Rossi & Rossi Gallery 欣然宣布新展 《Billy Apple® 跨越六十年1962–2018 》，展覽將在香港於6月9日至7月27日展出。 作為上個世紀60–70年代英國和紐約流行藝術和觀念藝術潮中的中心人物，Billy Apple對身分這一主題展開了深刻的探討和推廣，其手法尖銳獨到，是當代藝術家中最特立獨行的其中一位。本次在Rossi & Rossi的展覽精選了每個時期的重要代表作品，追尋藝術家在過去60年間跨越三大洲的創作足跡。

Billy Apple® 原名Barrie Bates, 於1935年出生於新西蘭的奧克蘭。於1959年離開新西蘭前往倫敦皇家藝術學院學習平面設計。1962年畢業後，改名為Billy Apple，通過這一激進的舉措來建立新的身份並將自己變成自己的藝術作品。通過模糊藝術和藝術家、藝術和生活、藝術和商業之間的界線，Apple從個人藝術家逐漸轉變為品牌，並在2007年以他的名字註冊了商標。

Rossi & Rossi Gallery is pleased to announce the exhibition Billy Apple® Six Decades 1962–2018, taking place from 9 June to 27 July in Hong Kong. Regarded as a pivotal artist in the British and New York pop and conceptual art movements of the 1960s and ’70s, Billy Apple’s examination and promotion of an identity, and his uncompromising and singular means to do so, place him amongst the most idiosyncratic artists of our time. Rossi & Rossi’s presentation tracks his practice over three continents and six decades through seminal works from each period.

Billy Apple® was born Barrie Bates in Auckland, New Zealand in 1935. He left New Zealand in 1959 to study Graphic Design at the Royal College of Art in London. After graduating in 1962, he took the radical step of changing his name to Billy Apple to establish a new identity and turn himself into his own art work. By blurring the boundaries between art and artist, art and life, and art and commerce, Apple’s gradual transformation from an individual artist into a brand culminated in 2007, when he registered his name as a trademark.

Billy Apple® 跨越六十年1962–2018

Date:

2018.6.9 – 7.27

Time:

Tuesday to Saturday 11:00 – 18:00

Venue:

Rossi & Rossi Gallery

黃竹坑業發街6號益年工業大廈3C

3C Yally Industrial Building, 6 Yip Fat Street, Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong

Source: Rossi & Rossi Gallery

Billy Apple 用 Lady Clairol Instant Crème Whip漂染頭髮, 1962年11月，1962/1997，銀鹽照片，網版印刷文字，69 x 80 x 4 cm (加框)，Richard Smith攝影；圖片由藝術家及Rossi & Rossi提供 Billy Apple Bleaching with Clairol Instant Crème Whip, November 1962, 1962/1997, Gelatin silver photograph with silk-screened text, 69 x 80 x 4 cm (framed), Photograph by Richard Smith; Courtesy to the artist and Rossi & Rossi

自畫像(Apple綠中見紅)，1962/1963，膠印照片於被噴塗過的亞麻布上，102 x 77 cm，RobertFreeman攝影；圖片由藝術家及Rossi & Rossi提供 Self-Portrait (Apple Sees Red on Green) 1962–1963, Offset photo-lithography on primed linen, 102 x 77 cm, Photographs by Robert Freeman; Courtesy to the artist and Rossi & Rossi

自我抹去的肖像, 1974年3月27日，1974，在未拉伸帆布上的膠印照片，逐步通過施加Erasol®到氧化鋅打印機中將圖像除去，共三張，每張90.5 x 91.0 cm，整體90.5 x 273 cm，Hiro攝影，Roy Crosset印刷，倫敦皇家藝術學院；圖片由藝術家及Rossi & Rossi提供 Self-elimination Portrait 27 March 1974, 1974, Offset photo-lithography on unstretched canvas, image progressively removed by applying Erasol® to zinc oxide printer’s plate, three parts, 90.5 x 91.0 cm each, 90.5 x 273 cm overall, photograph by Hiro, printed by Roy Crosset, Royal College of Art, London; Courtesy to the artist and Rossi & Rossi

品牌的歷史，倫敦，紐約，奧克蘭，www.billyapple.com，2005–09，UV浸漬打印和丙烯於塗有底漆畫布上，共四幅，每幅98.7 x 60.9 cm；圖片由藝術家及Rossi & Rossi提供 A History of the Brand, London, New York, Auckland, http://www.billyapple.com, 2005–09, UV-impregnated print and acrylic on primed canvas, four parts, Each 98.7 x 60.9 cm; Courtesy to the artist and Rossi & Rossi

級別31. 比利蘋果®品種（紅色），2007，彩繪聚酯鑄件，38.2 x 38.2 cm；圖片由藝術家及Rossi & Rossi提供 Class 31. Billy Apple® Cultivar (Red), 2007, Painted polyester cast, 38.2 x 38.2 cm; Courtesy to the artist and Rossi & Rossi

Billy Apple® 一個尋找產品的品牌，2010/2015，UV浸漬的油墨於帆布上，38.2 x 61.8 cm；圖片由藝術家及Rossi & Rossi提供 Billy Apple® A Brand Looking for a Product, 2010/2015, UV-impregnated ink on primed canvas, 38.2 x 61.8 cm; Courtesy to the artist and Rossi & Rossi

藝術家永垂不朽，2016，UV浸漬的油墨於帆布上，618 x 1,000 mm；圖片由藝術家及Rossi & Rossi提供 The Artist Will Live Forever, 2016, UV-impregnated ink on primed canvas, 618 x 1,000 mm; Courtesy to the artist and Rossi & Rossi

IOU (交易未完成)，1987/2018，UV浸漬的油墨於帆布上，841 x 594 mm；圖片由藝術家及Rossi & Rossi提供 IOU (Untransacted), 1987/2018, UV-impregnated ink on primed canvas, 841 x 594 mm; Courtesy to the artist and Rossi & Rossi