Friday, June 27, 2008
Saturday, May 31, 2008
[art]: The silent waiting

The silent waiting, 2008, oil on canvas, 90 x 120 cm
Living in a fast-moving city, the faster we act, the longer and harder we feel while we are waiting. Everyday, I spend time on waiting for lift, waiting for bus to work, waiting for leaving the office, waiting for bus to go home. When I am waiting for bus, I see others are waiting also. When I am on the bus and passing through the bus stops, I see others are waiting also. It is a common experience for many of us living in a city, yet we usually do not realize.
Many people, include me, are impatient while waiting. However, when I put myself out of the waiting situation, somehow, I feel the scene of waiting attract me so much. The motionless silence creates a sense of poetry and another beauty of the city. I appreciate the slight silent sensation in such a hustling city, which they are contrary to each other and coexist in the same scene.
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This is my first art work created in CKWL. To myself, I found something out of my expectation before which I enjoyed very much, yet somehow this work is not a very complete one. Keep painting.
Labels: art
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Sunday, December 16, 2007
[art]: to be continued......
課程完結了,朋友們都問,還有畫畫嗎? 其實我真的很堅決要繼續創作,也有嘗試。不過,可能之前放下了一陣子,有點力不從心,還未投入到之前的那個狀態。但我很放心,知道自己和之前不同,悟得多了,明白該從怎樣的方向去發展。曾經在這裡引用過掬色的話,藝術的學習是一種認識自己的過程。我想,除了認知之外,也是對自己堅持的考驗吧。尤其是在畢業以後,才是考驗的真正開始。
或者你會奇怪,為什麼要對工作以外的興趣這樣堅持? 我想了一想,這已不是閒來舒發情感興趣。這是對自己的追求,也希望藉著這樣的精神讓身邊的人醒覺到人應該重視自己的感覺、追求、堅持、生活。
前進的同時,自然也應當回顧。我想,我要認真寫下自己 final project 的靈感和過程,作為前進的參照。就當是給自己課程完畢後的第一份功課吧! (不日刊登,敬請留意)
或者你會奇怪,為什麼要對工作以外的興趣這樣堅持? 我想了一想,這已不是閒來舒發情感興趣。這是對自己的追求,也希望藉著這樣的精神讓身邊的人醒覺到人應該重視自己的感覺、追求、堅持、生活。
前進的同時,自然也應當回顧。我想,我要認真寫下自己 final project 的靈感和過程,作為前進的參照。就當是給自己課程完畢後的第一份功課吧! (不日刊登,敬請留意)
Labels: art
Saturday, September 15, 2007
[art] Artist Statement
偶然地從網上看到這段文字
你尾指末節的疤痕
於若干年後偶而回到記憶
鬧市的下坡路變得曲折漫長
天空的粉紫色沿著架空電線流走
停在一排青色街燈的盡頭
那縫合傷口後無法磨滅的贅肉
如地盤的工作棚刺眼和粗糙
我曾經好愛撫摸
聯想起自己膝上的疤痕,想起了用手指頭撫摸那凹凸不平的感覺。其實,我很喜愛那略帶粗糙的質感,燈心絨的坑紋、巴士椅背的鐵縲絲 ...... 就這樣,我開始發展了這系列用手的觸感為起點的作品。
主題對於我的創作相當重要,尤其是在引發聯想和起始構圖的時候。不過,每當開始著筆,我全副精神就會被畫面所吸引著,只是想著如何追求畫面給予自己一種美、一種意境的感覺。有時信手拈來一筆,有時對著畫面思考良久,然後又修改。所以,我覺得作品除了展示完成的結果,也記錄了整個過程。這個尋覓的過程,不一定分辨得是快樂或是痛苦,卻是每一幅畫的靈魂。
或許,就正如 Philip Guston 所說 “I "panic" and hate it and desire it to stop fully as much as I love and need it and want to continue endlessly.”
你尾指末節的疤痕
於若干年後偶而回到記憶
鬧市的下坡路變得曲折漫長
天空的粉紫色沿著架空電線流走
停在一排青色街燈的盡頭
那縫合傷口後無法磨滅的贅肉
如地盤的工作棚刺眼和粗糙
我曾經好愛撫摸
聯想起自己膝上的疤痕,想起了用手指頭撫摸那凹凸不平的感覺。其實,我很喜愛那略帶粗糙的質感,燈心絨的坑紋、巴士椅背的鐵縲絲 ...... 就這樣,我開始發展了這系列用手的觸感為起點的作品。
主題對於我的創作相當重要,尤其是在引發聯想和起始構圖的時候。不過,每當開始著筆,我全副精神就會被畫面所吸引著,只是想著如何追求畫面給予自己一種美、一種意境的感覺。有時信手拈來一筆,有時對著畫面思考良久,然後又修改。所以,我覺得作品除了展示完成的結果,也記錄了整個過程。這個尋覓的過程,不一定分辨得是快樂或是痛苦,卻是每一幅畫的靈魂。
或許,就正如 Philip Guston 所說 “I "panic" and hate it and desire it to stop fully as much as I love and need it and want to continue endlessly.”
Labels: art
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
[art]: Final? or it is just another begining......
兩年以來的diploma課程,一個又一個的開始,一個又一個的結束。每次完結的時候,我發現我才找到要開始的地方。到了這最後的 Painting Project B,感覺也是一樣。不過,每一次的開始,不是完全的重新來過,而是好像塗多了一重底色在canvas上再畫,底的雖然是舊,但也不是完全的看不見......



