创作一幅作品,以及一批作品的形成,一生的艺术创作活动,都是艺术家在自然而然的艺术创作中根据自身条件和不断变化的环境条件,逐步适应中来确定一个符合于自己的方式进行和完成的。建立一种艺术观不需刻意,有人需不断改变而发展自我,也有人需不断重复或者在一个静止的现象中寻觅自身质底的脱变。
从艺术观念而言我不属于“运动”形,而更在意艺术观念的持久性,并深信艺术的永恒以及画面难题的无限性。因此多年来我沉迷或依附于“静物”这一母题的艺术创作中。在我看来创造并非是颠覆性改变一种,也有持久的和平演变的可能性。象以甜水为基味的“可口可乐”是在不改变甜味的基础上逐步调试出理想和特殊的味道。创作中我亦怀着一种侥幸的心理企图从偶然中得到不期而至的效果,但由于需成全画面构造而屡屡落空,总希望找出一个理想的接点。
苍凉、厚重、苦涩、轻松、嬉戏、娱乐感、陌生状,我都想拥有,看是不是能在合适的时候应用于我的创作之中,并可通过“静物”这一不变载体来表达我不断变化的心境。THE ARTIST’S STATEMENTGuoZhengshan
For an artist, the creation of a piece of artwork, of a series of artwork, or even his whole life’s artistic creation is always based on his own conditions and ever-changing environment, under which he seeks a way suitable for himself. Thus, his artistic view is not necessarily to be established on purpose. Some need to develop themselves through a constant change, while others seeks fundamental and substantial changes through a still or continuously repeated phenomenon. In terms of the artistic view, I am not the changing type, but focus more on the everlasting aspect of it—I believe in the eternity of art and the indefinite aspect of the puzzle of painting surface. Therefore, I have been obsessed in the past few decades with the creation of only one type of theme—still life. For me, artistic creation shall not be necessarily subversive, but is more likely to be long lasting peaceful evolution, just like Coca-Cola, which bears an ideal and unique taste only after numerous experimental changes except with no basic change of its carbonated water and sweet flavor. In my artistic practice, I am always counting on luck, hoping to achieve the unexpected ideal effects, though on many occasions I have been not successful.
In my artistic creation, I wish I am able to convey all those feelings: desolation, thickness, hardness, ease, entertainment, and/or strangeness. And I am always
hoping that I can express my continuously changing feeling through still life—an artistic theme that I have been dwelling on.
(出自《郭正善油画作品集》)