http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang/archives/2011/10/04/2003514842 Tue, Oct 04, 2011 - Page 13　 PrintMailFacebookTwitterplurkfunpHuman ashes feature in paintings of Czech artist 骨灰作画　艺术家亡灵活现 An exhibition of paintings containing human ashes by controversial Czech artist Roman Tyc has raised eyebrows after opening last Tuesday in a gallery in Prague’s historic city center. “When you’re six and your mum dies, you see her as a metal urn and know her only from photographs for the rest of your life, you believe there’s a way to free her from the can,” reads an introduction to the exhibition, written by Tyc. “It’s Tyc’s personal testimony. His mum died when he was six, and he’s trying to cope with her death,” Edmund Cucka, director at the Dvorak Sec Contemporary art gallery, told AFP at the opening of the exhibition, dubbed “ Grave Robber.” The 37-year-old Tyc created 19 portraits, using the gray ashes to create silhouette faces contrasting against a black background. “The portraits are clean, there’s nothing shocking,” said Cucka, adding human ashes had been used as material by artists on Czech soil in the 1960s. Cucka said the portraits “are not specific people like actors or something. They are people he chose — he was interested in their stories.” The artist, who claims that excess ashes from funeral homes end up in waste dumps, was not present at the opening of the exhibition. The gallery said the paintings were not for sale, and that it had asked the artist to scatter the ashes in a dignified place with all due piety after the exhibition. Tyc is a member of the Ztohoven group of controversial artists who gained fame in 2007 after pirating a public television broadcast and superimposing images of a nuclear explosion on footage of a beauty spot.(AFP) 一场由作风争议的捷克艺术家罗曼‧季茨以人类骨灰作画的展览，在上周二於布拉格的历 史都心亮相後，引人侧目。 季茨在该展览简介上写道：「当母亲在你六岁就过世，你只能将一座金属骨灰瓮当作是她 的化身，并且在往後的日子，都只能从照片中回忆她的长相，但你始终相信有个将她自骨 灰瓮里释放的方法。」 德佛札克赛奇现代艺术画廊馆长艾德蒙‧瞿曲卡在这场称为「盗墓贼」展览的开幕会上告 诉法新社说：「这是季茨的个人表白。母亲在他六岁时过世，而他还在调适面对母亲离世 。」 三十七岁的季茨以灰色的骨灰描绘画中人物的脸部轮廓，配以黑色背景，创作出十九幅肖 像。 瞿曲卡表示：「这些肖像皆属纯洁，没有什麽骇人的内容可言。」他补充说捷克於一九六 ○年代，即有艺术家以人类骨灰为创作媒材。 瞿曲卡表示，这些肖像「并非是演员或这类特定人士。他们都是季茨所选的人物─因为他 对他们的故事感兴趣。」 宣称殡仪馆内多出的骨灰都被倒进垃圾堆中的这位艺术家，并未现身展览开幕会上。 该画廊表示，这些画作皆为非卖品，并要求这位艺术创作者在展後，虔诚地将这些骨灰撒 在神圣之处。 季茨是富争议「百堆屎」（或译为「脱颖而出」）艺术团体的成员，该团曾在二○○七年 ，因为透过公营电视台，将一处游览胜地的画面和核爆影像重叠播出，随即一炮而红。 （法新社／翻译：林亚蒂） --

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