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Saturday, August 25, 2007
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Thursday, July 19, 2007
[art]: Philip Guston
上一堂陳育強先生和我們分享創作經驗,他看過我的畫後,覺得我是傾向於 direct painting,建議我看看有關artists的書和畫。
Philip Custon
Cy Twombly
Joan Mitchell
Willem De Knooning
雖然說不上很喜歡他們的創作,不過 Philip Custon 的文字,對我來說有一種很 "中" 的感覺,好像說出了我一早想說,卻又不能組織好怎樣說的想法。
Painting is an illusion, a piece of magic, so what you see is not what you see. I don't know what a painting is; who knows what sets off even the desire to paint? It might be things, thoughts, a memory, sensations, which have nothing to do directly with painting itself. They can come from anything and anywhere.
There are days when in a kind of half-awake state ...... I don't myself know what is where - nothing to do with separate pictures anymore but a sort of confused swarm where everything can become everything else - in a split second. I "panic" and hate it and desire it to stop fully as much as I love and need it and want to continue endlessly.
還解決了我不該有的疑慮。
My work must be demanding for a spectator, but what can I do? I think there's some law at work - an invisible law - that means you can only accept certain things at a certain time - so that if you're working to please yourself or catering to yourself, why should you cater to a looker or art critic? Why should you meet their expectations? If I destroy my own expectations, why should I worry about others' expectations?
Philip Custon
Cy Twombly
Joan Mitchell
Willem De Knooning
雖然說不上很喜歡他們的創作,不過 Philip Custon 的文字,對我來說有一種很 "中" 的感覺,好像說出了我一早想說,卻又不能組織好怎樣說的想法。
Painting is an illusion, a piece of magic, so what you see is not what you see. I don't know what a painting is; who knows what sets off even the desire to paint? It might be things, thoughts, a memory, sensations, which have nothing to do directly with painting itself. They can come from anything and anywhere.
There are days when in a kind of half-awake state ...... I don't myself know what is where - nothing to do with separate pictures anymore but a sort of confused swarm where everything can become everything else - in a split second. I "panic" and hate it and desire it to stop fully as much as I love and need it and want to continue endlessly.
還解決了我不該有的疑慮。
My work must be demanding for a spectator, but what can I do? I think there's some law at work - an invisible law - that means you can only accept certain things at a certain time - so that if you're working to please yourself or catering to yourself, why should you cater to a looker or art critic? Why should you meet their expectations? If I destroy my own expectations, why should I worry about others' expectations?
Labels: art
Monday, July 02, 2007
[art]: Graduation Project A - Final Critique
完成了 Project A,即時有鬆一口氣的感覺。不過,project B 又來了。不知不覺,已經是最後一個course,對於這個集兩年以來所學的總結,感到有點壓力。當然,我是充滿熱忱的,但來到這個時候,有點迷惘,一切好像來得太快了......
雖然我知道,香港人,很多時候就是要被「迫」,才可發揮出她潛在的才華。但是,在這個未知的過程中,我的不安好像超過了我的期待。希望,這些感覺只是我在處於短暫的「畢業前恐懼症」吧! 我知道,就算我清楚自己不是藝術天份高的人。不過,每個人就是不同的,只要發揮出她自己所獨有的「那兒」,就是最好的藝術。
看看 project A 的 final critique 和我的作品
雖然我知道,香港人,很多時候就是要被「迫」,才可發揮出她潛在的才華。但是,在這個未知的過程中,我的不安好像超過了我的期待。希望,這些感覺只是我在處於短暫的「畢業前恐懼症」吧! 我知道,就算我清楚自己不是藝術天份高的人。不過,每個人就是不同的,只要發揮出她自己所獨有的「那兒」,就是最好的藝術。
看看 project A 的 final critique 和我的作品
Labels: art
Thursday, June 14, 2007
[art]: Marlene Dumas
"The aim of Art has always been the same it is to make you forget your own name." - Marlene Dumas
去日本之前上網找美術館的資料,看到東京都現代美術館剛巧有主題展覽 (Marlene Dumas - Broken White),就跑去看看了。其實之前我完全不認識這個 artist,之後才知原來她頗有名的,回來後阿sir還在堂上介紹她呢!
說回她的畫,感覺很直接,很真實。真實不是指像真,而是那種憑藝術家的直覺畫出來的真實。雖然有些畫也不是太喜歡 (可能是太簡化) 吧! 不過很喜歡這一幅 :

去日本之前上網找美術館的資料,看到東京都現代美術館剛巧有主題展覽 (Marlene Dumas - Broken White),就跑去看看了。其實之前我完全不認識這個 artist,之後才知原來她頗有名的,回來後阿sir還在堂上介紹她呢!
說回她的畫,感覺很直接,很真實。真實不是指像真,而是那種憑藝術家的直覺畫出來的真實。雖然有些畫也不是太喜歡 (可能是太簡化) 吧! 不過很喜歡這一幅 :

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