When Night Light Glimmers: The Beacon / Zhen Li

Make sculpture more interactive.

2012-11-18

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设计公司: :; Li Zhen Sculpture
类型: :; Art
标签: :; Zhen Li
分类: :; Sculpture

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▼燃燈 Illuminator

▼大羅金掌 Golden Palm

夜光盈昃──【天燧】系列 2009-2010

2009年某日，李真一个人从忙碌中回到家裡，点亮佛堂裡久未燃烧的灯烛，享受那份宁静的温暖，引发出对早期《燃灯》手稿的连结──这是本系列的灵感源头。如果说，李真以【大气神游】系列寻找到了一方精神空间，那麽【天燧】就是这个精神空间的延伸，本系列只製作八件即结束，主题更为聚焦。

人们因为有火而能饱餐，是文明的起源，在各个文化、宗教中都有传说，例如中国的燧人氏、希腊神话中的普罗米修斯、原始部落的图腾等等对火的崇拜皆指向光明、指引心灵，人与火的互动之间洋溢着温暖、平安、智慧与幸福，对人的意义因此历久而弥新。在焰舞光跃之际，灵动而具生命力，这气氛充满了循环不息的呼吸。在此般「人／凋塑／火光」的对话中，李真说：「天燧是一种仪式，『盈昃』才是它的生命。」可见，艺术家意图使作品在点灯的过程中让雕塑更具有互动性。从不同角度观察光影摇曳与凋塑明暗的变化，在视觉层次上说明了作品的立体感。这三维的实体存在，触动感官知觉，点亮心境的灵性，在影子、气氛、呼息、空间的关係中，凋塑的生命意义因而更丰富。

我们也看到部分人物凋塑。李真明显地塑造长腰低臀的比例，并手持东方元素，呈现圆润的体象，是华人身形的普遍特质，一眼就能辨识出人物的地域种族，他还塑造彷彿时下「嘻哈」自然垂落的腰线，添加了这个时代的幽默感，其创作之奇特令人惊艳。

▼蘭亭 The Pavilion

When Night Light Glimmers: The Beacon

One day in 2009, Li Chen returned home after a busy day at work, lit the oil lamp in the hallway for Buddhist worship which had been idle for a long time and sat there enjoying the warmth of the silence. That experience brought to mind one of his earlier works “Illuminator” – the original inspiration for this series. If in “Spiritual Journey Through the Great Ether” Li Chen is searching for spiritual space, then “The Beacon” is an extension of that space. This series was completed with just eight pieces, but is very focused.

Fire provided Mankind with the ability to cook food, marking the beginning of civilization. All cultures and religions have legends about the birth of fire, in Chinese these talk about Suiren, in Greek it is Prometheus. Even the totems of primitive tribes who worshipped fire seek to guide the human spirit. The interaction of people and fire is replete with warmth, security, knowledge and happiness, which is to say that fire has remained of unshakeable importance to Mankind for millennia. The dancing flames and light are infused with spirituality and vitality, an atmosphere that is infused with the endless cycle of life. Faced with this dialogue between “people / sculpture / fire and light” Li Chen says: “Behind the Beacon series is a ceremonial process, its essence lies in Yinze – the full or diminishing glory of the sun and the moon.” Clearly, the artist attempts to makes the sculpture more interactive through the lighting of the lamp. If we observe the movement in light and shade from different angles and changes in lightness and darkness on the sculpture, this visual layering explains the work’s three dimensional feel. The existence of three dimensions stimulates the viewer’s sensory awareness and speaks to the spirituality of the human soul, in the same ways as the interplay of shade, atmosphere, vitality and space enrich the life meaning of the sculpture.

Li Chen clearly designs the proportions of his character sculptures so that the waist is elongated and the posterior low, while infused with Eastern elements, the result being a body image that is round and full, common characteristics of the Chinese body type. As a result, viewers can discern at a glimpse the race and geographic origins of the characters depicted. The artist also crafts a naturally hanging waist line that is reminiscent of the “hip hop” clothes popular with the young generation today, adding a modern sense of humor to the work. It is this combination that makes his works so unique and appealing.

▼捻花 Angelic Smile