胡達華 Ta-Hua Hu

胡達華 Ta-Hua Hu

胡達華（1938年—），自創以釘子將回收鐵鋁罐釘在木板上的「釘畫」藝術家。

從未接受過科班訓練，早年從事五金貿易，經常看到五金廢料，覺得十分可惜。在60歲退休後，胡達華便以這些五金廢料作為材料自學並進行創作至今已超過20年，後來創作又加入鐵線、鈕扣、布料等複合材料。

其創作過程從蒐集鐵鋁罐，將回收鋁罐按顏色分類，接著在木板上畫草圖，用鐵皮剪刀拆剪鋁罐，最後用鐵釘把鋁片釘在木板上，每幅作品的創作時間都超過一個月，胡達華因此稱自己的作品為金屬馬賽克繪畫。

他的創作題材長久以來以家鄉九份地景與人文風貌為主，如果鋁罐上印有「Taiwan」字樣，胡達華也會特別保留下來釘在畫作當中，讓外國人更容易理解他的作品。

此次胡達華特別挑選了5件與高雄港景、工業區及城市意象有關的作品參展。

Ta-Hua Hu (1938-) is a "nail painting" artist who uses nails to nail recycled steel and aluminum cans onto wooden boards.

He has never received any formal training, but in his early years in the hardware trade, he often saw scraps metal and felt very regretful. After retiring at the age of 60, he started to use these metal wastes as materials and has been creating works for more than 20 years, later adding wire, buttons, fabrics and other composite materials to his works.

The process of creation starts with collecting aluminum cans, sorting the recycled cans by color, then sketching on wooden boards, dismantling and cutting the cans with tin scissors, and finally nailing the aluminum pieces to the wooden boards with nails; each work takes more than a month to finish, which is why Hu has called his works Metal Mosaic Paintings.

The theme of his topic has long been the scenery and cultural landscape of his hometown, Jiufen, and if the aluminum cans have the printed word of "Taiwan", Hu will especially to keep it and pin it to his paintings to make it easier for foreigners to understand his works.

This time, Hu selected five works related to Kaohsiung's harbor scenery, industrial area and city imagery for the exhibition.