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百歲美式插畫師 Mac Conner 的首個個人畫展

相信不少人都會對美式風格有情意結,色彩鮮明的畫風,寫實的人物,使美式風格至今仍歷久不衰,但或許你不知道,現今我們所看到都是戰後一眾商業藝術家建立出來的,而  Mac Conner 就要其中一位,現時已年屆一百的他畢生為藝術貢獻。戰後的美國,雖不致於到處頹垣敗瓦,但同樣地要經歷文化衰落,1950年,年輕的Mac Conner隻身來到紐約,展開了其個人的藝術生涯,開始為公司創作手繪廣告,以及為女性雜誌如Redbook及McCall’s繪製插圖。但到60年代未,電視開始流行,手繪廣告變得不合時宜,不過Mac Conner仍十分堅持自己的風格,他說:「拿Norman Rockwell當例子,他是個十分現實的人,但他筆下的人都是充滿情感,這是相機所做不到的,相機都是冰冷的。」他的堅持讓他獲得今天的成功,亦把美式風格重新定義在世人眼前,而他多年來作品亦會公諸於世,在紐約城市博物館(Museum of the City of New York)展出。

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Illustration for “Where’s Mary Smith?” in Good Housekeeping, June 1950

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Illustration for “How Do You Love Me” in Woman’s Home Companion, August 1950

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Illustration for “We Won’t Be Any Trouble” in Collier’s, November 13, 1953

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Illustration for “Hold On Tight” in Redbook, March 1958

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Illustration for “There’s Death for Remembrance” in This Week Magazine, November 13, 1953

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Illustration for “The Trouble With Love” in Good Housekeeping, August 1952

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Illustration for “All The Good Guys Died” in Cosmopolitan, January 1951

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Illustration for “Don’t Be Like Me” in Collier’s, September 8, 1953

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Illustration for “Strictly Respectable” in Redbook, August 1953


Mac Conner: A New York Life
Museum of the City of New York (MCNY)
1220 Fifth Avenue, NY, NY 10029
10 Sep 2014 till 19 Jan 2015
MCNY官網: www.mcny.org/exhibition/mac-conner-new-york-life#history

All photos © Mac Conner, via Museum of the City of New York

TEXT: CHRIS Y