一梦不醒
来源:画友投稿整理
蔡小华的艺术是物与心的幻化,易真易幻,一梦不醒。
蔡小华早在圆明园画家村时期已经形成了独特的艺术风格,并默默地耕耘着,在经历艺术的幻梦与蜕变的阵痛后,别开生面。
蔡小华的近期作品有一种“感时花溅泪,恨别鸟惊心”的伤感,并进入发现当下的生命状态。于是他是创作情绪与现实的生活状态便见于画布上,我们从他的作品中聆听着他的淡淡忧伤。他把世界万物融化在自己的灵魂中,使作品趋向与直觉性、叙述性或象征性。把自己的情怀彻底地还给这个世界,创作了更属于这个世界的艺术,这也是画家另一种现实生活的原因。
蔡小华的抽象性的艺术语言,无论是符号、线条、设色、结构,都在现代观念中浮现出东方文化色彩与人文精神,是有与大众审美共同阅读的可能。作品表现了画家内心世界的那份关怀,并以独特的审美直觉诠译了当代艺术创作的主题,表达了艺术家对社会人文意识形态的关注。
当代艺术的空间意识,是以其纯粹的视知觉创作出的能量场,也是抽象艺术创作的主要元素,以传统艺术表现来理解当代艺术空间意识是很困难的一件事,在艺术家不同的艺术个性和不同的情感世界里,在无意识的生命状态中必然有着不同的空间意识感受。来自蔡小华的“星空间与量的关系”是纯粹个人的心理情绪的催化,画家的画面空间的诞生,是蔡小华在美学空间里体现出来由物象转为心灵的世界。
作为抽象艺术表现形式已不是牵强、晦涩或被评为西方移植,“85”新潮以来,人们发现抽象艺术的表达更具有复古和怀旧的情怀,其审美情趣与古老的东方艺术也是一脉相承。
我们从蔡小华的作品中,看到了一种沉积在东方文化里的意识形态里,并不可避免地让我们坦然面对,也是艺术家个人的极端意识的问题。有这种意识上的“精神分裂”画家更相信这种灵性的存在,是一个非常有趣的状态,“梦"怎能醒!胡戎 2008年6月29日星期日北京迪克空间ANever-awakenDream
TheartofChaiXiaohuaisthemiraculoustransformationbetweenobjectsandmind…appearssoreal,butfancifultoo,likeanever-awakendream.
ChaiXiaohua'sdistinctivestyleinpaintingwasformedasearlyastheperiodwhenhewasadiligentpainterpursuitingperfectionintheWinterPalacePaiter'sVillage.Thepainstakingefforts,inthesamewayacaterpillarmetamorphosedintoabutterfly,turnedhimfromanunknownoneintoafamousfinepainter.
ChaiXiaohua’srecentworksaresentimental,whichremindusofalineofverse‘Troubledbythetimes--flowersbringtears,anddreadingparting--birdsstartlethesoul’.Hespreadedcreativeexpressionsoncanvases,togetherwiththehintsofhisemotionsandrealisticlife.Wecanfeelaslighttouchofdesolationinhisworks.Profitfrommergingeverythingonearthintohissoul,hemakeshisworkstendtoinstinctive,expressiveandindicative.Andinreturn,hededicateshispassiontothisworldinsideout,createsfortheworldtheworksthatarenotlackinginfleshandblood.
ChaiXiaohua,abstractlanguageofartisspokenbysymbols,lines,colorandcomposition.Whichsoever,itnotonlyincarnatesthemodernconceptsbuttheorientalculturetraitandthespirit ofhumanityaswell.Theyarelikelytobeperceivedbythemasses.Theworksareactuallyhisinteriormonologuefullofsolicitudes.Byinterpretingthethemeofthemodernartisticcreationswithhisowninstinctandtasteheshowsanartist’sattentiontothehumanisticideologyofoursociety.
Theconsciousnessofspaceinthecontemporaryeraisanenergyfieldcreatedbypurevisionandperceptivity.Itisalsoakeyelementinthemakingofabstractworksofart..Asviewedfromthetraditionalartapproachitisquitehardtoapprehendtheconsciousnessofspaceofthetime.Withtheindividualityandhavingvariousemotionalattachments,consequentiallyartists‘consciousnessofspacearenotthesame.OneoftheChaiXiaohua’sworkSpacevsQuantumwascatalyzedpurelybyhisownmood.Bytransformingobjectsintoasouledworldwithhisaestheticconsciousnessofspace,theartistbroughtaboutthenaissanceofthespacesinhiswork.
Theabstractexpressionismisnolongerfarfetched,obscureorbeingappraisedasawestern-bornexoticthing.Ithasbeencomingintopeople‘snoticeeversincethenewwaveof1985thattheabstractexpressionismhasastrongerdispositiontorestoreancientways,andhasmorenostalgicaffectionateness.Asfarastheaestheticisconcerned,theabstractexpressionismandtheage-old orientalartcomedowninonecontinuousline.
ForChaiXiaohua’sworks,wemustcalmlyaccepttheinevitable,thatis,theextremepersonalconsciousnessarisingfromtheeasternculturesedimentation.ApainterwhoseemlypredisposestoschizophreniabelievesthatMuseisouttherefavoringhim.Inthisveryinterestingsituation,howcanhisdreambewakened?OriginalinChinesebyHuRong 29/6/08TranslatedintoEnglishbyAlanLam13/5/10