
Tan Ping 譚平
Condition No.5 狀態 5 號 , 2008
Acrylic on Canvas
30 x 40 cm
Copyright The Artist
“‘美的’畫面的背後須有‘痛’的支撐,才有質感。畫中的一個圈,一個黑點,在 旁人看來也許只是一個抽象符號,對我而言,它是駐留在生死間的一個生命,是悲劇 發生前在內心深處隱隱顯現的不安。我的圈,我的黑點,正是那居無定所,漂浮不定, 無處著陸的靈魂。麻木的神經經由‘傷害’得以覺醒!” “A ‘beautiful’ painting must be supported by ‘pain’ in order to bring out a sense of texture. In the eyes of others, a circle or a...
“‘美的’畫面的背後須有‘痛’的支撐,才有質感。畫中的一個圈,一個黑點,在 旁人看來也許只是一個抽象符號,對我而言,它是駐留在生死間的一個生命,是悲劇 發生前在內心深處隱隱顯現的不安。我的圈,我的黑點,正是那居無定所,漂浮不定, 無處著陸的靈魂。麻木的神經經由‘傷害’得以覺醒!”
“A ‘beautiful’ painting must be supported by ‘pain’ in order to bring out a sense of texture. In the eyes of others, a circle or a dot in the painting may be simply an abstract symbol; To me, it is a life that resides between life and death; it is the anxiety that looms deep in the heart before the tragedy happens. My circle and dot are the homeless and floating souls that have nowhere to land. The apathetic sense is awakened by ‘injury’.”
“A ‘beautiful’ painting must be supported by ‘pain’ in order to bring out a sense of texture. In the eyes of others, a circle or a dot in the painting may be simply an abstract symbol; To me, it is a life that resides between life and death; it is the anxiety that looms deep in the heart before the tragedy happens. My circle and dot are the homeless and floating souls that have nowhere to land. The apathetic sense is awakened by ‘injury’.”