謝牧岐，1981年出生於台北，2009自國立台北藝術大學美術創作研究所油畫組畢業。曾舉辦個展《牧岐與繪畫》系列於鳳甲美術館以及也趣藝廊(台北，2009)。近期聯展則包括《後青春》於國立臺灣美術館、《21世紀少年─游牧座標》於關渡美術館、《派樂地》於台北當代藝術館(台北，2009)、《亞洲學生及年輕藝術家藝術節》、《我未曾遠去-繪畫之離騷》於大趨勢畫廊(台北，2008)等。
謝牧岐近幾年的創作，圍繞在如何詮釋繪畫創作的方向上。藝術家將代工與商品化等外部條件加入繪畫的創作脈絡，就如同用減的方式削減對象。繪畫之於一個全球化的視覺處境，人們已經習慣透過螢幕的發光體代替了畫布世界裡的世界，它似乎如同一個變異體從中心退居於邊緣變異。或許它的操作模式已完全改變，但是依然以一種理想的標準與模式出現。在面對強勢的科技影像介面，唯一的功能性是去思索自身創作與繪畫自身的定位。繪畫的定義未必一定要涉及媒材的限制，繪畫創作不再只有繪畫性的問題，而是一種繪畫於現今，作為眾多媒材的一種。以繪畫之名，它成為一個從新組構的對象。可以是牽連了某種政治關係，包含了時代氛圍、藝術社群的組成、商業機制的操作等各方面上的影響結果。謝牧岐希望藉由繪畫這一件事情去製造政治關係，它可能是觀念式的策略，而畫面本身的繪畫性與美學價值是漸弱的。
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Born in Taipei in 1981 ,Hsieh Mu-Chi graduated from the Department of Fine Arts at Taipei National University of the Arts with a B.F.A.in 2005. His solo exhibitions include M,&P- Painting Is All-Hsieh Mu-Chi Solo Exhibition at Hong-Gah Museum (Taipei, 2009), Hsieh Mu-Chi Solo Exhibition at AKI Gallery(Taipei, 2009),
Post- Adolescence at National Taiwan Museum of Art (Taichung, 2010) ,Parody atMuseum of Contemoorary Art Taipei(2009),About The Orientation of 21Century Artist at Kuandu Museum of Fine Art (Taipei, 2009),and etc.
Hsieh Mu-Chi’s recent artistic practice explores the possible ways to interpret paintings. The artist juxtaposes external conditions such as the commoditization of the works and the labor in art making into the narrative of his partings, in order to present the position of painting in a globalized society. Nowadays , viewers are more familiar with the images transmitted from the screen instead of those visualized on canvas. Painting seems to be gradually marginalized from the center where it used to be.
However, Hsieh still believes that one should reconsider the position of painting while facing the “invasion’ of the modern technology. Painting should not be limited to a particular use of material in art making. But more like an object waiting to be reconstructed. In his artworks, therefore, the artist further provides a glance which presents the distinctness as a way to overlap and again to separate the subject from the object. Additionally, the distinctness also demonstrates the diversities between the individual and the experience, which thus becomes what the artist has been pursuing and what makes ‘Art’ unique.
