人們好奇；過著美好生活的郭燕，這么刻苦的工作，有什么樣的內(nèi)心需要表達(dá)呢?的確，她那些紫灰色的畫面上，如兒時(shí)夢境一般的背景，兩個(gè)時(shí)尚的男女或坐或站，或款款走來，似乎正是她完美家庭生活的心里投射。不過這些畫面要告訴我們的，也許遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)不止這些；正如郭燕雖是正點(diǎn)美女，細(xì)細(xì)品味來她的形象也別有不明朗之處。有位外地朋友初見郭燕，后來談起對(duì)她的印象；她笑起來很開朗，但笑容緩緩消失，凝固在一種大理石般的落寞中。不論他的觀察是否純屬想入非非，郭燕的內(nèi)心世界肯定比其外表更朦朧。她反復(fù)刻畫的男女形象，姿態(tài)，服裝都很清晰，唯有面孔模糊而刻板，猶如面具一般不可捉摸，如同作者本人，總在我們身邊卻又拒人于千里之外。脫俗的畫面雖恍如隔世，但又讓人明顯的感受到親和中透出作者特有的情愫！也許這就是生活的魅力，也是郭燕作品的魅力。
—何多苓
Guo Yan is universally recognized as a beauty in the circle of fine art. Generally speaking, a beauty often creates some argument. However, Guo Yan is a rare case in that there is no argument. An endowed beauty like this seldom can give up herself and should drive fine cars and shuttle around in trendy venues. But it is even rarer that Guo Yan stays daily in her studio for seven/ eight hours.
People are curious why Guo Yan, who lived a very good life, should work so hard, and what kind of mentality needs to be expressed? Surely, on the greyish purple surfaces of her paintings, in dream-like backgrounds of childhood, two trendy man and woman are either sitting or standing, or walking daintily. This seems to be the reflection of her ideal of perfect family life. Nevertheless, this configuration tells us far more than this. Just like Guo Yan: although she is unquestionably a beauty, there are perhaps ambiguities about her image upon detailed rumination. A friend from abroad first met Guo Yan and later talked about the impression of her: she laughed open-heartedly, but the smile gradually faded and coagulated in a marble-like indifference. Whether or not his observation was purely imaginary, Guo Yan’s mentality is definitely more obscure than what it appears to be. Time and again, she depicted clearly the images, manners and costumes of the men and women. Only the faces are blurred and deadpan, elusive as a mask, and are just like the creator herself, always by our side yet far and far away. The non-earthly pictures appear surreal, but help the viewer clearly feel the friendliness together with the creator’s unique sentiment! Maybe, this is the charm of life and is also the charm of Guo Yan’s works of art.
By He Duo Ling
【編輯：霍春常】
