常青畫廊三位畫廊主（從左至右）：莫瑞希歐．瑞哥羅（Maurizio Rigillo）、洛倫佐．飛亞斯其（Lorenzo Fiaschi）和馬里奧．克里斯蒂阿尼（Mario Cristiani）。（常青畫廊提供）
克里斯蒂阿尼說：「成立畫廊的初衷，是在最出乎意料的地方培育出有意思且具挑戰性的當代藝術。」秉持此一理念，常青畫廊早於大部分西方畫廊，2004 年即在北京開設空間，2007 年啟用於法國巴黎郊外的穆林空間，專注於大型且長期的作品，古巴哈瓦那空間則在2016 年開幕，致力於發展突破各種疆域的文化計畫。
2018年常青畫廊（北京）「卡斯登．霍勒：方法論」展場一景。 （常青畫廊提供）
相當看好「台北當代藝博」的潛力，常青畫廊帶來伊黛爾．阿德楠（Etel Adnan）、勞瑞斯． 切奇尼（Loris Cecchini）、卡斯登． 霍勒（Carsten Höller）、安尼施．卡普爾（Anish Kapoor）、漢斯． 歐普． 德貝克（Hans Op De Beeck）、喬瓦尼． 歐祖拉（Giovanni Ozzola）、奇奇．史密斯（Kiki Smith）、巴斯卡．馬汀．塔猶（Pascale Marthine Tayou）等藝術家的作品。其中將有一件卡普爾的金屬雕塑《鏡（黑霧）》（Mirror『Black Mist』），緊扣藝術家長期關注的核心主題之一虛空的探索，直指「滿」與「空」的對應。霍勒2018年在常青畫廊北京空間的個展中提出了現代科學與古代智慧共融的可能性，其中將在台北展出的作品，探討了線條與空間的關係。
Galleria Continua: Art History in Progress
By Isabelle Kuo
It was 1990 when three friends, Mario Cristiani, Lorenzo Fiaschi, and Maurizio Rigillo founded Galleria Continua in San Gimignano, an Italian town steeped in history, away from the big cities and the ultramodern urban centers. As stated by Mario Cristiani, the gallery's goal is to "create a reputation as a center capable of producing exciting and challenging contemporary work where it is least expected." Working away from the central art hubs is second nature for Galleria Continua, which has opened its Beijing space in 2004, much earlier than most foreign galleries in China. Galleria Continua Les Moulins, designated for large-scale and long-term creations, was established in the Parisian countryside in 2007, and La Habana Cuba, devoted to hosting groundbreaking cultural projects, was established in 2016.
To Cristiani, Galleria Continua has an identity "grounded in two values – generosity and altruism – which lie at the heart of all its dealings with artists, the general public, and its development as a whole." The gallery aspires to take part in the writing of history, placing value on contemporary creative practices as well as art's ability to connect individuals and locations with the past, present, and future.
At Taipei Dangdai, Galleria Continua presents artists Etel Adnan, Loris Cecchini, Carsten Höller, Anish Kapoor, Hans Op de Beeck, Giovanni Ozzola, Kiki Smith, and Pascale Marthine Tayou. Kapoor's Mirror (Black Mist) embodies the artist's longtime concern in the notion of fullness and emptiness. Höller, who had a solo exhibition investigating the hybridity of modern science and ancient technology at Galleria Continua Beijing in 2018, shows a piece exploring the connection between lines and space.
For more information, visit: www.galleriacontinua.com
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