澳大利亚艺术家
Dani Green
Connected
Acrylic and ink on Paper
220x 128cm
Quarantine _3
Acrylic paint and Wax Pastel on Wood
120x95cm
Quarantine _4
Acrylic paint and Wax Pastel on Wood
120x95cm
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Dani的创作源于“阻碍”，同时也是一种回应。不论是以往语言沟通中遇到的困难还是在疫情期间的封闭隔离生活，敏感的Dani善于将这些阻碍通过艺术解构、重建，以此重新审视自我生存的境遇。这是个人面对社会、时代、历史所作出的艺术化的回应，充满情感的张力，也有静思自省的特质。Dani的新作系列灵感来源于她在中国的隔离经历，白色、黑色与金属色泼洒交叠，仿佛令人看到旅馆老旧斑驳的墙面与压抑的氛围，而闪耀着光泽的金属色从这一片斑驳中跳出，如光芒破墙而出，直击人心。正如她所说的，光、空气、欢乐的意义，是无法被打败、被阻隔的力量。
“Looking back now, I see my Manuscript Series as paintings in which I was speaking (to myself) and with these new artworks, I am listening. Listening to my Spirit, listening to my Soul, offering the Inner Being a voice to connect with the gracefulness of light and to offer that sense of flight, and climbing the sky.”
——Dani Green
“现在回想起来，我把我的手稿系列视为与自我对话的作品，而新的艺术创作中，我在倾听，倾听我的精神，倾听我的灵魂，为内心提供一个声音，让它与光明之美相连，使其飞翔，攀越天空。”
——Dani Green
Dani Green was born in Sydney, Australia in 1973. She graduated from the College of Fine Arts, New South Wales University, Australia with a major in Photography, and has exhibited throughout Australia, New York City and China.
Dani’s foundations are in Black and White documentary Photography. A decade later she embraced Digital Media and then moved on to work within Illustration and Drawing. Since moving to China, Dani has further expanded her art practice to include Painting.
Dani has worked in Art Education for over 20 years in schools across Australia, Singapore and China. As the Head of Art and Photography Departments and Exhibition Education Programs she spent most of her career teaching Art at Senior School level. Dani has undertaken Artist in Residence programs and been the recipient of Government Grants for Visual Arts. She began working with Art Canton initially as an exhibitor 3 years ago, formally joining the Art Canton Committee in the capacity of Executive Curator for the past 2 years.
Dani Green ，1973年出生于澳大利亚悉尼。她毕业于澳大利亚新南威尔士大学美术学院，主修摄影，曾在澳大利亚、美国纽约和中国举办展览。
Dani艺术创作的起源是黑白纪实摄影。10年后，她转向数字媒体领域，并开始从事绘画艺术方面的工作。自从搬到中国后，她进一步将绘画扩展到她的艺术实践中。
Dani在澳大利亚、新加坡和中国的学校从事艺术教育工作超过20年。作为艺术和摄影部门以及展览教育项目的负责人，她职业生涯的时间大部分都花在了高中艺术教学上。丹尼接受了驻地艺术家计划，并获得了政府对视觉艺术的资助。三年前，她以展览者的身份开始与艺术广东展览合作，并在过去两年正式加入艺术广东组委会，担任执行策展人。
Dani曾在广州天河ISA国际学校(原位于红砖厂创意园)工作3年，最近她搬到北京，在加拿大国际学校从事艺术教学工作，并在新的地点扩展她的艺术实践。
Spirit Guides
Acrylic paint and Wax Pastel on Wood
120x95cm
Metallic_1
Acrylic & Ink and Wax Pastel on Wood
65x45cm
Metallic_2
Acrylic & Ink and Wax Pastel on Wood
65x45cm
Dani presents a new series of paintings in 2020, which began during the COVID-19 pandemic on her return to China from Australia during the 14 day compulsory Government Quarantine. The experience of being locked inside an old dirty hotel room was more confronting that she had anticipated. Photography became her medium during this time to record her surroundings. Documenting the outdated décor of the hotel room and the subdued colour palette inspired the initial paintings in this series. Extending beyond the typical colours used in her past artworks, Dani references new colours and textures captured within these preliminary photographs, resulting in the shift to using metallic paint. A subtle change yet symbolic of an important shift in consciousness within her art practice.
2020年，Dani带来了她的新作系列。在疫情期间，Dani从澳大利亚返回中国，并接受了14天的隔离，在此期间她创作了这系列作品。被锁在一个又旧又脏的旅馆房间里，这段经历比她预想的更困难，摄影成为了她记录周围环境的媒介。记录酒店房间老式的装饰与暗沉暧昧的配色是本系列最初的绘画灵感来源，Dani突破了她过去作品中常用的色彩典型，借用了在这些原始照片中捕捉到的新的色彩和纹理，从而转向了使用金属涂料。这一微妙的变化，象征着她在艺术实践中一个重要的意识转变。
Previously, Dani’s work has been shaped through her perceived inability to communicate in Chinese. She processed frustration by painting during difficult and challenging moments in her life, which drove and inspired her past Manuscript Series.
Using metallic colours such as gold, copper and brass to appear like polished metals, the visual sensation is usually associated with their shine. The attraction to the brightness and new light (when viewed from right angle) emitted from these colours is distinct within Dani’s new series. Created subliminally, direct from the life-force within, these artworks were generated from the Spirit. The significance of light, air and joy, superseding any negative feelings towards the compulsory quarantine or the isolation period. This haunting experience would once have been the catalyst for Dani’s artmaking and indeed the subject matter, yet as the world enters a new era, a new consciousness emerges and looking inside one’s self seems more important than ever.
在此之前，Dani在日常中文交流中的阻碍促成了她的作品创作。她通过绘画来处理生活中面对困难和挑战时的沮丧，这也启发和推动了她过去的手稿系列创作。
使用金色、紫铜色、黄铜色等呈现抛光质感的金属色时，它们的光泽往往能吸引人们的眼球，因此在Dani的新系列中所呈现的闪耀光泽(从正确的角度看)别具吸引力。这些艺术作品是从精神中生成的，源于潜意识和内在生命力量。光、空气和欢乐的意义，取代了在隔离期间的所有负面情绪。这种令人难忘的经历是Dani艺术创作的催化剂，也是她创作的主题。随着世界进入一个新时代，一种新的意识出现了，审视自我也似乎比以往任何时候都更重要。
Kindred Spirit_1
Acrylic and Wax Pastel on Wood
90x60cm
Kindred Spirit_2
Acrylic and Wax Pastel on Wood
90x60cm
Kindred Spirit_3
Acrylic and Wax Pastel on Wood
90x60cm
Kindred Spirit_4
Acrylic and Wax Pastel on Wood
90x60cm