2004-10-03

書法是生動的建築

建築師漢寶德認為書法是生動的建築,並由此引申到董陽孜書法的欣賞 - 「其實董陽孜的書法看不懂是很自然的,如同藝術建築不像建築,董陽孜的書法不像字。這都是力求空間表現的結果,並不是甚麼缺失。我們不妨說,董陽孜的書法是中國行草傳統發展中的最後一步。與藝術建築一樣,她要解構中國文字,放棄標準草書中的筆法,構成一幅空間靈動的畫面。誰還管它是甚麼字!」

(另外,漢寶德也說過: 董陽孜是水墨書畫家 | 建築是立體的書法)

如吳冠中所言 - 忠於情則法無定 - 書法作為空間表現的藝術,通過解構中國文字呈現美感,本無不可,而且古已有之 - 狂草是也。但書法畢竟還是書法,不是純線條絕對空間表現的藝術,像或不像字始終還是值得辯論,也一定有人辯論的課題。所以,漢寶德說的:「然而在追求心靈境界的努力中,建築受制於技術的條件,仍然是無法與書法相比的。建築要塑造三度空間,使人身處其中,必須犧牲絕對表現的自由。」可能言過其實 - 書法何嘗又有絕對表現的自由呢?

(董陽孜在:「新唐人"海外華人"電視節目裡就說:「書法是文字,用毛筆書寫的,那一定是要人家看的懂的,假如這個字不可讀,或者人家看不懂,那是一個水墨創作畫。」)

也許是我對「橫寫直寫 向右向左 左翻右翻 沒完沒了」這個課題特感興趣的原故,在我看來,董陽孜書法藝術也有其傳統的,守規矩的一面。她的文字,大多是從右向左排列的。從我的空間藝術觀看,這種排序,是有違中國文字結構,也因而影響空間表現的。





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2004-10-02

藝術擺設自由 :-)

時裝設計師Susanne Rutzou在哥本哈根的家 (Vogue Living Australia, 2004年5-6月號)。

藝術創造有自由,藝術擺設也有相應的自由吧。一幅齊白石,在擁有者眼中,橫放可能更好看。

The Vanishing (Spoorloos)

Rewatched The Vanishing (Spoorloos) - i.e. the 1988 Dutch original - last night. It is definitely a classic in its genre of "psychological thriller".

You went with your girlfriend on an overseas trip. She vanished without a trace when you stopped briefly at a petrol station. And after 3 long years, you are still putting up posters around the region seeking her whereabout. Frankly, you don't believe she is still alive, but you have the moral obligation, and a strong curiosity, to find out what exactly happened to her.

When the abductor appears before your eyes and admits that he did it, what would you do? Beat him to death or turn him to the police (knowing that there is not enough evidence against him)? What if he offers to tell you what exactly happened if you just follow him back to the crime scene? Having told you how he drugged her unconscious at the petrol station, he insists that you should also be put unconscious if you want to know what happened to her after that. Would you do such a crazy thing? Do you really want to know the "truth" so bad?