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廖修平生於1936年，出生於臺灣臺北市，為家庭內排行第四子。1959年自臺灣省立師範大學（現國立臺灣師範大學）藝術系畢業；1962年進入日本東京教育大學（Tokyo University of Education，今筑波大學前身）教育學部藝術學科繪畫專攻；1965年進入法國巴黎國立高等美術學院（École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts）。在積累美術學院深厚學術基礎與技術底蘊的同時，他以自幼成長環境中所見的民俗信仰文化作為基點，精鍊出獨特的創作語彙，於藝壇嶄露頭角，獲得國際注目。在藝術家的作品中，可以看到他對多元媒材的創作實踐：無論版畫，抑或是油畫、雕塑、複合媒材，皆反映了他對藝術全神貫注的探索與窮極。

臺南市美術館本次舉辦廖修平個展，以時間軌跡(chronicle)為主要軸線，將藝術家自學生時期至今各個創作階段的面貌，以150餘件精選之作進行完整呈現，並將各個展題以地理座標點作為命名錨定，以此暗示藝術家身處在戰後世界體系的劇烈震盪下，在故土與其他城市之間流轉的地理移動足跡(path)，也得以作為伴隨觀者的另一條展覽路徑。

除此之外，本展也將對藝術家周邊積累的手稿習作、文件、檔案、專文發表、影像紀錄等文獻資料進行系統性的統整，於展覽現場對照展出，其中最特別的是，首次聚焦於廖修平如何自1960年代起，進入學院教育外之「工作室（Atelier）」的學習歷程，拓展活動版圖，並積極透過參與競賽、展覽，躋身第二次世界大戰後被重新建構的當代藝術國際機制。以及1970年代，廖修平在國立臺灣師範大學建立版畫工作室，將當時最新潮的創作生產概念及技術，透過現代版畫（Modern Printmaking）範疇引進臺灣，藉由高等教育系統與各式傳播媒體向全國推廣，為本地創作社群與年輕藝術學子，開拓了嶄新的視野與可能性。

本次展覽內容有別於過去曾舉辦的藝術家個展中多以媒材及風格作為分類，策展命題以「站立在跨越疆界的最前線」切入主軸，對其六十餘年創作生涯中對此關鍵姿勢（gesture）的多重實踐－包含創作主題策略、媒材選用、視覺形式發展等層面，進行進一步的梳理。在展覽子題中可見之東京、巴黎、紐約等曾實際生活、實踐藝術家志業的都市為錨點，構築其地理活動網絡，並以多件首次展出的第一手文獻資料，對過往研究中曾提及廖修平與其創作於第一線藝術場景中的活躍進行再證。另一方面，透過作品身後實際創作機具、原版的在場，呼應藝術家在掌握媒材語言後，以肉身作為製造介質（Medium），回歸「版．面」（Matrix）的核心創作追求。

   在時局發展流向中，廖修平持續站立在跨越疆界（frontier）的最前端，建立堅定的自我藝術語彙，並不輟地執行創作。另一方面，透過孕育現代版畫的工作室（Atelier）－屬於版印創作者的協作體系引導之下，他更於前線（frontline）發揮自身影響力，進而直接地滋養、扭轉了臺灣藝術與文化的未來趨勢。當我們身處展示現場，進入藝術家超越一甲子的創作生涯時，也的確得以更加完整的建構出他與文化、社會與國際情勢交互響應下，所產生的獨特面貌。

Liao Shiou-ping was born in Taipei, Taiwan in 1936 as the fourth child in the family. After graduating from Taiwan Provincial Teachers College (now the National Taiwan Normal University) with a degree in Fine Arts in 1959, he continued his art studies at Tokyo University of Education (now the University of Tsukuba), Japan in 1962 with a specialization in painting and later moved to Paris to study at École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in 1965. With a solid academic training and the internalized use of techniques, he drew on the folk region and culture he grew up with to create and polish a unique artistic vocabulary which made his name in the art circles as well as the international art scenes. His oeuvre perfectly reveals his multi-media practices, featuring a wide range of works such as prints, oil painting, sculpture, and mix-media to mirror his dedication to exploring every possibility of art.

Tainan Art Museum presents Liao Shiou-ping’s solo exhibition as a chronicle, where more than 150 selected exhibits offer a retrospective view of his entire artistic career starting from the schooldays through the various stages of his practices. The sub-themes are different geographical coordinates to metaphorically anchor the artist’s travels between his native land and other cities in the post-war global turbulence, while viewers may follow the path as an alternative way of viewing through the exhibition.

The exhibition also features an accumulative archive of the sketches, manuscripts, documents, publications, video and photographic materials from the artist side by side with the exhibits for a comprehensive analysis. Most importantly, Liao’s experiences in the “Atelier” outside his academic studies since the 1960s, the attempt to expand his artistic territory and to position himself in the institutionalized international contemporary art scenes, which has been reshaped after the WWII, by remaining active in competitions and exhibitions are first brought to our attention. In the 1970s, Liao started a printmaking studio at National Taiwan Normal University, introducing the most advanced printmaking ideas and technologies to Taiwan, categorized as Modern Printmaking, and promote it nationwide through higher education and a myriad of media to open up a new horizon of possibilities for local artist communities and young art students as well.

Different from most of our previous solo exhibitions with categories decided by media or styles, the exhibition Frontline/ Frontier offers a penetrating theme to provide a comprehensive analysis of the artist’s multiple practices of this key gesture through the six decades of his artistic career, exploring the various aspects such as the strategy to decide a subject, choice of media, development of visual styles, etc. The sub-themes are anchored with cities including Tokyo, Paris, and New York where Liao has worked and lived to fulfill the dedication of an artist. It thus builds a geographical network, accompanied by first-hand documents and materials which had never been showed publicly before as a reconfirmation of his active visibility in the major art scenes discussed in related studies. On the other hand, from what is behind the artwork, especially the machine operated by the body or the presence of the original plate, it echoes the artist’s essential pursuit to use the body as the medium of the production and to return to the matrix as he commands the vocabulary of the media.

Confronting the trends of the world, Liao remains at the frontier, where he secures his solid artistic vocabulary and relentlessly continues his practices. On the other hand, in the atelier which has nurtured modern printmaking through the guidance of print artist collectives, he further takes advantage of his influence from the frontline to nourish and direct the future trends in the arts and culture of Taiwan. As we enter the exhibition space to be part of his artistic career spanning over sixty years, we may have a more comprehensive visualization of his unique world of art built on a network of cultural, social, and international realities.

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策展團隊：常鴻雁、黃靖容

Curatorial Team: Chang Hung-yen, Huang Jing-jung