William Rose, born New Castle, NSW 1929, died Sydney 1997.
Construction (1956), oil on hardboard.
今天在AGNSW看到了這一幅畫，屬於上世紀五六十年代的抽象畫作。並沒有查到太多關於這位畫家的信息，畫作叫Construction。一眼覺得喜歡是因為很簡潔，藍得賞心悅目。讓我想起蒙德理安畫的樹。
以下英文源自Wikipedia：Mondrian's art was highly utopian and was concerned with a search for universal values and aesthetics. He proclaimed in 1914: Art is higher than reality and has no direct relation to reality. To approach the spiritual in art, one will make as little use as possible of reality, because reality is opposed to the spiritual. We find ourselves in the presence of an abstract art. Art should be above reality, otherwise it would have no value for man. His art, however, always remained rooted in nature.
I construct lines and color combinations on a flat surface, in order to express general beauty with the utmost awareness. Nature (or, that which I see) inspires me, puts me, as with any painter, in an emotional state so that an urge comes about to make something, but I want to come as close as possible to the truth and abstract everything from that, until I reach the foundation (still just an external foundation!) of things…
I believe it is possible that, through horizontal and vertical lines constructed with awareness, but not with calculation, led by high intuition, and brought to harmony and rhythm, these basic forms of beauty, supplemented if necessary by other direct lines or curves, can become a work of art, as strong as it is true.
我的筆記：
抽象而有序的線條讓我感覺寧靜。透過紛雜的自然存在而感覺到安全、秩序、簡明之美。可能這就是為什麼蒙德理安的作品很喜歡，卻不喜歡畢加索。
說回來，William Rose的畫作大都是這個風格。圖片留白很多，顏色柔和協調不刺眼，抽象的表達方式，在Rose去世前幾年的畫甚至有科幻感，像Millennium Falcon.
Construction一眼看上去覺得簡潔有序，但細看發現還是太過寫實了。線條的透視安排、色彩的明暗，非常像建築之中的一棟樓。看到一個景象時，讓人產生感觸的可能並非整個景象，而是其中的一點、一線。對我而言，抽象畫作的意義就是移除不相干的內容，提取點和線，以增強主觀感受（使主觀感受更清晰）。To enhance awareness, eliminate the irrelevant, extract the essence.
Tags: #William Rose #Construction #Mondrian #abstract
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