Chen Long-Bin 陳龍斌 http://www.longbinchen.com
Roman Man, 2013
15.5 x11x11 inches
Recycle New York phone book
Long-Bin Chen is known for his skillful transformation of out-of-date books, newspapers, magazines, and computer paper into art that—when viewed from a distance—appears to be made of wood or marble. Chen’s work is not only a commentary on human consumption and waste, it also mourns the pre-digital era of bound books. His art approaches the book object as an aesthetic object and attempts to combine ideas and concepts from the East with those from the West. Long-Bin Chen was born in Taiwan. He received a BFA from Tung-Hai University in Taiwan and an MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York. He has exhibited widely in the United States, Germany, Taiwan, China,India, and Hong Kong.
長期以來，陳龍斌的藝術創作就以改造陳舊書籍，雜誌，電腦紙演譯成藝術品而聞名於世。在其精湛的雕刻技術處理下，這些書籍已轉變成木材或大理石的外表，手觸這些作品卻依然是頁頁可翻動的紙張雕塑。他的作品具有一種視覺的魔幻效果，引人以全新角度審視書本，思考媒体消費和資源浪費，許多策展人把他的作品歸類為環保藝術; 細看作品多年發展，作者同時也在哀悼書籍被電子數字時代淘汰的命運，使作品更具文化的時代意義。他把書籍作為一種審美對象的藝術形式，個性化處理後令人印象深刻，一方面成功地結合技術和觀念;材質與思想，進而在西方的觀念藝術基礎上導入東方的傳統木刻形式，成功地混搭東方與西方，傳統與現代，在東西文化接軌中走出新的塑雕路數。近十年藝術家基本上過游牧式的生活，長的三個月，短的5星期在歐、亞、美洲創作展出，2007年後定居紐約，他的書籍來源多數是依靠資源回收系統及二手書店就地取材，再就收集到書籍種類，大小，數量，進行創作，這批作品展示藝術家在世界各地對書本文化的思考。書本文本對藝術家不再是輔助創作思考的文化媒介，而是取代金屬、木、石等成為新的雕塑材料，可謂行萬里路、毀萬卷書。
陳龍斌出生在台灣。台中東海大學美術系學士，美國紐約視覺藝術學院碩士，現定居美國紐約。他的作品曾在美國，德國，荷蘭，義大利，巴西，印度，台灣，新加坡，韓國、日本和香港展出。重要的展出包括：看不見的主題：佛教精神在當代藝術，斯納格哈伯史泰登島文化中心，紐約Kidspace美國麻州當代藝術館。荷蘭紙藝雙年展，德國新媒体中心亞洲當代藝術展古巴哈瓦那雙年展，”第二生命”--紐約藝術與設計美術館.
Lives and Work in Bronx, New York
Selected Solo exhibition
1992 “Tools”, Space 2 gallery, Taipei, Taiwan.
1994 “Culture Empire”, American Institute in Taiwan”, Taipei, Taiwan.
1995 “Reading Sculpture”, Eight floor gallery, New York.
1997 “Humanity”, Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.
1998 “Taiwan Study”, Cultural Affairs Department of Taiwan Provincial Government, Taiwan. 1999 "Alternative Study", Eslite bookstore, Taiwan.
2000 “U.S.A v.s China”, 18st art complex, Santa Monica,USA
2003 “Reading Sculpture---culture warrior”, Frederieke Taylor gallery, New York.
2005 “Reading Sculpture----Kid project”, Mass MOCA kidspace.
2006 “Reading Sculpture---Culture Warrior”, Plum Blossom gallery, Hong Kong.
2008 “Continental Express” Frederieke Taylor gallery, New York
Selected Group Exhibition:
1993 “Curious Structures”, Visual Art Gallery, New York.
1994 “The Entering Show of Taipei Fine Arts Museum Biannual”, Taipei.
