戈登 史密斯 Gordon Smith
西岸風景
View of the West Coast
2011
銅板
Copperplate Print
29 x 90 cm / 11.4 x 35.4 in
北岸之冬
Winter of the North Coast
2018
銅板
Copperplate Print
75 x 82.6 cm / 29.5 x 32.5 in
無題
Untitled
Unknown
銅板
Copperplate Print
54 x 40.5 cm / 21.3 x 15.9 in
$ 5,500 ~ 6,000
Gordon Smith (1919-2020) is a key figure in contemporary Canadian art. Since the 1950s, he continuously expanded the dialogue between abstraction and representation through painting and print. His work has been an evolving search for balance between abstraction and his love of the Canadian landscape. The two occasionally gathered together after Zheng immigrated to Vancouver, and Zheng introduced his works to the Chinese community. In 2015, Zheng gifted a portrait of him for his 95-birthday. The portrait attests the great respect and admiration for Gordon, as contemporaries and colleagues in the local art scene. The three works exhibited were gifted to Zheng by Gordon Smith, which witnessed the friendship between this highly respected Canadian artist and significant Chinese scholar.
戈登·史密斯（1919-2020）是加拿大当代艺术中的重要人物。自1950年代以来，他通过绘画和版画不断推动抽象与表现主义之间的对话。他的作品不断在抽象风格和他对加拿大风景的热爱之间寻求平衡。郑胜天移民温哥华后，曾多次造访史密斯，并将他的作品介绍给华人社会。 2015年史密斯95岁生日时， 郑胜天画了一幅他的肖像作为生日礼物，表达自己对这位艺术家的尊重和钦佩。展出的三件版画是史密斯回赠予郑胜天的作品，见证了这位德高望重的加拿大艺术家与中国同行之间相知互敬的友谊。
