鹽田千春1972年出生於大阪,從小便立
志決定成為藝術(shù)家脫離原本的漁業(yè)工廠家
庭,她1992年就讀京都精華大學(xué)美術(shù)學(xué)部
的油畫系,而後前往澳洲作為交換生學(xué)習(xí)
進修。但她發(fā)現(xiàn),自己很難在繪畫中脫突
創(chuàng)新,她逐漸從二維空間的繪畫轉(zhuǎn)向行為
藝術(shù)等更廣泛藝術(shù)形式的嘗試。1997年,
鹽田千春來到德國的布倫瑞克造型藝術(shù)學(xué)
院進修,之後就讀柏林藝術(shù)大學(xué)。當時的
鹽田千春是世界著名行為藝術(shù)家,南斯拉
夫的瑪莉娜.阿布拉莫維奇的學(xué)生,跟隨
其參與了阿布拉莫維奇的多項行為藝術(shù)活
動。而行為、多媒體等各種藝術(shù)形式也對
鹽田千春爾後創(chuàng)作中涉及到對空間,對物
件的運用起了至關(guān)重要的影響作用。鹽田
千春的作品融合連接了行為藝術(shù)、雕塑和
裝置藝術(shù)中的許多層面,成為藝術(shù)家獨一
無二的藝術(shù)表達語彙。
此次的《肌膚》(Lot 110) 一作,達170×140
cm,是拍場上迄今出現(xiàn)最大尺幅的鹽田千春
畫布作品,透過紅色的紗線,纏繞於畫布上
形成了一片紅色的抽象畫作,命名為肌膚。
紅色紗線,是鹽田千春最具標誌性的創(chuàng)作媒
材;線與線之間會緊繃,拉扯之下會斷裂,
會糾纏不清,各式各樣的關(guān)係就在線與線之
中,這就宛如人與人之間細膩糾葛的情感關(guān)
係。
《肌膚》創(chuàng)作於2016年,紅線交織而成的
畫面錯落有致,藝術(shù)家作品以粗細不同質(zhì)
地的線編制畫面,左上方猶如濃雲(yún)密佈,
而延至中心則僅有稀疏的細線,精密的構(gòu)
圖猶如濃雲(yún)密佈的天空,又好似一副濃淡
合宜的水墨抽象作品。實質(zhì)上藝術(shù)家以無
意識方式進行作品的構(gòu)圖,呈現(xiàn)的其實是
草間彌生《無限之網(wǎng) (BSGK)》
2015年作 保利 香港 2022年7月
22日 成交價:19,800,000港幣
Yayoi Kusama, Infinity Nets
(BSGK), 2015, Poly Auction Hong
Kong, 12 July 2022, Sold for HKD
19,800,000
work. On the canvas, the threads are stretched,
broken and entangled with each other. All kinds
of relationships can be found within the threads,
just like the delicate and entangled emotional
relationships between people.
Created in 2016, Skin is a staggered composition
of red lines. The artist's work is composed of
thick and thin lines of different textures, with
the upper left side resembling dense clouds and
the centre extending with only sparse lines. The
precise composition is like a cloudy sky, but also
like an abstract Chinese ink and wash painting with
appropriate shades of ink. In essence, the artist
has composed the work unconsciously, presenting
the most direct and pure sense and intuition of
the artist's stream of consciousness. The bloodcoloured red lines that wrap around the canvas
appear to the naked eye as the interplay of lines,
but beneath the surface is a presence that does
not exist. This is at the heart of Chiharu Shiota's
work: a metaphor for the bond between blood
relationship and life, which the artist intends
to make people wonder. The size of this work,
Skin, is like a large installation of museum-quality
work concentrated in this work. A closer look at
the details of the work is like observing people's
blood vessels through a microscope. The ultimate
weaving process, where every square inch has
an abstract beauty and the threads are linked
to form a vast network of blood lines, maps out
the ever-changing connections between people
and drawing us into the world of the work. This is
the unparalleled charm of Chiharu Shiota's work,
which draws us into the world of the work and
makes us think about ourselves.
There are two works on paper on auction this
time, in which the artist uses oil and watercolour
to paint her own state of being. In Red Balloon
(Lot 112), a pregnant figure (could be the artist
herself or anyone else) is lying on her back in a bed
that appears to be woven with wool, holding the
red balloon and looking towards the sky. From a
distance, the scene looks like a ship about to sail
on an unknown journey. In Light (Lot 111), a girl
wearing a dress can be seen reaching out to the
sky, as if she’s welcoming a new day. She was once
so frustrated by her inability to produce original
works that she almost gave up painting. It was not
until 2005, after she had diagnosed with cancer
that she started painting again. At that time,
Chiharu Shiota suddenly realized that painting is
not with the eyes but with the heart, and that she
can paint whatever she wants. This enlightenment
has kept her painting ever since.
The installation work State of Being, a series by
Chiharu Shiota, is made of red, black and white
wool. In the State of Being (Scissors) (Lot 109)
presented this time, white wool is wrapped around
a white metal frame with two scissors inside. The
scissors can be used as a tool for cutting thread in
creating process, while similar scissor models are
also reminiscent of the professional tools used in
surgery in hospitals, both of which are important
companions to the artist's art creation and life. The
simple, ready-made components are combined to
make a meaningful work of art. The white colour
represents purity and symbolises the beginning
of something from nothing. From the beginning
to the end, purity, scissors, are arranged and
combined to create works that allow people to
reflect on their own state of existence. In the State
of Being series, we can see people through the
objects in the metal boxes, and people leave traces
and memories on the objects they use, even
when they have passed away. This is the 'nonexistent presence' in the work of Chiharu Shiota.
As an important artist who has already taken up
a chapter in contemporary art history, Chiharu
Shiota is weaving her threads to transform our
contemporary art world, page after page.
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