Oil painting exhibition features San Antonio Spurs stars

Oil painting exhibition features San Antonio Spurs stars

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Today we take you to see an exhibition showcasing oil paintings of NBA basketball team The San Antonio Spurs. Hong Kong artist Roy Cheng is currently holding an exhibition displaying 16 works. FTV reporter Stephany Yang met Cheng to find out more about his exhibition.

This work showcases four life-like paintings of Spurs basketball players Manu Ginóbili, Tony Parker, Tim Duncan, David Robinson and head coach Gregg Popovich.

Roy Cheng
Artist
The legendary players include Tim Duncan, Manu Ginóbili, Tony Parker, David Robinson and their coach Gregg Popovich. They are all championship-winning players. Their team has won a total of five championships over 15 years from 1999 to 2014. In the history of the NBA, no team has been able accomplish the same thing as them. The players I painted before this were usually full length works or action shots of them playing. This time I thought of painting a portrait of them focusing on their faces. Because they have had relatively long careers, I especially found a few pictures of them when they were younger for reference.

Another work is of Spur’s head coach Gregg Popovich. Popovich has led the Spurs to five NBA titles, and is one of only five coaches in NBA history to have won five titles. Popovich is also the longest tenured active coach in the NBA.

Roy Cheng
Artist
He has been with the same team for many years, and has been the coach from 1996 to now. Basically, in the history of the NBA, no other person has been the coach of the same team for such a long period of time. I think he represents the Spurs culture. I think the Spurs’ success and biggest contribution are the players, but another factor that is important is the coach. The main reason why I like this team so much is not because they have won so many championships. This is one of the reasons. The main reason is the culture of their entire team. The management attaches great importance to how to care for and develop new players in the team. I think their success has been accumulated for more than 20 years until now. There is something that each of us can learn from.

This work is Victor Wembanyama. He was selected first overall by the Spurs in the 2023 NBA draft.

Roy Cheng
Artist
The theme is retro so I wanted to add some new players, so that there is a combination between old and new. I painted Victor Wembanyama. He was a star rookie when he entered the league last year. The entire sports media paid attention to him because he has good skills, he is tall, and his arms are also very long. I used brighter colors to give him a younger feel.

Hong Kong artist Roy Cheng held his first exhibition in Taiwan seven years ago. Now he’s back in Taiwan again to showcase his new works. He spent half a year creating new works for the exhibition. Sixteen lifelike oil paintings of basketball stars from the San Antonio Spurs are on display. This exhibition is a collaboration between Cheng and a basketball magazine.

Roy Cheng
Artist
The response to the last exhibition was very good, and fans even came from far away. This time I co-organized it with XXL Basketball Magazine. They have a retro feature every year, and we have cooperated for the fourth consecutive year this year. We thought we could put together an exhibition about the Spurs. The Spurs is my favorite team. There are about 16 pieces of my work from 2016 to 2024. This time it is one team. Because it only features one team, we were worried whether it would be popular or whether it would affect the magazine sales.

Since 2015, Cheng has been creating vivid oil paintings of basketball stars from the NBA. Cheng was interested in painting since a young age but worked in the banking industry for a few years after graduating from university. At the age of 26, he decided to quit his job and pursue his dream of painting. "The Silver Legends of San Antonio Spurs" will be on show at Taipei’s Well Art Cultural & Creative Space till Nov.24.

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銀黑盛世開展了馬刺籃球運動員躍然紙上

2024-11-14

香港藝術家鄭加維正在台灣舉辦畫展《銀黑盛世》，展出16幅馬刺籃球運動員的油畫。一起來看看。

栩栩如生的畫作，馬刺籃球運動員Manu Ginóbili、Tony Parker、Tim Duncan、David Robinson及教練Gregg Popovich躍然紙上。

[[藝術家鄭加維]]
"傳奇的球星，有Tim Duncan、Manu Ginóbili、Tony Parker、David Robinson還有他們的教練Gregg Popovich。他們都是奪冠的選手。他們這個球隊就是在1999年到2014年，大概15年之間拿了5個冠軍，所以在NBA歷史上，沒有別的球隊能夠做到像他們一樣的事情。我之前畫的球員，可能是全身的，也有打球的動作，這次想到用他們的大頭的樣子去做，因為他們職業生涯比較長，所以我特別找了幾張他們比較年輕的時期的樣子去畫"

馬刺總教練Gregg Popovich，率領馬刺隊奪下5次NBA總冠軍，不僅是NBA史上5位贏得5次以上總冠軍教練，也是任期最長的總教練。

[[藝術家鄭加維]]
"他在同一個球隊已經很多年了，從1996到現在當教練，基本上在NBA的歷史上，沒有出現過同一個人，可以當同一隊的教練這麼長的一段的時間，我覺得它代表馬刺球隊的文化，我覺得馬刺的成功，可能最大的功勞是球員，但是他做為一個教練很重要。這個球隊為什麼我會那麼喜歡，主要不是因為他們拿冠軍特別多，這是其中的一個原因，主要的原因是他們整個團隊的文化，他們的管理階層很重視如何去關心跟培養球隊裡面的新球員，我覺得他們的成功就是從20多年來一直地累積到現在的，這是我們每一個人都可以學習的"

至於Victor Wembanyama，在2023年NBA選秀中被馬刺以第一輪第一順位選中，成為NBA選秀狀元。

[[藝術家鄭加維]]
"這個是復古專題，我想要加入一些新的球員，就有一個新舊交替的感覺，我畫了Victor Wembanyama，他去年進聯盟算是超級的新人，整個體育的媒體都在關注他，因為他技術很好，身高，手的長度也很誇張，我用比較鮮艷的配色，感覺比較年輕的感覺"

繼7年前在台灣舉辦首次個展後，香港藝術家鄭加維再次來到台灣展出，他與籃球雜誌合作，展出16幅栩栩如生的馬刺隊籃球明星油畫，這些作品花了他半年的時間創作。

[[藝術家鄭加維]]
“上次的展覽反應非常的好，球迷從很遠過來，這次是我跟XXL籃球雜誌一起合作辦的，他們每一年都一個復古的專題，我們今年連續4年合作，我們一起想可以辦一個展覽用馬刺隊的主題去做，剛好馬刺隊是我最愛的球隊，大概有16張都是我從2016年到2024，8年來的作品。這次是做獨立的一個球隊，因為是單一的球隊，我們會擔心會不會不如上次的成效"

自2015年起，鄭加維開始以NBA籃球明星為主題作畫。從小就對繪畫感興趣的他，大學畢業後在銀行工作了幾年，26歲時，他決定辭去工作，追求繪畫夢。《銀黑盛世》展將於唯藝術藝廊-台北展覽空間展出至11月24日。

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