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1 School Worksheet ( Primary ) Name: Class: About the Artist Robert Indiana (b. 1928, New Castle, Indiana), one of the preeminent figures in American art since the 1960s, has played a central role in the development of assemblage art, hard-edge painting and Pop art. A self-proclaimed American painter of signs, Indiana has created a highly original body of work that explores American identity, personal history and the power of abstraction and language, establishing an important legacy that resonates in the work of many contemporary artists who make the written word a central element of their oeuvre. Biography courtesy of Robert Indiana Catalogue Raisonné, LLC. 關於藝術家 About the Exhibition LOVE Long: Robert Indiana and Asia expands our knowledge of Robert Indiana with an exploration of his complex use of text throughout his six-decade-long career. Along with Indiana, the exhibition features eight artists and collectives from Asia: Kutluğ Ataman, Candy Factory, Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries, Chim Pom, He An, Hung Keung, Charwei Tsai, and Xu Bing. These artists experiments with text generate diverse conceptual outcomes. They are selected based on the artistic merit of their works which challenge what words mean in a conventional sense. LOVE Long brings together different systems of meaning in the context of Hong Kong s unique cultural setting. In our fast-paced contemporary world, no one seems to have time or patience to read more than headlines and hashtags. We consume text as information and language has been stripped of its poetic potential. The works on view prompt the audience to contemplate the art of language and the subtle differences between what is said and what is meant. 羅伯特印第安納 ( 1928 年生於美國印第安納洲紐卡素 ) 自 1960 年代起已是美國集合藝術硬邊繪書及普普藝術界不可或缺的人物印第安納將高速公路路標彈珠台及閃動的 Eat ( 吃 ) 招牌等美國公路文化融入作品, 自翊美國標誌畫家, 配合手寫文字, 創造出具個人風格又易於辨認的視覺語言生平介紹由 Robert Indiana Catalogue Raisonné, LLC 提供關於展覽愛話: 羅伯特印第安納與亞洲探索羅伯特印第安納六十年的藝術生涯裡文字和文本的應用, 使我們對印第安納有更深的認識與印第安納一起展出的還有來自亞洲的八位藝術家 : 谷特拉格阿塔曼古郷卓司張英海重工業 Chim Pom 何岸洪強蔡佳葳及徐冰由於這些藝術家在他們的作品中對文字的不同應用即能帶出不同見解, 亦能挑戰文字的傳統意思, 故在是次展覽中展出在香港獨特的文化背景下, 愛話能帶來各種解讀如今匆忙的社會裡, 只看標題和 hashtags 的人比比皆是, 文字變成只用作傳遞資訊, 使語言的多重意思屢屢被剝奪這次展出的作品誘發觀眾思考字面意義與深層意義的差距, 藉以重新審視語言的藝術 Description courtesy of Miwako Tezuka and Asia Society Hong Kong Center Gallery Team. 介紹由手塚美和子和亞洲協會香港中心藝術館團隊提供 1

文字藝術品印第安納在 1960 年代早期的繪畫作品中首次出現了四方形 LOVE 其後在 1965 年, 他亦用這個紅藍綠色的作品作為美國紐約現代藝術博物館的聖誕卡設計 Robert Indiana, LOVE, 1967, screenprint, 86.3 x 86.3 cm, edition of 50. Collection of the Museum of Modern Art.

2 Words on Objects Indiana first used the "foursquare LOVE" in paintings he made in the early 1960s. He then used this image in red, blue and green on the design for a Christmas card for the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 文字藝術品印第安納在 1960 年代早期的繪畫作品中首次出現了四方形 LOVE 其後在 1965 年, 他亦用這個紅藍綠色的作品作為美國紐約現代藝術博物館的聖誕卡設計 Robert Indiana, LOVE, 1967, screenprint, 86.3 x 86.3 cm, edition of 50. Collection of the Museum of Modern Art. Courtesy of Multiples, Inc., New York. Artwork 2018 Morgan Art Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York 羅伯特. 印第安納, 愛 /LOVE,1967 年, 絹網印花, 高 86.3 x 寬 86.3 厘米, 版數 50 現代藝術博物館館藏品嗚謝紐約 Multiples, Inc 作品 2018 年 Morgan Art Foundation/ 紐約 Artists Rights Society (ARS) This image s fame spread as it appeared on postage stamps, exhibition posters and MoMA s Christmas cards. 這個作品的名氣隨著它在藝術館聖誕卡各種郵票及海報上出現逐漸增加 Photograph of Indiana s 1965 LOVE Christmas card for MoMA, as well as the LOVE stamps produced later by the U.S. Postal Service in Photograph Miguel Dominguez. Artwork 2018 Morgan Art Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York 印第安納 1965 年為 MoMA 設計的 LOVE 聖誕卡和其後美國郵遞服務於 1973 年製造的 LOVE 郵票照片 Miguel Dominguez 作品 2018 年 Morgan Art Foundation/ 紐約 Artists Rights Society (ARS) Can you decorate the following items with words? 試用文字設計裝飾以下的物件 10 2

