抽象水墨新氣象 劉國松藝術微噴限量發行

  2014年，可說是專屬於藝術史上的「藝術微噴年」。國內外知名美術館、博物館紛紛採用藝術微噴的複製型式，完美呈現原作。2013年年底，荷蘭梵谷博物館以「梵谷經典重現展」之名，來台展出全球限量260幅，每幅要價約新台幣100萬元(2.5萬歐元）的「梵谷3D浮雕微噴」系列，受到收藏家們青睞，全台僅10張的配額全數購藏完畢。無獨有偶，2014年1月在中正紀念堂展出的「珍珠之光—透視維梅爾」也同樣以藝術微噴的技術，集結了維梅爾分散於全球十八處美術館的37幅畫作。藝術微噴廣受國際級官方機構認可推行藝術作品，進而影響廣大藝術市場。

2014 may be called “The year of Giclee” in the art history.  Internationally renowned galleries and museums are all using the technique of Giclee to reproduce famous original artworks in their collections.  At the end of 2013, the Van Gogh Museum of Netherland presented the “The Relievo collection by Van Gogh” exhibition in Taiwan.  With the limited quantity of 260 and the cost of one million NT Dollars (25,000 Euros) each, the allotment of 10 for Taiwan was sold out in a short time.  In January, 2014, the “Master of Light – Vermeer” exhibition at the Sun Yet San Memorial in Taipei, also presented all 37 paintings of Vermeer collected by 18 different museums throughout the world in Giclee form.  The acceptance of Giclee products by museums in promoting artworks will influence the general art market positively.

當代水墨之父劉國松雄霸亞洲藝壇
The Dominancy of the Asia Art Community by the Father of Contemporary Ink Painting, Master Liu Guo Song

  事實上，藝術微噴幾年前在歐美市場早已成熟。剛結束的瑞士2014Art Basel中，為戰後最值錢的德國藝術家李希特舉辦「李希特─Pictures/Series」大展。展覽場的盛大氣勢，掀起李希特作品在各大拍場的熱潮，其中最受矚目的《貝蒂(Betty)》，在倫敦佳士得2014夏季拍賣送拍這幅作品的「限量藝術微噴」，預估落槌價將超過2010年拍賣38萬美元的價格。

As a matter of fact, Giclee, as a reproduction tool, has been mature in the European and American markets.  There was an exhibition, “Richter—Pictures/Series”, for the German Artist Gerhard Richter in the Swiss 2014 Art Basel.  The popularity of the exhibition caused another bidding wave in auction houses over the world.  The most noticeable one is the Giclee limited reproduction of “Betty” at the summer auction of Christie's in London.  The expected auction price will exceed the 380,000 US Dollars price established in 2010.

劉國松老師在當今藝術市場有其不可被取代之地位。世界畫廊於香港2014 Art Basel為亞洲藝術家劉國松舉辦「回眸‧從六十年代至現在」個人回顧展，劉國松老師更受邀為首映座談會的藝術家。有鑑於此，劉老師的限量藝術微噴肯定引發全球收藏風潮。

Master Liu Guo Song has attained a position that cannot be replaced in the current art market.  In the Hong Kong Art Basel, the World Gallery presented an exhibition for Master Liu, “A Backward Glance, from 60’s to Now”.  Master Liu was the artist presiding in the seminar during the opening of the exhibition.  The limited Giclee series of Master Liu’s work will definitely bring another wave of collection in the world.

新一代藝術品精緻再現─藝術微噴
New Generation of Exquisite Art Collectables – Giclee Reproduction

  在談到劉國松老師限量藝術品的價值之前，我們先來探討藝術微噴的發展史。「藝術微噴」（Giclee），是日本Epson（愛普生）公司80年代傳真機發展以來，領先全球的最新科技，無論原料抗褪 “Ultrachrome HDR” 色墨水的本質或是高解析噴墨技術均已十分成熟穩定，其百年抗光防水顏料墨水能取代既有的印刷術，可達光照百年永不褪色的境界，是時代演進下的新一代藝術品複製工法。

Before we discuss the value of Master Liu’s Giclee Reproduction, let us explore the history of Giclee development.  The Giclee technology is the world-class leading technology developed by Epson of Japan, a refinement of the common ink-jet scanner developed in the 80s.  This high-resolution ink-jet technology and their “Ultrachrome HDK” color ink are all time-proven, mature and stable.  The 100-year light resistance of the products cannot be matched by the current printing methods.  It is the most advanced printing technology at this time for high value articles.

