藝術家Fred Eerdekens
2012年12月8日，下午5:30，上海MD畫廊舉辦《Fred Eerdekens個展——絲之影》隆重開幕。本次展覽是藝術家Fred Eerdekens的中國首秀。藝術家專門為本次展覽做了兩件作品，一件是《Life itself is not enough》是與上海慈善基金會合作，用很多舊衣物來呈現(xiàn)他的作品。另一件是《黑暗之后》藝術家用到中國的文字。
開幕式現(xiàn)場，99藝術網(wǎng)采訪了藝術家Fred Eerdekens先生，以下是99藝術網(wǎng)采訪藝術家Fred Eerdekens的相關內(nèi)容。
99: First time to cooperate with MD Gallery?
Fred: This is my first exhibition in China. Last year, I have done a show with Magda Danysz Gallery—Paris gallery. This is the first time that I work with the Shanghai gallery.
99: How did you meet Magda?
Fred: The first time I met with Magda was a few years ago. I knew Magda’s gallery and some of the artists that she worked with, not personally though. But I was interested in what she did. She reached me first, we got in contact and made plan to work together.
99藝術網(wǎng)：這次展覽是您和MD畫廊首次合作嗎 ?可以介紹一下促成本次展覽的起源？
Fred：這是我第一次在中國辦展覽。去年我和MD畫廊—巴黎有過合作。這次是第一次在MD畫廊—上海展出。我第一次和Magda見面時幾年前了。在此之前，我就耳聞過Magda的畫廊，以及一些與她合作的藝術家。我對她所做的事情很感興趣。在她找到我以后，我們就保持聯(lián)系，并開始合作了。
99: You use many different kinds of materials to do your pieces. Do you think the materials somehow inspired your artwork?
Fred: Yes, of course. Every material has a deictic for what it does. Or you can put it otherwise---When I want to make something, I choose my materials.
99藝術網(wǎng)：您的作品用到很多材料，那么您覺得材料的選擇對于您的作品有怎樣的影響？
Fred：當然，我用的每種不同的材料都啟發(fā)著我。每一樣材料都存在著特殊性。當我明確地想要做一樣東西的時候，我會選擇我想要的材料。
99: Could you explain this art piece?
Fred: We are standing by a quit new art piece. It’s only a few months old. I did it first with English text---After Dark. But now in China, I want to adapt it in Chinese. We asked co-workers of the gallery to help working on it together. We worked it out in Chinese. It has the same connotation as it does in English.
99: Why did you choose mirrors?
Fred: The idea behind the work is actually a coincident. I just saw some of the ink pots and paint pots in my studio, and their covers reflected lights to the wall. So I thought that it must be possible to use different kinds of pots or dics or whatever, or other reflective materials, to create a work. This is how I got started.
99藝術網(wǎng)：請您結(jié)合這件作品闡述一下你所表達的藝術語言？
Fred：我們現(xiàn)在站在一個比較新的作品面前。它只有幾個月大。一開始，它是一個英文作品，“After Dark”。而來到中國以后，我希望把這件作品放進中文的語境里。在MD畫廊的工作人員的幫助下，我們共同完成了這件作品。“黑暗之后”和“After Dark”用兩種語言表達了同樣的內(nèi)涵。這件作品之所以會使用鏡子作為材料，其實是一個巧合。起因是我在我的工作室里看到顏料罐折射在墻壁上的影子，我想可能可以用類似的方法做一件作品。我可以用各種各樣的罐頭、光碟，或者任何有折射性的材料。這件作品的最初構(gòu)思是這樣而來的。
99: space, shadow, lights. How do you arrange them?
Fred: I consider myself as a sculptor who writes. You can see that. My ideal day, when I get up, I can have coffee as long as I want. I go to my studio, and I start to write. That’s my favorite work. But in a gallery, I have to adapt to the available space. Of course, as a sculptor, I’m used to work with it. But when I write, I sculpt, I make a drawing of it, I have to put all these things together. In the phrases I put on the wall, it’s a combination of drawing and sculpting and writing. It’s different things together.
99藝術網(wǎng)：你的作品中光、影子的感覺很奇妙，對于這種空間感您出于怎樣的考慮？
Fred：我把自己定義為一個“寫字的雕塑家”。我最理想的一天，會是起床以后泡杯咖啡，然后去工作室開始寫字。這是我最喜歡做的事。然而在畫廊里，我需要適從有限的空間。當然，作為一個雕塑家，我很習慣這么做。然而我的工作一直需要把寫字、雕塑及繪畫結(jié)合起來。我放在墻上的那些句子，結(jié)合了書寫、雕塑和繪畫，三種創(chuàng)作方式——把不同的路徑結(jié)合到一起。
99: future plan after this exhibition?
Fred: In a few months, I will do a show like this in Dubai. At the end of next year, I will have a show in the gallery that I work with in Belgium.
99藝術網(wǎng)：這次展覽結(jié)束后，接下來有怎樣的展覽計劃？
Fred：幾個月之后，我會在迪拜舉辦一個類似的展覽。明年年底，我會跟我在比利時合作的畫廊舉辦另一個展覽。
【編輯：武玉婷】
