臨時措施 Provisional Measures 莫藍菲 布萊恩 Brian Molanphy 臺北市立大學視覺藝術學系第一展示中心 展覽期間3.5-3.24, 2026 開幕茶會12:30pm, 3.10（二） 專題演講10:00am, 3.11（三）公誠樓G617 《Artist Statement》 Morality begins when freedom, instead of being justified by itself, feels itself to be arbitrary & violent. —Emmanuel Levinas Provisional Measures 臨時措施 is 36 ceramics created during residency at Cloud Forest Ceramics, Taipei then exhibited at Space One Gallery, University of Taipei. Formed from a generic teardrop flower petal shape, suspended on aluminum rods, on an intimate scale they recall the fruit & flowers on panicles (long stems) such as mango, while on a large scale pointing to human structures intervening in the world, such as architecture. Though aluminum has featured in several exhibitions, it has not played such an important role since round hole square peg (2010). As in braceros (2014, 2015), the ceramics float on wire. As in silos (2015, 2018), the ceramics are offered up on hooks, available to the audience. Suspended, shadowed artworks by Christian Boltansky, Nishikawa Yuko, & Mark di Suvero are influences for this series. Paul Klee said that a drawing is a line that went for a walk. Therefore one can say that ceramics is a line that went for a flight. To put that thought into action has led to exhibitions around the world. Thanks to David, Josh, & Ella at Cloud Forest for the opportunity to produce this series. Thanks to University of Taipei Department of Visual Arts, especially Dean Wang, for the opportunity to exhibit the series. Thanks to National Taipei University of Education Department of Arts and Design, especially Director You, for support this school year. Brian Molanphy Professor, Division of Art, Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University, USA Artist-in-Residence, 2025-2026北教大駐校藝術家