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"Home of Wanderers is the culmination of my latest exploration into the realm of reimagined landscape paintings. Through a blend of techniques and influences, this series of work emphasises revealing the unfamiliar within the familiar.Unlike landscape works created on the basis of plein-air studies, direct observation of nature or references to photography, my artistic practice is rooted in imagination and memory, together with the study of pre-modern Chinese paintings. By incorporating multiple perspectives within one work, following the old masters of China, I merge disparate viewpoints into cohesive landscapes. Examples such as The Sound of Strings and A Thousand Years showcase this approach, blending near and far, eye-level and bird's-eye views to create immersive scenes that stretch from foreground foothills to distant peak and backdrops. These works attempt to transcend the limitation of the familiar fixed point of view depictions. Such practice somehow also resonates with Cubist artists’ departure from traditional rules of perspective.Drawing inspiration from the fluidity of ink and water painting, I employ smooth brushwork with oil paint and simplified forms to create ethereal landscapes that blur the line between reality and imagination. In some works, I have spontaneously layered translucent marks, aiming to add a state of uncertainty and fragility to the image. The trees, rocks, and the water and mist in the valley are all familiar components of nature, however, the reoccurring youngsters, village houses and fishing boats are borrowed from centuries old Chinese landscape paintings, symbols of my personal nostalgia. Together with the manipulation of composition and perspective, the imagined colour, and the absence of real-world light and shadow, all contribute to a feeling of unfamiliarity, mystery and quirkiness that transcends time and space.Over the past decade of my artistic journey, I have created different series of works- abstract, figurative and conceptual, all guided by my ongoing inquiry into the myriad possibilities embodied in landscape paintings. One important part of my practice is to self-question the intent behind the images created and to understand its potential to evoke emotions and how it influences our perception. To this end, viewers may enter a liminal space, where physical materiality belies the ineffability of existence and the fragile nexus between visible form and mutable spirit" - Dapeng Liu.
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朝游夕宿
艺术家自述
‘朝游夕宿’可以算是我近些年在当代风景创作中的一个阶段性成果，既成型于技法方面的探索，也很大程度受到一些思想感悟及艺术理论的影响。这组作品试图在我们对风景艺术的已知视觉经验中，引申出一种熟悉又陌生的新观感。
相较基于户外写生的风景绘画，我以工作室为中心的创作更大的依赖于想象，记忆，各类图像，以及对中国古代山水艺术的研究。从现实层面讲，我现在旅居澳大利亚悉尼，无以见到故乡的山和水。曾经的少数几次名川游历，也早已成为飘忽的记忆，数码照片对于我的创作又怎么看都刺眼，那自然，古代大师们的山水画就是我的精神家园。我曾好奇，像范宽笔下的巍峨山峰，密布丛林，倪瓒画中的水波不惊，林下空屋有着怎样的创作过程？其实关于古人写生的记载和佐证寥寥，最终强调的都是心领神会。会不会这就是山水画中散点透视法的由来？那么多的心中图景，若仅凭以再现人眼视觉效果为目的的线性透视法，何以拼凑在一起？我看着这些来自于古人心源中的山水，就想着也要用散点透视法，绘出自己心中的画面，超出目之所及的范围。想想看，现当代艺术有意思，某种程度就是因为我们的认识开始延伸到感官之外。塞尚越过视觉的限制，重新思考物与空间的关系，波洛克要画出自己的潜意识，霍克尼说树的生长又无关于透视，不打破透视法该怎么画画？回看我这次展览中的作品，可能最有意思的就是，这些画或多或少都结合了我追寻的飘渺的心中山水景象与那些不经意闯入画面的我在悉尼的日常所见，那是一些桉树，砂砾岩，海岸风景，和绚丽的夕阳。
技法层面，这次的作品多少受到水墨画的影响。基于油画湿画法，我在笔法及颜料调和方面做了很多尝试，以对色调的控制和造型的简化为主，追寻一种想象和现实世界的融合状态。有些作品中呈现了浮于主体画面之上的即兴试的笔触和痕迹，这肇始于我嫌画面太过稳定，试图打破，后来再看，感觉倒像是一种对于想象图景的隐喻。单看画面中的风景元素，是再熟悉不过的草木岩石，山川河流，但借助于散点透视，配以古画中常见的小书童，村舍，木船，我则希望观者可以看到一组超越寻常的关于风景的作品，看到那些想象中的色彩和构图，注意到那些消失不见的现实中的光影。对于我个人，创作的动力可能来自于一种无法说清的乡愁，既依托于我对古时山水和文人精神的幻想，又杂糅了身处他乡的所思所想。这些作品既然是心中的画面，那么心所安处即为家。
过去的十年中，我沿着山水，人与环境的关系的方向创造出数个不同系列。围绕着相同的主题，在抽象与具象，理性与表现，观念与审美之中探索更多的可能性。这个过程中，很重要的一环便是对作品的审视，而这也终将因对情绪和认知产生的触动而演化为一种自我审视。说回到这次的作品，我想这些熟悉又陌生的画面或许交叠出一个阙限空间，在这里，所见与所感之间的微妙连结，以及何为存在这恒久又不可言喻的命题，都成为了此次展览的艺术精神之所在。
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