11/09/2026
BLOCK FOUR:The Pool of the Inner City|流於意識的城池
陳惠立的泳池不只是放鬆運動的場所,當素昧平生的陌生人,赤裸地坦誠相見,是關乎權力關係、公私領域界線曖昧模糊的微妙場域。
其中,電影中的泳池場景尤其具標誌性。本次展覽的作品,以電影《虎視眈眈》(2001,臺譯:性感野獸)與《倒數時刻》(2021)內的泳池場景為靈感。象徵著殺戮時刻即將來臨前的平靜,以及逃離現實的出口。陳惠立刻意將人物抹去,使觀者更能沈浸在他筆下的水光。大幅的作品延伸他對影片中泳池的想像,層次精細的藍色磁磚吸引著目光,緩緩沒入在水池之中。
For Wai Lap Chan, the swimming pool is more than a place for leisure and exercise. When strangers who have never met before find themselves exposed and vulnerable in one another’s presence, the pool becomes an ambiguous and subtle space where power dynamics unfold and the boundaries between public and private become blurred.
Among these references, swimming-pool scenes in film are particularly emblematic. The works in this exhibition draw inspiration from the pool scenes in “Sexy Beast”(2001) and “Tick, Tick... BOOM!”(2021), evoking the calm before the moment of violence and the pool as an escape from reality. Chan deliberately removes the figures from his compositions, allowing viewers to immerse themselves more fully in the play of light and water that defines his paintings. In his large-scale works, he expands upon her imagination of these cinematic pools: layers of finely rendered blue tiles draw the eye inward, gradually dissolving into the depths of the water.
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Dreaming of swimming pools 18, 17夢見游泳池 (十八、十七), 2026, Pencil and Colour Pencil on Paper, 54 x 54 cm
Love Hate Lust Fear Envy Leisure Boredom Glamour Excitement Oblivion Inspiration (Sexy Beast) 愛 恨 慾望 恐懼 嫉妒 悠閒 沉悶 輝煌 興奮 遺忘 靈感(虎視眈眈、倒數時刻), 2025, Pencil and Colour Pencil on Paper, 12 x 18 cm.
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【 Into the Fern Glow.拜訪暉蕨之森 】
▎Dates:15 Aug - 3 Oct 2026
▎Artists:
Cheng Yen Yu 余政諺
Hilarie Hon 韓幸霖
Hsiao-Ai Wang 王筱璦
Liao Wen 廖雯
Ngai Wing Lam Ant 蟻穎琳
Wai Lap Chan 陳惠立
Xinran Liu 劉欣然
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