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Form 4 (2018) Chen Chan-Xuan
65cm x 50cm x 4pieces. Acrylic color, pencil and charcoal on canvas
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65cm x 50cm x 4pieces. Acrylic color, pencil and charcoal on canvas
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Form Is Everything but Nothing
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Form 4 (2018) Chen Chan-Xuan
65cm x 50cm x 4pieces. Acrylic color, pencil and charcoal on canvas.
#1 #2 #3 #4
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65cm x 50cm x 4pieces. Acrylic color, pencil and charcoal on canvas.
#1 #2 #3 #4
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fe29c1c33cb1651a3d8595ab2159ce1af460f246c4764745cc035c4c889d30d4/Chenchanxuan-work-Form-form4-3.jpg)
Form 4 (2018) Chen Chan-Xuan
65cm x 50cm x 4pieces. Acrylic color, pencil and charcoal on canvas.
65cm x 50cm x 4pieces. Acrylic color, pencil and charcoal on canvas.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b5197f61a89c5a1bca528b23334cee83934c4a0ba9dc2a1f4f9675bb54789270/Chenchanxuan-work-Form-form2.jpg)
Form 2 (2016) Chen Chan-Xuan
40cm x 40cm x 2pieces. Acrylic color on wood.
#1 #2
40cm x 40cm x 2pieces. Acrylic color on wood.
#1 #2
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b1e90b4e1f2bd7addb075099f5cc6cd8d842dde6441b59a0fa7015e52df61392/Chenchanxuan-work-Form-form5_.jpg)
Form 5 (2018) Chen Chan-Xuan
162cm x 112cm. Acrylic color, pencil and charcoal on canvas.
162cm x 112cm. Acrylic color, pencil and charcoal on canvas.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9021c93cb3d6a5828a715cf3eccf8173e57840cd19ae5dcbc9f7880d200a4c2f/Chenchanxuan-work-Form-Form5.jpg)
Form 5 (2018) Chen Chan-Xuan
162cm x 112cm. Acrylic color, pencil and charcoal on canvas.
162cm x 112cm. Acrylic color, pencil and charcoal on canvas.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d70930668d872bf096fa73fb0b6381b641ca8df9dd75c165a7d63dd466289d39/Chenchanxuan-work-Form-Form3.jpg)
Form 3 (2016) Chen Chan-Xuan
112cm x 162cm. Acrylic color, pencil and charcoal on canvas.
112cm x 162cm. Acrylic color, pencil and charcoal on canvas.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0ae19696e8501898bb84a7428e948eadbf49a230ad35c88b66c58c1d51005772/Chenchanxuan-work-Form-Form3-detail03.jpg)
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Form 3 (2016) Chen Chan-Xuan
112cm x 162cm. Acrylic color, pencil and charcoal on canvas.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/469c0b2f826935466f5c8b8552b125db2ffd765b9026364720e39a7eb33aaac8/Chenchanxuan-work-Form-Form6.jpg)
Form 6 (2019) Chen Chan-Xuan
115cm x 110cm. Acrylic color, pencil and charcoal on canvas.
115cm x 110cm. Acrylic color, pencil and charcoal on canvas.
2015 年起,陳湛鉉以「表格」進行各種媒材的創作,將當代社會各種制式化、規格化的事物,透過創作揭示出事物原本繁複多元的樣貌。其中《Form》繪畫系列,在大數據資料庫中搜尋各種生活中被實際使用的表單格式,例如:人口普查表、健康問卷、汽車保險申請書,測驗答案卡⋯等,透過大量的換算形成構圖、以及將表格上的文字抽象化,而繪製成表格繪畫。其中也有參照人口普查表的格式進行創作,該表單上有許多於現在不合時宜的問卷項目,儼然是當時代的價值觀映照。如此繪畫操作中,融入大量作者對該題材的反思與感性,刻意在畫面中保留繪畫性與表現性,使作為社會管理的理性工具「表格」與作者的主觀表現出來的「表格繪畫」,產生矛盾難解的觀看內容。
陳湛鉉時有所惑:「人們如何在有限的欄格中表達自己?當今社會這些指向個人的表單填選資料,卻代替人們在社會系統中被篩選、分類,甚至比本人還要重要。」而表格除了能夠反映當時年代的訊息以外,也能透過觀察不同文件的流變,透過繪畫的特殊語言,成為複雜的美麗。