Shining Orchid

Research Background During the past decade many artists have researched the concepts and material form of the artist's book. Artists' books that maintain the traditional structure of a book are often known as book art or bookworks, while those that reference the shape of a book are known as book objects.The Artist's book is a highly inventive, relevant art form that is constantly evolving, the artist Mathew Barney is exploring the book form in contemporary art. Peter Ellis has produced both book objects and Artist's books as unique and as editioned works since 1975. Research Significance The Academy Gallery at the Tasmanian College of the Arts, Uni. Tas. Is dedicated to the pursuit and achievement of excellence by exhibiting contemporary art and design of the highest order that has the capacity to be insightful, challenging and rewarding to a wide cross section of our community. The Gallery has a peer review Gallery Committee. This exhibition curated by Gallery Director, Malcom Bywaters, showcases Artist's Books as a celebration of the varied use of the artist's book on the creative sensibility in a contemporary situation. It shows the complexity and potential for what constitutes a book, in contemporary art practice. Research Contribution The work "Shining Orchid" reinterprets one of the most ancient forms of the book, the concertina book developed in Asia. Ellis has used collage, drawing, watercolour, and through the process of cutting windows in the paper; reveals differing aspects of the imagery, depending on how the book is opened or which sequence this double sided work is viewed. The work is a unique copy that researches the poetic possibilities of image associations that can be altered and interpreted by the viewer. This work was also included in the recent survey of the artist's work at the RMIT Gallery in 2013.The Australian National Gallery, the Queensland Art Gallery and the National Gallery of Vic, have acquired examples of Peter Ellis' artists books.

研究背景：近十年来，诸多艺术家围绕艺术家书（artist's book）的理念与物质形态展开了探索。保留书籍传统结构的艺术家书通常被称为书籍艺术（book art）或书艺作品（bookworks），而以书籍形态为参照的作品则被称为书形物件（book objects）。艺术家书是一种极具创新性且兼具现实意义的艺术形式，始终处于动态发展之中。当代艺术家马修·巴尼（Mathew Barney）正于当代艺术语境中探索书籍形态；彼得·埃利斯（Peter Ellis）自1975年起便创作书形物件与艺术家书，作品涵盖独版与限量版两类。
研究意义：塔斯马尼亚大学（Uni. Tas.）艺术学院附属学院画廊始终致力于追求卓越，通过展出兼具思想深度、批判精神与大众启发性的顶尖当代艺术与设计作品，服务于多元社区群体。该画廊设有同行评审委员会。本次展览由画廊馆长马尔科姆·拜沃特斯（Malcom Bywaters）策展，以艺术家书为核心展品，旨在彰显当代语境下艺术家书对创作感知力的多元赋能，并展现当代艺术实践中“书籍”概念的复杂性与拓展可能性。
研究贡献：作品《闪耀的兰花》（Shining Orchid）重新诠释了最为古老的书籍形制之一——起源于亚洲的经折装书籍（concertina book）。埃利斯运用拼贴、素描与水彩技法，并通过在纸张上裁切开窗的工艺，使观众以不同方式打开作品或切换观赏顺序时，能够窥见图像的不同面向。该作品为独版原作，探索了图像联想的诗意可能性，其内涵可随观众的解读与视角变化而得到重塑。此作品亦曾于2013年入选RMIT画廊举办的艺术家作品回顾展。澳大利亚国家美术馆、昆士兰美术馆与维多利亚国家美术馆均收藏有彼得·埃利斯的艺术家书作品。