【舞影零亂】 林葆靈個展 | A Dance of Scattered Shadows - A Solo Exhibition by LIN Bao Ling

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(↓ English version below)

「我歌月徘徊，我舞影零亂」取自李白的《月下獨酌》。李白藉想像力來排遣孤獨，唯美的文字訴說心情並且自得其樂，如林葆靈將光影轉為創作，在夜晚中截取不同影像，將自己潛意識情感與思考投射在夜晚光影，將眼底所看到的風景以「光」與「影」流動易位，在抽象與具象間收放，營造出流動漫漶如同水墨暈染般的畫面效果，捕捉時空如夢的空間氛圍。身處不同時代的他們同樣與月光、影子相交為伴，就像是與自己投影共舞，繼續流轉世間無常的美麗。

身為80年代台灣藝術家，林葆靈有著和同年紀創作者不同面向的思考，師範大學碩士班水墨組畢業的他不選擇繼續攻讀博士學位之路，反以無限熱情寄託在藝術創作上，堅持走出自己的康莊大道，不斷挑戰與成長，讓喜愛他的人深切感受到這位台灣年輕藝術家在創作上的大躍進。有位學者曾道：「他的油彩作品有著西方的抽象，但散發著東方潑墨的神韻，雖然是繪畫，卻帶著流動與刻意模糊焦距的攝影感；畫面光影強烈對比，常常令人久久無法忘懷。」

林葆靈擅於描繪不同城市夜晚且將成長環境中的台灣、紐約、新加坡都映入在每件作品中，夜晚的光影具有戲劇性的強烈對比，每座城市都將你我曾經熟悉的景緻連結到你我心裡的過往的回憶。

他採用墨與壓克力顏料於製圖膠片上，也使用油彩混合壓克力於畫布上的搭配，均在呈現快速流淌特性。無論是城市瞬息萬變的流轉光影捕捉、旋轉木馬以及華麗宮廷與夜的幻想曲超現實元素的佈景手法，都在流變時空裡凝結成一片童話、一種虛構的真實。

林葆靈首度於索卡藝術‧台北空間舉辦「舞影零亂」個展，2016新系列作品嘗試製作錄像作品，延續城市夜晚光影的主要視覺：高反差、模糊、流動感且加入了舞蹈動感、投影與鏡像的元素。以天橋、騎樓、馬路為拍攝地點，將彩色與黑色的快轉畫面切換不同時空場景，暗喻著藝術家內心稍縱即逝和瞬息萬變的世事。平面繪畫部份除延續過去光影為構成要角外，新作品在光影上對比更強烈，顏料流淌更肆意，加入刮的技法，使畫面出現了狂亂的速度，高反差的明暗使景物細節減少，顏色與光影儼然成為主角，製造一種平靜的感覺，在混亂中尋找寧靜，畫風更具當代獨特且鮮明。

索卡於11月05號舉辦開幕暨座談會，由金車藝術總監：張瑋特x 少遊島繪社社長：黃亦中兩位針對座談會主題與藝術家對談。以兼具學術內涵和輕鬆有趣的方式進行活動，讓藝術家暢談此次新作品的概念，同時也與現場觀者分享他們眼中不一樣的林葆靈。

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展名：舞影零亂 │ 林葆靈
A Dance of Scattered Shadows │ LIN Bao Ling
展期：2016 / 11 /05 (Sat.) - 12 / 04 (Sun.)
開幕暨座談會 │ Reception & Symposium│11/05(Sat.)5pm
林葆靈 x 張瑋特(金車文藝中心總監)x黃亦中 (少遊島繪社社長)
形影不離‧交換計畫│Project Inseparable│2016/11/19(Sat.) 4pm
地點：索卡藝術•台北│台北市中山區堤頂大道二段350號 Soka Art (No.350, Sec. 2, Tiding Blvd., Zhongshan Dist., Taipei City 104, Taiwan)
聯絡人：Zora Lu zoralyu0207@gmail.com +886-2-2533-9658

開放時間: 10:00-19:00 （週一公休)
Opening hours: 10:00-19:00 （ close on Monday）

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The title A Dance of Scattered Shadows，is drawn from Li Bai （李白）’s poem Drinking Alone Under the Moon（《月下獨酌》). Through imagination, Li Bai sought to dispel loneliness, expressing emotion and finding solace in poetic beauty. Similarly, LIN Bao Ling transforms light and shadow into artistic creation, capturing different images within the night and projecting subconscious emotions and reflections onto nocturnal scenes. The landscapes before his eyes become shifting exchanges of “light” and “shadow,” moving between abstraction and representation to create flowing, diffused imagery reminiscent of ink wash painting, capturing dreamlike atmospheres suspended in time and space. Though separated by centuries, both artists accompany themselves with moonlight and shadow—as if dancing with their own projections, continuing the ever-changing beauty of impermanence.

As a Taiwanese artist born in the 1980s, Lin Bao Ling approaches art from a perspective distinct from many of his contemporaries. After completing his master’s degree in ink painting at graduate school, he chose not to pursue a doctoral path, instead devoting his passion entirely to artistic creation. Persistently forging his own direction, he continues to challenge himself and grow, allowing those who follow his work to witness the remarkable evolution of this young Taiwanese artist. One scholar once remarked:

“His oil paintings possess the abstraction of the West while carrying the spirit of Eastern splashed-ink aesthetics. Though they are paintings, they evoke the fluidity and intentionally blurred focus of photography. The dramatic contrasts of light and shadow often remain unforgettable long after viewing.”

Lin Bao Ling excels at depicting the nightscapes of different cities, weaving into his works memories of places central to his life—Taiwan, New York, and Singapore. The dramatic contrasts of nocturnal light and shadow connect familiar urban scenery with personal and collective recollections.

He works with ink and acrylic on drafting film, and also combines oil and acrylic on canvas, emphasizing fluidity and rapid movement. Whether capturing the fleeting transformations of urban light, depicting carousels, or staging surreal fantasies of opulent palaces and nocturnal dreamscapes, these elements crystallize within shifting time and space into fragments of fairy tale—fictional realities.

For the first time, Lin Bao Ling presents the solo exhibition Scattered Dancing Shadows at Soka Art Taipei. In this new 2016 series, he experiments with video works while extending the central visual language of his nocturnal city imagery: high contrast, blur, fluidity, combined with elements of dance, projection, and mirrored reflections. Filmed in locations such as pedestrian bridges, arcades, and streets, the rapid alternation between color and monochrome imagery shifts across different spatial and temporal settings, alluding to the artist’s fleeting emotions and the ever-changing nature of the world.

In the paintings, beyond continuing his longstanding focus on light and shadow, the new works intensify contrast, allow paint to flow more freely, and incorporate scraping techniques that introduce a sense of frenzy and speed. Strong contrasts between brightness and darkness reduce descriptive detail, allowing color and light themselves to become the protagonists. Out of turbulence emerges stillness; within chaos, tranquility is sought. The resulting style is increasingly contemporary, distinctive, and bold.

On November 5, Soka Art hosted the exhibition opening and an accompanying talk, featuring a conversation between King Car Art Director Vic Te Chang and Huang Yi-Chung, founder of Shaoyou Island Painting Society, alongside the artist. Combining academic depth with an engaging atmosphere, the event invited Lin Bao Ling to discuss the concepts behind his new works while sharing with visitors different perspectives on the artist and his practice.