[轉載]星空下的奇遇 林葆靈的夜遊之詩

（中國嘉德香港2021春季拍賣會圖錄第76頁）

星空下的奇遇

林葆靈的夜遊之詩

（中國嘉德香港2021春季拍賣會圖錄第77頁）

「如何在當代無法逃離的異化中，重拾天人合一的傳統，是擺在每個人面前必須反思的命題。林葆靈的作品內斂而含蓄，接近中國畫南宗向內的習慣，加入光影陰暗的對立，使得他在創作上柔和了色彩的跳躍，作品更有張力和韻味。」

——收藏家周彤

出生於台灣的林葆靈自幼習畫，2006年由新加坡拉薩爾藝術學院畢業，後入讀國立台灣師範大學美術系研習水墨，自在穿梭於油畫、水墨及雕塑等多元媒介中。他曾獲2010年美國佛蒙特州「藝術中心亞洲藝術家獎」，作品被台灣文化部藝術銀行、紐約第一銀行畫廊、新加坡電信公司、廣東翠亨美術館等機構收藏，並曾於台北、紐約、新加坡等地舉辦個展。他鍾愛以夜晚的城市光景為靈感，以強烈的光影展現夜空變幻，並自2006年起展開「沒有名字的小傢夥」系列之作。藉由一身軀瘦小卻背著大行囊的「小傢夥」為主角在畫中展開旅程，隨情境轉換，演繹生命中的悲歡離合。他引述知名心理學家羅傑斯(Carl Rogers)所言:「最私人的情感恰恰也是最共通的」， 「小傢夥並不僅指涉我自身，我也希望他代表有同樣或類似感受的任何一個人」，意味深長。是次呈現的《天燈II》（拍品編號27）及《雪夜獨行II》（拍品編號28）即為該系列結合林葆靈經典「夜晚情境」的創作語彙的力作。

與光共舞，乘風翱翔

天燈亦稱孔明燈，相傳為三國時期諸葛亮的發明，亦是熱氣球的始祖，起初是為了傳遞訊息之用，但今則具節慶祈福、許願之意，承載了人們對美好的嚮往與祝福。在《天燈II》中，主人公「小傢夥」若翻山越嶺而來，在藍紫色的星空下拉著熱氣球由空中準備著陸。溫暖的天燈呈現愛心的形狀，上面縫補過後的痕跡若亟待癒合也流露歲月感。地面充滿生氣的花花草草，若化作螢火蟲一般的光暈，在暗夜中盛開出希望的光彩，迎接主人公的歸來。地面的點點熒光映照天空閃爍的星河，冷色的天空與暖色的地面形成了空間的對比，更顯天地之間的廣袤與無垠。暗夜中的微光璀璨點綴著大地，照亮了小傢夥的漫漫回家路。林葆靈在其最為擅長的「夜」的題材中，講述了一個關於治癒與希望的故事。

孤清雪夜，映月天涯

而在《雪夜獨行II》中，主角在無垠的雪地山巒間行走，他背著雙肩背包，安全帽上頭的夜行燈正為他照亮漆黑的前路。大雪紛飛，一輪新月高高掛入天空，成為主角唯一的陪伴，作品雖以西式媒材為材，但在佈局筆法中流露藝術家的水墨功底，如其以皴法營造背景山巒的肌理與質感，重巒交錯，疏密有致，張力畢現。在構圖上以直式構圖，在散點透視中可見中國傳統山水的情韻。而眼前的「小傢夥」則是這寂靜雪夜的「點睛之筆」，所到之處閃現微光，卡通人物與傳統構圖的結合，為傳統的孤清意境增添現代的幽默演繹，舊貌與新顏在這古與今的變幻中，煥發出新的生機！    

（中國嘉德香港2021春季拍賣會圖錄第78頁）

Wonderment under the Starry Night

Lin Baoling's Poem of the Night

Born in Taiwan, Lin Baoling started to learn to paint at a young age. He graduated from LaSalle College of Art in Singapore in 2006 and then enrolled in the Fine Arts Department of National Taiwan Normal University to study ink painting, wandering freely among different medium such as oil painting, ink painting and sculpture. He was granted the Asian Artist Award by the Vermont Art Center in 2010. His works have been collected by the Art Bank of the Taiwan Ministry of Culture, Gallery of the Amerasia Bank, Singapore Telecom Company, and Cuiheng Art Gallery in Zhongshan; he has hold solo exhibitions in Taipei, New York and Singapore. He is fond of taking inspirations from the night city scenes, demonstrating the view of city with robust light and shadows in his paintings. He has launched the A Little Guy without a Name series since 2006, where the little protagonist with a big backpack starts his journey in the paintings. Sky Lantern II(Lot 27)and Winter Night Hike II (Lot 28) presented this time are masterpieces of Lin Baoling's night scene series.

Dance with the Light; Soar in the Wind

In Sky Lantern II, the protagonist, a little guy, comes over the mountains, holding a hot air balloon under the blue-purplish starry night with one hand, reaching for the ground with the other hand. The heart-shaped lantern is warm and the traces of stitches on it reveal a sense of time and the need to heal. The vibrant flowers on the ground, glowing like fireflies, bloom in the dark night with radiance, as if they were welcoming the return of the protagonist. Once again, Lin Baoling tells us a story about healing and hope in his most well know subject of the night.

A Solitary Snowy Night; Moon over the Mountain

In Winter Night Hike II, the little guy is walking alone in the boundless snowy mountains. He carries a backpack and the night light on his helmet illuminates the dark road ahead. Although a work of western medium, this piece reveals the artist's ink painting skills in the layout and brushwork, especially the texture and textile quality of the mountains in the background, heavy ridges staggered, varied in density yet full of intensity. Although composed vertically and in the scattered perspective, this piece is immersed in the atmosphere of traditional Chinese landscape painting. Through a combination of cartoon characters and traditional composition, Lin Baoling brings new vitality to the traditional solitary aura.

（中國嘉德香港2021春季拍賣會圖錄第79頁）

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