   將藝術微噴一詞拆開來看，「藝」當然是藝術品。「術」是高品質工法技術，「微」是奈米科技，「噴」則代表的是印表機的噴墨功能。顧名思義，用這四字取代過去「數位版畫」……等的用法，代表此嶄新的藝術複製工法可說是再貼切不過了。而藝術微噴的精密先進技術，經專業技術人員調控，擬真程度可完美重現原作，為其他傳統版畫工法無法表達的擬真境界。

We denote this new technology as “Giclee” instead of using the more traditional “Digital Lithography” because of this precise, advanced technology, with the professional control, can approach almost perfect reproduction of the original.  This state cannot be attained by any other existing Lithographic method.

劉國松藝術精品 首都領軍限量發行
Master Liu’s Masterful Work of Art  Capital Art Center Leading the Way of Limited Production

   由於能達到與原作擬真性極高，不失真的特性。藝術微噴，堪稱自古以來最接近原作的工法。經由藝術微噴精製而成的限量版畫，近兩年已在超寫實與寫實領域，廣為大陸藝術家使用。舉凡王沂東、冷軍、何多苓、艾軒等一線藝術家，都以藝術微噴作為限量藝術品發行上的首選。其他如劉野、周春芽……等80年後的藝術家，也都紛紛效法跟進，顯然此劃世代高科技發展中應運而生的藝術微噴印製工法在中國藝術收藏市場蔚為風潮。

Because of the extremely high resemblance to the original, Giclee reproduction is the technology that can reproduce artwork with the highest fidelity in history.  The Giclee Limited-quantity Lithography has been employed by many Chinese artists in the Sur-realistic and Realistic market in Mainland China.  Artists such as Wang Yi Dong, Leng Jun, He Duo Ling, Ai Xuan, etc. have made Giclee their first choice of artwork presentations.  Other younger artists such as Liu Ye, Zhou Chun Ya, etc. follow their lead closely.  Obviously, the art collection market in Mainland China has embraced this new high technology readily.

而在台灣早在2005年開始，首都藝術中心董事長蕭耀便洞察未來市場上的發展趨勢，陸續為劉國松老師推行限量藝術微噴。2014年劉國松老師的水墨原作，可謂台灣藝術圈內最具行情的藝術品。他革新獨創的「抽筋剝皮」技法，亦藉由藝術微噴技術，表達得淋漓盡致。首都以多年誠信經營的態度，用最新技術打開您的收藏視野。精選作品及全程監督的製作過程，秉持著嚴格謹慎的精神。每件都是限量發行，並由藝術家親筆簽名確認。

In Taiwan, York Hsiao, Chairman of Capital Art Center, realizing the future market development trend and the full potential of the new technology, works with Master Liu on Giclee projects starting in 2005.  Recently, Master Liu’s original paintings may be the most marketable art work in the collection market in Taiwan.  His revolutionary and unique “Paper Fiber” texture technique can be reproduced perfectly with the Giclee technology.  Capital Art Center opens up your collecting vision with their consistent credibility and the latest technology.  Every item is strictly selected and under constant monitoring in every step of process.  Each item is quantity limited and is signed by the artist himself.

令人振奮的是，首都藝術中心，特地與法國Ａｒｔ　Ｔｒｕｓｔ認證公司合作。製作了新型無法偽造，不可重複使用的氣泡編碼。收藏家可以利用專屬的氣泡編碼，直接在網上確認收藏品的真偽。劉國松老師的簽名限量藝術微噴，可說是多一層安全保障。

Capital Art Center worked with Art Trust Company of France to apply their new temper-proof, non-reusable bubble number to the Giclee products.  Each collector can use their own bubble number to check the authenticity of their collection on the Web.  That is one more security protection for collecting Master Liu’s Giclee Limited Reproduction with the artist’s own signature.