The Flare Always Gets Its Way
Hsu Yinling Solo Exhibition
得逞的火光-許尹齡個展
2021.06.15 - 2021.08.14
2021.06.15 - 2021.08.14
我想把我正在畫的這張畫,形容給你聽」。世界的傳播在改變,我們每天過日子,就是為了分享綿延不絕的時間,也因為這樣,我們開始依賴用記憶達成自己的存在感。
許尹齡個展「得逞的火光」主題是關於記憶與存在感,源自於藝術家面對患有阿茲海默症的外婆的經歷及感觸。兒時伴著外婆在旁畫畫,為的是讓外婆的注意力一直在她身上,好達成自己的存在感。但是從外婆生病到離開,藝術家都不知道該怎麼將這份記憶回饋給她,同時間恐懼於自己從外婆的記憶裡消失,然後永遠失去一種無可取代的存在感。 因此,藝術家這次想挑戰用繪畫形式將每個渴求存在感的片刻記錄下來,並藉由視覺去轉化甚至加強它的目的。其中有屬於人類證明自己的方式、也有向動物與植物學習證明自己存在的方式。在這繪畫過程,它也許是美化了痛苦的記憶讓我們學會原諒自己;或是削減了美好記憶裡的過激與興奮,以防面對突如其來的破滅。這一切努力,都是為了時刻提醒自己保持正常,保持存在在這世界上最正當的樣子,因為它將是一段屬於當下的集體記憶,誰都不曾想到,「回到正常」成了現在全人類的共同信仰。 本次展覽將展出12件畫作,值得一提的是,創作期間適逢藝術家經歷懷孕,分娩,為了以寶寶健康第一優先,藝術家將所有含不利於嬰兒的顏料、調和油全部捨棄。觀眾將發現,作品的內容仍保有許尹齡式的抒情敘事性,但同時視覺上色調有某種強迫性,以及筆觸上較以往強烈的堆疊感。 “I want to describe to you the picture I am painting.” The world’s communication is changing. We live every day sharing in this never-ending time, and because of this, we begin to rely on using memory to achieve our own sense of existence. The theme of Hsu Yinling’s recent work centers on memories and existence, stemming from the artist’s memories of her grandmother suffering from Alzheimer's disease. As a child Hsu would draw while her grandmother silently watched beside her. She drew not for achievement or interest, but for her grandmother’s attention, and the sense of existence it gave her. As her grandmother became afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease, until the time when she eventually passed, Hsu never knew how to give her memory back to her, at the same time she feared disappearing completely from her grandmother's memory, and forever losing an irreplaceable part of her own existence. For this series of works, Hsu attempts to record all the moments of our desire for existence. Through painting, she could visually alter or heighten the purpose of our memories; ways for humans to prove ourselves, while learning from animals and plants the ways to prove their existence. Within this painting process, painful memories are softened allowing us to learn to forgive ourselves, while the excitement of happy memories is dulled, in an effort to maintain a normal appearance in this world, navigating the complexity behind the mantra “back to normal”; an unexpected common belief that forms our collective memory of the present. Hsu Yinling created the twelve new paintings in this exhibition while going through the pregnancy and birth of her daughter, where she avoided all the pigments and blending oils that would risk her daughter’s health. Viewers familiar with her work will find her distinctive narrative style, yet newly embellished with a forceful use of color and heavier layering of brushstrokes. |
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