全艺社参展”墨尔本艺术博览会

          全艺社于本月二十四日至二十七日参与于澳洲墨尔本皇家展览厅(Royal Exhibition Building)举办的“墨尔本艺术博览会2012”(Art Melbourne 2012)。“Art Melbourne” 是墨尔本的“买得起艺术博览会”(Affordable Art Fair)，每年均吸引超过一万四千名艺术爱好者参观，是澳洲每年一度的最大型艺术博览会之一。“买得起艺术博览会”是以发掘青年艺术家为目的全球性活动品牌，该活动每年在世界多个城市包括阿姆斯特丹、巴黎、米兰、布鲁塞尔、伦敦、布里斯托尔、悉尼、墨尔本、洛杉几、纽约及新加坡等地举办，并广受各国热爱艺术人群的欢迎。

          本次参展全艺社展出来自澳门12位艺术家合共48件(套)包括摄影、绘画、油画、版画及混合媒材等作品，参展艺术家包括黎小杰、朱焯信、戴永宁、百强、唐重、李英维、李晓鸣、洪慧、黄家龙、区浩明、彭韫及Jennifer Ishimatsu等。透过展出澳门当代艺术家最新的不同媒材作品，全艺社希望能把澳门现今的艺术发展状况推广到澳洲地区，并通过不断参展各个艺术博览会，把澳门的艺术作品带到国际艺术市场，为澳门艺术家寻找更多的发展平台。

 
          “墨尔本艺术博览会2012”是全艺社继去年参加新加坡“买得起艺术博览会”后应邀参加的第二个同类型艺术博览会，同时也是全艺社继去年参与悉尼的澳门推广活动后，首次参与澳洲的当代艺术盛宴。是次博览会获社会文化司及文化局资助部分经费，媒体合作伙伴包括雅昌艺术网、99艺术网、《画廊》、今日澳门、句号报、新浪微博及新浪收藏。全艺社的展位位于亚洲展区内的H9展位，观迎各位到场参观支持，如欲索取免费门票或查询博览会详情，请致电(853)28366064，电邮：afamacao@gmail.com或浏览全艺社网站：www.afamacau.com，主办单位官方网站为：artmelbourne12.com.au/。

Art For All Society is participating in Art Melbourne 2012, which is taking place in Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne from May 24 to May 27. Art Melbourne is Melbourne’s Affordable Art Fair which attracts over 14,000 visitors annually. The show is one of the largest annual art fairs in Australia. Affordable Art Fair is a popular global art fair being held in cities all over the world every year, including Amsterdam, Paris, Milan, Brussels, London, Bristol, Sydney, Melbourne, Los Angeles, New York and Singapore.

48 sets of artworks by 12 Macau Artists are being shown in Art Melbourne by AFA, with various media including photography, drawing, oil painting, printmaking and mixed media. The participating artists are Lai Sio Kit, James Chu, Nick Tai, Fortes Pakeong Sequeira, Tong Chong, Sylviye Lei, Lei Hio Meng, Hong Wai, Coke Wong, Mina Ao, Peng Yun and Jennifer Ishimatsu. AFA aims to introduce the current art scene of Macao to Australia through exhibiting the latest artworks by Macau contemporary artists and make efforts to participate in different international art fairs so as to generate more possibility for development for Macau artists.

Art Melbourne 2012 is the second Affordable Art Fair AFA joined following Singapore. Meanwhile, besides participating in the Macau promotion event in Sydney last year, it is the first time AFA take part in this international art feast in Australia. The participation of this event is partly sponsored by the Secretariat of Social Affairs and Culture of Macao SAR Government. Media partners include Arton.net, 99ys.com, “Gallery”, Hoje Macau, Ponto Final, Sina Weibo and Sina Collection. The booth of AFA in Art Melbourne is at booth H9 in Asia Art District. Interested parties are welcomed to join. For enquiries, please call (853) 2836 6064 during office hours or email to afamacao@gmail.com. For more information, please visit Art Melbourne official website: artmelbourne12.com.au/ or AFA website: www.afamacau.com.