台北當代藝術館 官方網站 Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei

我們可能認為人生就是蒐集日常生活中各式各樣的體驗，但經歷 Overcoating 的創作過程後，我發現生命不只是獲得知識而已。最重要的是要剝除一層一層的外在掩飾找到真相，並堅定自己的信念。
─ Tavira邵曉露 藝術家Tavira(邵曉露)成長於西班牙，自幼即展現了繪畫創作天分，她喜歡在作業、課本，甚至是家具上作畫。多年來，她長期投入在「藝術日記」的創作，堅持以繪畫的方式寫日記，浸淫在自我可以自由揮灑情感與想法的世界中，同時也敏感地觀察到現實的扭曲面。Tavira擅長運用色彩的力量，透過個人獨特的繪畫語彙，表現內在深刻的情緒與感受，藉以實現個人的意志。 Tavira的繪畫風格上，偏好使用隨興的筆調、強烈的色彩進行創作，表達人生的不同體驗和她內心的情感起伏變化。身為敏感的藝術家，她有兩個非常清楚的創作面向，一方面呈現積極正向的生命觀和生活態度：即無論在人生旅程中遭遇什麼阻礙，生命依然是美好，人們應時時懷抱希望；另一方面，又試圖以強調的手法諷刺社會現實，深入探究社會大眾所謂的「幸福」，她認為世人習於被自身或他人抹上一層層美麗的色彩，但其作用往往只是粉飾太平，然而在這美麗外表做出的假象，不正也是現實人生的最佳寫照？ 此次於台北當代藝術館的【Overcoating/我看到了善惡】個展，Tavira共展出十九件作品，藝術家期望藉由平面畫作與多媒體裝置的結合，創造複合的觀看方式，深層地探索自我所感知的善與惡，並透過多重角度的觀看和閱讀，引發觀者的參與思考，就如同在我們的生活中，事物表層和內裏細微的差異皆需透過親身經歷體驗，才能真切感受生命中獨到的箇中滋味。 We may think that life is about collecting a lot of different experiences through everyday living, but through the creative process of Overcoating, I found out that this life is not all about gaining knowledge. Ultimately, it is a matter of peeling away all the layers and having faith.
－Lourdes Salcedo Tavira Lourdes Salcedo Tavira grew up in Spain and began showing a talent for drawing since she was a little girl, as she had a fondness of drawing on her homework, books, and even the family furniture. For years, she has been devoted to creating an Art Journal, in which she insists on using drawings to depict her journal entries. Captivated by a world where she could freely express her emotions and thoughts, she also sensitively observed a sense of twistedness in reality. Tavira is skilled in utilizing the power of colors, and together with her unique artistic vernacular, she expresses through her art her inner profound emotions and feelings, and from which she attempts to reach an actualization of her personal will. Tavira’s artistic style is free and full of powerful vivid colors, which she uses to express life’s different experiences as well as her inner feelings. As an artist of great sensitivity, she possesses two very distinct creative attributes: on one hand, she shows a very positive way to approach life. No matter what obstacles are presented along the journey, life is still beautiful and we should always remain hopeful; on the other hand, she emphasizes, in a very ironic way, the reality of our society and probes at our so called happiness. She believes that people are used to being covered by layers and layers of beautiful colors that are self-inflicted or applied by others to make us believe that everything is just fine. However, perhaps this beautiful yet superficial veneer is a good depiction of the real life? The exhibition, Overcoating, at MoCA Taipei will present 19 artworks by Tavira. Through the integration of her paintings and multimedia installations, she hopes to create a complex way of viewing and to profoundly explore her self-perception of good and evil. Furthermore, through viewing and reading from multiple perspectives, she hopes to incite the audience’s participation and contemplation. As in life, the subtle differences between the superficial and the internal will need to be experienced personally, in order to truly capture the essence of life.