3 Typography Everyone s handwriting is different. Similarly, printed words can be given different shapes. These are called "fonts" or "typefaces". The craft of letter design is called "typography". Here are some examples of popular fonts: 字體設計每個人手寫的字體都不一樣, 印刷字體也同樣有不同字體字體是文字的形狀, 而文字的設計就叫字體設計常見字體 : Times New Roman Courier Arial Comic Sans LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE Write your name in three or four different fonts. Do they make you think of yourself in different ways? 試用 3-4 種不同字體寫你的名字他們會令你有不同的感覺嗎? The Typeface of LOVE Look carefully at the letters "L", "V" and "E". Can you see small lines attached to the letters endpoints? These small lines are called "serifs". They are also used in Times New Roman and Courier. LOVE 的字體細心觀察 L V 和 E 字, 你看到字的尾端有條小線嗎? 這些就叫襯線, 在 Times New Roman 和 Courier 裡都有出現襯線體容易給人一個傳統和正式的感覺, 並增加重量怪不得印第安納在他的 LOVE 設計裡用這樣的字體! Serif fonts usually give a sense of tradition, seriousness and "weightiness" to a text. No wonder that Indiana used such a font for his LOVE design! Typefaces without serifs (so called "sans-serif" typefaces) are considered as modern, simple and functional. Here are two examples. 沒有這些短線的字體叫無襯線體, 能給人一個現代和簡單的感覺以下有兩個例子 : A A Serif : ABC Sans-Serif : 襯線體無襯線體 ABC 3

Which font, serif or sans-serif, would you use to design invitations to

Modern art exhibition 現代藝術展覽 : Classical music concert 古典音樂表演 : Your

There are echoes of this tradition in public signs.

4 Which font, serif or sans-serif, would you use to design invitations to the following events? Wedding 婚禮 : 你會用襯線體還是無襯線體設計以下的活動邀請卡呢? Modern art exhibition 現代藝術展覽 : Classical music concert 古典音樂表演 : Your birthday party 你的生日會 : The Tilted "O" 傾斜的 O In his youth, Indiana worked for a newspaper and studied typography. Typographers have often tilted the letter "O" in printed texts. There are echoes of this tradition in public signs. 印第安納年少時曾在報社工作也曾修讀字體學其實字體設計師也經常把 O 字傾斜, 有時在公共標示牌中也能看見 Discuss: How does the tilted O change the feeling of the words in the signs below? 討論 : 傾斜的 O 如何改變字的感覺? 4

Stylization 風格化 The artist Xu Bing is known for his creative use of different alphabets

In this exhibition you can see an English word written in the style of a Chinese character.

找出以下藝術品並把它的名字寫下來 : You can see that the English word in this work has been given a

Such extraordinary design for a specific effect is sometimes called stylization.

