Thursday, January 17, 2008

两极

“自画像”,油画画布,二〇〇四年(私人收藏)


“爱你这幅画的人就会爱它爱得不得了!反之,恨这幅画的,就会恨它恨得入骨!其中并没有中间地带!不是爱,就是恨!”这话是一名良友看了我的一幅画后所给予的评语。
认识我的人都多少懂得一点——那就是我这人性格与情绪偏两极,要不就喜欢你!要不就讨厌你!(哼...是挺难相处的...)
这“两极化”的性情,也直接反映在我的绘画作品里。
先谈一谈“第一极”——负面的吧!记得在一次画展展厅里,就有观者看了我的画后认为我心理有问题而在签名册上留言——叫我去看某位心理辅导官!哈!哈!还曾有一次一名妇女经过我画前赶紧用双手掩面不敢正视我的作品并叫出“哎唷!”一声!更甚的是一名老艺术家在一个画展开幕典礼上向我比中指...(哈!哈!当时并不想跟他多加计较...人家是老头子嘛!)还有许多朋友告知我:“你的作品没什么大不了!我也会画啦!”却不知当时我展出的作品是图鸦性质和反美学的...呵!呵!当然,无所谓啦!
现在接着讲一讲“第二极”——正面的反应看看!看好,开始...讲:“..........哇!.........................好棒!.............天..........................信仰.....................才.................得了!............心。好呀!..................华..................................!!!......................。
好了!够了!
两极化的性情好吗???
不知道!
只知道改不了!
不改!

Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Still Life No.8

Oil on plywood, 30.5cm x 33.5cm, 2000 ( Singapore Art Museum Permanent Collection )


What makes me decide to paint dead fishes?
Because although they are already dead, they still look alive! (especially as their eyes are still open.)
Or maybe at that time I could not find someone who would like to sit for me as a model...so I used fish and fish-head as a replacement! Ha...
And also I like to capture the wet and smooth texture on the fishes!
Ya! One more thing - I love to paint salmon fishhead (painting above: the two black fish-heads with some white colour on the left), because their faces look fierce - like a warrior! (in hokkien, we call it "Jin Jia Sud" - Smart-looking!)

Ponder (静思)

Oil on canvas, 50.5cm x 40.5cm, 2004.


这模特儿好用!耐力好!体力佳!能言善辩!不多休息!不上厕所!总之“不动!”容易生出错觉——被误认为是一尊雕像!但无奈前阵子听说他开始拍拖了!...难请了!唉!难得有望成为顶尖模特儿的...
期望他追妞成功吧!
这画是我的“爱画”之一,也深得周围朋友们的喜爱。画面上清一色的灰色调,空间上的处理,外加隐约不太经意出现在裤管外围的白线搭配...整体让人看了舒服!