藝術專修(繪畫)課程畢業展覽

Art Specialist (Painting) Course Graduation Exhibition

 

香港視覺藝術中心

Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre

25/1 - 4/2 2013

 

結業作品原想以一向喜愛的蓮花為繪畫主題。在蒐集資料過程中，發覺「蓮」周身都是寶 – 蓮花、蓮葉、蓮蓬、蓮蓬鬚、蓮藕、蓮芯、蓮梗、蓮子等等，各具療效。於是到中藥店找尋不少關於「蓮花」及其各部分風乾了、各具姿態甚或帶著滄桑美的素材。素材本身帶著的自然色彩、樸素肌理，其生長型態的轉化不但具備視覺上的美感、亦散發著獨特的氣味，能為觀者帶來多重感官刺激；而其不能逆轉的生命過程中各種型態的轉化，亦道出生命的偶然性、短暫性，蘊含著「活在當下」的訊息。此外，蓮亦帶來「出淤泥而不染」生命力的聯想，格外動人…於是以「蓮」及其生長型態的轉化為主體，表達其生命故事的詩意。

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For my graduation project, I originally intended to use the lotus, a flower I've always loved, as the theme of this series. While collecting reference material, I discovered that the lotus is a treasure trove – the lotus flower, leaves, seedpod, stamens, root, core, stem, seeds, and more, each with its own medicinal properties. So I visited a traditional Chinese medicine shop to find plenty of dried lotus flowers and their various parts, each with its own unique posture or even a touch of weathered beauty. The natural colours and plain textures of the materials themselves, the transformations of their growth stages, not only possess visual beauty but also emit unique scents that provide viewers with multisensory stimulation. Furthermore, the irreversible transformations throughout its life cycle also convey the randomness and transience of life, carrying the message of "to live in the moment." In addition, the lotus evokes the striking image of "growing out of the mud unsullied," a particularly moving image… Therefore, I made the lotus and its transformations of its growth forms as the central subject, using them to express the poetic story of its life.

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