关于“平行”展览
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曾经有一个非常优秀的艺术家这样告诉我:“观众如果已经能够理解我的作品,我就又要准备开始怀疑自己了。”这虽属于艺术家的个人工作信念,但它也部分地揭示出艺术创作中某些值得思考的本质。当我们今天看到艺术家范勃再次用一种陌生的方式规划出有别于上一次他的个展时,我不知道他是否也是一个怀疑论者,或者他想寻找一种单纯的媒介,来警醒我们对这个过度消费的感官世界的依赖。“平行”在这里仅仅只是一种对未知的假设,是一个形而上的话题,而我今天更关注的是:艺术家有意识地涉及另一个完全非视觉感知的世界,植根于人的内心而放弃艺术家长期以来所拥有的视觉话语权,是基于一种什么认识呢?尤其是在这个如此依赖感官的经验世界里,这样的艺术尝试对艺术家自身的艺术体验又意味着什么呢?如果说艺术家期望借用边缘的感知经验,来重新调动自己的视觉资源;通过对所谓真实的图像世界的怀疑,来寻找艺术作为绘画本身而并非作为工具的初衷。那么,手与眼、心灵与感知、知识与现实究竟在多大程度上能够让我们可以从不同维度,来看待这样一次与艺术家过去的艺术历程十分不同的创作体验?
在我看来,“平行”似乎是一个与日常视觉经验和艺术史视觉经验相向而行的展览,图像的彻底隐退让我们的眼睛在这些混沌的、不知所谓的涂抹面前完全找不到可以依赖的安全路径和有效的视觉规律,或许会让观者产生不适的排斥感。但从另一个角度来看,也只有当作为人感知触角的视觉被彻底击溃之后,原来由视觉经验和知识经验所建构起来的那个“我”才有可能在真正意义上挣脱现实的束缚,去体验另外一个世界的真实,这也许是艺术家想与观众一起经历的交流历程。
艺术史告诉我们,艺术家的本职工作应当是尽可能地调动一切有效的媒介资源,分享关于造型、色彩、质感、尺度、比例等观念的想象。而“平行”展览在感知经验上的这种决绝的态度,彻底抛弃了我们过去的视觉经验和知识经验的通道,反而去体验那些充满荆棘的、带有本能色彩的感知世界。或许这是艺术家的另一种尝试,但很可能一段时期内,这样的创作中都难以为其寻觅到合适的解释。乐观地看,今天的艺术史写作维度已经逐渐在用更为广泛的视角来适应许多新的文化需求,我们对于历史、哲学、心理学、社会学的借鉴与应用,已经使艺术产延伸了感知的触角,拓展了想象的空间,开发了表达的可能性。像“平行”这样借用他人感知来消解艺术家自身一贯持有的生活认识时,或许会从某种意义上转化创作的艺术表达方式。
所以,这次展览游离开我们关于范勃过去艺术创作的描述,而让我们共同体验一次陌生的创作历程,其中更多的是艺术家的内心萌动所规划出的另外一种景观。在这种景观中,艺术家显然希望考量出这种由内到外创作的合理性,以及在方法论上如何去接近隐藏在主客观世界中,那些常常被我们忽略的内容。
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Abouttheexhibition“Parallel”Oncealiterallyprominentartisttoldme,“Iftheviewershaveunderstoodmywork,itmeansIamreadytodoubtmyselfagain”.Althoughthisismerelyaworkingbeliefoftheartist,itrevealssomefundamentaltraitstobethoughtofinpainting.TodaywhenweseetheartistFanBohasplannedanewsoloexhibitioninanunfamiliarwaythatisdifferentfromthepreviousone,Icouldn’tmakesureifFanBoisaskeptic,orhemerelyintendstofindoutamuchmoresimplisticmediuminordertowarnofourdependenceonthesensoryworldofoverconsumption.“Parallel”issimplyanassumptionoftheunknownfuture,ametaphysicaltopic,however,whatIpaymoreattentiontotodayis,astheartistpurposefullyintendstogetinvolvedinanon-visuallyperceptionalworld,rootinhuman’sheartandgetridofthelong-heldvisualpowerofdiscourseasanartist,whatisthebasisofsuchaviewpoint?Especiallyinsuchaworldofmuchdependenceonsenses,whatdoessuchanartistictrialimplyintermsoftheartisticexperienceoftheartisthimself?Iftheartistexpectstoutilizethemarginalizedexperienceofperceptioninordertore-integratethevisualresourcesofhisown,iftheartist,onabasisofthesuspicionofthisso-calledvisuallytruthfulworld,searchestheoriginalintentionofartaspaintingitselfinsteadofaninstrument,bymeansofhandsandeyes,mindandperception,knowledgeandintuitionofablindaswellasanartist,towhatextentcanweviewsuchadistinctivecreativeexperiencewhichisliterallydifferentfromtheartist’spreviousartisticcreationfromadifferentperspective?
Inmyviewpoint,theexhibition“Parallel”isanexhibitionthatgoesinoppositedirectionsofvisualexperienceandhistoryofartaswell,owingtotheconcealedimages,wemayfailtoseeafamiliarrouteandfindoutacommonvisualregulationinfrontofthesefragmented,scatteredandunknownsmearsandstructures,besides,thismayresultinakindofdiscomfortandrejectiontotheviewers.Fromanotherangle,onlywhenthevisionasasensoryperceptionisdefeated,theformer“me”thatisbuiltonabasisofexperienceofvisionandknowledgewouldextricatefromtherealisticboundariesinatruesense,andenteranotherrealisticworld,thismightbeacommunicationbetweentheartistandtheaudience.
Thehistoryofartimpliesthatthedutyofanartististore-integratetheeffectivevisualresourcesofhisown,andsharetheinspirationofstructure,color,texture,dimensionandproportionwithothers.However,sucharesoluteattitudetowardsperceptionalexperienceoftheexhibition“Parallel”literallygetsridofthepreviousexperienceofvisionandknowledge,instead,theideaistoexperienceandperceivethetorturedandinstinctivethings.Inalllikelihood,thisisanotherkindofattempt,however,withinacertainshortperiod,suchartisticcreationcanhardlybeexplainedappropriately.Positively,today’swritingofarthistoryhasbeengraduallyadaptedtoawiderrangeofculturalneedfromabroaderperspective.Thewayofintroducingandapplyinghistory,philosophy,psychologyandsociologyhasextendedmuchmoreperceptionalpossibility,expandingthespaceforartworksandmakingmoreartisticexpressionpossible.Liketheexhibition“Parallel”,theartist’sfixedunderstandingoflifeisresolvedbymeansofothers’perception,thismayconverttheformofcreativeexpressiontosomeextent.
Therefore,thepresentexhibitionisgoingbeyondourdescriptionaboutFanBo’sartisticcreationofthepast,infact,theideaistoallowustoexperienceanunfamiliarjourneyofcreativity,moreimportantly,itistoshowcaseanotherscenethatisdesignatedonabasisofinternally-generatedinspirationoftheartist.Inthisscene,theartistmanifestlyintendstoexaminetherationalityofsuchacreationfrominsideout;besides,intermsofmethodology,theartistaimstofigureoutawaytoapproachwhatareoftenoverlookedbypeopleandconcealedinthesubjectiveworld.
WrittenbyYuKe
(TranslatedbyYahiaMa)