Art Basel by Hai Hsin Huang 《巴塞爾藝術展》黃海欣
Description 作品介紹
Completed and first exhibited at Hong Kong Art Basel in 2019—the final in-person edition before the global pandemic—Hai Hsin Huang's "Art Basel" captures the last flourishing moment of the globalised art market's golden age. This prescient work documents a world conscious yet half-unaware of its acute rendering of late capitalism's cultural spectacle.
黃海欣作品《巴塞爾藝術展》完成並首展於2019年——全球新冠疫情前最後一次的實體香港巴塞爾藝術展。這件具有先見之明的作品記錄了全球化藝術市場黃金時代最後的繁榮時刻，捕捉了一個對晚期資本主義文化奇觀既自覺又半無意識的世界。
Through meticulous observation and arrangement of fleeting moments, Huang transforms the art fair into a vivid tableau—a social arena where observers and the observed coexist, where art becomes both subject and backdrop for self-presentation. Her pencil flows with rare balance between generous strokes and swift critique, revealing the increasing divorce between art fair and fair art.
通過對稍縱即逝瞬間的細緻觀察與編排，黃海欣將藝術博覽會轉化為生動的場景——一個觀察者與被觀察者共存的社交場域，藝術既是主體也是自我展示的背景。她的鉛筆在豐富筆觸與敏銳批判間流暢遊走，揭示了藝術博覽會與公平藝術間日益擴大的分歧。
The monumental original drawing, measuring approximately 5 × 2 metres, spreads across the book's pages like a comprehensive map. Readers navigate through endless booth displays as if wandering through the glittering glamour themselves—looking at art, observing people, perhaps sipping wine amidst the fragrant elegance of this cultural spectacle.
原作尺寸近5×2公尺的巨幅繪畫如全景地圖般展開於書頁中。讀者穿梭於無盡的展位陳列間，猶如親身漫步於光鮮亮麗的盛會中——看藝術、觀察人群，或許在這文化奇觀的衣香鬢影中淺酌美酒。
This drawn fresco stands as both celebration and elegy—a farewell portrait of an era when the art world gathered in physical splendour, unaware that such gatherings would soon become memories of a different time.
這幅繪畫壁畫既是慶典也是輓歌——對藝術世界以實體盛況聚集時代的告別肖像，彼時尚未意識到這樣的聚會將很快成為不同時代的回憶。
Book Information 書籍資訊
Artist 藝術家： Hai Hsin Huang 黃海欣
Pages 頁數： 80 pages 80頁
Dimensions 尺寸： 20.6 × 27.6 cm
Printing 印刷： Offset printing 平版印刷
Cover 封面： Bookcloth with silkscreen printing 布面書皮絹印
Binding 裝訂： Coptic binding 線膠裝
Edition 版數： Limited to 800 copies 限量800本
Publisher 出版社： nos:books 挪石社
Publication 出版： Taipei, Taiwan, August 2023 台北，台灣，2023年8月
About the Artist 關於藝術家
Hai Hsin Huang 黃海欣 creates large-scale observational drawings that examine the intersections of culture, commerce, and social ritual in contemporary society. Her meticulous pencil work captures the subtle dynamics of institutional spaces and cultural gatherings, offering both documentation and critique of our collective behaviours.
黃海欣創作大型觀察性繪畫，探討當代社會中文化、商業與社會儀式的交匯點。其細緻的鉛筆作品捕捉機構空間與文化聚會的微妙動態，既記錄又批判我們的集體行為。
