街卅五号地铺（近荷李活道与摆花街交界）。如欲访问艺术家或查询展览的详情可电邮< dyiu@artbeatus.com.hk>或致电 2522.1138向Dominic Chan 或2526.0818向Josephine Hau 查询。
画廊开放时间：星期一至六 11:30am-7:30pm 星期日及公众假期休息。
Fields, 1997, crayon & lacquer on paper, 61 x 86cm
Wilderness - Paintings by Frank Burbach
February 5th to 28th, 2009
Art Beatus Gallery
35-39 Graham Street, Ground Floor, Central, Hong Kong
The artist will attend the opening reception
between 6 to 8pm on Thursday, February 5th, 2009
When one first meets Frank Burbach, the Consul General of Germany in Hong Kong, his exceptional well-formed head makes a strong impression. Well-dressed and well mannered, his appearance is the standard portrait of a seasoned diplomat. Few people know that Burbach has a wild side as well - he is also an accomplished artist of abstract paintings.
His well-formed head came from the fact that he kept both hemispheres of his brain in full use since early in his life. While taking law classes in the university of his hometown in Munich, Germany, he was studying courses in the art academy at night. He was developing both the left and right sides of his brain at the same time. He finally chose to be a lawyer and, later, a diplomat yet he has not given up on his artistic pursuit, which has since occupied his weekends and holidays over the years.
Burbach has shown his works in various exhibitions including solos at the Cable Street Studio Gallery, London in 1997, 1998 and 1999; and in the Study Gallery, Poole in 2001. His works are in various private collections in Germany, England, Spain and France.
He will put on display some of the fruits and flowers in his Wilderness exhibition at the Art Beatus exhibition space starting February 5, 2009 till February 28, 2009.
The exhibits consist of works that he painted over the past 13 years. The forceful brush strokes and delineations, entwining runs of vibrant drips as well as fields of harmonious or contrasting pigments, some seem wild and free but many, when viewers settle their eyes, are patterned and logical. Burbach said that each of his works is an encounter or a chronicle of his expression and he invites viewers to come and experience.
Art Beatus Gallery is located on the ground floor of 35-39 Graham Street, Central, near the junction with Hollywood Road and Lyndhurst Terrace (SOHO Area). For further information about this exhibition or interview with the artist, you can either e-mail us at dyiu@artbeatus.com.hk or call either Dominic Chan at 2522-1138 or Josephine Hau at 2526-0818.
Gallery hours: Mon.-Sat. 11:30am to 7:30pm, close on Sundays & public holiday
Celebration, 1997, acrylic on paper, 100 x 70cm
Encounter1998
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