百分百錯覺
臺北市立美術館，台北
100% Illusion
Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei
2022
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我們常說眼見為憑，意思就是只有自己用雙眼看到的事實，才能相信。然而，我們的眼睛真的這麼可靠？我們所看到的事物，就等於真實嗎？
在古希臘故事中，畫家宙克西斯（Zeuxis）和巴赫西斯（Parrhasios）進行一場繪畫比賽，宙克西斯所繪的葡萄極為逼真，吸引鳥兒飛來啄食，當他想要掀開覆蓋在巴赫西斯畫作上的布時，卻發現那塊布料就是畫作本身。這種以錯視畫法（Trompe l'œil）再現景物、欺瞞視覺的繪畫，在文藝復興時期極為常見。
直到當代，仍有不少藝術家致力於創造「視覺上的錯覺」，以仿真的技巧，再現生活中的物事，但模仿真實並非創作的目的，也不再是一較高下的標準。當代藝術家嘗試以幽默、挑釁或奇特的手法，挑戰我們所以為的現實。他們不滿足於描繪眼前所見，更令他們感興趣的，是大腦既有的認知、視覺特性引起的錯覺，甚至「什麼是真實？」這個哲學大哉問。藝術家們各顯長才，使用多種「小技巧」，就像開個小玩笑，在作品中探索錯覺可以如何發揮想像力，顛覆慣常認知。
「百分百錯覺」一展即從Trompe l’oeil的概念延伸而來，以擬真、錯覺與真假相生的模糊邊界為場景進行展出或現地製作，邀請司徒強、利安摩根、周珠旺、袁廣鳴、澤拓、廖昭豪、廖建忠及謝佑承等8位來自台灣、日本及加拿大等國藝術家，展出共計11組作品。
真的？假的？歡迎你帶著這些提問，盡情體驗當代藝術家為你打造的奇幻世界，在參與、體驗、玩耍中，在情緒被挑起的瞬間；在視覺與既定印象的錯位中，在生活經驗的擾動中，激起對於「眼見為憑」及「真實」等概念的重新思考。
We often say seeing is believing, meaning we can only trust what we see with our own eyes. But are our eyes really that dependable? Do all that we see really exist?
An ancient Greek myth tells a story of a competition between two painters: Zeuxis and Parrhasios. Grapes portrayed by Zeuxis appeared to be so real, that they attracted birds to fly over and peck at them. But when he reached over to pull back the curtains that covered Parrhasios’s work, he was surprised to find that the material was the artwork itself. Paintings that use the art technique Trompe-l'œil to represent imagery and deceive optical senses were exceptionally popular during the Renaissance.
To this day, quite a few artists are still dedicated to creating “optical illusions”. They use realism techniques to represent matters in daily life, however imitating reality is no longer the purpose of their creation, nor is it an establishment of superiority. Contemporary artists strive to use humorous, provocative or peculiar ways to challenge our versions of reality. They are no longer gratified by depicting what they observe, rather they’re much more intrigued by existing cognition and how visual senses can create optical illusions, and even the big philosophical question “What is reality?”. Artists deploy their talents and various “tricks” to tease the audience, and in their works explore how illusions can spark imagination and upturn common perceptions.
The exhibition “100% Illusion” was derived from the concept of Trompe-l'œil. Imitations of reality, illusions and the gray zone between real and imaginary form the setting of these exhibits and site-specific works. We invited Szeto Keung, Liam Morgan, Chu-Wang Chou, Goang-Ming Yuan, Hiraki Sawa, Chao-Hao Liao, Chien-Chung Liao and Yu-Cheng Hsieh, 8 artists from Taiwan, Japan and Canada to display a total of 11 works.
Real? Or not? Bring these wonders with you as you voyage through this fantastical world created by contemporary artists. Whilst participating, experiencing, playing in this exhibition, in moments when our emotions are being elicited, when visuals contradict our long-established impressions and unsettle everyday encounters, new reasonings for concepts such as “seeing is believing” and “reality” will be stimulated.
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