觀念／文字／雕塑

Ideas/ Written Words/ Sculptures

Q：觀念存在於雕塑裡嗎？A：……
Q：雕塑自己會說話嗎？A：……
Q：假如雕塑可以呈現觀念，為何藝術家還需要寫創作自述？A：……
Q：當藝術家在構思想法時，觀念是如何穿越遊走於語言與作品之間？A：……
在此，以對話作為開場的一種溝通形式，不僅是「文字」作為內容，「形式」也是。本文將透過上述提問，試圖探討藝術觀念、書寫文字與雕塑三者在藝術創作發展過程上的關係。藉由分析文字在藝術溝通上的功能與理解創作者意圖、藝術家的選擇、符號的應用在欣賞雕塑作品時所扮演的角色，本文意圖重新詮釋，思維、書寫文字與雕塑在藝術中複雜的關係與藝術意義。筆者認為從觀念出發，語言文字書寫與視覺展示二者，可以透過相互消長的張力，一方面梳理過去能被理解的思考層面，另一方面拓展感知與理性的未知領域。在兩者作用下創造意義與感受，並型塑出關於藝術討論的可能空間。

Q: Can ideas be embodied within a sculpture? A:……Q: Can a sculpture talk by itself? A:……Q: If sculptures can express ideas, why do artists need to write a statement? A:……Q: Once an artist conceives an artistic idea, how does the idea traverse from idea to written words and artworks? A:……Here, utilizing the dialogue as a form of communication, it not only presents the‘written words’as content, but the‘form’. In order to answer these questions, this essay is going to examine the relationship between ideas, written words and sculptures in an art-making process. By discussing the role of written words in artistic communication, the intention of the artists, the choice of artists, and the application of symbols in understanding works, this research intends to clarify and reinterpret the complication of artistic meaning and relationship between thinking, written words and sculptures. As a result, I suggest that in terms of an artistic idea, both language and visual exhibitions can create the tension between each other. On the one hand, the artistic practice combines through the layers of thinking that can be understood in the past, on the other hand, it expands the unknown areas of perception and reason. Together, words and artworks create meanings and feelings, generating a possible space for artistic discussion.