1995 “A Dialogue of Contemporary Sculpture In Asia”, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei. “obCkession”, TZ’art & co, New York.“Triennial der Kleinplastik 1995, Europ --Ostaien”, Suttgart, Germany.
1996 “Our Deities”, ISE Art Foundation, New York.
1997 “Feast of Mind, Buffet of Art”, Fubon Art Foundation, Taipei.
1998 “New Voices: Contemporary art Dialogue Among Taipei, Hong Kong and Shanghai”, National Taiwan Arts Education Institute, Taipei, Hong Kong .
1998 “Osaka Triennale 1998—Sculpture”, Osaka Contemporary Art Center, Osaka.
1999 “Volume & Form Singapore 1999”, Singapore City, National Library, Singapore.
2001 “Absolut---2001Los Angeles International, Biennial Art Invitational”, Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, U.S.A “New Minds----Artistic creations in motion”, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, The International Artists’ Village, Planning Office, CCA, Executive Yuan.
2002 “The gravity of the immaterial”, The Institute of Contemporary Arts, Taipei,
"The gravity of the immaterial”, Total Museum, Seoul,
2003 “The Invisible Thread---Buddhist Spirit in Contemporary Art”, Snug Harbor Culture Center, New York.
2004 “Do a Book”, Plum Blossom gallery. New York.
2005 “Dalai Lama Portrait Project”, Dalai Lama Foundation, Travel Show—Morio Art Museum in Tokyo, Cartier Foundation in Paris and Museum in London, Taipei, Berlin, New York, LA.
2006 “Pacific Rim”, City of Brea art gallery, Brea, CA, U.S.A
2007 “Pulp Function”, Fuller Craft museum, Brockton, MA, U.S.A
2008 “Outside In: New realm for Taiwan Art ”, Taipei culture center& Columbia University, New York, USA. “Holland Paper Biennal 2008”,Museum Rijswik &Museum Apeldoom, Holland.
“Sceond Lives”, Museum of Art &Design, New York, USA.
2009 “Transformation: From ordinary to extraordinary”, various Museums in the U.S.A and one in Israel, Curate By Barbara J. bloemink.
"Havana Biennal 2009", Cuba Museum, Cuba.
"Here and Now", Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA), New York City, U.S.A
2010 "Recreation" Ogilvy Chocolate factory. New York, U.S.A
"Dio---Chinese contemporary art', Lehman college art gallery, New York, U.S.A
"Hong Kong art fair", Plum Blossom gallery, Hong Kong.
2011 "The Book: A Contemporary View", Delaware center for the contemporary arts & Towson University, U.S.A.
"Art Stage Singapore", Neo Gallery, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore;
"Miami international Art Fair", Now contemporary gallery,Miami beach convention center. U.S.A.
"Buddha's trace---aspects of Buddhism in contemporary art", in cooperation with Ruhrtriennale, the international festival of theater and Music, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany.
2011 “Buddha trace”,Kunstmuseum , Bochum, Germany.Aug 28th---Nov30th 2011
"The First Cut" Manchester Art Gallery, UK, 6 October 2012 - January 2013,
2013
"The First Cut",Sea City Museum, Southampton, UK, September – December 2013
"Rebound: Dissections and Excavations in Book Arts" ,Halsey Institute Of contemporary art, Charleston, SC, USA. May 23 – July 6 2013.
Prize
1986 Awarded National Print Prize, Taiwan.
1987 12th Shih Hsiung New Artist Prize, Taipei.
1988 Tung-Hai University Fine Arts Prize, Taiwan.
1995 Visitors Prize of the 6 Triennial of Small Scale Sculpture, Stuttgart, Germany.1996 Grant Award of the Joan Mitchell Foundation, New York.
1997 Grant of the Nation Endowment for Arts, Taiwan.1998 Grant of the Nation Endowment for Arts, Taiwan.The Silver Prize of Osaka Triennial 1998 (Sculpture), Osaka, Japan.