遲到的桂冠。
恭喜劉開老師進入AGI國際平面設計聯盟。
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我們相信在不同的地域裡，各有自己獨特的平面設計進程，每個時間點也都有獨樹一幟的圖形代言人。劉開是連結當代視覺語彙與台灣風土脈絡的先鋒，行澗時代的川流，是我們AGI台灣會員最重要的啟蒙之一。
一九八九年，三十出頭的設計師劉開在導演侯孝賢的《悲情城市》電影海報上，在乾淒的書法筆觸裡放進了一張正在燃燒的金紙，其視覺的符號語意挑戰了禁忌並開啟本土意識的認同與文化價值觀的探索。八〇年代台灣解嚴前後至九〇年代的這段期間，劉開一路以平面設計帶領價值衝撞、滿載騷動能量，一次次地經手庶民題材，以強烈之當代精神。
比平面設計本身更重要的是隻身在時代中的自我獨立性與前衛性。劉開因時空現實因素，早期未能有機會被推舉入會，他比我們任何一位都值得更早擁有會員資格。
這份遲到的桂冠，把台灣平面設計最重要的時代開端還給劉開。
It is a common belief of ours that every single land in the world promises a specific graphic design trend, and that every period of time in history would breed an advocate of images who shapes the face of his/her time. Liu Kai is the kind of pioneer designer who has successfully linked Taiwanʼs contemporary visual vocabulary with the endemic contexts of the land, a true enlightener for us AGIʼs Taiwan members.
In 1989, the young Liu Kai then in his early thirties placed a burning paper money bill dedicated for the deceased up on the almost dried brush stroke in his design for Hou Hsiao-hsienʼs award-winning film, “A City of Sadness;” this design did not only challenge the taboos of the Taiwanese, but also helped open up all those following explorations of the local identity and the local cultural values. From Taiwanʼs Martial-Law Period (the 80ʼs) well into the 90ʼs, Liu Kai vigorously and critically confronted the conservative values of the time with his bold design; he, too, with his critical spirits, bravely and repetitively came face to face with the common people materials that had been deliberately ignored for too long.
More important than his design is the individuality and modernness he has demonstrated in his works. Despite the fact that Liu for some factors of time and space was never chosen by AGI as a member, we believe he deserves the honour more than anyone of us.
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劉開
國際平面設計聯盟會員。
1957 年生於台灣台北舊城迪化街，原創性極高的平面設計師。 作品提煉草莽底層的符號，強烈的創作實驗風格，揉合台灣本土視覺符號。以 手工藝師製作細緻的態度和藝術家的獨到眼光，打開了特屬於台灣解嚴世代生 猛有力的文化圖像，創造現代視覺語體，至今持續影響台灣文化設計的風貌。
Liu Kai
A member of AGI.
Born in 1957 in Taipei Old Town’s Dihua Street, has long been reputed as a highly original graphic designer, who in his works sublimate the symbolisms of the common people, creating a set of visual vocabulary peculiar to local Taiwan. Liu, moreover, has conceived with the expertise of a craftsman and taste of an artist an amazing array of cultural imageries that belong exclusively to the generation of Taiwan’s martial law period’s.
Liu’s influence on Taiwan’s cultural landscape lingers till today.
Images courtesy of Liu Kai /
Text by AGI Taiwan Group
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