5 Stylization 風格化 The artist Xu Bing is known for his creative use of different alphabets and fonts. In this exhibition you can see an English word written in the style of a Chinese character. Find this work and write the name below: 藝術家徐冰對文字和字體富創意力的運用非常有名, 而在這個展覽中, 他展示了一些中文字造型的英文字找出以下藝術品並把它的名字寫下來 : You can see that the English word in this work has been given a "Chinese accent". Such extraordinary design for a specific effect is sometimes called stylization. Many commercial signs use stylized fonts. Take a look below at the photos of the four restaurant signs in London. 你能在這件藝術品裡看到像中文字的英文, 這樣的設計叫風格化設計, 在商業設計中很常見看看以下倫敦四幅餐廳招牌的照片 Can you guess the script that is stylized in each of the signs? 猜猜它們模仿甚麼語言? Japanese 5

H78 x W115.5 cm. Courtesy of Chim Pom Studio. Chim Pom. Photograph by Kishin Shoniyama. Photograph courtesy of Chim Pom Studio. Chim Pom, 愛已終結, Chim Pom, 2014 年, lambda 打印高 78 x 寬 115.

6 Materiality 材質 Indiana and other artists use a wide range of materials to represent words. 印第安納及其他藝術家利用了很多材質去展現文字 Look at the below artworks from the exhibition and see if you can guess what the typography is made from. 看看以下展覽作品的圖片, 他們用了什麼材質去展現文字? Chim Pom, LOVE IS OVER, 2014, lambda print. H78 x W115.5 cm. Courtesy of Chim Pom Studio. Chim Pom. Photograph by Kishin Shoniyama. Photograph courtesy of Chim Pom Studio. Chim Pom, 愛已終結, Chim Pom, 2014 年, lambda 打印高 78 x 寬厘米鳴謝 Chim Pom 工作室 Chim Pom 照片由篠山紀信拍攝承蒙 Chim Pom 工作室提供照片 He An, Do You Think That You Can Help Her, Brother?, , neon light installation. Dimensions variable. Installation view at Lyon Art Museum, Courtesy of He An Studio, Photograph courtesy of He An Studio. 何岸, 看看大哥能帮帮她吗?, 年, 霓虹燈裝置尺寸不定 2009 年里昂美術館裝置場景鳴謝何岸工作室承蒙何岸工作室提供照片 EAT EAT Many works by Indiana feature the word "eat". It s a reference to his mother, who ran a restaurant with the sign "EAT" in the window. In particular, consider the glamorous sign in The Electric EAT (1964/2007). We can think of this word as Indiana s mother s portrait. 很多印第安納的作品都出現 EAT 一字, 其實是因為他母親營運的餐廳窗旁也掛了一個寫著 EAT 字的牌特別是電子吃 (1964/2007 年 ) 更像是他母親的寫照一樣 Write down a word that you would choose as a portrait for the following people: 請你為以下的人物選擇一個字作為他們的寫照 : Self-portrait 自己 : Your teacher 你的老師 : Your best friend 你的好友 : Your pet 你的寵物 : 6

LOVE in Public Places 公眾場所的 LOVE Indiana s LOVE sculptures appear in the squares and parks of many cities around the world. People often take photographs in front of them.

7 LOVE in Public Places 公眾場所的 LOVE Indiana s LOVE sculptures appear in the squares and parks of many cities around the world. People often take photographs in front of them. 印第安納很多不同版本的 LOVE 雕塑都被作為公共藝術品散播在世界各地這些雕塑成為不同城市的地標, 而經常有人跟這些雕塑照相 Robert Indiana, Imperial LOVE, 1966/2017, polychrome aluminum. H138.1 x W248.9 x D81.3 cm (including base). Edition of 3 + 1/1 AP. Private collection. Courtesy of Morgan Art Foundation. Photograph by Felix Wong. Artwork 2018 Morgan Art Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. 羅伯特. 印第安納, 至尊的愛,1966/2017 年, 多色鋁, 高 x 寬 x 深 81.3 cm ( 包括底基 ) 版數個藝術家版本私人藏品鳴謝 Morgan Art Foundation 照片由黃思聰拍攝作品 2018 年 Morgan Art Foundation/ 紐約 Artists Rights Society (ARS) Discuss : When there are sculptures in public places, what kind of relationship is created between : 討論 : 當藝術品放置在公共場所時, 公眾雕塑城市和藝術家之間會產生什麼關係? Public 公眾 Sculpture 雕塑 Artist 藝術家 City 城市 Unless otherwise stated, all text and images by Adam Jaworski. Please send any enquiries to jaworski@hku.hk 如無標示, 所有文字及圖片皆由 Adam Jaworski 提供如有建議請向 jaworski@hku.hk 反映 7

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