P018 → Food Pose
Food Pose is a publishing collaboration between the Taipei based independent publisher nos:books and Hsian Jung Chen in 2016. The book features Ice and Juice Bar ceramic series and the photography works derived from this series.
Chen often distills idea into pottery forms of no obvious utility, but yet they go in harmony with everyday life — a “rational irrationality”, as the artist puts it, that exists in life. The modestly glazed pieces carry the reminiscence of colors, forms and delights of many common fruits, and a certain tropical temperament in the nature that inspires the artist. In Food Pose, Chen installs the food sets in the kitchen. The food and pottery duo reflects and interprets each other.
The original pottery pieces were shown in Chen’s solo exhibition “The Coconut Show” at Pon Ding in Taipei, 2016.
〈食物擺態〉是獨立出版社 nos:books 與陳向榮的出版合作計畫。此書呈現陳的冰菓室系列陶作，及從此系列陶作延伸的攝影創作。
陳向榮善於把意念純化，捏成各種造型獨特的陶器作品。它們雖無明顯用途，卻巧妙地融合於日常生活裡－－猶如生活中 「 合理的不合理存在 」 陳如此說。他的彩釉陶器，隱含各種常見水果的色彩與造形，明快俐落的意態，富有某種熱帶氣息，充滿生趣。〈食物擺態〉裡，陳在廚房裡為食物重新擺pose，讓食物和陶器彼此映照、互相詮釋。
此系列陶藝作品，於 2016 年在台北朋丁 「 The Coconut Show 」 向榮水果行陶藝創作展中展出。
Ceramic works and the corresponding food sculptures
Book edited and designed by nos:books
To purchase Food Pose, please visit the shop.