前言
金律希 | WATERGATE GALLERY 總監(jiān)
希望和死亡永遠(yuǎn)在同一點(diǎn)上相會(huì)。所有這一切都讓你最終只能回到自己的內(nèi)心, 自己的夢(mèng)里, 回到給你重生希望的過去所經(jīng)歷的一切。因?yàn)橹車暮诎? 你內(nèi)心里的光亮?xí)跅l件反射下被無限的放大。—— 摘自潘德海訪談錄
暗淡的時(shí)代一直都存在。潘德海在那個(gè)一切都被壓抑的黑暗歲月, 為了找到新的光芒而努力, 尋求著生命的終究答案。他一直沒有停止對(duì)存在的意義和生命價(jià)值的探索。他是一位通過內(nèi)在的力量, 用藝術(shù)的溝通方式、抽象的筆跡表現(xiàn)生命內(nèi)在性的藝術(shù)家。某種意義上我們可以說他不僅僅是個(gè)藝術(shù)家, 也是個(gè)善于用自我的獨(dú)特的視覺語言連接觀眾、世界和藝術(shù)家內(nèi)在世界的哲學(xué)家。
“跟隨潮流的藝術(shù)只會(huì)被流走”潘德海一直注重藝術(shù)上的本質(zhì)性變化, 沒有跟隨潮流。很長(zhǎng)一段時(shí)間他以生命和人為主題, 那些象征著生命本質(zhì)的小圓顆粒跟藝術(shù)家對(duì)故鄉(xiāng)寬闊的玉米地記憶而產(chǎn)生的對(duì)生命本身思考緊密相連。從凝聚的圓形到胖胖的人的形態(tài), 他一直在不停地構(gòu)筑藝術(shù)家自己獨(dú)特的視覺形象世界。那些過著充實(shí)生活的人們, 在潘德海的作品中表現(xiàn)為精神飽滿的“胖子”, 借此來思考“存在”本身的意義是什么。
此次展覽展出的潘德海新作都市系列, 依然生動(dòng)形象地反映了現(xiàn)實(shí)生活的種種跡象和反映。那些不同形象的勞動(dòng)者、軍人, 都是我們?nèi)粘Ｉ钪锌梢钥吹降? 這些儼然是中國(guó)社會(huì)變化帶來的中國(guó)人的心理上的視覺呈現(xiàn)。在歷史的演變中, 這些看似渺小的個(gè)體在創(chuàng)造著生命奇跡和我們可以看到的大城市, 潘德海的作品中反映的正是這樣一個(gè)縮影。他用亮麗的色調(diào)來描繪大都市的生活, 給觀眾呈現(xiàn)出一種希望和愉快感。他作品中的人并沒有去過多的奢望未來的世界, 只是在思考我們存在于這個(gè)社會(huì)的理由, 啟發(fā)我們思考“存在”的意義。
了解中國(guó)歷史的人都知道, 潘德海年輕的時(shí)候, 正是那一代青年人看不到希望的時(shí)候, 對(duì)“世界本質(zhì)”的追問成了一代人的思考所在, 而對(duì)西方哲學(xué)的學(xué)習(xí), 是潘德海那個(gè)年代的人尋找苦惱的一個(gè)途徑。文化大革命的混亂, 飛速發(fā)展的中國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì), 很多中國(guó)藝術(shù)家對(duì)中國(guó)的體制在視覺上進(jìn)行了呈現(xiàn)和批判, 但潘德海卻一直堅(jiān)持通過對(duì)生命本質(zhì)的思考來觀看他看到的世界?，F(xiàn)在世界經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī), 讓很多人感到不安, 但是我們?nèi)匀粓?jiān)持矯健的步伐來經(jīng)歷每一天的生活。在世界劇烈變化中為尋求希望而彷徨的藝術(shù)家潘德海, 他的作品中那些愉快的人們似乎在給我們一種安慰。
在這樣的時(shí)期, 我們期望WATERGATE GALLERY今年最后的展覽——“潘德海第一次韓國(guó)個(gè)展”給觀眾帶來欣然面對(duì)生活的新動(dòng)力。
Forward
Yulhee Kim | WATERGATE GALLERY Director
Hope and death always meet. Everything takes us back to our hearts, dreams, or past experiences to give us hope because we are surrounded by darkness, making the light in our hearts reach the infinity in reaction to it. –Pan Dehai -
The age of darkness was always there. Pan Dehai traveled around in search of new light and the ultimate answer to his questions on life when everyone was suppressed, in darkness, and lack of hope. Furthermore, he continued his exploration of the meaning of existence and value of life. Pan Dehai is an artist who uses his inherent power, artistic communications, and abstract forms to express the intrinsic characters of life, and he is also a philosopher who questioned whether he could link the audience and the world to his intrinsic world using his unique visual language.
“Trendy art just flows like that,” as Pan Dehai said, he has paid attention to essential changes to avoid trend. Pan Dehai has examined life and people for a long time. Small, rounded particles, representing the essence of life, were related to the depth of life from his memory of endless corn fields in his hometown. The coagulated forms of rounds soon transformed into the image of fat people and built his original world of image. His artworks, the products his visual exploration of the significance of life and existence, express his spiritual affluence through the obedient fat people that diligently engage in everyday life.
The new Urban Series show complete reality. The pieces depicting changes which the Chinese society is going through seem to depict us; various figures of laborers, soldiers, and ordinary people in Pan Dehai’s paintings represent our daily life. The Urban Series are like miniature representations of the metropolis, which have been built by the history of life, and ourselves in daily activities. Urban life in these paintings is expressed by bright colors and positively entertaining with hope. Pan Dehai’s paintings change the perspectives of viewers and encourage people to re-contemplate the reason of their existence and how to be original.
Pan Dehai has gained profound knowledge on western philosophy when he was enduring the time of darkness. He deeply immersed in philosophy to comprehend the world and stood by his faith that examining the essence of life would lead to his comprehension of the world, whereas other artists criticized the shock of chaotic cultural reformation and the nihility of rapid economic growth of China.
Today, we are facing the global economic slump and are living in angst and instability. Nevertheless, we are still pedaling to survive our day-to-day life. The answers of an artist who has sought a new light in the transition of times would be able to console everyone that is still in search of the meaning of existence amid the shock of enormous societal changes. Hoping for the world to enter a new era beyond today’s chaos, I wish that Pan Dehai’s first solo show in Korea which will be the last exhibition in 2008 for the Watergate Gallery can be a warm ray of light to explore the meaning of existence in our life.
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