张肖亮

来自世界“红枫之国”的艺术之花绽放在杭州西子湖畔。

2016年10月21至30日，加拿大魁北克的著名艺术家Joanne Gauthier（乔安·戈婕）在杭州恒庐美术馆举办了一场关于“花”和“鸟”的展览。

2014年11月，加拿大总理哈珀访华期间，中加两国宣布2015至2016年为中加文化交流年。这是中加两国关系史上迄今规模最大的文化交流活动，反映了中加两国全面友好合作关系发展到了一个全新阶段，而2016年G20杭州峰会的举办进一步提升了中加两国文化交流。在中加文化交流年，为加强杭州与加拿大城市之间在文化、艺术、教育等方面的交流，提高城市国际化程度，杭州策划举办了“2016年东西方生活文化交流·对话加拿大艺术文化交流——乔安·戈婕”艺术展览。坐落在杭州最具艺术氛围特色的南山路上的恒庐美术馆参观者络绎不绝。

来自加拿大魁北克的Joanne Gauthier（乔安·戈婕），是位擅长色彩，喜以花、鸟为题材的女性艺术家。魁北克市，是加拿大的历史文化名城，也是北美洲唯一一座拥有城墙的城市，位于圣劳伦斯河北岸。这就是Joanne Gauthier（乔安·戈婕）出生和成长的地方，在25年的艺术生涯中，她将自然世界和人文精神通过独特的技巧、手法加以表现，她的艺术作品在加拿大多所画廊展出，受到广泛好评。

这是一场关于“花”和“鸟”的艺术展览，共有40幅作品，每幅画作的纹理和基质具有雕塑般的品质，之所以选择花和鸟为创作的主题，乔安·戈婕说她喜爱花、鸟、自然、色彩、美丽的面孔，以及所有简单却具有生命力的东西，因此她就用这些东西来表达自己的艺术追求。花和鸟对于中国的绘画来说也是极其富有意义的，中国画中就有花鸟画的类别。自然、色彩和美丽的面孔也正是人类世界共同追寻的美。

《北欧极光的传说》最能代表乔安·戈婕的绘画风格，红艳艳的花卉寄寓着她对火红时代的生活的热烈赞美，给人以一种温暖激励和奋发向上的精神力量。

那张《如沐幻影》画作中，作者一改用鲜艳的红色画面，那红蓝相间的画面让观众耳目一新。

《夜鸟》是乔安·戈婕画鸟作品中比较有代表性的，鸟的眼睛与大嘴巴都画得很有神。此次画展中，还展出了她的《深蓝的凝望》和《琥珀色的眼眸》两幅人物肖像作品。这对画花和鸟的画家来说是很难得的。

对于此次中国的展览之旅，乔安·戈婕表达她自己的想法：“我的画作有过很多次旅行，在中国举办展览是一个很棒的机会，使我能与中国人民分享我的作品，并更加直接地表达我自己的艺术感受。让我的色彩和中国的色彩交流共鸣，我想这就是意义所在。”色彩的融合、艺术的交流碰撞，带给我们的是美的享受。Joanne应用铜、银和金叶子等综合材料，以三维特征给了观众视觉上的享受，Joanne的花卉油画让观众乐于探索画布的整个表面，每幅花卉画如同一件雕塑。她的画没有任何束缚，色彩自由流淌，正是因为这种自由组合渲染，创造了令人震撼的作品。

艺术是相融相通的，中国写意画也是如此，水墨游离在画纸之上，创意却不失分寸，此次画展为中加的艺术交流提供了良好的条件和平台。乔安·戈婕表示：“作为一名加拿大的绘画作者，也作为一名世界公民，能够来到中国展示我的作品，对我来说是莫大的荣幸。中国文化博大精深，学海无涯，能够和中国人民在一起交流是毕生难得的机会。我很高兴来到杭州，享受学习中国文化、参与中加艺术家之间互动的殊荣。”

Canadian artist Joanne Gauthier exhibited her paintings at Henglu Gallery of Hangzhou from 21st to 30th October， 2016. The artist featured flowers and birds as two big themes at the solo exhibition. The exhibition was part of the 2015-2016 China-Canada Year of People-to-People and Cultural Exchanges launched in April， 2015. The year-long event was jointly announced in November 2014 during then Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harpers visit to China.

Joanne Gauthier is from Quebec， a historical city in the Northern American country. The walled city is one of a kind in North America. She has a 25-year artist career to boast with artworks in bright colors and featuring flowers and birds. Her artworks integrate nature and culture masterfully and are displayed in various galleries across Canada.

The exhibition at Henglu Gallery at Nanshan Road featured 40 artworks， each displaying textures and temperaments of sculpture. With a general passion of all simple and organic objects， Gauthier loves flowers， birds， nature， colors and beautiful faces in particular. Naturally these are her favorite subjects. Coincidently， flowers and birds are two major subjects in traditional Chinese painting. Flowers and birds and plants are a big category of Chinese painting.

Gauthier explained her exhibition in Hangzhou this way： “My artworks have traveled widely. It is a great opportunity to hold an exhibition in China. It enables me to share my works with Chinese people and express my artistic sentiments directly. Let my colors and Chinese colors come together. This matters.”

One of the visual pleasures in Gauthiers art noticed by visitors in Hangzhou was the metallic materials such as brass， silver and gold she used. The 3D effect was delightful. Her flowers in oil were fully expressive， showing how the artist explored every inch of the canvas. The unbridled use of colors was very impressive.

Gauthiers art appealed to the citys visitors very much. They found something common between her art and Chinese artworks done in the impressionist free-hand style： images and colors may look disordered and even artless but they are just right.

Local artists consider the exhibition as a platform for cultural and artistic exchanges between China and Canada. Gauthier understood the significance of the exchanges. She said it was an honor to display her artwork as a Canadian artist and world citizen. She said she was happy to enjoy Chinese culture and participate in cultural exchanges between Chinese artists and Canadian artists.