藝術即修行

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曾經有三個月每一天都接觸朱銘老師的作品,誠言,對其最享負盛名的「太極系列」沒存太大欣賞的我,直到看到了他的「人間系列」中各種形形式式的作品,用不同物料創作不同形相的萬物,始才驚覺他的魅力。後來,因為工作關係認識了朱老師,看着他雖年過七十,但還是每天在他的小山頭日出而作地雕木雕石雕保麗龍。感動的不單是他對藝術的熱城,更是他對生活、對自己人生的修行的執著。

中大邀請了朱老師以「藝術即修行」為題作演講,朱老師的演講固然精彩。他對修行的見解,總括而言就是要回歸祖先,了解祖先的智慧,然後又要創出自己的東西,與中國畫當中要透過臨摹來創出自己獨特的筆風,其實有異曲同工之妙。朱老師認為:年紀愈大,我們裝的東西就愈多,但滿滿的都是別人的東西,沒有什麼是自己的。要完全放開別人的東西,要忘記,是不可能的,卻可是選擇淡忘。這也是朱老師用快刀做雕塑的原因,使用快刀,手隨心下,沒有過多刻意的思想,成了自己手心一致、獨創的作品。要做到手隨心下,就是見多識博,要修行。

朱老師的修行,其實不單是藝術上的,也是人生上的。一個多小時的演講,實在有太多的得著。朱老師的風趣幽默也還是老樣子,什至比之前更甚了。

講座最令我驚喜的,是中大校長沈祖堯。由他一開始致歡迎詞到朱老師演講完畢他舉手發問,那一種對藝術的尊重,是我沒有預料到的。至少,在徐立之身上,我從來沒有看到過。

風雨飄搖愛國時(2009)

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風雨飄搖愛國時是我這幾年以來見過最worse curated 既一個展。

 因為要去1a space 去跟artist 既關係所以有時間去睇左呢個show. 我唔知到底係artist commune 定係因為牛棚本身的建築問題,我實在不能夠明白點解D artwork 可以就咁用bluetape stick 係個牆到。我明唔係每一個exhibition 都要布置到好似museum 咁high end, 只係咁樣用blue tag stick all artworks and even just print forward/ curatorial statement 係張A4 paper到, 我實在見唔到個curator 有幾認真。

係d art organizations 成日話政府比funding 佢地做野既時候,佢地又真係有無諗過點解政府要比錢去支助一個用blue tag 布置,一日只係可能有一個人去睇既show? 當我地講緊唔應該以量化的方式去衝量一個展的重要性既時候,但如果得極少audiences, 又應該點去衡量呢一D organizations 美其名去promote art but totally fail to do so?

Touching art: Louvre’s sculptures in movement

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exhibition that curated by modern art unit in Hong Kong Museum of Art on 2010 Jan-Feb, which I actually did a review on it in my master school project, just until now I have time, again to write down my review on this.

to be fair, it is not something new for the museum objects becomes touchable. touching art is good in the sense to breaks down the visual barriers and it is always a fresh and good way to enhance people’s sensory experience towards the art objects. but in fact, this shows fails to brings a good sensory experiences as the replica of the louvre’s sculptures are not sharing with the same texture of the original one. Though audiences are touching, but in fact they knew nothing about the original work by touching. The scale of the replica also hinders the real artistic experiences as the size of the sculptures and the context to place these sculptures are very vital to alter one’s experiences. it would be totally different if a giant sculpture was placed inside a church but rather a min one being places in exhibition gallery.

though  i knew the limitation on curating a show, but still, the gimmick this show was trying to present, the touching experiences, is just not that working in fact.

和: 劉澤光古今相生書法篆刻

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因為這個semester 上art curatorship, 所以在課堂時間看了劉澤光先生的「和: 劉澤光古今相生書法篆刻」的展覽。一個小型的BU展覽自然不會有太大的期望,但其實展出的作品雖以書法的形式表達,骨子裡還是現代藝術的料子。記得那一兩首以bu gallery 開幕的詩句,有趣。

布展卻有待改進。大抵場地的設施間格也有一點問題。平面的牆不多,不是white cube 的那一種,凹凸不平的牆沒有燈光的配合,展品掛上牆後燈光反射不一,聚焦困難,展品因燈光而受損的機會大增。而樓上的大字雖然用以3D的形式表達,卻欠缺空間感。置身展場卻步步為營,擬造不出欣賞書畫的雅境。