林葆靈2007首次個展《夜曲》開幕夜：新加坡P.K.W.畫廊｜LIN Bao-Ling 2007 First Solo Exhibition, Nocturne, Singapore
2006年底，林葆靈（LIN Bao-Ling）獲邀擔任新加坡 P.K.W. 畫廊駐站藝術家三個月，期間創作的都市夜景系列成果，於同年在該畫廊發表為首次個展《夜曲》，展出作品以壓克力顏料與油彩描繪而成。
兩個個展都落幕了
很高興能得到不錯的回響
也很感動 因爲有許多的朋友支持我
在PKW的個展要特別感謝：
畫廊執行長Yvonne給我這個駐站和展出的機會
畫廊管理人Arne給我的各種協助
老師Ian 在百忙之中替我寫作品的藝評文章 ：The Heroic of Painting- The illuminated paintings of Lin Bao Ling
新加坡藝術理事會的贊助
吳啓基先生和李白娟女士撥空前來採訪拍照
老師玲娜對於個展畫冊製作的建議和協助等
Billy,為祥和小玲對個展畫冊製作提供的技術支援等
一飛提供我繪畫框架
小晶晶送花祝賀
陽陽幫忙拍照並給與鼓勵
Jackson幫忙宣傳與捧場
... 還有所有支持我幫助我的老師和朋友們
In the blink of an eye, both solo exhibitions have come to a close.
I’m so glad they received such a warm response, and truly touched by how many friends showed up to support me. For the exhibition at P.K.W., I want to give special thanks to:
Yvonne, the gallery director, for giving me this residency and the chance to exhibit
Arne, the gallery manager, for all kinds of help along the way
My teacher Ian, for taking time out of his busy schedule to write the introduction for my work
The National Arts Council of Singapore, for their sponsorship
Mr. Goh Kee Ghee (吳啓基) and Ms. Li Bai-Juan (李白娟), for taking the time to come interview and photograph
My teacher Ling Na (玲娜), for her advice and help with putting the catalogue together
Billy, Wei Xiang (為祥) and Xiao Ling (小玲), for their technical support on the catalogue
Yi Fei (一飛), for providing my picture frames
Xiao Jing Jing (小晶晶), for sending flowers to celebrate
Yang Yang (陽陽), for taking photos and for the encouragement
Jackson, for helping spread the word and showing up in support
…and all the other teachers and friends who supported and helped me.
媒體報導：
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| 吳啓基先生寫的報導 聯合早報2007年三月10日 這篇報導有被中國的網站，中国设计之窗轉載 |
为都市的黑夜点灯 林葆灵个展
作者：吴启基 来源：联合早报 发布时间：2007-03-10 14:14
很多艺术家对表现都市题材“兴趣缺缺”，理由不外都市建筑线条非横即直，僵硬少变化，景观也大都雷同，青年画家林葆灵不这么想，在他看来都市之美，美在夜景，尤其是雨中夜景。
胶彩加上油彩处理画面
林葆灵的作品，形象半抽象。他说：“由于有了上述看法，我的作品考虑到借景抒情。在黑暗中描绘光亮，光亮也有希望和正面意义。”
P.K.W画廊的“常驻画家”
去年刚从拉萨尔－新航艺术学院毕业的林葆灵，已在新加坡求学居住两年多。他过去学过一点梅兰竹菊的中国彩墨画。过后的西画作品，是临摹照片，并以能做到接近真实为第一要义。
好像自己就是“光明使者”
（註：原文中記者所稱之「膠彩」應為誤植，林葆靈當時使用的媒材實為壓克力顏料。）
●日期：已开始，展至3月17日
时间：上午11时至下午6时(星期二至六）
地点：P.K.W画廊（61,Kerbau Road)
Lighting Up the Urban Night — Lin Bao-Ling Solo Exhibition
By K K Goh (吴启基) | Source: Lianhe Zaobao | Published: 2007-03-10
Many artists have little interest in depicting urban subjects — after all, city architecture tends to be all straight or horizontal lines, rigid and repetitive, and the scenery often looks much the same from place to place. Young painter Lin Bao-Ling sees it differently. In his view, the beauty of the city lies in its night scenes, especially night scenes in the rain.
One can picture it: city lights are already bright and dazzling, and when it rains, they become even more radiant, shimmering with color. Lin says that the difference between night and day lies in a unique contrast of light and shadow. He has also found a mysterious melancholy in the night — behind its boundless beauty often lies a hidden “undercurrent,” a darker side, and this is the sense of “depth” he wants to bring out when composing a painting.
Combining glue-based pigment with oil paint
Lin’s works are semi-abstract in form. He explains: “Given this way of seeing things, my work considers using the scenery to express emotion. Painting brightness within darkness — brightness also carries hope and a positive meaning.”
Discussing his process, he works within the full requirements of Western perspective, combining glue-based pigment (膠彩) with oil paint: the glue-pigment forms the base layer, where water creates a kind of watercolor-like flow and an effect similar to ink-wash rendering. Oil paint is then layered on progressively to strengthen the structure of the main buildings in the painting. He says: “I want to express, in a subjective and freehand way, the poignant beauty of the city at night and the drama created by light and shadow.”
Before turning to rainy night scenes as a subject, he had already seen night views in Taiwan, China, Japan, and Malaysia — but it was only after arriving in Singapore that he truly felt the urge to paint them.
“Resident artist” at P.K.W. Gallery
Lin, who graduated last year from LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, has been living and studying in Singapore for over two years. He had previously studied a bit of traditional Chinese ink painting — plum blossom, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum. His later Western-style paintings were done from photographs, with fidelity to realism as the primary goal.
He was fortunate to be selected, right after graduating, as “resident artist” at P.K.W. Gallery, completing a body of work over three months. He says: “During those three months I worked 8 to 12 hours a day. I liked the working environment there — it let me conceive some larger-scale pieces. Maybe because I was so absorbed in it, I lost two kilograms.”
Feeling like a “bearer of light”
He says that the partial abstraction in his work never comes at the expense of color, structure, or light and shadow. While at P.K.W. Gallery, he usually laid the canvas flat on the floor to work, using a pouring technique that still required careful “manual control.” Because of the moisture involved, how wet or dry the surface became depended on timing, and the high heat of the weather was also a source of frustration — so he ended up working on several pieces simultaneously to manage this.
His exacting standards also show in how he describes revising his work: “I always feel there are things left unfinished in a painting. Looking at it again a day or several days later, I find quite a few places that could still be improved. There was also a time when I painted one large and one small version of the same piece, and found the large one felt too full — I wondered if a smaller version might turn out differently. In the end, it proved true: I preferred the smaller one. The reason is something like how a person, at a certain stage, develops a craving for a particular kind of food — painting the smaller piece just felt especially enjoyable and smooth.”
Sometimes he imagines himself painting on one blank canvas after another, feeling the pressure of how to fill it and bring it to completion. But when he paints in the lights of the city one by one, he feels instead like a “bearer of light” — creating brightness in the pitch-black night, stroke by stroke, as if lighting lamps in the dark.
Exhibition dates: Already opened, running through March 17
Hours: 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. (Tuesday to Saturday)
Venue: P.K.W. Gallery (61 Kerbau Road)
(Note: The reporter’s reference to “glue-based pigment” [膠彩] was a mistake — the medium Lin Bao-Ling actually used at the time was acrylic paint.)
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