2016年，法圖在上海所做的墻面作品Wall Works by Farto in Shanghai in 2016

葡萄牙藝術(shù)家亞歷山大·法圖以墻為布、以鉆為筆的創(chuàng)作，于6月30日至7月23日呈現(xiàn)在由中央美術(shù)學(xué)院美術(shù)館、中央美術(shù)學(xué)院壁畫系主辦的“印記”——亞歷山大·法圖作品展中。此番來到北京，他延續(xù)了從2007年以來開始創(chuàng)作的《劃過表面》系列作品在墻面上進行視覺敘事創(chuàng)作的線索，形成“印記”展中的特殊裝置——這組作品由70幅人像組成的“墻面”，每幅人像都雕刻成佇立的單個結(jié)構(gòu)——這次展覽成為一次重要的陳述來努力拓展這套系列作品背后的基本條件：與城市來對話的行動本身就是最基本的材質(zhì)，同時集中于雙向塑造的概念。

The Portuguese artist Alexandre Farto (Aka Vhils) is famous for his unique creation on the canvas of walls and with his drill as his brush. Such art creation was witnessed in the exhibition titled “Imprint” organized by Art Museum of Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) and Mural Painting Department of CAFA from June 30 till July 23. In this event in Beijing, this bold artist continued his typical visual narration on walls along the clue from his series Scratching the Surface project in 2007. the exhibited set of works consisted of walls of 70 carved figures and each figure was presented in an independent way, and thus became a particular installation. As an important narration and a dialogue with cities, this exhibition intended to highlight its basic condition—wall, the very fundamental substance of a city, and focus on the concept of two-way creation.